Ron Dyck21h ago
Canadians think Canada should join the EU: poll https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/economics/2026/04/06/canada-in-the-european-union-poll-suggests-broad-openness-to-the-idea/
Canada in the European Union? Poll suggests broad openness to the idea

New polling suggests a majority of Canadians think Canada ought to explore joining the European Union at a fraught time for geopolitical relations.

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Show threadRay McCarthy19h ago

@dyckron
Donegal in Ireland is maybe closer to Newfoundland than to Greece.

Check a globe. Canada isn't as far away as it looks. Greenland used to be in the EU and Iceland might join.
Vikings probably visited.

Show threadmaya_b 🇨🇦17h ago

@raymaccarthy

we seriously need to bring back globes. so many people have no idea how things are related because of projection maps

@dyckron

Show threadRon Dyck17h ago
@maya_b @raymaccarthy the time has come to fix it! Whatever navigational purpose the Mercator projection had is surely long deprecated
Show threadChris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱16h ago
@dyckron @maya_b @raymaccarthy The Mercator projection is still the best for local navigation at the city or street level, because a straight line in Mercator corresponds to a straight line in reality (which is why it’s always been used for maritime navigation). Google Maps uses it, as do the other navigation apps. It’s only at the global level that it’s a monstrosity. But so is the Gall-Peters projection. (BTW, I did teach wayfinding and navigation at OCAD for 13 years.)
Show threadLarge Format Projectionist16h ago

@cjmoorehead @dyckron @maya_b @raymaccarthy

I thought the digital purveyors all switched to a spherical representation once you zoomed out? Notice I didn’t name whatever that representation is, I’ve no idea.

Show threadChris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱
@BenHM3 @dyckron @maya_b @raymaccarthy I believe you are correct…again, because, at a global level, the Mercator projection is an abomination. The Gall-Peters projection displays size correctly, but the shapes of countries are wrong. There’s an entire series of what are known as “compromise” projections, that land somewhere in between accurate size and accurate shape. National Geographic uses one — the absurdly named “Winkel-Tripel” projection. Initially, I thought it was something made up by the xkcd guy.
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