Capitalism is a funnel -> those with capital extract additional capital from those without. I say this as a small business owner, just barely turning towards “winning” the game if capitalism after decades on the other side. It’s a resource snowball, and only a few can win.

Ideally, there is regulation, scaling taxes and redistribution. That part seems more broken the further along you get.

Oooh, parasitic to mushrooms. Very cool.

What is the last thing?

I tried to get out of my bed today, but I am a fossil.

If the Jays win, Trump will bomb Toronto, the capital of Canada. We should probably just lose in the playoffs.

I saw this documentary about it – Canadian Bacon.

Ah, fuck it. We don’t need Toronto. Go Jays!

Remove LEGO from this headline and it’s super mundane.

$1400 is what – a single Millennium Falcon set?

TIL.

It’s statistically improbable, but possible Almost all minerals you’ll find in the wild are bog standard ones.

Tangent about slate, shale, and clay. One of the diagnostic properties is “grain size”. To determine if soil is clay or silt sized particles, one of the common tests is: rub it on a tooth – if it feels smooth, the particles are clay sized. Slate and shale are clay minerals, and will feel smooth on a tooth if rubbed in the direction of the grain. If it doesn’t feel smooth, then it’s a siltstone or similar.

Generally speaking, you usually have an idea of what it is before you lick it.

But any minerals mercury would be usually be a no go. Here’s a fun one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calomel since we’re talking about chlorides ;)

No. Potassium chloride is more bitter.

Source: am geoscientist. Licking rocks is one of our university trained skills. I kid not.

Tangent: we printed these t-shirts in undergrad that said “You know you’re a geologist when you can say with a straight face: have you tried licking it?”

As a geoscience, I like spicy rocks

Rotten potatoes. Not good.

Pro tip: when you find a comment by someone you find interesting or insightful on a topic you wish to see more about - click on their profile and see where else they’re posting. It’s a great way to find additional communities.

Furthermore, lemmyverse.net is amazing for finding communities.

Maybe they could send some firefighters instead

That whole album is amazing, but this song seems more relevant now.

Ironically no fedecan.ca presence…

I actually locked the D&D community on lemmy.ca that I created once the ttrpg.network D&D community took off. I recommend that one. I could reactive the lemmy.ca if someone went sideways with that instance.

I also recommend the lemmyverse.net website for finding communities to subscribe to. Copy and paste the community name – should look something like !dndnext@ttrpg.network – into the search box and then subscribe.

Also, try to subscribe to communities that aren’t on lemmy.world, even if one exists on lemmy.world. Let’s avoid putting all of our eggs in one basket ;)

Before the enshittification took root, reddit was where I interacted the most with people online. You could buy a subscription to get an ad-free experience. It came with a bunch of Reddit gold you could hand out. Basically, help pay for server time, and get an ad-free experience without adblocking.

The amount of time I spent on Reddit I would compare to a Netflix subscription or similar.

In the ramp up to their IPO when they started to fuck with everything, my goodwill evaporated. I stopped moderating and abandoned my subs. Whenever I had new content I wanted to post, I instead post to the fediverse. So, there ya go 😅

It was a matter of time. The insanity cannot be normalized.

Weirdly, because Molson bought Coors, even some of the large American beer brands are Canadian, after a fashion.

I’m the beer guy for the hockey team. When I’m buying beer for the hockey team (in MB), I sale hunt, and it doesn’t need to be good. Sometimes it is Coors Light (made in Canada, owned by Canadian-headquartered firm, but US brand). Sometimes it is Labatt. Occasionally Moosehead or Sleeman 2.0. Whatever is on sale. Target price is about $1.60 per can and I can usually get close.

When buying for myself for pleasure, it is inevitably something actually Canadian, and often local. I’m a sucker for the Moosehead Radler. Or Trans Canada Brewing Bluebeary. But occasionally we buy Corona or 1664, sometimes in their non-alcoholic forms. No US brands in sight.

There are so many good options for just about anything you desire, but I feel for the bourbon connoisseurs.