I’m willing to bet that it’s lack of enforcement. It really seems like in the last 10-15 years or so, enforcement of driving laws in US and Canada has just… stopped. And, ultimately, making all sorts of new rules and regulations to stop fatalities/injuries means nothing if they are not enforced.

I’d imagine each of us here in North America can think of at least a couple urban centres that have become lawless free-for-alls on the roads.

According to Statistics Canada, 264,000 EV’s were sold in 2024.

50,000 of those potentially being Chinese EVs is not a small percentage. That is a significant chunk of our yearly EV sales.

AI, for the vast majority of users (and especially in the ways Microslop has pushed it) is completely useless at best and a malicious hindrance at worst. In order for Microslop to even begin to reverse course on their reputation they are going to have to accept the cold hard fact that AI is fetish for shareholders and is not actually what their customers want.

And once they do that then they are basically admitting that AI is overvalued and they overinvested in it and wildly overspent. The fragile house of cards might begin to wobble and the bubble might even pop, so naturally every tech company refuses to acknowledge the pushback against AI outside of rare cases of “We’ll revaluate our approach” like Windows did recently. They’re going to have to sink a lot lower before they’ll even consider budging on major changes to their business strategies.

The US was built on a foundation of genocide and slave ownership. It was never great.

It sadly doesn’t matter. Smith could slaughter a school bus full of infants on live TV and she would still win the next election.

Conservatives, both Canadian and American, operate in a post-truth mindset where facts no longer matter. Their manufactured hatred for “the other side” will drive them to act entirely against their own interests and wellbeing entirely out of fear or just to spite their perceived foes. This is further amplified by the conservative tradition of attacking education and free press so people can’t even learn the truth if they wanted it.

We can see it very clearly with the MAGA cult in the US. They are in so deep that the only way they will ever get their heads out of their ass is to lose everything they’ve ever held dear and even then it might not be enough.

That has basically been the status quo for the past year. If you want something to succeed you have to keep it on the down-low so Trump doesn’t notice otherwise he’ll rip it to shreds in a tantrum.

The US is being governed by someone who is much alike the insane kings you read about in history books and fantasy novels.

They will when Alberta votes out the UCP.

And when giraffes can fly.

I’m glad there are official studies being done to document this, but also it’s vary obvious if you’ve spent any time around people in the past few years. The degradation of critical thinking and research skills is highly tangible and disturbing. Any country that isn’t addressing this significant intelligence gap is going to have an entire generation (or more) of brain-drained, unskilled citizens that can’t meaningfully contribute to the national workforce. For western countries that have already surrendered most of their manufacturing and innovation overseas, this will be even more devastating.

One thing the Epstein files made very clear is that US lawmakers (particularly the Trump family), Israel, and Russia are all more tightly linked than we previously thought.

I have a trunk bag that has a 2nd zipper like a suitcase so it can expand upward for larger cargo items. Also the sides open and drop down into large pannier bags for bigger items.

We all know he’s insane and is going to attempt to rig future elections. There isn’t anything the world can do about that, though. Trump is America’s problem to solve.

Surprise! The members of a defensive treaty aren’t jumping for joy when one of the members begins an invasion and commits war crimes and then calls for the aid of the other members. Especially when said member previously lied before and got many killed for their false cause.

If the purpose of NATO is lost on Rutte then he should step aside and let in someone who actually knows what the organisation is supposed to do.

I’ve been tempted to get one of those handlebar-mounted car horns for use when cars cut me off or nearly run me over.

I have a bell on my bike but I actually don’t use it that much. I don’t often encounter situations where I need to pass a person that is occupying the width of a trail and if I do then usually a “Passing on your left/right!” will suffice.

Breaking news: Iran’s allies help them against an invading force.

Hello. Am atheist and don’t celebrate Christmas. It’s just another day to me.

Unsurprisingly, a large amount of people prefer the lifestyle they already have than one that is unknown to them.

We’re going to have a world war against the USA and Israel. It might not be today, tomorrow or even in a few years… but I feel like it’s inevitable. They are rogue terrorist states and are responsible some of the most heinous war crimes in recorded history. They need to be stopped.

FaceID information is stored locally. You have to remember that FaceID isn’t just a picture - it’s a 3D depth scan using LIDAR. If every phone transmitted that information to Apple whenever phones were unlocked it would consume an absurd amount of data and thus money.