Canada must use all means to resist a Trump-led hostile US takeover
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Trump's threats to Canada are not idle boasts and shouldn't be taken as such. They call for a whole of society response.

Trump’s threats to Canada are not idle boasts and shouldn’t be taken as such. They call for a whole of society response.

      • Snowstorm@lemmy.caEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        To add : Support communication infrastructure outside of AWS : that can be as simple as showing up on Lemmy regularly, visiting CBC website and a variety of Canadian information sources all the way to having a computer offline with a copy of early 2025 Wikipedia and various open sources software and decent local LLM.

        Community involvement will be for two objectives: increasing preparedness is evident but also your own mental health that will be way more stable with you actively doing something tangible + the support network.

      • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        2 months ago

        This is a great list, and considering I am approaching old, happy to report that it’s almost like my non-work CV. Feeling nearly prepped, never fully.

        ADHD has been good for gathering a basic set of skills in a wide range of situations.

        Next is to play with community mesh networks and work on the Ham radio experience.

          • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            2 months ago

            Today was a good example. Source Canadian beta-Amylase for oat milk (actually failed though), operate on a chicken foot, hang housing for mason bees, sharpen a chainsaw; replace a laptop battery, convert EDE database files to .vcf, troubleshoot bluetooth DRM bugs; casual cabinetry and a curry feast. Technopeasant reality.

            Oh and download 40GB of family data in preparation for deleting Amazon Prime. We’re going with Syncthing and Immich. Divest and Deny!