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We were in the Netherlands over the holidays. We couldn't find advocaat to save our lives! Some people gave us a blank look like they'd never heard of it. Others said it was a grandma drink and they never get call for it. :(

Cool. Can I get ahead oof the crush and apply for citizenship? It's long been a goal of ours to move to the Netherlands.

I can't say I'm particularly outraged by any of the proposed legislative changes, but I feel like there's some reading between the lines that would need to be done.

Like their transportation memo embraces new and innovative technology, while ignoring the innovation and efficiency that can be gained by leveraging existing technology. Canada's train legislation is in dire need of reform.

If they centralize control of transport policy in the federal government, but then declare the needs of suburbs take priority over the needs of cities, then we could end up with a Doug Ford in charge who works to eradicate cycling infrastructure nationwide, and turn cities into mere corridors for cars to pass through to other destinations.

Think of it like email. You can't log in with your gmail account on hotmail and vice versa, but you CAN send email back and forth. Ditto Lemmy. You can subscribe to communities on other servers, upvote, etc.

I've noticed that every different social media medium/site has its own Eternal September moment. I think, optimistically, that we're still before that point. If we get popular and the general population arrives, it'll also attract the predatory ecosystem of state actors and corporate bullshit.

I think Lemmy and the Fediverse in general is resistant to that, but not immune. I expect an effort to create One Big Instance that most people use, or an oligarchy of large instances working together, like Microsoft and Gmail and co do with email.

It wasn't bad actually.

Yeah, you have a city and the last few digits of an America 5 digit post code. It seems like that would take it down to a handful of possible candidates right away.

I'll have to look for that. Probably not at our regular market but there is a south American specialty store across the street that I have neglected.

Soak rice overnight. Add riceand water, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, sugar, to blender . Blend. Strain. Serve over ice, or not.

BC Gin Festival, March 29

The American beer you get in Canada is terrible. Budweiser and Miller and shit like that. American beer at an American pub was great, when I last visited.

Mice can eat more than food. Papers, glue, anything organic. Also make sure any food wrappers are promptly disposed of. Tea and coffee grounds. Spills of juice, milk, anything like that. It doesn't take a lot.

There is never one mouse.