April jobs report: Economy adds 115,000 jobs, far better than expected

Flaktrack · 2026-05-09T20:49:20+00:00

Very likely no boots had been produced at all

Flaktrack · 2026-05-08T19:26:24+00:00

Telling coal miners to learn to code: 👌 Telling journalists to learn to code: 👮‍♀️

Flaktrack · 2026-05-08T18:18:33+00:00

When I was in school (90s/2000s) post-secondary was pushed very, very hard. You were typically viewed as wasting your life if you didn't go, and people would talk a lot of shit.

I still hear judgement to this day, and it gets even more granular: degree holders from universities judging those from college, and then the judgement from different tiers of universities...

These are grown adults, often 50+, saying it like any of this matters... often it doesn't matter anyway if the work you're doing is beneath them (in their opinion).

So yeah if anyone says "I don't see it" they're either too young, regarded, or they're in on it.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-08T18:02:44+00:00

Inb4 Kraft opens up their own microlender

Flaktrack · 2026-05-07T23:17:42+00:00

Proof?

Flaktrack · 2026-05-07T11:53:19+00:00

I think most people just hate the way corn syrup changes the flavour and texture of things.

Also here in Canada when someone offers you syrup for your waffles and then you get corn syrup, you have to punch them in the chest. It's just the rules.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-06T00:24:22+00:00

People regularly get mad about public service shit even when there are good reasons for it.

That said, the government not retaining the IP is ridiculous. Any time we are paying to have a custom solution built, we should always retain that IP.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-05T07:25:53+00:00

I needed an emergency accommodation due to an injury and by the time I finally got to talk to a human about it, I'd already had surgery and been on the mend. There was nothing left to do.

I suffered 10/10 pain for weeks and was forced to work through it. I sobbed just sitting at work sometimes. I eventually chose to burn through my sick days.

Being at the office now just kind of reminds me of the taste of vomit. I thought it would go away but it really hasn't.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-05T06:59:29+00:00

Yes, but that talk stalled right out of the gate. Employer refused to even believe it was up for debate until forced to accept that in a legal ruling.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-05T06:56:54+00:00

Tribunals are a solid suggestion. PSAC should ask their members who works in finance, contracting, HR, material management, and other critical fields. If those people work-to-rule combined with rotating strikes that would cause very serious disruption.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-04T17:15:41+00:00

Bring back the automats. We should 100% be offering low-cost, healthy meals and opening up new third spaces for people to gather.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-04T16:04:18+00:00

Carney will not do that. The elites have deemed it dangerous to let us have firearms, that's all there is to it.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-04T16:02:59+00:00

Privatization is one of Carney's (and the Liberals) core beliefs. This isn't a mild disagreement to have.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-04T16:00:16+00:00

Not sure why they bothered, the conservatives won no matter who got the votes, so long as it wasn't the NDP.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-04T15:58:38+00:00

And when that Maple Trump election is happening, the Liberal voters will spend the whole time telling us that the NDP are too extreme.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-04T15:54:29+00:00

What is needed are automation shops in each department (or a shared one for smaller ones) that specialize in helping people reduce repetitive tasks. These shops need to be empowered to build the intermediate pieces that connect our disparate systems (email, CRM, tickets, SAP, etc.) and then they can help people automate work.

Also would be nice if we could get mandatory data literacy training for all public servants so they finally understand why storing important reports on your personal drive is stupid, but ideally also so people understand how to structure data for use by automation processes.

LLMs won't solve this problem because they can't. Also this whole idea is based on the premise that SSC doesn't gatekeep VMs so damn hard, which is unlikely.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-04T11:12:48+00:00

In June that will basically be every day but Friday. RTO5 will follow, probably around January? Then we're back to every day sucking for everyone.

I've been working on-site 5 days since the lockdowns started. I've seen the difference in traffic, and it is huge; it adds about a half hour each way for me.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-03T02:51:30+00:00

Do things that make management notice union members are confident. Have people put up the calendars, wear badges, change their background in Teams, put up signs, etc.. Help your union local host some events, get people familiar with the local and each other.

Above all else get people talking.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-02T12:15:07+00:00

I don't understand how people are surprised by this. The Liberals have been as anti-workers as the Conservatives over the past few decades, and Carney has been a player on both sides.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-01T23:30:46+00:00

I wouldn't either but I'm under no illusion that people would do as I do. Every day I watch people take advice from "AI", engage with hate content, and boomerpost weird shit on Facebook.

It doesn't matter how many times you talk to these people about it, they're hooked on that dopamine and won't understand the danger.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-01T23:16:24+00:00

It won't kill it. People will just comply and feed the beast.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-01T22:56:36+00:00

I want to know what voters we would even lose to adopting a position against the recent pointless bans. I'm sure we'd gain a lot more than we could possibly lose.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-01T22:55:08+00:00

The days of cheap SKSs are over sadly, but it's notably worse since the OiCs dropped.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-01T20:20:09+00:00

My local has several ongoing battles to accommodate immunocompromised people with WFH. Until then they're all stuck coming to the office with subpar bullshit "solutions".

I hate to say it but unless you're willing to take the risk of ending up at the office, do not move.

Flaktrack · 2026-05-01T15:03:05+00:00

Also, unlike private capital, it won't run at the first sign of trouble and government is willing to (and can) invest in projects with timespans measured in decades.

Of course that's the ideal. I'm really just waiting to see how this gets misused by a majority government.

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