Bonjour :)

J'ai lu des articles à propos de coopcycle.org et je pense qu'ils vont adorer Lemmy/Fediverse:

• https://jlai.lu/post/45122192
• https://jlai.lu/post/45140170

Quelle est la meilleure instance pour ça, jlai.lu? Si vous les connaissez, peut-être pouvez-vous les inviter?

Hello :)

I read some articles about coopcycle.org, and I think they would get along great here on Lemmy / the Fediverse:

• https://jlai.lu/post/45122192
• https://jlai.lu/post/45140170

What would be the best instance for this, maybe jlai.lu? If you happen to know them, feel free to send them an invite. I'm in Canada, and I think it would be better if this was organized by someone local / in France

Source: https://www.litterboxcomics.com/coopers-new-friend/

The head of Quebec’s maple syrup producers’ association says the province’s strategic syrup reserve has run dry amid high demand for the product.

Québec Maple Syrup Producers President Luc Goulet says government support will be needed to ensure the industry doesn’t miss out on opportunities to grow the sector.

Maple syrup yields depend on weather conditions.

As a result, the producers’ association has established a strategic reserve to ensure prices and supply remain relatively stable.

“Our strategic reserve has been reduced to zero,” Goulet said in an interview at the release of a report on the industry’s economic benefits. That means the industry could lose customers if weather conditions are less favourable for maple sap flow, he said.

Goulet cites the stock shortages in 2007 and 2008 as an example.

Quebec maple syrup is gaining market share abroad, according to the president of the Maple Industry Council, which represents authorized buyers.

Louis Turenne notes that exports increased by 9.34 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year. The pace accelerated in 2025 with a 15.8 per cent increase as the threat of new tariffs loomed over the industry.

In 2026, exports rose at a slower rate — 2.48 per cent from January through August compared to the same period the previous year. “It’s always hard to beat an exceptional year,” Turenne said.

Currently, nearly 65 per cent of maple syrup exports go to the United States “We’ve made significant progress in diversifying our markets in recent years. Twenty years ago, that figure was 80 per cent,” Turenne said.

“But we need to accelerate the opening and development of European, Australian, and Asian markets to become less dependent on the U.S. market,” he said.

First few paragraphs:

Thanksgiving hits a little different in the middle of a national unity crisis. Like millions of Canadians, I am particularly thankful for the renewed sense of patriotism and Canadian pride I’ve seen throughout my city, across the province and from coast to coast to coast. As I told the friends and family gathered around my dinner table this weekend, we have Donald Trump and Danielle Smith to thank for that national reawakening. Now, in the same spirit, it’s time to thank Elon Musk for reminding us of the need to develop our own sovereign technology and data ecosystem — and the cost of remaining so reliant on the one he runs.

“Quebec should separate,” he wrote in a recent post on his social media site. “They would be better off. Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too.” This isn’t at all surprising coming from someone who has said that “Canada isn’t a real country” and who routinely makes his antipathy toward our government and its leadership clear. What is surprising, and becomes more so with each passing insult, is the number of high-profile Canadian politicians, journalists and business leaders who continue to patronize his site.

It’s not just Conservatives like Pierre Poilievre, Danielle Smith and Jamil Jivani who seem to enjoy swimming in X’s soup of misinformation, anti-immigrant hatred and foreign influence operations. Senior federal Liberal ministers like François-Philippe Champagne, Marc Miller and Evan Solomon post content routinely on Musk’s site — and barely ever do so on more progressive-leaning platforms like Bluesky. High-profile journalists, including Althia Raj, Andrew Coyne, Chantal Hebert and Rosemary Barton, also can’t seem to quit the place. Even left-wing political leaders like David Eby and Avi Lewis, who have been unsparing in their criticism of Musk (and targets for some of the most unhinged abuse on the site), continue to paint his fence.

I am testing out a scheduled post each week to help break the ice for discussion. Please let me know with any feedback :)

Right now, the posts are scheduled for Thursdays at 5pm.

I'm still working out the bugs, but this is something I wanted for myself. It would let you add the playlist to your app/account, and also let you automatically play the next video.

I'm thinking of the following:

• rolling window of around 50 videos, where older videos get dropped
• a post is only added to the playlist if it has been up for 24 hours, so that spam posts can be removed by mods before getting on to the playlist

I couldn't find a good and recent summary page anywhere, so this is my attempt to put something together.

They started around a decade ago, and they are currently still very active. While the website is a bit out of date in some areas, and the twitter / linkedin doesn't have frequent updates, their Facebook page has had multiple posts in the past few days (related to their annual meetings), and their GitHub repos have constant activity as well.

From October 15th to 18th, the international courier community and federation will gather in Pamplona-Iruña, hosted by our local member Ziclo-P.

You can find info on their copyleft license here: https://coopcycle.org/en/coopyleft/

The Coopyleft license restricts the commercial use of the software to cooperatives, associations, or limited-profit organizations. Please refer to Article 3 of the license for detailed conditions. [source]

The license prevents non-cooperative companies from appropriating the code and turning it into a profit-driven business.

You can see the map of cooperatives here: https://coopcycle.org/en/cooperatives/

While their website doesn't mention a Fediverse presence, they do seem to think positively of Fediverse related projects. While I'm personally not local (and swamped with other projects already), I think it could be worth reaching out to them and getting them on here. Their Facebook posts don't see much interaction, and I think they would get along well on the Fediverse. Here is what they mention about "Are there other similar projects"

Yes. CoopCycle is part of a broader movement of solidarity-based digital alternatives.
Projects like Framasoft, Mobilizon, Cascade, and Open Food France share the same philosophy.

Some more reading:

• 2026 - https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/grey-zones-bike-delivery-platform
• 2024: https://platform.coop/blog/coopcycle-navigating-political-democratic-and-economic-realities/
• 2020 - https://www.lowimpact.org/posts/coopcycle-federation-bicycle-courier-co-op-every-town/

Please feel free to share this to a relevant French community, such as those on https://jlai.lu/

My first time making that typo: https://peifed.ca/

From the event page:

Save the Date

Date: Monday, October 26th, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM (Registration Opens) | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Conference) | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM (Reception and Dinner)
Location: Ottawa
About the Conference

Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, is now at second reading in the House of Commons. It is one of the most significant pieces of digital policy Canada has considered in years, with major implications for online safety, privacy, free expression and how Canadians of all ages use the internet.

This one-day conference will facilitate a substantive public conversation about the bill. It will bring together diverse perspectives to critically analyze Bill C-34 and propose thoughtful amendments to make it more effective at addressing online harms, while preserving digital rights.

Expert-led panel discussions will examine how online harms have evolved since 2024 and whether the bill’s framework adequately protects users.

Building on the 2024 Digital Justice Summit

This is the second national conference on online harms convened by NCCM and OpenMedia. On September 23, 2024, the two organizations co-hosted the Digital Justice Summit at the National Arts Centre, a full-day conversation on the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) and the underlying issues it set out to address.

The 2024 Summit brought together lawmakers, academics, journalists and civil society organizations from across the spectrum. Speakers included Justice Minister Arif Virani, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Conservative Senator Salma Ataullahjan, Emily Laidlaw (Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law, University of Calgary), Barbara Perry (Director, Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism) and Mercedes Stephenson (Ottawa Bureau Chief, Global News).

Bill C-63 died when Parliament was prorogued. Its successor, Bill C-34, is expected to go considerably further, and this year’s conference picks up where the 2024 conversation left off.

I came across this website. I'm on the other side of the country, and so I can't check out the store in person, but the video they have on the site makes it look pretty cool.

Representing exclusively Canadian artists, artisans, and small businesses.

Alongside a handful of our own Spruce Moose Original products, we feature work from more than 50 talented Canadian artists & artisans, including exclusive Spruce Moose collaborations!

Apparel, accessories, home décor, greeting cards, & gifts by Canadian artists

Beautiful, quality, unique, & functional goods by Canadian artists, priced accessibly!

Location:

Find us every Sat 8-3 & Sun 10-2 at The Market at Western Fair District

You can see their list of artists here: https://smoose.ca/pages/artists

Their other initiatives: https://smoose.ca/pages/initiatives

This article, and the original title, are in French. I could not find many articles about this in English, so I've grabbed translations of excerpts to the best of my understanding. I have included both the originals and the translations below so that people can correct me.

Likewise, if someone has videos from the event, please feel free to link them in the comments. I found some myself, but it was hard to track down primary sources without knowing which French keywords were better to use. The article has a few instagram posts linked.

Original title: "Paris: un orchestre de 400 personnes joue au milieu des violences"

Original French:

L'Orchestre du Nouveau monde a été créé en 2020, alors que son fondateur, Etienne Jarrier, n'avait que 18 ans. Son idée: encourager «l'écologie et la justice sociale», selon son manifeste.

Ce mardi, sur la place de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris, quelque 300 musiciens ont fait sensation, jouant notamment la Marseillaise ou encore la Marche impériale de Star Wars.

Ce samedi devait donc être un grand jour pour Etienne Jarrier. Sur la place de la République, à Paris, le chef d'orchestre autodidacte attendait quelque 400 musiciens. L'orchestre était ouvert à tous, et les instrumentistes pouvaient télécharger les partitions pour se mettre au parfum.

Une répétition était programmée à 11h30, soit avant le début de la manif'. Le concert de l'Orchestre du Nouveau monde devait démarrer à 13h. Mais, rapporte Telerama, qui cite Le Monde, la police a envoyé des gaz lacrymogène dès 12h20.

Sur une vidéo, on peut notamment voir les musiciens, dont certains masqués qui tentent de rester concentrés malgré le gaz qui leur brûle les yeux et la gorge. Ils interprètent notamment la musique de Hunger Games, The Hanging Tree.

Translated:

The New World Orchestra was premiered in 2020, when its founder, Etienne Jarrier, was only 18 years old. His idea: to encourage “ecology and social justice,” according to his manifesto.

This Tuesday, on the square of the Hotel de Ville de Paris, some 300 musicians made a sensation, playing in particular the Marseillaise or the Imperial March of Star Wars.

This Saturday was, therefore, set to be a big day for Etienne Jarrier. In the Place de la République in Paris, the self-taught conductor was expecting around 400 musicians. The orchestra was open to everyone, and instrumentalists could download the sheet music to get up to speed.

A rehearsal was scheduled for 11:30 a.m., before the start of the demonstration. The concert by the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde was set to begin at 1:00 p.m. However, as reported by Télérama, citing Le Monde, the police deployed tear gas as early as 12:20 p.m.

In a video, we can see the musicians, including some masked who try to stay focused despite the gas that burns their eyes and throat. They performed the music for Hunger Games, The Hanging Tree.

I came across a video about this, and I thought the interface looked unique. There are some rough spots, and I'd prefer if the spacing was even tighter, but I like it otherwise.

I'm not familiar with Linux theming / customization at this level, so I can't comment on it past that. The repo link below has the video:

https://github.com/caelestia-dots/shell

Some more screenshots:

From the blog post

obtaining an ARIN ASN and a portable /24 IPv4 block for a home networkI’ve wanted my own Internet address space for a long time. Not “my ISP gave me some statics” space which I’ve had for well over a decade now, but a block that belongs to me, announced into the global routing table by equipment I own, and ideally sitting in the rack in my house. Type the prefix into bgp.tools and see my own ASN sitting there as the origin. How cool! (ok, cool for some, but not most)

In this episode

The bakers dive into desserts from tropical climates featuring Latin America's favorite, Flan; the Cuban puff pastry treat, Pastelitos; and a tiered take on Pavlova.

What is this

Some community members have expressed interest in having scheduled threads for Canadian content. I am scheduling a few posts myself, and as always I'm open to feedback and suggestions! If you want scheduled posts for a specific show, please let me know and give me a source which has the airing/release times. You are also more than welcome to post the threads yourself :)

About this show:

Based on the UK's hit format, The Great British Bake Off, The Great Canadian Baking Show brings together 10 amateur bakers from across the country to compete in a series of culinary challenges that celebrate their diverse backgrounds, families and communities. [source]

You can watch it for free with CBC Gem.

• Full summaries, WARNING SPOILERS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Canadian_Baking_Show_season_10
• Recipes for those who want to bake along: https://www.cbc.ca/life/greatcanadianbakingshow/recipes

I am scheduling these posts for 1:00pm PCT on Sundays.

• Incumbent mayors have been defeated in several major cities across British Columbia, after voters showed an appetite for change in municipal elections.
• Surrey incumbent Brenda Locke conceded the mayor's race, with predecessor Doug McCallum projected to win back the city's leadership.
• Challengers won mayoral races in West Vancouver, New Westminster, Prince George, Kamloops and Fort St. John. Incumbent Ken Sim is trailing in Vancouver.
• Many cities and municipalities reported increased or even record turnout at advance polls, despite officials having been worried about voter confusion with the overlapping provincial campaign.

I am testing out a scheduled post each week to help break the ice for discussion. Please let me know with any feedback :)

Right now, the posts are scheduled for Thursdays at 5pm.

Excerpt, emphasis mine

Canada’s long-awaited instant payment system, Real-Time Rail (RTR), likely won’t include any of the country’s largest banks as participants in its first phase, BetaKit has learned.

The RTR system is meant to be an instant, always-on payment infrastructure for Canadians and their financial institutions to transfer funds. The system is under development by the national non-profit Payments Canada, which has a government-created mandate to handle the country’s payment systems. The RTR system’s rollout—the first phase of which is slated to go live in the fourth quarter of 2026— would also allow emergent financial companies to move money for customers without relying on banks or paying them a fee.

But four sources within the FinTech ecosystem that have knowledge of the rollout said none of Canada’s Big Six banks are currently scheduled to participate in its first phase, raising questions about how useful RTR will be without the banks, which settle the vast majority of the country’s payments. BetaKit is not naming the sources because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

To send and receive payments via RTR, both parties will need to be onboarded to the new system, Payments Canada confirmed to BetaKit in an email. Otherwise, institutions will have to use existing payment rails to move funds on behalf of customers.

The RTR system first began development as a payments modernization project in 2015, with a target launch of 2019. Since then, it has been fraught with delays: Payments Canada pushed back the rollout to 2022, then later rescheduled it for mid-2023, and again to 2026.

Canada is the only country in the G7 without an instant payment rail.

Excerpts:

Canada’s newest FinTech unicorn is poised to become its newest bank. CEO Daniel Eberhard explains what comes next.

The company is nearing the end of its 5-year journey to secure a Schedule 1 banking licence, which CEO Daniel Eberhard claims will help Koho offer more competitive lending and savings rates to everyday Canadians.

“I think that we will look back on prediction markets the same way we look back on altcoins and … NFTs.”

To Eberhard, prediction markets are techwashing what amounts to gambling, which could lead to a bunch of negative downstream social effects.

Excerpts:

Canada’s newest FinTech unicorn is poised to become its newest bank. CEO Daniel Eberhard explains what comes next.

The company is nearing the end of its 5-year journey to secure a Schedule 1 banking licence, which CEO Daniel Eberhard claims will help Koho offer more competitive lending and savings rates to everyday Canadians.

“I think that we will look back on prediction markets the same way we look back on altcoins and … NFTs.”

To Eberhard, prediction markets are techwashing what amounts to gambling, which could lead to a bunch of negative downstream social effects.