Em Adespoton
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Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Are canadians friendly to people from other countries?
7·7 小时前Not really; racism in general isn’t the issue. Canada’s been multicultural from the beginning. Bigger issues are things like cultural sovereignty— indigenous and French mostly. Skin colour really doesn’t come i to it.
Might help to know what you’re comparing it to though.
Also, it might help to watch “Race Across The World Series 3” if you’re from the UK — and a good interview is here: https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/canada-advocate-q-and-a-trish-and-cathies-race-across-the-world-adventure
That show did a pretty good job of capturing the highs and lows of interpersonal relations in Canada.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Are canadians friendly to people from other countries?
30·8 小时前Remember… “planning on traveling to Canada” is like saying you’re planning on traveling to Europe… it’s a BIG place that spans four time zones and has all sorts of people.
So you’re likely to spot some bigots, but there’s also plenty of welcoming people. Part of it depends on where you go. In general, cities are more multicultural and a little of more rural areas used to be very white, with indigenous reservations in the most unexpected places.
Beside that, Alberta is “Little Texas” and BC isn’t that different from Washington and Oregon states. Manitoba is really friendly, Quebec tends to be welcoming in the cities and culturally insular in many of the rural areas. All the east coast provinces tend to be really friendly. The territories are very sparsely populated, so other people are treated like a gift OR like something the person is trying to avoid — race doesn’t tend to come into it.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato privacy@lemmy.ca•Privacy-respecting Google Drive alternative with the biggest space avaliable on the Free Plan?
10·8 小时前Owncloud or nextcloud? Owncloud is a bit less private, but has third party cloud offerings as well, if you don’t want to host it all yourself.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Trump issues ineffective federal pardon for ex-Colorado election official Tina Peters who was convicted on state charges
6·2 天前Well, to be more specific, the supreme court majority doesn’t care. There are still members of the court who care very much. I have no idea how they’re coping right now.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato World News@lemmy.world•Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump planEnglish
17·3 天前This is why you don’t use your real name online.
Mostly ceramic and wood, but you still have a sharp point.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Inside Trump’s New National Security Strategy | The Tyee
7·3 天前Canada is Trump’s backup plan for when Florida and Texas are swept away.
Loads of free land that could easily be claimed in a three day special military operation.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Not The Onion@lemmy.world•At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against WokeEnglish
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Seriously though, what’s next… banning left handed scissors as woke?
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Not The Onion@lemmy.world•At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against WokeEnglish
26·4 天前And ignorance. Don’t forget ignorance.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Not The Onion@lemmy.world•At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against WokeEnglish
3·4 天前I was certain Comic Sans was going to be involved somehow.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Global News@lemmy.zip•US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entryEnglish
4·4 天前I wonder what they’d do with me… I have no social media presence in my own name besides a basic LinkedIn profile. Would they insist I’m hiding something and refuse me entry? Conflate me with other people of the same name who have a social media presence?
I can just imagine how Canadian beavers would react to something like that….
They’d probably take down the enclosure and re-use the materials to help them reinforce a new dam.
My kids have phones with no SIM card; they can call 911 and they can use WiFi when in range; I have them set up with a VPN to home, so that’s the only connection any hotspot sees.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•Trump slams ‘lack of loyalty’ after pardoned Democrat says he won’t change party
5·6 天前Assuming he gets re-elected. There are other better primary candidates already; he would have stood a better chance being re-elected as a Republican after being found guilty of accepting bribes.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Eby says UNDRIP law could be amended after First Nations win appeal in mining case
7·6 天前It wasn’t just the indigenous people who were robbed, either.
The main issue is that Europeans had a very different concept of land ownership and land management; in the European view, land was a thing to be conquered, subdued, and divided up for exploitation by those who successfully did so.
The indigenous perspective, for the most part (different peoples had varying views on this), was that the land was something of which people were a part, and needed to be kept in balance.
When Europeans hear “unceeded”, they hear “land they never intentionally sold”. When indigenous people hear “unceeded”, they hear “land we never collectively agreed would be used in this way.”
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Privacy@lemmy.ml•Compulsory spyware app to be installed on every Indian citizen's new phone
2·7 天前Apple said “no” and they reversed course.
Em Adespoton@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.ml•Geohot: Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop
3·7 天前I buy a maxed out laptop every 8 years. My 2008 laptop just lost its battery this year, but still works when plugged in.

For it’s time, possibly… but I’ve played through it. There are others from slightly later that have so many possible endings and characters that I never felt like I fully completed them.