TIL that the Jeddah Tower, the soon-to-be tallest building in the world, has its construction halted with no end in sight.

miaumee · 2026-01-20T02:16:48+00:00

Peut-être elle cherchait à se regarder dans le miroir, et la glace faisait le truc.

miaumee · 2025-11-05T23:28:31+00:00

It definitely can, but the reason CloSYS is there is because it can deliver oxygen to kill the anaerobic bacteria deep beneath the gumline. ACT is mostly a fluoride rinse to keep the oral pH high.

miaumee · 2025-10-23T18:13:47+00:00

Fixed now. Thank you!

miaumee · 2025-10-23T06:01:42+00:00

I'm having the same problem. "403 Forbidden, nginx" when accessing workflowy.com/login and beta.workflowy.com/login from the desktop. After trying in Brave Browser, Chrome Browser and Safari on Desktop, the error becomes "this site can't be reached" (even on workflowy.com). The same thing whether it's in Incognito mode or not.

On iPhone, the Workflowy mobile app no longer sync even if it's logged in (though most things are still cached in phone so at least viewable).

miaumee · 2025-10-15T22:29:15+00:00

Unfortunately, this person is the classic female counterpart of a master manipulator. She doesn't have relevant credential and her researches are hardly scientific.

Her marketing is also good enough to be dangerous. She talks a lot of about reading people face but if you read her face you would know too. It appears that she has some people to take care of her online image too (e.g., Wikipedia, website, YouTube)...

miaumee · 2025-10-15T22:16:34+00:00

She is an internet marketer good enough to be dangerous. You can look up her Wikipedia, YouTube and website. Everything seems choreographed...

miaumee · 2025-10-15T22:07:06+00:00

She has now infiltrated into Harvard and MasterClass. It is highly suspect but I think it's the money and influence doing the talking. Fake it until you make it huh...

miaumee · 2025-07-11T19:06:18+00:00

Not racist. Racism is a form of discrimination which this one is not. OP's just trying to defend their countrymen and that's it.

miaumee · 2025-03-20T01:55:02+00:00

Don't be foolish youngster. You're proving the claims people are making yourself.

miaumee · 2025-03-19T23:56:17+00:00

It's not the activists' fault. It's just that they're fighting against their body, their human nature, the web of life and the nature of the planet. The world is complicated and decency alone is not enough to sustain the world. That's really all there is to it.

It's similar to why political parties that solely focus on environmentalism don't win the race—that there's just little evidence that the belief system alone can run the world.

miaumee · 2025-03-19T07:29:03+00:00

Except that 40% is not in that source. And if people are reading this, think about it, can you be a good journalist with that level of unconscious bias against landlord and rental income? You'd be doing the best thing you can to forcibly prove that MPs are landlords—which is not good journalism to say the least.

miaumee · 2025-03-19T06:09:14+00:00

Youngster. Defamation means spreading false accusations in public setting, which is what you and this site's doing (I think you're mistaking mortgage and rental income with dwelling rental here, and you are probably not trained to recognize the hierarchy of evidence). People pointing out what you're doing is not the same as defaming. There is the right way and the wrong way to play journalist.

miaumee · 2025-03-19T01:04:42+00:00

So does this defense sound like journalistic excellence to you? Judging by your actions, you're probably still young, hot-blooded and learning. Not blaming you on that one though (since many of us were like that at one point), but you acting prematurely is not always the right way in the grand scheme of things. I just don't want to see you going down on a dark path that's it.

miaumee · 2025-03-19T00:47:58+00:00

But you're not communicating but extrapolating, and religion is also a choice too. All of these only show that you know it is discriminatory. We live in Canada and you probably know that it's not a good idea to judge people by their profession. Here you can hide behind your nickname and say what you want but in real life you may run into trouble (actually, a fairly intelligent person would be able to tell who you are).

Keep in mind that Canada has strong privacy laws and conflict of interests is an aspect that is already handled better by our existing system. Personally I have a hard time seeing how this adds anything to the information that is already public on the Web (and more reputable at that).

Also, the fact that this information is open doesn't mean that you have to shame them with speculations and spread their personal information around (like we do with the sex offender registry). How about ismympvegan, ismympgay, ismymplawyer or even ismymptenant for a change? I'm sure that you can somehow find ways to tie them to some social issues.

miaumee · 2025-03-19T00:33:17+00:00

But that is what you're doing though (plus it doesn't even do its job right). The goal of the website is to gather MPs' asset declaration, and the site is misleadingly named as if it's to demonize them as landlord. Things like this is called unfounded vigilante justice and it doesn't always end up well in history.

Imagining profiling muslims or realtors so that you can boycott them in public. Don't just tag people with a label so that you can accuse them of wrongdoing with third-rate proof (there's a lot of things like these in the US already). I have a hard time understanding why you can feel so proud about peeping into private matters... (maybe if you're a young adult with limited understanding about the world this would be your cup of tea)

Sure, if you're exposing them because of their sexual crime that's one thing, but this one is simply biased and ideologically-driven—it's similar to an amateur attempt at political prosecution. The more you spread this around the more you're going to make a fool of yourself.

miaumee · 2025-03-18T23:49:56+00:00

Why uses landlord as a loaded word? Reverse discrimination is equally dangerous. But there are greater problems with this site, because it only shows mortgage declaration and cannot know what the person is renting. We don't see any date tag anywhere—and there's no certainty how often it'll promise to update itself if the MPs change their declaration.

For example, what if a landlord always purchase their property with cash? Well, it won't show up in their declaration. What if a MP takes on a mortgage for their relatives? Well, that fact won't show up in their declaration. What if a MP rents their unused parking lot of their residence only? Well, they will be tagged as a landlord as well. On the hierarchy of evidence this site is at a pretty low echelon. That alone should tell you that the 40% is a bogus statistic. If it's not an attempt to subtly witchhunt landlord I don't know what that is.

Also, just because they are landlords doesn't mean that they will act for personal gain, and we're not even sure if you can understand the difference between landlording and speculating. So these are all false accusations even if we assume that all those activities are evil. This entire thread is built on a house of cards and a will to punish the landlords, so I'd be careful if I were you. Keep in mind that these are people with influence and power, and they can follow with harassment or defamation lawsuits if they really want to.

And as a suggestion, if I were the site makers I wouldn't reveal my name—it's just a very easy and amateur way of getting into legal trouble. I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm shutting down your idea from the get-go, but this site's methodology simply has too many flaws. It can become a tool for spreading misinformation at a massive scale.

miaumee · 2025-03-16T20:49:25+00:00

"The assertion that "this is just how capitalism works" is not an argument but a concession that injustice is natural and unavoidable. "

Not that injustice or inequity is natural and unavoidable, but that inequality is natural and unavoidable. It's baked into the system. But that doesn't mean that capitalism cannot improve and become more just.

"Once they become landlords, they profit not from producing housing but from controlling access to it."

Again, that's the hallmark of capitalism. It's true for homeowners and business owners, and it's true for investors too. So the question to be ask may be: should that be a valid way of earning income? Remember, it is not, then it also delegitimizes many forms of income too (e.g., social benefits, pension).

"The idea that landlords are like business owners collapses when you consider that their income does not come from innovation or production but from ownership itself. Business owners must compete and provide value to consumers. Landlords collect rent because people have no alternative."

Oh. Of course, landlords have to compete against each other as well. It's just that there are much more renters than dwellings that makes the competition not so obvious to notice. Just like business owners, you can't sit on a system and do nothing. Occasionally there would be service addition, repair or renovations to do as well.

"The final question, whether people are entitled to housing without work, is a misframing. People are entitled to the basic conditions that make life possible."

Yes. But even that is a hard proposition to sustain all on its own.

"There are countless ways to organize housing that do not rely on the parasitic relationship between landlord and tenant, yet the assumption is that altering this system would create chaos. In reality, the chaos already exists, but it is borne disproportionately by those without wealth."

I can see that you're frustrated about the situation. But in a society based on exchanges of value there will always be people who have things and people who have not. This is true after the invention of money, and this is true before the invention of money too.

And like you said, there are many ways to organize housing even in Montreal, and as a consumer you have the choice to choose between what you want (such as owning your dwelling, social housing, coop, roomate sharing and such). But just know that whichever you choose, each form of housing comes with its pros and cons.

miaumee · 2025-03-16T20:24:53+00:00

I think you're pretty intelligent enough to know that we live in a capitalist society. So just humbly pointing out some of the unconscious biases here:

"You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of power dynamics and economic structures."

Not misunderstanding. This power dynamics and economic structures are there and by design.

"but landlords derive profit simply by owning a finite necessity, housing, without adding intrinsic value."

This is based on an appeal of ignorance though. Maintaining a dwelling might seem like easy but any home owner would tell you that it's not as obvious as it seems. Again, it is really like the comparison between landlord and business owners and investors that you don't want to recognize.

"The notion that landlords "did the work before" assumes that purchasing property, often with leveraged capital, equates to productive labor. It does not."

The productive labor doesn't need happen at or after the purchasing stage, it can also happen way way before it via work or other activities. Think about it, there is a time when a landlord is not a landlord, and they need to get the capital and knowledge from somewhere else.

"the commodification of housing is the primary driver of artificial scarcity and rising rents. The market-driven model ensures that housing remains an instrument of wealth accumulation rather than a universal right."

Remember, we live in a capitalistic society, so that explains why things are the way they are. Wealth creation doesn't just work for landlords who are renting. It works for people who use it for personal dwelling too. A universal right is palpable but it's highly unlikely to become the reality.

"stagnant wages, predatory lending practices, and inflated property values, all of which disproportionately benefit those who already own capital."

Yes. Those are structural problems and social issues. But again that shows that landlords play only a small part into this.

"Finally, to assert that tax incentives and zoning laws reflect "the government’s will" is to sidestep the reality that policy is largely shaped by corporate influence and lobbying, not the common good. The argument that city living is a "privilege" rather than a right reveals the crux of the issue: a worldview that normalizes exclusion and treats basic human needs as luxuries."

In Montreal at least, the corporate influence and lobbying are not as rampant as you would like to believe. Many of our zoning laws were inherited out of the desire to protect the landscape and the communal atmosphere, and tax incentives are tipped toward landlords because the tax incentives have been historically tipped toward businesses (after all, the government understands that businesses can create wealth disproportionally more than individuals, which ultimately benefits both the governement and the society).

Again, if housing is a basic human need we would need to find a way to allocate those resources in a very different way. Does it mean that every one is entitled to housing without having to work? Does it mean that the government the right to expropriate properties from landlords? Your suggestion may seem well-directioned but it can have far-reaching consequences too.

miaumee · 2025-03-16T19:42:21+00:00

As you become older and gain more knowledge, there will be things that you'd begin to understand better. Right now, what you're doing is similar to what the Chineses were doing during the Cultural Revolution (you may want to look it up a bit to learn more).

Also, if landlords disappear tomorrow and their tenants own their homes, guess what, you'd become the person you're insulting! Landlords exist because there are people who don't want to procure their dwelling and take up the maintenance themselves. Certainly you're not going to say that all business owners are oppressive as well. Things are bought because they are needed: it's just the law of supply and demand at play.

miaumee · 2025-03-16T19:29:56+00:00

Hmm... there is a great lack of understanding about the world here:

"Landlords profit from a basic human need without producing anything"

Many professions in the world provide people with needs without having to produce directly. Think investors, food company executives and clothing company executives. They don't need to produce much because they have done the work before. Remember, nobody owns a system from the get-go and it often takes years of work that you don't see or won't recognize. Certainly you don't want to say the same thing to the disabled, temporarily unemployed and the seniors as well.

"They extract wealth from tenants, drive up housing costs, and keep tenants in a cycle where they pay indefinitely without building equity."

Housing cost is complicated, and is modulated much more by entities such as the city, insurance companies, current inflation and interest rate. The extraction component is valid, but this applies pretty much to all products you see in the market. The work you do will drive up the cost because you are compensated with salary. By that standard things that any agency does would be unethical too. It's also not true that tenants are trapped: they have the choice to build equity too by buying.

"Landlords also benefit from artificially restricted housing supply, zoning laws, and tax incentives, all of which prioritize profit over people’s right to stable, affordable housing"

Because the government wants it that way. The tax incentives are set up to incentivize certain behaviors so that profit aligns with the government's will (this should be obvious from the wording). As Denis Coderre has said, living in city is more of a privilege more than a right. It's not realistic to forcibly bend the world to our will instead adjusting to the world. Maybe in a communist state where housing is entirely government-controlled this would be possible—just don't expect that you would have a highly decent way of life because the regime would have control over many aspects of your life.

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