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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · 14h

Czechoslovakia of 1968, Hungary of 1956 and Finland of 1939 were too russophobic for no reason, apparently.

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · 2d

Is Canada going to build its own independent cloud and AI infrastructure or just focus on selling oil and gas? 😠

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · 2d

32 years wait was worth it! What a series, nerve wracking! Congratulations Toronto!

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · 18d

We wouldn't know actually. Once they figure out the right tint of orange, the AI replacement will smoothly enter the stage.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 18d

‼️ Trajectories of missiles and drones during today's one of the most massive strikes by Russia on Ukraine.

🚀 According to monitoring channels, Russia launched about 700 UAVs, up to 50 Kh-101/Caliber missiles and 2 Kinzhals.

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 26d

Cool tests you can do in the classroom for testing spices and other grocery products.

Detect Adulteration with Rapid Tests. fssai.gov.in/upload/knowl...

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 19

5) Imagine trimming all this fat - suddenly productivity goes up, taxes start coming in, jobs are filled by young Canadian graduates, eh?

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 19

4) There are thousands of these middlemen in Ontario alone, they serve telecom, insurance, banks (IT, BA,and QA jobs), hospitals (nurses, PSWs, radiologists etc.), construction, and even transit network corporations. And you understand how little of this is getting taxed in Canada.

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 19

3) get TFW staff, make them work 12-14 hours per day, and line the middleman's pockets (Tata, Cognizant, Infosys) that can amount to $40-50 per billable hour, for the full contract length. That's 74K per year per TFW, just for processing monthly timesheets and paychecks.

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 19

2) he starts hiring foreign nationals at half-wage of what the same skills pay in Canada, adds 30-40% markup and 'sells' this to Immigration Canada as a TFW need. Kickbacks are extremely common with this multi-layered middle man approach. There's an obvious incentive to start slow projects:

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 19

Actually, I can share my own experience: 1) We have almost the same problem in Canada, it's called TFW. Same exact side effects. It starts with corporations crying they need skilled workers and cannot find them. Then their buddy opens a single person Consulting firm in Canada/US.

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 19

It has become unsustainable in the face of reality and the natural progression of the relationship?

Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 5

Good morning Dimko! God bless!

Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 5

A new round of #roses started in the #Canadian backyard

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 3

But, but - this will ruin the business model of having such fat profit margins that the students cannot afford to study without a part time job at Tim's. And it would force the tuition costs to drop. Who would want this?

Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Sep 2

What if Canadian farmers started a co-op store chain, where they could seasonally sell own products or in winter bulk import Latin American or European products?

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 29

With all due respect, this calculation is flawed. Babies don't have money,so 407M loss should be divided among taxpayers only: it's $45/yr per tax payer or $90/yr per family. What do we get in return - junk mail and wrong addressee letters in mailbox? Missed credit card payments due to lost letters?

Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 27

Productivity improvement also comes when bloated minististies are trimmed and their archaic red tape processes are automated and digitized. And when corporate management is competent and not wasteful at workers and taxpayers' expense. So the puck doesn't always stop with the workers.

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 20

Well, if the councilors want to note NO, I'd say fine, but the performance evaluation is still coming. Same please, in Ontario and Ottawa.

Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 15

Good morning to you too, same to you!

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of twig and bone @oftwigandbone.bsky.social · Jan 30

The second tea I make is one that helps with my anxiety, but also helps me focus during the work day. I blend Hawthorn, Gotu Kola, Damiana, Holy Basil, and nourishing Nettle to round it off.

Dried herb blend being held up by a spoon.

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 4

Idiocracy, but in reality

Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 2

I'm asking myself the same question, every week. Is it the same scenario that Putin experienced, when he attacked Ukraine? (I mean all these countries are good at talking tough but terrified of 'escalation', for years now)

Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 1

A Canadian rose to you all!

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Ed 🇨🇦 @quihabetaurem.bsky.social · Aug 1

Not shopping at Walmart, but ordering from Amazon as can't find an alternative. Alternative to Home Depot was Rona, but Lowes bought Rona. Had Home Hardware as plan C in my area, but they closed last year.Canada allowed US stores to push out Canadian even before Trump said we were too protectionist.

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