Yes Raffi was and is a favourite. Thank you for the recommendations

The article says they are fundraising but doesn’t give a link. I guess they aren’t fundraising from the public? Does anyone have more info?

Power and love to this mom. It cannot be easy speaking about this.

I get prioritizing over tourists, but help me understand, why should island residents get a priority over residents of the Lower Mainland? Unless an island resident is coming for medical treatment they can’t get on the island?

I can’t imagine a 50% reduction to bus service. I am guessing a solution is still being negotiated.

Transit-oriented and nonprofit, I can’t ask for much more. I wish this project all the success.

I am very familiar with this Heriarchy of Controls for my work designing the power system. We care deeply about public and worker safety. And then traffic engineers throw it out the window when they design our roads? It is very frustrating to see. Motonormativity at work.

I am also a subscriber. While some of the produce still comes from the US, I think it reduces our dependence by reducing waste. It is cheaper than the super market but still more expensive than the local grocers here in Vancouver.

This is a great explanation. I do hope someone picks this up because it provided a lot of value to the community.

For me, the biggest loss is the hardened Firefox-derived browser, Mull. Is Fennec with some custom settings the next best option? I know Vanadium is a good option but based on Chromium.

deciduous conifers

TIL, thanks.

Aqueous life

That tree looks very dead.

It’s nearing the end of the year and I am on a better financial situation than I anticipated.

I am planning to donate to VisionZero and Movement because I am familiar with their missions and want to improve walking/cycling/bussing conditions in our region.

I don’t know much about organizations addressing homelessness and ppverty and I would like to donate to groups addressing these challenges as well.

I also really enjoy this one. However, it contains no tea leaves so not a ‘true’ tea. ‘Tisane’ or ‘herbal infusion’ are the more precise terms.

GrapheneOS includes this feature

My film recommendation: The Florida Project. It follows a young girl and her single mother struggling to make it in Kissiimee, Florida (where Disney World is). Most of us would think living beside Disney World would be amazing but there is a darker underside of poverty. I have heard the film described as ‘poverty porn’ but I thought it was a fair depiction.

I love slice of life films and this is one of my favourites.

I spent the day looking for a desktop app that does this and finally found Scribus. The fact that most desktop Linux PDF readers and editors cannot do this satisfactorily does not make me hopeful that such an app exists for Android.

There is a place near me called “Indian Burger Joint” which does something like this. Super tasty and great variety of different Indian flavours and styles.

This article gives a good discussion about a potential coming East/West political split in the world of FOSS.

https://thenewstack.io/avoiding-a-geopolitical-open-source-apocalypse/

You make a good point. Hate must be addressed at its root.

I see hate speech censorship as important for protecting the victims/vulnerable. How can we protect these people without this censorship?

Do you have any favourite examples of how a society can fight hatred?

I disagree since I think censorship can be desired when combatting hate speech. Maybe we just disagree how exactly we use the word ‘censorship’.