That is pretty much how most legal regimes operate, yes. Then there are the ones that outright criminalize suicide.
Edit: as for why, it’s been shown in some studies that making access to methods difficult does reduce suicide. Cynically, maybe doing that keeps a workforce at better strength.
The dose makes the poison. The packages sold are used in meat curing, as others have mentioned. Mix a bunch in water and drink it, and it cures your blood. Not a very nice way to go, but pretty certain.
Louder for the people in the back! Glad someone is holding us to account on this. Not unique to Canada at all but we should actively try to live up to the oh-so-progressive image we try to project.
It’s okay to care about multiple things. And the names and pronouns aren’t random. For example, I will be calling you “asshole” from now on. Oh, you don’t like that? You think it’s important people call you the name you prefer?
I know the A-series is more common, but I sometimes prefer the B-series. It’s nice if, for example, you’re looking for something between A4 and A5 (i.e. B5)....
B6 has become my go-to size notebook for journaling. Used to be a committed A5 guy but the slightly smaller B6 is just handier for most situations, while still being more generous than a “pocket” size.
For the life of me I don’t understand the weirdly proportioned “B6 Slim” and its popularity.
Interesting that it’s the kids’ shows that have been killing it on representation for years now. She-Ra, The Owl House, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, and more. And The Legend of Korra walked so they could run.
It is a program of genocide. Not necessarily specifically coordinated in this case, but mostly Christian nationalist groups, mostly based in the USA, have been deliberately spreading it for years.
I feel this is a representation of 2 sides of one coin or rather that thees two have similar objective but go about trying to reach it in their own very different ways, one is violent and the other is peaceful all tough they might not necessarily agree with one or the other’s way of reaching the end goal, they agree on the...
How are these fucking scum not in jail. Canada’s smugness about not being corrupt is such horseshit. As long as you rob people with a company instead of weapons, you’re fine.
With so much note taking apps nowadays, I can’t understand why does anyone still write notes with pen and paper. You need to bring the notepad, book or that paper to retrieve that information, and most of the time you don’t have it in hand. While my phone almost always reachable and you carry when you go out. For those still...
The international chess federation known as FIDE has published new rules that state that a person whose "gender was changed from a male to a female the player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made"....
“After this brutal belittling, gaslighting, and sexual harassment, you’re gonna have a lot of baggage. And the best way to carry it? The LTT backpack!”
Well, you can just ram them out of the way with your firetruck. Obviously that’s not a great option either, but if the FD does that then any damages are on the robot-taxi company.
People who underwent gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgeries as adults have virtually no regrets years later and overwhelmingly high levels of satisfaction with their decision to have the procedure, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery.
Chest reconstruction surgery would also include breast reductions. So, trans men. That’s who don’t like breasts. On themselves, anyway.
I’m speculating but I’d assume “reconstruction” since they are keeping and sometimes re-using existing tissues. Someone gets facial reconstruction, not construction, if e.g. they get mauled in an animal attack. You are restoring things to what the patient is comfortable with. A trans person may not have been injured but what they want is for their body to be fixed.
I’ve had a great time playing some of the ‘smaller’ games lately: Dredge (adore this game so much), Dave the Diver, Cloudpunk, Stray, Octopath II, Observer....
Observation is one I really enjoyed. Mild puzzling, tension but not really the sort that kills you, and a fun, mind-bending story. Also the title track is just amazing.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the former billionaire remanded after prosecutors pushed to have his bail revoked, citing violations that included Bankman-Fried’s admitted usage of VPN software that he said was to watch an NFL game and the judge’s view that he had attempted to tamper with witnesses “at least twice.”
I believe one of the overpriced Google tablets actually did use 1: √2 ratio, but they didn’t stick with it. Of course, google has the attention span of a lobotomized gerbil so they don’t stick with anything.
As someone who didn’t make it into law school, and didn’t keep trying partly because people who knew me well figured I’d likely have a stroke from rage as an attorney, I appreciate your wholesome and optimistic outlook you’ve carried into the career. Keep fighting the good fight!
Just for the heads up, this thread will probably have a lot of spoilers. I’m gonna try to go vague on spoilers for anybody that hasn’t played Hotline Miami 2. If you’ve played the game, you’ll probably know what I mean, but I’m going to say some purposefully esoteric shit to keep it out of full spoiler territory....
I cried that whole bit with the controller feeling like you’re missing an arm. So exact a representation of grief.
But the last scene, where the father simply falls to his knees at his son’s grave. He’s been granted his life back at a price no human parent would ever, ever accept. I cried racking sobs. It was so awful and true.
I had a dumb phone until around 2011 and I really miss not staring at my phone all of the time. The only thing that gives me pause is my family sending links via text. I’ve tried other ways to limit screen time but if it’s there I’m gonna use it.
I’m actively considering getting a used Pixel and putting GrapheneOS on it, which is a highly locked-down, de-Googled Android phone. That won’t do anything to keep me away from social media and the like, but it will stop 99% of tracking, which is perhaps my biggest beef with smart phones. I want the smarts to serve me, not FAANG.
Thank you for this. I would add, given the literal engineering for addiction, for at least some people, “just tune your notifications” is like telling an alcoholic “just don’t drink so much.”
The piece argues that many tech companies and media businesses have turned against their users in an attempt to extract more value. Executives like David Zaslav are criticized for their cynical approach that aims to drain the culture’s “dream reserve” for profit. This enshittification process happens when platforms abuse...
I want to like this article and to share it with my relatives to help explain what I am so angry about. But it is so thick with irony and deep-cut references that even I, a long-time extremely online dude, had trouble parsing all of it.
Greece was also praised for banning so-called ‘conversion therapy’ for minors and other ‘vulnerable persons’, as well as prohibiting non-consensual surgeries performed on intersex countries.
As a citizen of Intersexia, this is encouraging news.
Police allege Ontario man sent lethal substance by mail to Montreal recipients | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Hazardous waste plant, directors face 84 charges after explosion killed worker in St. Catharines (www.cbc.ca)
A new entry to the Russian Turret Toss Olympics. (streamable.com)
t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/10879
Flechets from an unexploded Russian cluster projectile are sent back in the form of filler "cases" for VOGs, which will later be dropped on the enemy (streamable.com)
t.me/karymat/3643
Best smart locks: Front door security from Yale, August, Schlage and more (www.pocket-lint.com)
Best smart lock overall: Level Lock+...
Rule (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)
UN envoy links temporary foreign worker program to 'contemporary forms of slavery' (www.cbc.ca)
Multiple school districts cut ties with popular Vancouver Island Christian summer camp over 'homophobic language' in staff contract (bc.ctvnews.ca)
A brave woman unfurled a Ukrainian flag earlies today in Red Square (lemmy.ca)
She already has been released after being charged with discrediting Russia’s Military
This one goes out to the sysadmins in the crowd. (dubvee.org)
Pregnant, and Trapped in a Burning Apartment Building | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)
Ottawa ‘watching closely’ as provinces change school policy on pronouns, names (globalnews.ca)
Saskatchewan recently became the second jurisdiction to change its policy around pronoun use and name changes for students younger than 16.
Comparison of A-, B-, and C-series paper sizes (lemmy.ml)
I know the A-series is more common, but I sometimes prefer the B-series. It’s nice if, for example, you’re looking for something between A4 and A5 (i.e. B5)....
Sask. trans students outed to peers by tech company error (www.cbc.ca)
🎺🎺🎺 (lemm.ee)
Ukranian soldiers dismantle a 155mm cluster munition to take out submunitions and use them for drone drops (streamable.com)
Mirror: files.catbox.moe/dvgb5s.mp4
You glorious Bisexual Fashion Lizard (startrek.website)
Sask. education ministry says schools must get parental permission for pronoun changes under 16 (www.cbc.ca)
Environmentalist :D (lemmy.ml)
I feel this is a representation of 2 sides of one coin or rather that thees two have similar objective but go about trying to reach it in their own very different ways, one is violent and the other is peaceful all tough they might not necessarily agree with one or the other’s way of reaching the end goal, they agree on the...
Provincial regulator orders Granville College to refund $10K after misleading an international student | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Do you still write notes with pen and paper?
With so much note taking apps nowadays, I can’t understand why does anyone still write notes with pen and paper. You need to bring the notepad, book or that paper to retrieve that information, and most of the time you don’t have it in hand. While my phone almost always reachable and you carry when you go out. For those still...
Early signs suggest fall COVID-19 wave starting in Canada — before updated boosters are available (www.cbc.ca)
International chess federation FIDE: a trans woman "has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women" (doc.fide.com)
The international chess federation known as FIDE has published new rules that state that a person whose "gender was changed from a male to a female the player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made"....
Linus Tech Tips issues response to Madison's accusations (aussie.zone)
California allows robo-taxis to expand and emergency responders aren't happy (www.npr.org)
No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction (arstechnica.com)
People who underwent gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgeries as adults have virtually no regrets years later and overwhelmingly high levels of satisfaction with their decision to have the procedure, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery.
Suggestions for smaller-y games if I liked _______
I’ve had a great time playing some of the ‘smaller’ games lately: Dredge (adore this game so much), Dave the Diver, Cloudpunk, Stray, Octopath II, Observer....
Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail as judge revokes bail over witness tampering, VPN use (www.theverge.com)
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the former billionaire remanded after prosecutors pushed to have his bail revoked, citing violations that included Bankman-Fried’s admitted usage of VPN software that he said was to watch an NFL game and the judge’s view that he had attempted to tamper with witnesses “at least twice.”
*Impotent rage*
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
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Thank you, Lemmy users: I have a working Linux laptop for the first time in 8 years! (imgflip.com)
I now have a working Linux installation on my laptop. Honestly, I doubted I’d ever be here again....
Most emotional moments in games? (SPOILERS)
Just for the heads up, this thread will probably have a lot of spoilers. I’m gonna try to go vague on spoilers for anybody that hasn’t played Hotline Miami 2. If you’ve played the game, you’ll probably know what I mean, but I’m going to say some purposefully esoteric shit to keep it out of full spoiler territory....
Rule (i.imgur.com)
Have You Ever Considered a Dumbphone or Do You Currently Use One?
I had a dumb phone until around 2011 and I really miss not staring at my phone all of the time. The only thing that gives me pause is my family sending links via text. I’ve tried other ways to limit screen time but if it’s there I’m gonna use it.
Vladimir Putin signs law banning all trans healthcare in Russia (www.thepinknews.com)
Article by Pink News reporting on the ratification of a law which essentially outlaws being trans in Russia and deprieves trans people of all support
Tokyo man deemed eligible for compensation after outing by boss (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The case is likely the first time an outing has been recognized as a work-related injury.
Win95 :( rule (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Windows won't dominate enterprise in a decade, says outgoing Jamf CEO (appleinsider.com)
Singular they rule (pawb.social)
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[enshittification process] They Don't Want Us And We Don't Need Them | Defector (defector.com)
The piece argues that many tech companies and media businesses have turned against their users in an attempt to extract more value. Executives like David Zaslav are criticized for their cynical approach that aims to drain the culture’s “dream reserve” for profit. This enshittification process happens when platforms abuse...
Greece’s Prime Minister vows to legalise same-sex marriage (www.gaytimes.co.uk)