It’s time to increase fines from $85 to $500 for blocking the box on any and all intersections. Doing so would make it’s safer for everyone including pedestrians.
Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren't afraid to raise their prices anymore.
That leads to unexpected consequences of them. Shrinkflation, strong-arming suppliers even more, etc. And then adminstrating/enforcing against infractions just becomes prohibitive to maintain.
According to Rentals.ca and real estate research firm Urbanation, the Canadian market continued its upward trajectory with data suggesting a monthly increase of 1.5 per cent from August, and an annual surge of 11.1 per cent....
Millenials’ prospects are shattered and social development has been stunted because these milestones are unattainable. Even current homeowners who are seeing real estate as an investment vehicle are supporting an alarming trend where right to own is becoming a thing of the past. They will pass on their assets to their kids or sell them off, which are increasingly going to investors using them as short-term rentals. Everything is just going to be perpetual payments.
And on the other end of things, where labour is becoming increasingly devalued either due to unsustainable immigration (see disconnect between federal and provincial policies) or because of automation (the gain in new careers << loss of old careers), future generations are worse off (so why would you have kids?).
And this situation is not going to be fixed until, like you alluded, there is a demographic shift. But that’s like 10-20 years, when there’s going to be a derth of immigrants (they are leaving in record numbers because the illusion of opportunity is increasingly shattered, there was an article posted on here a while back iirc) and boomers are retiring with little-no savings so they sell to increase supply. Actually I’m not even sure that will fix it, because then the investors just swoop in and buy it for pennies on the dollar like in '08, unless we have legislation to prevent it by then.
I mean, at this point, they don’t really have any self determination, so it doesn’t change anything.
In the end, all this conflict is going to end up with Israel taking even more land away from the Gaza strip regardless of how many Palestinians are further slummed into the south, and the 24/7 news cycle will make a transient hub-bub about it, and then the new borders will become the status quo.
In Not just Bikes video on the subject, they’ve demonstrated that the utility portion of small trucks/ SUVs from all the auto makers have been getting weaker over time (loss of cargo space), and yet people still buy them.
The rage is real (startrek.website)
raytracing rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Fuckn UAE government (lemmy.zip)
But Windows 11 is so good!!11!1! (feddit.de)
stolen from linux memes at Deltachat
we are safe (discuss.tchncs.de)
The next election will be a climate change election — because they all are now (www.cbc.ca)
It’s time to increase the fines for drivers who block intersections (www.theglobeandmail.com)
It’s time to increase fines from $85 to $500 for blocking the box on any and all intersections. Doing so would make it’s safer for everyone including pedestrians.
Is this true, Canada? (lemmy.world)
Found in Manchester, UK.
Epic Games Admits In Court That Its PC Store Still Isn't Profitable (kotaku.com)
Bored ape NFT event attendees get their faces burned by event lighting (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/7879294...
It's not your imagination: Companies are more willing to raise their prices now — and it's because we let them (www.cbc.ca)
Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren't afraid to raise their prices anymore.
Average rental prices in Canada surge to records highs in October 2023: report (www.ctvnews.ca)
According to Rentals.ca and real estate research firm Urbanation, the Canadian market continued its upward trajectory with data suggesting a monthly increase of 1.5 per cent from August, and an annual surge of 11.1 per cent....
...Then you select it, and the Captcha fails. (telegra.ph)
I wish (i.imgur.com)
Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be ‘obliterated’ (apnews.com)
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The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier. (english.elpais.com)