Sunshine (she/her)
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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•NDP leadership candidate apologizes for using AI to respond to Reddit questions
25·9 days agoDespite being concerned artificial intelligence is replacing workers, NDP leadership candidate and union leader Rob Ashton used AI during an online campaign event on Sunday.
He gets lowered on my list.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPto
Privacy@programming.dev•Denmark can't decide if it wants to ban VPNs or notEnglish
44·12 days agoHowever, it wasn’t long ago that Peter Hummelgaard, the Minister of Justice, said “we must break with the totally erroneous perception that it is everyone’s civil liberty to communicate on encrypted messaging services.” This very anti-privacy statement is quite alarming and consistent with the idea of banning VPNs. Hopefully that’s the end of it, but I know I’d be very conscious of my privacy if I lived in Denmark right now.
He also allowed the yugoslavs to travel internationally when most dictators did not.
It was justified, Tito would’ve beat those hateful Serbs himself.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the CEO of Reddit has been given a $193 million compensation packageEnglish
16·13 days agoHe’s laughing, manchild has no regrets.
Breaking the law when demanding the poor to follow it perfectly.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•Brazil’s Lula suggests Carney may visit in AprilEnglish
8·14 days agoLula is a real working class man, dude improved Brazil’s democracy and lost his finger in a factory incident.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Apple Accused of Running a ‘Walled Garden’ by Canadian Legal Watchdog CIPPICEnglish
2·14 days agoAnd if sideloading and unlocked bootloaders were so vital to consumers, wouldn’t those manufacturers making those devices be seeing overwhelming market demand?
The big manufacturers can bulk buy all the factory space to make the best chips. People are chasing specs over freedom.
The point being, bootloaders are locked for security reasons, and to maintain separation between warranty concerns. That’s why most Android devices with unlockable bootloaders require OEM codes, such that warranties on those devices can be invalidated due to no longer being within the provider’s control. It would be moronic for any manufacturer to warranty anything that is not within their control.
People certainly don’t believe that corporate schilling when it comes to home computers and cars.
Also why are you letting ai do the thinking for you in that second link?
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•Insurance lobbyists ramped up ‘pressure campaign’ against pharmacare ahead of federal budget: Council of CanadiansEnglish
6·14 days agoLiberal premier Susan Holt is throwing low income women under the bus.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•Insurance lobbyists ramped up ‘pressure campaign’ against pharmacare ahead of federal budget: Council of CanadiansEnglish
4·14 days agoFederal lobbying records show that insurance sector representatives lobbied decision-makers about pharmacare at least 53 times between April 28 and November 25, according to a statement from the group. The lobbyists represented the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association and several major companies, including Manulife, Canada Life, Sun Life, and Greenshields.
Three provinces and one territory — Manitoba, B.C., P.E.I. and Yukon — have signed pharmacare agreements with Ottawa since then.
Carney told reporters in September that his government intends to follow through with pharmacare deals covering every province and territory. However, there was no new money for the program in November’s federal budget.
“Insurance industry interests have taken full advantage of the ‘open door’ policy for corporate lobbyists adopted by the Liberal government, to the detriment of the millions of Canadians who are struggling to afford their medications,” said Nikolas Barry-Shaw, lead campaigner on pharmacare for the Council of Canadians.
In the lead-up to the election, Carney pledged to provide “dental care and pharmacare for everyone who needs it” and the federal Liberal Party platform stated that a Carney government would “protect dental care and pharmacare.”
At a campaign event in P.E.I. last year, just days before the election, Carney said in a speech: “Pharmacare will provide free contraceptives to nine million Canadians and diabetes medication to almost four million Canadians. Pierre Poilievre will eliminate it because he thinks it’s everyone for themselves.”
New Brunswick’s Liberal government under Premier Susan Holt — who promised free contraceptives in their 2024 election platform — has so far appeared lukewarm about pharmacare.
Dornan previously stated that an offer from the feds wasn’t enough to cover the province’s pharmacare costs and that “New Brunswickers are already relatively well covered.”
But diabetes patients and public health advocates say there is widespread hardship among low-income people forced to choose between groceries, rent, and life-sustaining treatments.
Canada is the only country in the world with a universal health care system but no universal coverage for medication outside of hospitals.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
British Columbia@lemmy.ca•Vancouver Island logging protesters hit out at arson 'insinuation'English
1·14 days agoThe court is killing the planet for rich white dudes.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Apple Accused of Running a ‘Walled Garden’ by Canadian Legal Watchdog CIPPICEnglish
162·14 days agoFine apple for the App Store monopoly.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Apple Accused of Running a ‘Walled Garden’ by Canadian Legal Watchdog CIPPICEnglish
151·14 days agoStop fearmongering against sideloading and unlocked bootloaders. Do not sanewash apple’s locked down approach.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPto
Android@lemdro.id•Alphabet’s market cap surpasses Apple’s for first time since 2019English
171·14 days agoWhelp there goes AOSP.
Time for !linuxphones@lemmy.ca
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Alberta can no longer be considered a safe place to investEnglish
5·15 days agoThe government’s policies affect how businesses operate, Quebec’s elections have way less money involved with the campaigning than your average province. I was able to check which political party the owner of Quebecor has contributed to.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Alberta can no longer be considered a safe place to investEnglish
6·15 days agoElections Quebec has the highest standards and accountability out of any province.
Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.cato
New Communities@lemmy.world•Avatar - (the blue people one) a community for all things Pandora!English
2·15 days agoSpider is pleased!






























Way too low, we would be swallowed up whole by fascists if people don’t wake up.