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Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending
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It was a great spot to set up for high quality all photos and videos, I've seen many videos (even recent ones) that end up with some great angles
I do have to note, that the annual CF-18 demo aircraft always has the coolest paintjob...by far
Back to the issue of a plane spotter group noting frequencies being used, callsigns, and noting what direction aircraft were taking off and landing from...that has an eyebrow raised...
Did anything come of it?
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If you ever dealt with a group of hobby enthusiasts you realize that a sphere of them will be heavy OCD'ers who count rivets, locomotive wheels and numbers, aircraft registrations, Funnels colours, birdcalls, etc, etc. We had the "World Ship Society" meet at the Maritime Museum, a group that tracks and collects information about merchant ships. We damm near had to put a metal detector at the door and the arguments got so heated and I actually had to separate two old guys which were about to get into fisticuffs over a dispute about some shipping company.
There were also couple of guys in the railway societies that got interrogated by the KGB because they travelled the USSR and recorded steam locomotives sightings by recording numbers like oo000oo which indicated how many wheels of which size they were.
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I got my first Observer's Book of Aircraft when I was about 6 years old. I spent part of my year at my grandparents' house at the south end of the Prestwick runway watching the USAF doing circuits and bumps in bombers and transports. I moved on to ships and trains.
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Not that I know of. They were on publicly accessible land and plain voice frequencies.
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Observer's was awesome. I still have a copy I got as a stocking stuffer in 1978. Has a picture of the YF-17 on the cover.
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Spent a day or two there. Nice place, I always enjoyed Scotland so much.
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In light of the layers of spin and BS that will be coming with the cuts that aren't cuts, push to get away from WFH and other shenanigans, came across this and thought I would share.
Nothing I hate more then when you are trying to address serious issues that someone tries to 'focus on the positive' and essentially change the subject while also completely minimizing the thing you were trying to raise. It also seems to be a defence mechanism where risks with negative consequences are ignored or not talked about, but will be quickly scapegoated if that risk turns into an event because you 'didn't raise it up'. It seems fundamentally dishonest in that you can only talk about things if they are positive, and can be exhausting trying to spin something first before you can get any actual support to do something about it.
The Negative Impact Of Toxic Positivity In The Workplace
Nothing I hate more then when you are trying to address serious issues that someone tries to 'focus on the positive' and essentially change the subject while also completely minimizing the thing you were trying to raise. It also seems to be a defence mechanism where risks with negative consequences are ignored or not talked about, but will be quickly scapegoated if that risk turns into an event because you 'didn't raise it up'. It seems fundamentally dishonest in that you can only talk about things if they are positive, and can be exhausting trying to spin something first before you can get any actual support to do something about it.
The Negative Impact Of Toxic Positivity In The Workplace
The Negative Impact Of Toxic Positivity In The Workplace
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Toxic positivity can end up making you feel like it’s your fault. Since everyone else is playing ... [+]
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Corporate-sponsored, toxic positivity is the belief that employees must focus on positive emotions and disavow negative feelings in the workplace. A toxic positivity agenda calls for being enthusiastic and upbeat despite the dire situation. No matter what goes wrong, you are not allowed to show or say anything resembling negativity. No matter how bad the problem is, you must grin and bear it. When management promotes a culture of toxic positivity, it can adversely affect workers. The unrelenting pressure and stress to discount their own experiences and be someone they aren’t can lead to feelings of burnout and letting the team and company down.
When workers believe being positive is forced upon them, it can backfire. For example, employees who are dealing with family members at home with serious medical issues, worried about the costs of childcare and the time and expenses associated with a long commute, now that the remote option was taken away, may not be in the mood to smile and act as if everything is fine and dandy. If the company is initiating layoffs, cutting costs, implementing hiring freezes, losing top talent to competitors and not doing well financially, it's hard to come into the office every day feeling joyful.
The Pressure To Conform To Happiness
When dealing with problems at work or home, it may be mentally and physically draining to put on a happy face in front of your boss and pretend everything is fine. No one wants to be pressured to be someone they’re not. It’s disingenuous, and many people can’t keep up with the charade. Suppressing your true, inner feelings for long periods is unhealthy. When you bottle up your emotions, it could one day lead to an explosion, if management doesn’t relent.
If you are pressured to be someone you aren't and are not allowed to bring your true, authentic and genuine self to work, you risk becoming susceptible to health-related issues. These problems can include mental health issues, getting sick more frequently, a lack of sleep and headaches, if not worse.
How It Affects Workers
It gets tiresome when your supervisor constantly says, "Hard work pays off in the end. You're capable of more than you know. Success comes to those who hustle." Instead of motivating people with a false sense of enthusiasm, workers could become disengaged and frustrated by pretending they are happy. This can have a negative impact, as the real problems are overlooked because no one wants to point out the mistakes and missteps happening all around.
Toxic positivity can end up making workers feel like it’s their fault. Since everyone else is playing along, you feel like an outcast. When you are tasked with a difficult assignment, it's understandable that there will be some additional stress and pressure. If your boss pushes you to be happy, it will make you feel alienated and disconnected from the company.
Ultimately, not being on the same page with the executives and management may make you withdraw. Consequently, feeling ostracized because you’re not playing the game, your work product will suffer. As many other workers are in the same situation, overall engagement and productivity will plummet.
Constantly having to act the part could lead to burnout. A company can’t have everyone always being happy—or pretending to be—forever. Sooner or later, they will revolt.
What To Do About It
Don’t be afraid to advocate for yourself. Set strict boundaries if you are being bullied into being peppy and happy. Be honest about how you feel you’ve been treated. Let your boss and others know that you appreciate their mindset, but it should be reciprocal, and everyone must also support how you want to think, say and act, even if it doesn’t agree with the firm’s narrative.
Corporate leadership must take action; otherwise, they’ll be left with only followers who are too afraid to speak up. Many will start looking for new jobs. It will be hard to retain workers and even more challenging to recruit and onboard newcomers, as word gets out about how much pressure has been exerted on the workforce to pretend they are always happy.
Managers must reach out to their teams and hold open and honest conversations. Empathetic leaders should support their workers’ mindset, even if it doesn't align with the prevailing culture. They have to allow their people to feel how they want. If this isn’t permitted, there will be an exodus of talent. These people will go to another firm that appreciates them for who they are, where they no longer have to pretend to be someone they’re not.
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This quote seems ominous:
Blair suggested to the defence committee that some of the savings could be attained by putting off planned equipment spending.
"We do know that we have to look very carefully at the expenditures," he said.
"It may actually require some of the investments that we know we have to make, [that] we may have to make over a longer period of time in response to the current fiscal situation."
So about those new ships, eh ?
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This is going to piss off the Americans quite a bit. Especially if the Republicans are at the helm in 2024.
This explains why that Defence Policy Review is still in draft as well....
This explains why that Defence Policy Review is still in draft as well....
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I doubt the ships will be cut. But I don’t see the Submarine issue going anywhere.
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You and your math and logic…
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Fucking Bill Blair..........just knew he was coming in as the hatchet man.
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