In plain English: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - A Canadian (born in Toronto ON and grew up in Hamilton ON) - was recognized as the best basketball player this year in the world’s most elite men’s basketball league (NBA). He plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder professionally. He also plays for Team Canada. In a wider sense, he represents an ongoing emergence of basketball talent in this country at the highest level that is decades in the making. Canada’s Men’s Basketball team is going to be stacked for a while. Canada’s Women’s Basketball has been globally dominant for a while.

The Redblacks’ unis might be the nicest of those Signature ones imo (but they’re ranked last - to your point about the rankings 🙃). I like the new designs the Riders released last year, although it was a pretty minor rebranding. I think the Lions’ black unis are sweet

I assume all anti-bike stuff is essentially astroturfing funded by big money interests that want to maintain the status quo and keep the public focus off of climate change and our failure to respond to it, the affordability crisis, and widening inequality. And they’re able to trot out a few people who have nothing better to do with their time and who are too stupid to know what’s really going on

I think it’s essential that the most populous city in the country has a successful CFL team.

Why? To grow/ maintain the league? I wish Atlantic Canada had a version of the New England Patriots :D to really make the game coast-to-coast!

Interesting hypothesis. Stadium attendance (versus last year’s) might be a way of testing this. I’m a little skeptical. I don’t think football fans are the most politically engaged. Also, the #1 reason I hear from Canadians about why they watch NFL and not CFL is that “CFL sucks.” I tend to think people providing that kind of response aren’t likely to change their behaviour. I’d love to be wrong though. Also, I think NFL-watching Canadians might be pretty right-wing on average and thus less likely to be upset by or nonsupporting of the travesties south of the border

I support the Double Blue (i.e., Argoooooooos). It’s kind of funny. Given Toronto’s embarrassment of riches when it comes to pro sports teams, the Argos are so neglected in the city. If you were to stop people in downtown Toronto and ask “who are the Toronto Argonauts,” I’d guess at least half of people wouldn’t have any idea. The sports media never mentions them either. I haven’t traveled much across this beautiful country, but I’m pretty sure most other teams (e.g., Riders) are much more locally celebrated. I got into CFL and football a few years ago, so I’m still learning the game. I’m a larger supporter of the Blue Jays and Raptors. I tend to start watching when the regular season starts. I believe we have a few Bombers fans and a Lions fan on lemmy.ca - I hope to see you out here from time to time :D. Sports communities aren’t easy to grow in the Fediverse, but I think they’re valuable because many people like sports and those that do have non-sports interests as well. This is a way to keep growing lemmy.ca - let’s go!!!

Canada has an anti-vaccination problem. It’s wiiiiiild how quickly the alt-right in the US (and the big money, mainstream media, and social media amplifying them) have normalized unintelligent, selfish, anti-civilization behaviour like being anti-vaccination.

Along with the Black Lives Matter movement, people’s distrust in Chump handling the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was a big reason why the US chose Biden over Chump in 2020.

It’s wild how quickly we’re throwing out progress now. Mainstream news is a joke. CBC’s often good but any tongue-in-cheek coverage of Chump is a disservice to our country. Mainstream social media is a propaganda chamber where the oligarch-serving alt-right and foreign disinformation and division efforts work in harmony spreading similar misinformation.

The US is making moves to restrict access to COVID vaccines (while they have stopped counting bird flu outbreaks): COVID vaccines are only approved for elderly and a few others as RFK continues to reshape how Americans fight disease

The Mennonite angle interests me. I would guess their vaccination rates haven’t changed much over decades, them being very consistent in their ways and presumably less affected by recent political developments. Have their vaccination rates fallen, or were they never all that well-vaccinated but were guarded by herd immunity amongst local non-Mennonites - that acted as a fire barrier that’s increasingly breaking down

Shingles vaccinations are for older-ish adults because they were born before varicella (chickenpox) vaccinations were part of standard childhood vaccinations. If you get your childhood varicella vaccination, your chance of getting chickenpox is essentially eliminated, and therefore you can’t get shingles (because it is a reactivation of chickenpox)

Insurance companies claim closed PPNs will help ordinary people and reduce premiums.

Not in the slightest bit believable

How @#$%ing original

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In addition I feel like google allows for like manipulation by the US gov.

We got receipts, for example: Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US users

Temperatures in the 30s in early-mid May in Winnipeg? I didn’t have that on my 2025 climate change bingo card

Pika on the run!

That’s pretty chilling to hear. But great info, thanks for sharing!

Is this populism? Is this Trumpism? Instead of running the province well and communicating that to the electorate, you make up the idea of a referendum on an asinine idea and then market it as “listening to the people.” Irresponsible and effortless

I visited Chicago. Took a tour of Wrigley Field (where the Cubs play) and spent a little time in Wrigleyville (the surrounding area). I went to a White Sox game that evening (where my Blue Jays were playing). I got into a conversation with a gentleman in the seat behind me. He was talking disparagingly of the White Sox and I pointed that out, and he said “Oh I hate the White Sox. I’m only here because this is a free seat and a work outing.” The stands were very empty in the stadium. I don’t know if they offered stadium tours. I came away with the impression that the White Sox were a littler brother to the Cubs in Chicago than the Clippers are to the Lakers the or Mets are to the Yankees. So, if I was guessing, I’d guess a person affiliated with Chicago would be a Cubs fan if they’re a supporter of an MLB team in that city

Finally, a scale for the rest of us!