@paige@canadiancivil.com
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paige

@paige@canadiancivil.com

Montreal based advocacy journalist.
Human fan.

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paige, to random
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Is someone working on a fediverse alternative?
I probably need to read @evan book to see how possible this is.
I’m imagining something that would take payments from supporters. Creators could publish across different fediverse services « To supporters » which would private post the stuff to them.
Just start with one or two services that you get onboard by sharing a small payment processing fee between fedipatreon and the services used.

paige, to random
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I’ve been in New Zealand for a few days. Anecdotally I’m hearing far more about American politics than home in Quebec.
I’m starting to wonder if language is actually a better insulator from it than geography.

…Or maybe my friends are just used to me zoning out when it comes up.

paige, to random
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The video game industry tax credits are such a mismanaged failure.
Sucked up all Quebec’s talent to generate profits for foreign corporations. Never created a domestic industry. They’ll be out of here as soon as we stop paying them off.
Can’t we please phase out subsidies to foreign owned companies?

https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/808433/subventions-ont-pas-aide-ameliorer-productivite-quebec-conclut-rapport?#

paige, to random
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Real estate signs in New Zealand seem quite fancy to me. Makes me realize that it’s kind of crazy that realtors don’t spend $50 more selling a million dollar house.

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paige, to random
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Leaving Australia very impressed.
Traveled extensively across Melbourne and Sydney.
Unified transit with card taps. Ferry to bus to tram to train frequently going anywhere. It makes exploring fun. Their commuter rail is basically a metro to the edge of town.
But beyond dorky stuff. The cities are clean, diverse, interesting, barely any homeless.
It’s caused a lot of reflection for me as a person who mentally categorized Canada as the same.
I think we have a systemic issue with our governance.

paige, to Canada
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Melbournes trains have been a revelation. We have to get urban railway infrastructure into public ownership in #Canada. The status quo is unacceptable when you realize how much it constrains our options to REALLY expensive alternatives.

paige, to random
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An access to information request leaves everyone in government looking like incompetent liars.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/international-student-study-permits-data-1.7125827

paige,
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To summarize: Our federal and provincial governments created a system that used international students to cover a funding shortfall for public colleges.
They didn’t ensure enough housing was built to accommodate those new arrivals as they exited the residency pipeline.
When the housing crisis hit people noticed this obvious source of demand. The government blamed private bad actors (some bad apples), but it is a much larger public education issue and now the whole house of cards is tumbling.

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Melbourne has a lot going for it

paige, to random
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Just got off the phone with @RM_Transit
I'm stoked. Advocacy is hard, most days you lose, but sometimes it works.
Good job #via and all the people in government who pushed for speed.
There are many hurdles ahead, but at least we are on the right path for a change.

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    paige,
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    @RM_Transit I remember going through the first fact check for CBC and being annoyed at how rigorously they made me cite every source.
    But I kept with the habit of writing them down for all scripts and honestly, it’s been good. I think that process of building an opinion off a set of verified facts did make my arguments stronger and predictions more likely to be accurate.

    paige,
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    @RM_Transit I’m limited? So mean Reece.

    jenbanim, to random
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    Solid critique of #urbanism YouTube

    https://youtu.be/bUs0ecnbOdo

    I definitely think there's a lot of room for more information on how to actually bring about positive change in your city

    I also feel rightfully called out for not attending city meetings

    paige,
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    @jenbanim @jenbanim wooh! My obscurity has finally paid off!
    Interesting watch, there’s definitely way too many people watching this stuff as entertainment and an algorithmic push to make popcorn for nerds.
    But if I was in it I’d probably be pissed off. Educators/journalists are not activists. Different people in movements have different roles to play. When I interview a housing economist, they don’t need to point me to city hall.

    paige,
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    @jenbanim @paige the thing that facinates me is there is no hole, the algorithm buries the broccoli and dishes out ice-cream. I mean the game for many of us is about sneaking as much broccoli as you can inside the ice-cream as possible.
    Like @aboutherevideos set about doing a whole local government 101 series. Did you see it? Probably not, you know what I mean? You can’t build a career with high broccoli levels.

    paige,
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    @jenbanim @aboutherevideos

    https://youtu.be/r_HW4bSmJ1w

    heliomass, to transit
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    “Finally, Toronto has unified transit fares: The good and the bad.” https://reecemartin.ca/2024/02/06/finally-toronto-has-unified-transit-fares-the-good-and-the-bad/

    Good breakdown of the new system in Toronto. I’d still argue Montreal’s new zonal system is more logical and easier to understand, but then Torontonians can tap in with their credit card or phone which I’m insanely jealous of. OPUS just can’t be killed off fast enough in my opinion.

    #transit #Toronto

    paige,
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    @heliomass reece also has his blog federated over here which is handy @reecemartintransit

    heliomass, to random
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    🎙️ “An Elegy To Snark” https://overcast.fm/+76CShal7g /by @goldsbie

    What does a journalist do when Twitter dies and the positive things about that platform die with it?

    paige,
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    @heliomass @goldsbie they usually just go back to Twitter. It seems journalist personality types are generally not satisfied doing something if no-one sees it. It’s been a revealing couple of years.

    paige, to random
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    When you checkout TruthSocial almost every ad is from the EpochTimes, which is the propaganda wing of a cult (Falun Gong) which funds itself from that weird Chinese touring drum show (Shen Yun)
    So people are innocently going to a show and unintentionally helping a cult to get their preferred president elected.

    paige, to Montreal
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    I was with my friend and her two kids on the 55 Saturday when some asshole pickpocketed her and made off with her wallet before we could do anything.
    Just horrible considering she also is visibly disabled at the moment and awaiting surgery, and now has no healthcare card too.
    We can’t have this happening in #montreal because it damages transit usage.
    It should be seen in this context as a more serious offence, investigated and prosecuted as such.

    paige, to random
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    I’ve put together an experimental video about some friends of mine who live in the city and get their little kids to run errands.
    I’m just not sure about putting it out there because unless kids have changed a lot I would have gotten so much shit if my friends found a video of me online buying milk for my dad.
    I’m thinking I might just keep it on Patreon and send it to a film festival or something. Am I being overly sensitive and kids these days don’t care?

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    @heliomass yeah, I’ve never seen the show but heard about it.
    I didn’t end up getting the reality TV show vibe from the footage so made something that’s higher brow (even though I was thinking it would be lower brow)
    But I bet it could work and help normalize kids on the street. Maybe a bit of a « living urban » show on urban families.

    paige, to random
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    Great news.
    The Public Order Emergency Commission and David Johnston (Ski Buddy) affair really shook my faith in Canada’s checks and balances.
    Really felt like they screwed up and faced not even... hard questions in public.
    This is the « healthy democracy » stuff that is good to see.

    https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2024-01-23/convoi-de-la-liberte/le-recours-a-la-loi-sur-les-mesures-d-urgence-etait-injustifie-tranche-la-cour-federale.php

    paige, to random
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    What am I supposed to think about all the people who were disengaged when it was obvious we had an awful housing shortage building for the last decade, who were only motivated to voice their thoughts on the issue when they found out about immigration? And who focus first on foremost on reducing the immigration and not all the other components of the crisis.
    It is just so fucking dissapointing.

    paige,
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    @mpjgregoire I appreciate your honesty about your discovery of the issue.
    That may be why I'm so irritated by this turn, I've been fighting people on this issue for way too long.
    I remember ruining a dinner party when I first came to Montreal because this dude was confident that rent control would keep house prices here low.

    paige,
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    @mpjgregoire I used to be the comms guy in a property development company around 2012. We would write these thought leadership opinion pieces on what was making housing expensive. At that time I was also spending a lot of time in Vancouver. They were a real bellwether for this stuff and the detachment of Canadian house prices after from the US made me look for answers.
    It was pretty obvious to me that supply was the problem and the Vancouver dynamics were present everywhere.

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