Lenny’s a little loony

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Cake day: August 17th, 2025
  • Lenny@lemdro.idtoTechnology@piefed.social•A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it isEnglish
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    4 days ago

    If you want you could check out this article, a bit old from last year I just dug it up, a sihk leader was assassinated in Surrey, BC. Highly political as the Cdn gov accused the Indian gov of being involved. I lived there for a bit, it has one of the poorest “postal codes”, like a geographic mailing area, in Canada, but everybody’s driving Lexus and Audis. This ended with the gang trademark of a burning vehicle.

    Canada is a land of immigrants, but there is a large white national contingent growing. I could tell you lots about the indigenous here, nowadays there’s a gov Truth and Reconciliation committee, they have a big voice in the media, there’s lots of social problems among all races here, including racism. My granddauters are Metis, which is an ethnic group that has recognition by the gov. I spent quite a few years working with some indigenous people as a labourer, and there’s lots of news about reconciliation. You can look up info on Canada’s residential school system too. In Winnipeg they’ve been digging up the dump looking for missing indigenous women, its ongoing right now.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/video-killing-hardeep-singh-nijjar-1.7137924

  • Lenny@lemdro.idtoTechnology@piefed.social•A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it isEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I live in Canada, guns are illegal, but in BC here there are a lot of guns. Vancouver is a port city, there’s a lot of gang warfare, comes in bursts. Same story over and over, a gangster is shot on the street and half hour later a car is found burning, destroying evidence… But what’s been dominating the headlines lately is extortion in the Indian community. They are shooting at homes and business, its based out of India, the Bishnoi gang. They have a big presence here now, along with old school Hell’s Angels, ethnic gangs and interethnic gangs. There’s a lot of wealth here, and a lot of poverty.

  • Lenny@lemdro.idtoTechnology@piefed.social•A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it isEnglish
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    5 days ago

    That seems to be pretty lucky if you can go out your front door and that’s what it’s like. When I go out I have to keep my senses alert. There’s a lot of maniacs on the road, the internet isn’t the only toxic place. I go out a lot, walk my dog four times a day, have a history of bicycling and have a lot of pavement miles/kms. And I’ve been doing this for years. I see things like a person pushing all their belongings in a shopping cart on a sidewalk, while a Ferrari drives by. The Ferrari parks at a local mall, I think it’s the dentist’s car. A little while ago the Gov here legalized open drug use, I would pass several people a day just passed out on the ground, sometimes a group, but that law was quickly rescinded. It would be nice if I could live somewhere wealthier, but what there is here is a lot of action. I go out in the dark in the evening, take a flashlight, I’m out between 5am and 8pm these days, see and hear a lot of things. People have been shot in daytime assassinations within a few blocks of where I live, one even on one of the streets I walk down. But I kinda thrive in the action, I’m an observer, the guy walking his dog, watching and listening, talking to random people. Homeless people are generally approachable, they like to come say hi and pet my dog, talk about themselves, complain about things. Wealthier ppl generally try to avoid any street interaction, they don’t want their dog near you or your dog. There are friendly dog walkers too, but some, just don’t want to even make eye contact. It’s weird.