Trump's been threatening to Anschluss Canada as the 51st state and been planning on tariffs and other fuckery to harm Canada. So a lot of Canadians are cancelling services provided by US-based companies and pirating entertainment instead.
Local library here has streaming services with lots of classic movies (watched some Akira Kurosawa flicks). And other streaming services thru there have educational kids' stuff. Also, free museum passes. Telescopes. Musical instruments. Video games. Online newspapers and magazines. Pretty badass.
That's awful. Most people are polite enough not to tell people "hey you're fucking fat" to their face but will pester skinny people with rude jokes and comments allll the time. Doesn't exactly help with body image.
So much fast-fashion clothing is future microplastics. Polyester, acrylic, spandex, nylon. It's sad that plastic clothes are cheaper than natural materials. Then again, natural materials probably need nitrogen fertilizer, made from fossil gas.
That would be nice. But historically Canada has been content to be slightly leftward of the USA and to congratulate itself for it. If Mar-A-Gulago comes to pass, Canada will probably be happy with some intimidation and silencing of progressives. At least it's not USA!
You still have and use a heat pump though. The propaganda in the UK is telling everyone that heat pumps are not perfect, so best throw up your hands and keep burning fossil fuels forever. In reality some combo of insulation, heat pump, and backup system can work just fine.
One of the longest running field studies of heat pumps in renovated properties shows that extensive renovations and insulation upgrades are not necessary to install a heat pump. Good fabric efficiency will keep running costs down, but this is also true for homes heated by gas and oil boilers.
It's why I kept earplugs with me all the time on public transit. And not those foam orange ones, but cone-shaped ones marketed to musicians that go so deep they touch your brain and block out everything.
The bus driver could announce that the bus is on fire. There could be a knife fight right behind me. High schoolers could be yelling about bro no way bro did you see that bro. I can't hear shit.
laughs in cast-iron pan from 90 years ago