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Lemmy.ca is run by Canadians, hosted in Canada, and geared toward Canadians. However, it is not restricted to Canadians, or Canadian culture/topics/etc. All are welcome!
To learn more about what Lemmy is, or how the Fediverse works, you can visit our simple Getting Started Guide.
This site is run by the non-profit Fedecan and funded entirely by user donations. You can help support us by visiting our donations page.
Rules and Guidelines
1. No Bigotry
Including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
2. Be Civil
Argue in good faith, attack the argument; not the person, and promote a healthy debate. That includes implying violence, threats or wishes of violence and/or death.
3. No Porn
This instance is not made to host porn communities. You're free to access porn communities on other instances through your account, but be mindful of Rule 4.
spoiler ::: tag for NSFW images, and put a NSFW mention beside links. Do not use NSFW images as your avatar or banner.
:::4. Use the NSFW tag
Use your common sense: if you wouldn't want this image to show up on your work computer, tag it as such. In comments, use the
5. No Ads / Spam
This instance is not there to act as your billboard. If you want to promote your personal work, at least make the effort to be a contributing member of this community. Your account purpose shouldn't be to only advertise, make it natural.
6. Bot account
If you are the operator of a "bot" account, make sure to flag is as such in the account's settings.
7. Right to privacy
Do NOT distribute the personal information of someone else without their consent (aka doxxing). Information that is public domain can be shared, provided it is in good faith.
ex: The official email of an elected official is fair, the private phone number or the real name of a non-public person is NOT.
8. Report abuse
The report function isn't labelled the disagree button. You might not agree with someone, but that doesn't mean what the person says is against the rules. Using it repeately in this fashion will lead to actions being taken against the reporter.
9. Impersonation
Don't make an account with the intent to negatively deceive or defame someone on the fediverse.
ex: Parody of a famous person is okay, submitting outrageous content as appearing like another user, mod or admin isn't.
Contact an Admin:
- Send us a message at @[email protected]
- Send us an email at [email protected]
Guides:
You can find more guides at fedecan.ca by opening the sidebar.
Meta Communities:
- !main: announcements & general discussion
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- !communityrequests: become a mod of an existing community
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- photon.lemmy.ca (Photon)
- alex.lemmy.ca (Alexandrite)
- tess.lemmy.ca (Tesseract)
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Would you like some pie? Check it out here: https://piefed.ca/
What is PieFed
PieFed follows a similar format as Lemmy and Mbin. Those that are familiar with Lemmy will find it very similar, with some additional features including topic lists, optional private voting, new mod and admin tools, crosspost de-duplication, community wikis, etc. Thanks to how the fediverse works, you can use either lemmy.ca or piefed.ca to interact freely!
We will put together some guides on our non-profit's website at some point. In the meantime, we have created [email protected] for us to learn from each other. There is also the official [email protected] community which has a similar purpose.
We have done some testing and we are learning as we go, but please bear with us while this new platform gets going 🙂
Other Links & FAQ
- lemmy.ca is not migrating to PieFed. We will run both instances at the same time. You can use whichever one you prefer.
- Learn about the differences between PieFed & Lemmy: https://join.piefed.social/features/
- A tour of the community moderation features in PieFed: https://piefed.social/post/844065
- One of the first mobile apps to implement support for PieFed, with more to come: https://interstellar.jwr.one/
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Stay safe Lemmings! None of us are free if one of us has chains, none of us are free!
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) Harriet Beecher Stowe, born on this day in 1811, was an American abolitionist and author, best known for her anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", published...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, born on this day in 1811, was an American abolitionist and author, best known for her anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", published in 1852.
Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut to a large and deeply religious family that produced other notable theologians and abolitionists, such as Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, and Edward Beecher.
Harriet's own politics were influenced by direct experiences with black people terrorized by race riots in the 1820s and 1830s, as well as the Lane Debates on Slavery, which led to the founding of Oberlin College after a mass exodus of students from Lane Theological Seminary.
Later in life, she was an outspoken critic of slavery and supported the Underground Railroad, temporarily housing several fugitive slaves in her home. It was during this period, in the decade before the Civil War, that she authored "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Within a year of its publication, the book sold an unprecedented 300,000 copies and was widely read in both the United States and Great Britain.
Harriet Stowe was also an early feminist thinker, connecting the struggle for black liberation to the struggle for women's liberation more broadly, writing in 1869 that "the position of a married woman...is, in many respects, precisely similar to that of the negro slave. She can make no contract and hold no property; whatever she inherits or earns becomes at that moment the property of her husband...Though he acquired a fortune through her, or though she earned a fortune through her talents, he is the sole master of it, and she cannot draw a penny".
- Date: 1811-06-14
- Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, www.womenshistory.org.
- Tags: #Feminism, #Birthdays, #Abolitionism.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
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Juvenile Eurasian Robin wandering around the woodland floor this morning
#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling
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Found these funky looking stat graphs on fedidb, anyone knows what caused this?
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
Mychael Denzel Smith, a writer and activist, participated in a 2015 panel discussion about the riot in Ferguson, Missouri, that occurred following the 2014 Michael Brown police shooting. Someone asked the panel how to engage in peaceful societal change. Smith replied that revolutions in history have happened through violence. “The destruction of property is not … Continued
The post J. Pharoah Doss: Five years after George Floyd … an unlearned lesson appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
R. Kelly’s attorneys have filed a motion asking that he be freed. They say officials solicited another inmate to kill him. As per Variety, the legal team representing R. Kelly has submitted an urgent request for his release. His attorney on retainer Beau Brindley says that they having damning evidence that the high-level employees at FCC Butner propositioned an … Continued
The post R. Kelly Lawyers Asks He Be Freed, Says His Life Is In Danger appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
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DeKalb Honors Public Works with Official Proclamation and National Recognition
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From the Atlanta Daily World:
On June 6, 2025, more than 1,500 employees gathered in person at New Life Church in Decatur, and over 2,000 more joined via livestream, for DeKalb County’s first ever Employee of the State event under the leadership of CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson. From the opening remarks by Chief of Staff Dr. G. Leah Davis to the … Continued
The post DeKalb Honors Public Works with Official Proclamation and National Recognition appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
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