Canada invoked the Emergencies Act in 2022 when the national capital was occupied by a convoy of antivaxers who shut down the city for days. There was some debate as to whether it was necessary and there was an inquiry afterward. The main reason for invoking it was to allow the federal government to use law enforcement since the Ottawa municipal police mostly sat on its hands during the whole debacle.

Fun fact: every old man was 20 years old at one time

Sorry, Captain Pedantic — they have same-sex unions (and recently banned travel for surrogacy specifically for gay couples)

It’s already happening in Italy, so there’s no reason to believe the GOP would hold back.

Which western country am I going after if I say “free Tibet”?

It’s been years since I’ve seen or heard anyone say this, but maybe that’s just me. In any case, thanks for bringing it up — anything China-related tends to be controversial here.

It’s never been about western overexposure or who is culturally dominant in what category, it’s about greed. It’s ALWAYS been about greed. And 700 million dollars for a monument to slavery, cultural obliteration, and toxic patriarchy is extremely greedy.

If we were talking about the 19th century I’d agree wholeheartedly, but I really don’t think that fits here. N-D was built centuries before France (or anyone else) had ships capable of making it even a fraction of the way to SE Asia. The word “colony” was something used in a historical context while discussing the Greeks; not a government policy. The same goes for slavery, which was extremely uncommon in Europe at that time (but fairly widely practised in Africa and the Middle East). Slavery was only embraced by Europeans during the age of sail and colonisation.

All that to say, what you’re saying is right in its historical context, but this is not at all that historical context.

Exactly; not to minimize what the French did (it was horrible even by colonial standards, although not quite as brutal as the Belgians) but if we went after every former coloniser like LordGimp does, there’d hardly be anyone left. I’ve never seen “anti-colonialist” people talk about expelling Arabs from North Africa, or Turks from Turkey — it’s directed only at western countries, seemingly completely oblivious to the vast tapestry of warfare and abuse perpetrated by others even while Europeans were still living in mud huts.

What are your thoughts on the Khmer Empire?

Doing all that for “only” 700M Euros – and in five years! – is a miracle in itself. Well done to all involved!

they may inadvertently replicate bad or even illegal practices

“Inadvertently”? Can we please force every journalist in the world to sit through a 5-minute overview of how LLMs work?

Perhaps I’m not American enough to understand this, but is there some connection between the parade (or Macy’s itself) and Israel?

“If you don’t like this country, move somewhere else” energy

That’s odd, because we’ve been assured by Firstname Bunchofnumbers on Twitter that sanctions aren’t working.

Sure, but that difference is less than the variability based on load. The difference in efficiency between a Gold and Platinum PSU is like 4%, but load can vary that efficiency by 10 or 15%

You may have misunderstood what I’m saying. The German far-left spent its time attacking the social democrats (SPD) while the SPD were focused on stopping the Nazis. If the center and left had united, there’s a very real possibility that the Nazis would never have seized power, thus preventing WW2. And the far-left, of course, were rounded up along with other undesirables. I’m sure they had mad bragging rights in the concentration camp, though – “at least we didn’t side with the centrists!”

The PSU doesn’t use more power just because it has a higher maximum capacity. Plus, a PSU is most efficient at partial loads (usually around 60-70%)

The liberals who tried to stop the Nazis but then had to face attacks from people like you on the left as well? Congratulations, you must be very proud.

Eeeewww. You know there’s a panel on the other side to hide all that, right?

Lol. Ironically, the left at the time (backed by Soviets) attacked liberals for not being left-wing enough. That division allowed the NSDAP to complete their seizure of power when a left+centre coalition could have stopped them.

OK, and? You’re seriously trying to defend 66% civilian casualties because 70%+ is worse?

I thought they meant Vitali, but I didn’t know his brother was a boxer too.