GM/DM/Ref’ing makes you think about everybody’s experience at the table. Are they engaged? Having fun? Invested? Getting to do the stuff they’re here for? Feel safe and able to talk freely?

It should be the same for the chair of work meeting.

Sorry, is there a Project A-ko game?

If there’s stuff you enjoy, and it’s healthy for you to enjoy (eg, you feel more connected, and are learning about stuff that interests you) then you should keep doing it.

I have constructed this “superior” all different character of mine only to find I just don’t have the personality irl to back up the character I’ve created and was longing to have something to be relatable to people.

Who does the character benefit? If it isn’t you, or the benefit of being superior is outweighed by the cost of being different, then you should stop.

Pay is still shit.

Tracks

And recyclable!

Twenty years ago, I briefly worked for a research group doing genomics stuff. The researchers couldn’t code worth shit, so they had a hard time analyzing results in a reasonable amount of time. It was easy to be a hero.

I suspect new researchers would be way better coders (I assume AI may help too).

The pay was shit.

It was an asymptomatic smash!

Chummer and omae always worked better for me.

It’s moved a further right since the NDP/LPC supply and confidence agreement. The carbon tax became politically toxic. There’s no serious discussion of climate action - Alberta and Trump have seen to that. We aren’t talking about any kind of wealth redistribution or tax increases on the wealthy (remember the capital gains reform?). There’s no discussion of serious spending to directly alleviate the housing or healthcare crisis.

That looks great! I’ve always wanted to do something similar, but the conflicting backtracks would be some sort of weird non-euclidian space. But mapping that would be hard.

That’s awesome. How do you handle backtracks that don’t line up?

THUMB WRESTLING DOMINANCE

CMHC funded housing for decades. Conservative and Liberal governments funded it, and it worked in tandem with provinces that had governments of all stripes. That ended in the austerity of the 80s and 90s that was implemented by Conservative and Liberal federal governments.

Immigration increases economic activity far beyond its costs.

That isn’t in question.

The original article and CMHC piece describe a reduction in demand for rentals as one of the reasons prices have fallen slightly, and suggest that a reduction in immigration is the cause, thanks to where the reductions have happened.

So racists have to lie about its economic effect, because using racism is very exposing.

This isn’t a question of race. It’s a question of government policy, and the effect it has on people.

Poor federal and provincial planning has triggered a polycrisis. By fixing the mistakes, hopefully we’ll be able to welcome more people. In many cases, immigration can provide a fix by bringing in people we need. (There’s a missing conversation about what that does to their home country and the quality of life Canada provides after they arrive, but let’s save that for later)

But it’s hard to have conversations about potential fixes when mentions of immigration are greeted with accusations of racism.

TIL. Thanks.

Immigration is a policy. Noting the effect of the policy is not racist.

The feds/provinces failed to factor population changes into policy, meaning we don’t have enough housing, medical professionals, teachers, classrooms, etc.

The ideal scenario is that we build enough houses (possibly using the immigration system to invite more construction workers to become citizens of our country), train enough healthcare professionals (possibly by inviting existing professionals in, or training during foreign students who stay), and ensure workers that we invite into the country receive the same benefits Canadians do.

God Guevara

I hate that too often politicians base their decisions on what could happen in futire elections.

Yes. This is the shittiest way of rEpReSeNtInG tHeIr CoNsTiTuEnTs while ignoring the needs of a growing majority of the population.

This is valuable research that needs to be done.

I feel like Zuma is basically Night Boat, but the writers rarely give him an inlet, canal, or fjord.

Have you considered tiny weights for your right hand?

We’re old, politically like-minded, and we dog pile folks who disagree with us (e.g. Conservatives).

I’m not 100% sure why I’m here. I think it’s that I really like the idea of decentralized social media, and I generally fit the group think.

Anyhow, welcome to Lemmy! I hope you enjoy it!