MarkG_108

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Hello. My instance is mindly.social. It used to work fine, but now, when I try to connect, I simply see a Mastodon logo. This is true on both Firefox and Chromium browsers. However, when I use Pachli on my phone, it does connect. I'm not sure what the issue is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's not about the leader. The policies come from the membership, presented by delegates at convention. The NDP is all of us. That's the only way the NDP succeeds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You seem to have missed my point. I recommend watching the following documentary (it's a 4-part documentary, with each part being an hour long):

The Century of the Self

Its focus is primarily Britain and the US, but the underlying message holds true here as well. Ultimately, that message is that without the backing of the people, left wing movements will not succeed. And thinking of it as a "movement" rather than as a "product" is key. You're treating the NDP as a product to be sold (IE, what's being put "on the table" is not enough for you to buy). That's the wrong approach, in my opinion. That viewpoint (of politics being a product to appeal to the public) has led to society slowly but surely moving ever more right.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Supporters need to move away from viewing the NDP as a product that needs a better shine. It's all of us. We're a team. That's the only way the NDP wins.

 

The NDP has some great policies. And they've had great policies ever since the party was created. So why haven't they won? Why now are they behind the CPC in the polls? I feel the following is the issue:

1.) Right wingers are more team oriented to their political party (IE, the CPC)

I think those who believe in a more individualistic society with less interventionist government are (ironically) more able to collectively get behind their team and donate and volunteer than are those on the left.

So even if the CPC does not exactly mirror an individual right-winger's vision of what they want, they will put that aside and still get behind their team. Thus, donations and volunteering are higher. And this gives the right a huge advantage. It's resulted in society incrementally moving right over the past forty years.

2.) Left wingers are less team oriented

By contrast, left wingers, who believe society should be a more community based collective endeavour rather than a non-interventionist individualistic endeavour, (ironically) sit back as individual arm-chair critics deriding their own team. They treat it as a product outside of themselves that needs a better shine to sell, rather than as a team-based movement toward a more just society. Thus, donations and support are low.

Until left wing people can get over that and instead support their team, there's little hope of success. So, start by joining the NDP and supporting them. That's the ticket forward.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (14 children)

I myself use a bicycle for local travel, and public transit for longer commutes. Musk's overpriced EVs are not the solution to global warming, IMO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hmm. Initially I confused this with New Brunswick, where the Liberals are in government. Currently in Nova Scotia, the Liberals are in a battle with the NDP for Official Opposition status. So, it's unlikely they'll become government.

https://338canada.com/ns/polls.htm

I'm curious if the Nova Scotia NDP has made a similar promise. (checks...) Well, seems that the Nova Scotia NDP has not made a commitment to this. That's a shame, but regardless, if I was a Nova Scotia voter, I'd likely vote for the NDP anyway, since they generally seem more left wing than the Liberals.

Anyone know when the Nova Scotia election will happen?

 

This would be similar to prior acts that put restrictions on cigarette advertising. From the Act:

And whereas Parliament is of the opinion that fossil fuel advertising currently deploys techniques which knowingly mislead the public and fail to disclose the health and environmental harms associated with their use, impeding informed consumer decision-making, undermining public support for effective climate action and delaying the transition to safer, cleaner energy sources;

This Act will be coming up for second reading at some point. So, please write both the PM and your MP in support of this Act.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

This change would provide more headroom for them to increase prices

But people would notice that immediately. Listed prices don't include the GST/HST.

The other part of the promise is the following:

Singh says an NDP government will pay the tax cut with an excess profit tax paid by very large corporations that hike their profit margins.

So, it's basically in line with the ethos of "tax the rich and feed the poor." I love it.

 

In the past, Liberals (under Chretien and then Martin) voted in favour of this resolution. Stephen Harper's government voted against it, and Trudeau's government continues to vote against it.

So, Trudeau is continuing where Harper left off. Liberal Tory same old story.

See link for more details:

https://www.cjpme.org/un_dashboard_natural_resources

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hello. I note that previous versions of the LineageOS Messaging app had support for including emojis. This recent version does not include such an option. The keyboard choices are simply either letters or numbers. Is there a way to once again have this option in the LineageOS Messaging app?

Note, I do not have Google Play Services installed. I rely solely on LineageOS along with some additional f-droid apps (and this is something I have always relied on since I began using LineageOS some years ago, starting with a Nexus 5 -- I now have a Google Pixel 4a running LineageOS 21).

solved: Going to Settings/System/Keyboard allowed me to enable the emoji option.

 

I have a Google Pixel 4a. I have LineageOS on it (codename Sunfish). When I first installed it I got regular updates each week. But now I haven't received one since March 16. Have they stopped releasing these? Do I now have to try and build updates myself?

 

I'm using postmarketOS plasma edge on my Pinephone Pro. The KDE program Kasts (installed from a postmarketOS package) crashed when I tried to run it, so I filed a bug report with them. They suggested that I file this bug directly with postmarketOS. The rationale was:

These kinds of faults tend to happen when a library that Kasts depends on gets updated without Kasts itself getting recompiled. Then you can end up with an instruction that has changed in the underlying lib without Kasts knowing about this, leading to a crash. So, I would think it's simply a matter of recompiling the package.

I'm not sure where the correct place is to file a bug with postmarketOS. If there is another place where I should do so, then do let me know in the comments below. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If you're interested in helping to get this motion passed, then....

FairVote Canada is organizing people, who live in or near ridings that have a Liberal MP, to visit these Liberal MPs and advocate for voting in favour of this Motion (specifically, Motion M-86).

If interested, you can register here.

And, there is a Zoom training session for Sep 10, 2023 at 07:00 PM --> you can register here for the Zoom training.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

FairVote Canada is organizing people, who live in or near ridings that have a Liberal MP, to visit these Liberal MPs and advocate for voting in favour of this Motion (specifically, Motion M-86).

If interested, you can register here.

And, there is a Zoom training session for Sep 10, 2023 at 07:00 PM --> you can register here for the Zoom training.

 

Sign the petition to support NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron's motion to create a National Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. Let the politicians know this is what we want!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Which means she opposes what Ia Anstoot is saying. Thunberg does not view nuclear as a renewable in and of itself, and thus, like Greenpeace, she opposes EU Commission’s decision to include nuclear power in its classification system for sustainable finance (link).

 

OPINION: After the auditor general’s explosive Greenbelt report, resignations and further investigations are the only way to restore some sense of integrity

 

The research shows that a big meat-eater's diet produces an average of 10.24 kg of planet-warming greenhouse gasses each day. A low meat-eater produces almost half that at 5.37 kg per day. And for vegan diets - it's halved again to 2.47 kg a day.

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