Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected.

In the 10-minute address, Carney spoke about his government’s efforts to strengthen the Canadian economy by attracting new investments and signing trade deals with other countries.

“The world is more dangerous and divided,” Carney said. “The U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great Depression.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45765333

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/europe/p/842802/justice-for-palestine

So to preface, I only really use doordash when I'm sick and I want to get food without spreading whatever I have. So I don't open the app much. I just noticed that dominos is on the doordash app in my area. Why in the world would anyone ever doordash a dominos pizza when they already do delivery anyways? That just seems like a great way to burn a bunch of extra money for a worse service.

Exit polls put Rumen Radev's new, left-leaning, pro-Russian party far ahead following Bulgaria's eighth

Bulgaria, the EU's poorest member, has been gripped by a political crisis since 2021, when the conservative government of Boyko Borissov was toppled, also amid anti-corruption rallies.

The Sunday vote marks the eighth election in five years. Many hope that the outcome will put an end to the political impasse that has long dogged the country.

I'm including a link to the graphics used, which is also a great didactic resource: https://padlet.com/verdigris21/understanding-key-nodal-points-4kmmgetamtlylhou

cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/28637207

Those who use the bike know this very well: in the city, speeding motorists overtaking other cars, only get one thing: they arrive first to the next red.

With a simple model, the author estimated the probability that one car that overtakes another, will then be reached again at a later red light. Then he estimated the probability that the same thing will happen when there are multiple successive traffic lights, as usual in the cities.

The result is that as fast as an aggressive driver goes, the presence of multiple traffic lights makes it virtually certain that a slower driver will catch up

So, if someone aggressively overcomes you, when you reach him at the next traffic light, you can tell him that it is mathematically proven that he/she is an idiot.

In addition, this study has implications for the 30 km/h city, demonstrating how in urban areas the traffic lights determine the travel times, not the maximum speed reachable between one traffic light and the next.

The original scientific article is here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/4/260310/481212/The-Voorhees-law-of-traffic-a-stochastic-model

crossposted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/116419204210303856

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/50684968

"Nice country you have here. A shame if something were to happen to it"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46143996

April 19, 2026

Hamas has rebuffed a proposal by the US-backed “Board of Peace” to disarm the group, citing ongoing Israeli violations of the first phase of the ceasefire.

Palestinian sources with direct knowledge of the talks told Middle East Eye that Hamas views the plan, presented earlier this month, as a “trap” designed to ignite civil war in the Gaza Strip and destabilise Palestinian society.

The group fears the proposal would leave Palestinians in Gaza defenceless while allowing Israeli-backed armed gangs to operate freely and spread disorder.

“Hamas completely rejects this,” a Gaza-based source said, adding that opposition is even stronger within its military wing, the Qassam Brigades, which considers disarmament “collective suicide”.

They didn't do a full description with a donation link for this one, so here: https://lifeline4gaza.com/

A special live episode of Tankie Group Therapy! Sina, Jay, Mikey, Nora, and Adnan are all confirmed so far!

We will see you soon!

Anyways 4:20 blaze it. It's cool wgen waking up halfway through your sleep cycle temporarily awakens spiritual powers

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46143241

April 19, 2026

Mediators are seeking to extend the United States-Iran ceasefire, as hopes of reaching an agreement before Wednesday’s deadline faded on Sunday, sources have told Middle East Eye.

Senior regional officials said progress had been made in recent days on key issues, including Iran’s enriched uranium, the Strait of Hormuz and the future of Tehran’s allied armed groups across the region.

However, the mood shifted over the weekend, according to a senior Turkish official.

“There are several moving parts in the negotiations. Some are on track, but the gaps in others remain too wide to bridge,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, like other sources in this report.

Noticed I got caught in a wave of bans by the mod of apologiafreenews@lemmy.world after downvoting their obvious distraction propaganda. They got pissy in the comments because their first post got heavily downvoted. So they deleted that post, banned everyone that downvoted, then posted it again to game the system. Classy. I wonder how lemmy.world admins feel about mods abusing their authority like this.

Original post: https://lemmy.world/post/45785126
New post: https://lemmy.world/post/45804062
Completely normal comment in between: https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/e8b1e023-d087-4121-941d-f2010ed1a7af.png
Ban (for 2 downvotes): https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/279c070d-936c-41c4-86ba-f767d59fca08.png

*Also, still can't block communities we've been banned from on the community page. What a joke.