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NightOwl@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely readEnglish
13·4 months agoSuch texts are boring not because of their content but because of how they are written. The style of these texts is almost intended to prevent the reader from getting anything out of them. It’s believed that just by publishing these manuals and reports they meet a certain standard of democracy. But what this kind of writing does is to turn people away from reading. Such writing is, therefore, antidemocratic.
Un Bits de Tim as they say in Quebec
NightOwl@lemmy.caOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting, call for boycott at Montreal rally
2·10 months agoThere’s a number of good ones in this thread.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Legal action underway to force Canadian Forces to release propaganda documents
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NightOwl@lemmy.caOPto
World News@lemmy.ml•Venezuela: While US Politicians Call Fraud, American Election Observers Endorse Results
169·1 year agoThe Carter Center (cited by that BBC piece) is funded by various western governments including the US, as well as CIA-affiliated regime-change orgs like the National Endowment for Democracy. They are not a neutral party.
The “pro-Kremlin” smear is similarly questionable as it is promoted by the same groups.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•DND ignores requests to release information, undercutting federal law, MPs are told
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World News@lemmy.ml•Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits
11·2 years agoThis article is literally quoting the official press release of the committee’s chairman:
Dr. Fauci claimed that the “6 feet apart” social distancing recommendation promoted by federal health officials was likely not based on any data. He characterized the development of the guidance by stating “it sort of just appeared.”
Dr. Fauci acknowledged that the lab leak hypothesis is not a conspiracy theory.
Dr. Fauci admitted that America’s vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic could increase vaccine hesitancy in the future.
















Whenever royals visit Canada, the government pays millions in security costs, travel, lodging, etc.