Open post Robkay @robkay@thecanadian.social · 3mo ago Replying to @ChrisCorrigan@cosocial.ca @dyckron@cosocial.ca there is no reliable economic model that proves impacts of events like this. Also GDP doesn’t have a negative function so even a full scale stadium disaster adds to economic activity. @ChrisCorrigan@cosocial.ca @dyckron@cosocial.ca GDP does not indicate negative effects, however.
Open post Robkay @robkay@thecanadian.social · 3mo ago Replying to @arstechnica@mastodon.social US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social @arstechnica@mastodon.socialhttps://www.climate.us/ Climate.us Climate.us Home independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
Open post Robkay @robkay@thecanadian.social · 3mo ago Replying to @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Remember; Trump stiffed his contractors.
Open post Robkay @robkay@thecanadian.social · 3mo ago Replying to @mdwyer@mastodon.social A large wildfire is bearing down on my hometown, and the county office of emergency management's only information outlet is a Facebook page that requires a Facebook account to view. Let me say that another way: access to vital life safety information is gated on selling your PII to Meta. @mdwyer@mastodon.social Would appear that Canada is obfuscated.