Middle density housing is severely lacking in most of Canada. Montréal is one of the few cities that does have a bit of mid-density housing and its housing costs are lower than most other similar sized cities. Obviously there’s many more factors but I definitely think mid density is important for reducing this crisis.

The reason this is interesting is because it’s the reverse of gas cars. Typically the best efficiency of a gas vehicle is on the highway but for EVs you get much more efficiency in local streets

Honestly I just hope this backfires and less Canadians end up using Facebook, we’d definitely be much better off

When I was in highschool (late 10s) you were allowed to have your phone on you in class, it wasn’t instantly taken away if they saw the outline in your pocket, but you weren’t allowed to use it in class.

100%, even if a lemmy alternative were to someday be created, so much needs to happen before that (advice/confession communities, regular post updates) that a BestofLemmyUpdates is in the far distant future