I believe Quesnel mayor Bob Simpson was ahead of the curb when he decided to get rid of his Facebook profile. Seeing more politicians do same. And there's this:

More B.C. municipalities are turning off Facebook comments
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
We went generations without Facebook comments on city notices in newspapers, I'm sure things will be able to function just fine this way. Anyone who doesn't at least have some sympathy for doing this doesn't spend time managing a Facebook page
Here's the thing: I started a fb page for our show very early on, before it was a primary strategy. A lot of effort went into fostering a good community and, overall, it was successful for a long time. But increasingly the effort that went into doing so wasn't worth the tradeoff
I will say openly: I was among the most skeptical about the benefits of turning off comments. I'm a person who would actually engage with the criticism, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. But not having to worry about it, at all, has been an improvement to my life and work
I still receive criticism, some fair, some not, about my work. Emails, DMs, tweets, I can see it. It doesn't mean I'm being less reflective of my work or not getting feedback from the public. It does mean I'm not getting performative pile-ons from people who don't read articles
Even better: It means we can post journalism about sensitive topics or people in vulnerable positions without worrying about people essentially bullying them. At least not in a space that is ostensibly endorsed by us

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RCMP expected stiffer resistance during raid in B.C. pipeline, land rights conflict | CBC News cbc.ca/news/indigenou…
"Social media 'rhetoric' from supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs — who say the Coastal GasLink (CGL) project does not have their consent to cross the territory — led planners to believe they would face fiercer resistance, the RCMP said in a statement to CBC News"
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RCMP confirms. More details coming soon #vanderhoof Image
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Public asked to stay inside or shelter in place, lock your doors and refrain from leaving your home or business at this time. Image
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According to the conditions of release for those arrested yesterday, journalists can return to the injunction zone to do their jobs. Wet'suwet'en members are allowed to return for "traditional practices". Others arrested are not allowed to return.
Proceedings today are underway. Starting with a timeline of events. Short version is there were people trying to stop construction of pipeline, courts granted an injunction order, RCMP enforced, people went back, RCMP enforced again.
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@M_Tol "Its fascistic, the entire thing is fascistic. Canadians should know that journalists in this country can be arrested and incarcerated if they're telling a story that RCMP don't like"
As Toledano was being released, RCMP put out a lengthy statement on his (and Amber Bracken's) arrest: bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.actio…
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A gathering outside the Prince George courthouse as 13 people arrested in Wet’suwet’en territory last week are set to make an appearance within minutes. Arrested include two journalists and camp leader Sleydo’
Because of the number of people being held there are a very limited number of people being allowed in. Image
As an update they opened overflow and there is dial in
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1. You shouldn't shuffle albums
2. You should still have the ability to shuffle albums
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I mean obviously if you really want to shuffle an album (which you shouldn't) just put all the songs on a playlist and shuffle that. But it's silly to add extra steps to allow people to do something (which they shouldn't) if they can ultimately still do it.
The shuffle feature is now well over 30 years old, dating back to the ancient technology of the CD player. Wait until Adele finds out how many people used to put five albums into a multi-CD player and put THAT on shuffle, mixing up five separate visions into a single mess
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