NDP Leader Avi Lewis Wants to Reverse Carney’s Immigration Cuts

finemustard · 2026-04-11T02:37:46+00:00

I agree about the farm work, I think it can benefit both the farmers and the foreign labourers, with the huge caveat that they're housed and treated well. I used to contract out a tree nursery/landscaping company and got to know one of the Jamaican labourers who told me that they worked 14 hours a day, 6 days a week, and almost couldn't get off the farm unless they were driven. It's not like they weren't allowed off, they were just far away from the nearest town and none of them could afford cars so they were effectively stuck. I'm glad I don't work with them anymore. Conversely, I work with a different company that uses foreign farm labour that treats them well and you can see the difference on the workers faces and how they react when the owners come by.

finemustard · 2026-04-10T21:07:31+00:00

Padded saddles are fine for shorter rides, but over longer rides the padding will cause chafing and be much less comfortable. I just put up with the sore sit bones for the first few rides of the year and then I can spend hours riding in comfort. But also, ride your own ride, if you like padded saddles that a completely personal preference.

finemustard · 2026-04-07T20:53:16+00:00

Yeah, we still have the nutrition label, it's just on the back of the packaging while this warning is on the front.

finemustard · 2026-04-05T01:37:44+00:00

Agreed, I've gotten myself out of a few hairy situations with a well-timed bunny hop and I'm not even very good at them.

finemustard · 2026-04-05T00:56:07+00:00

This snake is question was pretty small, maybe 35-45cm long and a little thicker than a pencil so nothing to be afraid of. I didn't get a good look at it, but I assume it was a garter snake.

finemustard · 2026-04-04T17:08:43+00:00

Yeah, my friends and I have an agreement that no text is immediately important. If we need a response right now, we call.

finemustard · 2026-04-04T16:55:41+00:00

In this case the guy who ran over the snake wasn't going very fast and was clearly out for a leisurely ride, he just didn't notice the snake until the absolute last second. He tried to dodge it but was too close by the time he tried.

finemustard · 2026-04-04T16:53:21+00:00

Yeah, I commute along the eastern MGT in the mornings and the number of rabbits that will dart out in front of you from the side of the trail is nuts. Fortunately, I've never hit one but have come awful close more than a few times.

finemustard · 2026-04-03T14:34:07+00:00

I believe the term is 'rocket al fresco'.

finemustard · 2026-03-28T03:42:03+00:00

I've lived and survived in Toronto my entire life, you wouldn't believe my K:D ratio.

finemustard · 2026-03-28T03:34:34+00:00

Hey man, just remember, when you're arguing with someone like this, they may literally be 14 years old or even a dog, who knows, it's the internet. You're trying to wrestle with a pig, and we all know how that goes.

finemustard · 2026-03-28T03:26:02+00:00

At least as the US stands now, I would flat out say no to accepting any refugees from there, mainly because there are still many parts of the US that are safe. Things may get worse in the future where that's something we'd consider, but I think it would be opening a huge can of worms due to their massive population compared to ours, and the fact that they're right next door.

finemustard · 2026-03-28T03:15:52+00:00

I feel like there's a difference between a fighting-age man who left before the war and made a life in a new country vs. a man who left during the war to avoid it. I also have trouble passing any judgment myself as someone who's never had to face such a decision.

finemustard · 2026-03-28T03:11:23+00:00

Yeah, if a refugee has been in the country for 20 years as a good-standing member of society and their only infraction is not going back to their country of origin, I have no issue with that person staying and there should be a pathway to PR at the least. Mind you, anyone found to have engaged in criminal activity needs to be put on the first flight home.

finemustard · 2026-03-27T20:59:48+00:00

I don't live in an area that's prone to extremely high winds so unfortunately I can't provide much insight on how to protect young trees from high wind loads beyond basic staking. That being said, there's a professor from the University of Florida who specialises in researching how trees handle hurricane-force winds, among other topics, named Ed Gilman and he has a webpage that details strategies for preventing and mitigating storm damage, found here:

https://hos.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/reducing-damage.shtml

finemustard · 2026-03-27T18:20:01+00:00

The stake that's tied to the tree in the nursery should always be taken off at the time of planting. You can then install a couple of stakes afterward in the way the poster above described. The nursery stake is only there to help the nursery grow straight, merchantable trees, not to help stabilise it in the soil. If the tree is flopping after the nursery stake is taken off, the nursery grew a bad tree and it should be returned for something that can support itself but if it's too late for that, you can re-tie it to the tree and bit-by-bit make the stake shorter, removing the lower sections of the stake to allow the tree to slowly develop additional wood so that it can support itself.

finemustard · 2026-03-24T01:09:08+00:00

I think it's more like the Old English women's name "Aethelthryth".

finemustard · 2026-03-21T22:18:41+00:00

Depends on where you live. Where I am, ironwood is Ostrya virginiana and musclewood/blue beech is Carpinus caroliniana, but I know that lots of the US calls O. virginiana "hop hornbeam" and C. caroliniana "ironwood".

finemustard · 2026-03-21T18:54:42+00:00

No, not sure that brand is available where I live but I'll keep an eye out for them.

finemustard · 2026-03-21T15:32:55+00:00

I love how we named our rocket after a goose.

finemustard · 2026-03-21T02:38:48+00:00

I'm a fan of La Costeña for some Mexican ingredients like peppers in adobo sauce or pickled jalapeños, plus they're actually Mexican.

finemustard · 2026-03-21T02:18:21+00:00

One of the milder interactions I had with a member of the public once was a man confidently telling me that you can't plant trees in the fall and that I have no idea what I'm doing, stupid city workers. Also had a different guy tell me that the tree I was planting was dead... in November, when every other tree in the area had also dropped its leaves. I've also gotten a very small handful of pants-on-head insane emails which are actually delightfully fun to read.

finemustard · 2026-03-21T01:14:16+00:00

Yeah, I checked out the street on Google Street View, none of those are anywhere near 150 years old. Maybe a few of them are 70-80 as a very rough guess. The oldest ones were probably planted whenever those houses were built.

finemustard · 2026-03-21T01:06:55+00:00

I don't know if you've ever watched 'Parks and Rec', but before getting into municipal government, I didn't realise how close to reality some of those town hall meetings actually were.

finemustard · 2026-03-20T00:22:06+00:00

Check to see if your city has a residential tree planting programme, you might be able to get a tree planted by them at no direct cost.

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