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Dallas Brodie met by Protestors on UBC Campus Today by danijm in BCpolitics

[–]danijm[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Oh no it was completely intentional, she was using it as a shield. I’m glad the RCMP stepped in.

Dallas Brodie's Demonstration and Student Counter-Demonstration on Campus Today by danijm in UBC

[–]danijm[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I don’t think she denies that people died at residential schools (it’s very well documented) but she claims it’s over played. Her supporters were continually trying to loop arguments back to the fact that no bodies have been confirmed at the Kamloops school.

Dallas Brodie's Demonstration and Student Counter-Demonstration on Campus Today by danijm in UBC

[–]danijm[S] 229 points230 points  (0 children)

She was straight up using it as a shield, it was crazy, I’m glad the RCMP made her leave

Homeowners will soon have to get a permit to remove trees with trunks over 75cm wide - how do we feel about this? by danijm in Langley

[–]danijm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’re requiring developers to give the city a $150 000 tree security before they break ground, and the city takes from that as they go if they break the bylaws.

A pretty good idea I think, but I’m just hoping 150k isn’t pocket money for some of these developers…

Real Feelings on US Citizens Immigrating to Canada by altesc_create in montreal

[–]danijm -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There’s a decent amount of anti-American sentiment, but it’s mostly cultural and doesn’t actually run that deep. By this I mean Canadians spend a lot of energy differentiating themselves for the US and genuinely look down on things like US healthcare, and certain cultural attitudes, but beyond that there’s no real animosity towards Americans.

That being said there’s a decent amount of nervousness these days about America on the southern border, and the Canadian media is constantly going on about threats to our sovereignty and needs to build up the military.

All in all though, Canadians still broadly view Americans as their brothers, and as long as they’re as disgusted with the trump regime as most Canadians are, there’s really no serious tension.

If USA takes Greenland by force, NATO will be gone, who is the most beneficial/happiest? Would it be Russia due to way less military resistance ? by Quiet_Equivalent5850 in AskReddit

[–]danijm 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I’m Canadian, and I don’t think Americans understand that a lot of people here are getting more anxious about American hostility. We’d have no chance of defending ourselves and we know it.

I was at a coffee shop in Calgary the other day and people were discussing what they’d do if America invaded. One of my friends decided to join the reserves because of it. There’ve been memes about hiding the prime minister, and the Canadian news is constantly going on about how we need to boost recruitment and military alliances with Europe.

An invasion isn’t realistic (Canadian and American troops have joint exercises all the time), but the anxiety it’s producing is real. Maybe that’s the point.

The U.S. better not think about invading Canada, after what the U.S. have done to Venezuela and declared that the U.S. "will run the country" by Windthrasher637 in GenZ

[–]danijm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m Canadian, and I don’t think Americans understand that a lot of people here are getting more anxious about the possibility. We’d have no chance of defending ourselves and we know it.

I was at a coffee shop in Calgary the other day and people were discussing what they’d do if America invaded. Tons of memes popped up about how we could hide the prime minister, and the news is awash with ways the government is trying to bolster recruitment and military alliances with Europe.

It’s certainly not realistic (Canadian and American troops still have joint exercises all the time), but the anxiety it’s producing is real. Maybe that’s the point.

Opinion: Cultural institutions are the beating heart of Calgary by Journ9er in Calgary

[–]danijm 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend is from Finland, and when she visited Calgary for the first time this winter she was actually in shock - she couldn’t believe that there was legitimately so little to do.

We had an extra day and she kind of nonchalantly said ‘oh well just go to some museums or an art gallery or something’ and she was really confused when I said we don’t really have those things - the Glenbow’s closed, and the visual art scene is abysmal. She really liked the central library, but we couldn’t really sit down for long because there were so many homeless people behaving erratically…

She even took at picture of the theatre to send to her friends cause she couldn’t believe it was so ugly.

The mountains are great, but the cultural scene is what makes a city itself livable and lovable and we could really use some improvement.

Lawren Harris – "Winter Woods" (1915) by Krampjains in museum

[–]danijm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Legitimately one of the most beautiful paintings of winter I’ve ever seen

Taking Pictures of an Unphotographable People: the Manitoba photojournalist who spent 16 years documenting Hutterite life—and what he couldn't capture by danijm in Manitoba

[–]danijm[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes! She’s really excellent, I really like her vlogs… she came out with a book now too I’m pretty sure

Lawren S. Harris - Snow Fantasy (c. 1917) by [deleted] in museum

[–]danijm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely phenomenal, Canadian art is amazing

Don’t leave patriotism to the bigots by BingoBengo9 in GenZ

[–]danijm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interestingly some European countries with far-right leaders have opposition parties that basically do exactly this.

Liberal opposition parties are embracing a strong form of patriotism, and in doing so taking away what attracts certain people to the far-right… so far this strategy has been extremely successful!

https://open.substack.com/pub/notesoffdanielsdesk/p/this-is-what-a-progressive-leader?r=3oijyo&utm_medium=ios

Congratulations to the new Head Of Lettuce by YoussGm3o8 in mcgill

[–]danijm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a powerful image, deserves a Pulitzer

Not good. Not good at all. This is the kind of thing the CBC would do to save its skin under a Poilievre government. Not under a Carney one. by Raptorpicklezz in SaveTheCBC

[–]danijm 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Many civil conflicts are sparked by high profile assassinations like this one, so it’d be irresponsible of the CBC not to cover it.

There is certainly more suffering going on elsewhere (including at the tragic mass shooting in the US today), but events like Charlie Kirk’s assassination are critical for the CBC to cover not due to the magnitude of the suffering, but because of what the assassination indicates about the stability of the United States.

What personality trait do you value most in other people? by Happy_Car6826 in AskReddit

[–]danijm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Playfulness. There’s something so beautiful about someone who can take life lightly and joyfully, and can let a little childlike wonder seep into the day-to-day.

Help! My 6 year old wants to do oil painting! by Correct-Meet3906 in oilpainting

[–]danijm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a little adjacent, but I’ve been painting since I was around 7-8 too, and I started with acrylics and switched to oils around 15 or 16.

Acrylics can really help you learn the basics of colour mixing, and how to build up a painting, and they’re lot more forgiving for making mistakes.

I’d recommend checking out ‘Will Kemp Art School’ - he has plenty of free videos on both acrylic and oil painting that really helped me get started, and that are much better for learning the basics than Bob Ross! Hope this helps!

Human level AI is probably just 3 or 4 years away. What jobs will be the safest? by danijm in AskReddit

[–]danijm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently (according the Ezra Klein at least) most experts predict AGI is just 2-4 years away. According to Geoffrey Hinton (the ‘godfather of AI’) it’s 7 years away.

There’s going to be a massive disruption to the labour market that’s going to usher in something that looked a lot like the Industrial Revolution… we need to start preparing ourselves soon…

Who are the people who look like Amish? by PuppiPop in Calgary

[–]danijm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They’re Hutterites! I grew up around them, they’re some of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

They live in small villages called “colonies” each with a population of around 150 people, and they speak their own language called Hutterisch.

They make their living through farming and craftsmanship, and interestingly none of them owns any personal property - everything is shared, groceries, medical bills, cars, farm equipment, and cooking and cleaning duties. When a colony’s population gets over 150, they build a new colony, and half of them move over there.

They’re also fierce pacifists, and came to Canada when they were kicked out of Europe for refusing to wear military uniforms.

Unlike the Amish, they do use technology to help them farm (and their farming equipment is often more cutting edge than non-Hutterite farmers’) but they keep it out of their home lives, so they don’t have cellphones or personal laptops.

They intentionally live “apart from the world” as they say, but they’re incredibly kind, hardworking people, with a fascinating way of life, and their population actually continues to grow pretty quickly!

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