[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

Interesting article. It's comical/sad that the USA's leader hate for wind is so strong that their Department of Energy changed the terminology of looking at wind power to "aeromechanical energy systems" to avoid using the word wind.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

CBC News found an article on WE NEWS about a shooting that purportedly happened in the Yukon, but the sources were actually from the city of Yukon in Oklahoma.

It's getting harder to find trusted real news in the ever growing sea of fake news.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 weeks ago

There's a reason the Trump administration only focuses on the goods trade deficit. Canada imports more in services from the USA than is exported to them. Although combined goods and services Canada still exports more than it imports from the USA:

https://usafacts.org/answers/what-is-the-value-of-us-trade/countries/canada/

In any case having a trade deficit does not mean that Canada is "ripping off the USA".

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 weeks ago

Trump seems to be still angry with nasty Canada. Renaming Lake Ontario wasn't enough for him.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

After his speech Mark Carney took questions from reporters. I'll summarize the first few questions and his responses along with video timestamp.

https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/pm-carney-speaks-to-media-after-suspension-of-canada-us-trade-talks?id=6b77d2c2-d09d-47fb-9bf1-7c88f3c2445c

@23:07 What specific last minute changes made the deal untenable?

  • level and scope of the tariffs for the auto industry with no tariff rollback for medium and heavy duty trucks
  • veto over Canada's ability to make trade deals with other nations
  • restrict protections on language and culture

@25:55 Was Howard Lutnick's involvement in the last days an impediment to getting a deal?

  • That's a question for the US administration
  • I take responsibility along with my cabinet for decisions of the Canadian government
  • I will say the Canadian team was united and working together - I can't say that for the US side

@29:40 What's your message for those who will become collatoral damage?

  • many are small/medium companies and have been top of mind. They are why we tried so hard to get a deal but not at any price.
  • We are going to hit back via tarrif protection where we can where it's relevant for some of those industries
  • We will do whatever it takes to support these businesses for as long as it takes, beyond the life of this administration, we will provide details in a few days
[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

Here's the post in question without having to directly go to truthsocial:

https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/41006

I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL! The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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I am digging into what instances are/aren't blocked across lemmy servers while looking into an issue on lemmy.ca and learned about https://gui.fediseer.com/ . For more context see https://lemmy.ca/post/69461640

I can see that SJW reliably censures instances that they block except for the following exceptions.

chapo.chat
cum.salon
feddit.rocks
hexbear.net
lemmy.byrdcrouse.com
sfw.community

Bringing this to your attention as a low priority request to review whether to censure the instance or possibly unblock it, whichever makes most sense.

FWIW I'll put in a comment the shell script commands I used to identify the mismatches between SJW's blocked and censured instances.

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lemmit.online is currently allowed on sh.itjust.works but blocked on lemmy.ca so I looked into it a bit deeper and found there are other differences between the list of sitewide blocked instances for each server.

I'm bringing this to your attention as a low priority background task request to review the differences and see whether the instance in question should be blocked on both sites or allowed for each since they are both fedecan sites.

Here are some stats about the blocked instances:

  • 90 instances are blocked on lemmy.ca
  • 100 instances are blocked on sh.itjust.works
  • 29 blocked instances are common between lemmy.ca and sh.itjust.works
  • 61 instances are blocked only for lemmy.ca but not on sh.itjust.works
  • 71 instances are blocked only for sh.itjust.works but not on lemmy.ca

I'll post in some comments to this post the list of instances blocked on only one of the two fedecan owned lemmy servers and the shell commands I used to gather the data.

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lemmit.online is a controversial lemmy server since its sole purpose is to run a bot that mirrors reddit posts to lemmy. Previous discussion 3 years ago about whether to block it: https://lemmy.ca/post/1380644

Currently it is blocked from lemmy.ca and I would like to unblock it to ease weaning off reddit gradually. If I can use lemmy.ca as my main site with links off to reddit on occassion I don't need to use reddit anymore to browse but just drop in for a specific post of interest.

The main complaint is it can fill up the all category with high volume of low interaction posts. This can be dealt with on a per user basis by blocking either the lemmit.online instance or blocking the bot@lemmit.online user.

Looking at the top 10 lemmy instances on https://fedidb.com/software/lemmy here's who allows or blocks the lemmit.online instance:

lemmy.world        ✅
lemmy.ml           ✅
sh.itjust.works    ✅
lemmy.dbzer0.com   ✅
lemmy.ca           ❌
programming.dev    ✅
lemmy.zip          ✅
lemmy.blahaj.zone  ❓
ttrpg.network      ✅
lemmy.one          ✅
[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

That article was painful to read about some people's lack of critical thinking skills. There exist people who believe only Donald Trump can save them from the Epstein class of global elites!!?? 🤯

When the separatist leaders were meeting (plotting) with the American State Department in a SCIF didn't they say they would get $500 Billion if Alberta became independent? And then in the future if an independent Alberta would join the USA it would make more sense for Alberta to become an American Territory rather than a State?

So their end goal is to become a future Norte Rico.

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From a lemmy user perspective I find the Linked Instances and Blocked Instances lists to be annoying to view when there are large numbers of instances. Could these be sorted in alphabetical order?

Also for the Blocked Instances can a short comment field be added so that when a lemmy admin blocks an instance from their site they can enter a reason why it is being blocked which can be shown to users?

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Please add a new section under "for Users" in https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/threadiverse/overview about the lemmy.ca sitewide blocked instances and reasons. Don't need to list the reason for every single blocked instance but can call out the more noteworthy ones that had a discussion.

Why I'm asking for this is I was trying to subscribe to some communities from lemmit.online but was getting a terse and confusing error. It took a bit of digging to see it was intentionally blocked from lemmy.ca and the reason why.

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B.C. Premier David Eby says the entire province is now under a state of emergency as crews grapple with dozens of out-of-control wildfires that have forced thousands of people to evacuate.

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7300648

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There's been some contradictory messages recently from the Trump administration regarding Canada's efforts in fighting wildfires. Minister Eleanor Olszewski has issued a statement in response:

July 15, 2026

Statement by U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on the Wildfire Situation in Canada

https://ca.usembassy.gov/statement-by-u-s-ambassador-to-canada-pete-hoekstra-on-the-wildfire-situation-in-canada/

I commend the outstanding cooperation between the United States and Canada as we confront these fires together. Our two governments are monitoring and sharing information in real time – coordination that reflects our partnership at its best.

July 17, 2026

Truth Social post by US President Donald Trump

https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/40097

We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable!

July 18, 2026

Statement from Eleanor Olszewski, the Candian Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience

https://xcancel.com/EleanorO_MP/status/2078272691723719014

Canada and the United States have a long history of working together to fight wildfires on both sides of the border - it is a history that both countries benefit from and that we are building on during this challenging wildfire season.

[...]

Since 2020, Canada has invested $12 billion in forests sustainability and fire prevention. Further we are strengthening emergency managment capacity, federal emergency coordination, and civilian response capacity.

Provinces and territories are also stepping up. For example, Alberta and Ontario are together investing over $1 billion this year to expand their firefighting aircraft fleets.

This is a challenge that knows no borders, and Canada is working with speed, collaboration, and coordination to keep people safe.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

The similarities between Charlie Kirk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel are striking. Certain types of political parties use martyrs for propaganda.

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There are 9 referendum questions which is unusual. Normally referendums have 1 important question instead of flooding the zone.

I'll limit my focus to question 5:

  1. Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate, or citizenship card, to vote in an Alberta provincial election?

The Alberta government is working on a solution to a non-problem. Following in MAGA's footsteps on this issue. There is very little voter fraud with our current system of voters lists and wide range of acceptable ID. Adding more hurdles is an attempt to tip the balance against voters who don't have one of the now limited list of accepted ID.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

I had a company I was doing business with reject a valid email address of mine because it contained a "." character in it. I got an error message about this being invalid email address to use. My "first.last@emailprovider.com" address had no problems sending/receiving emails with anyone else.

There should be some simplified standard way to identify what combination of email configuration is/isn't supported by companies and email providers. This can also future proof against future changes in email configuration changing over time due to the ongoing fight against spam.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

Don't be so quick to trust anything Tump says is truthful. Snippet from this CBC news article about it:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-9.7081924

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says parts of Trump's post are factually incorrect, as U.S. steel was used in the construction from the Michigan side of the river.

"It's just insane," Dilkens told CBC Power & Politics host David Cochrane on Monday evening.

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[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

This article is well written and provides detailed connections between "Freedom Convoy" protesters, Alberta Separatists and other disgruntled people/organizations. A few highlights from the article:

Bruce Pardy, the executive director for an organization called Rights Probe

“In order to really turn the page here to become not just an independent country, but a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” Pardy said. “Let’s just list some. A Westminster system of government. A Crown. Single-payer public health-care system, a managerial state and Aboriginal rights, you have to get rid of all of these things. And of all those things, perhaps the elephant in the room is Aboriginal rights.”

Pardy is the executive director of Rights Probe, and the sole staffer listed with the organization, which warns of “the end of Western liberal civilization” on its website. Pardy is also a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, a conservative think tank.

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submitted 11 months ago by SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

CTV video on Youtube where Thomas Lukaszuk announces the count of collected signatures to be sent to Elections Alberta for verification for a referendum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7szMqzGWGDI

They needed 296,000 and got over 456,000 signatures.

The referendum question is:

“Do you agree that Alberta should remain within Canada?”

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is very car-brained and really, really hates bike lanes. His base is in the suburbs of Toronto and anything that impedes cars gets him wound up. He wants to rip out recently created bike lanes in Toronto. He also banned speed cameras as they were working as intended. 🤷

He also has another proposal for an expensive tunnel to go under a busy freeway: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-hwy-401-tunnel-campaign-promise-1.7453508

"These hard working families, they just want to get to work, get to soccer practice after work, get home, without the headache of bumper-to-bumper traffic from one end of the 401 to the other."

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 months ago

BC Premier David Eby is preparing a digital ad campaign stating exactly that. Canadian lumber has higher tarrifs than Russian lumber imported into the USA:

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/24/bc-digital-campaign-american-audience/

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