Grand Prix news items pile up
The theoretical reduction of carbon emissions vaunted by Formula One is called into question as it’s pointed out that only a tiny fraction of the sport’s emissions are from the vehicles themselves during the race. Transporting the equipment, travels by the sport’s employees and other operational items account for most of it.
Part of the stage being erected on Crescent Street collapsed on Wednesday. The Journal complains about construction sites downtown. Nonetheless, the mayor says the city is ready for the event.
The city’s hotels are putting up higher security to keep out the homeless.
Ian 19:24 on 2024-06-06 Permalink
TVA has so many popups now it’s essentially unviewable on a phone. I get that advertising supports news but if you can’t even read the story… the ux team must be just dying, if there even is one.
CE 19:50 on 2024-06-06 Permalink
I agree, what is the point of having ads if people are going to get so annoyed with them, they won’t even go to the site. I won’t even click on a Gazette link anymore because the website (on mobile and desktop) is so cluttered and forces autoplay videos even if the story itself doesn’t have a video.
Kate 19:53 on 2024-06-06 Permalink
Interesting. I do most of my blogging on a Mac desktop in a browser that isn’t running ad blockers, on purpose. I don’t see this torrent of ads. (Unless Safari filters them by default.)
TVA has weaknesses but it does a more thorough job of chasing local crime and incident stories than any other media platform here. So I must ask indulgence for linking it.
Ian 19:57 on 2024-06-06 Permalink
To be fair, I use ad blockers on desktop.
From that last link,
«Avec la fermeture de plusieurs toilettes publiques, les itinérants vont utiliser les hôtels et vont essayer quelque fois d’aller voler de la nourriture sur les buffets des restaurants, aller se trouver un coin pour y passer la nuit ou juste se promener», indique le PDG par intérim de l’Association, Éric Hamel.
Uh… “ou juste se promener” ? Homeless people just existing is a problem now? What a jerk. May as well say “We detest the poors, stay away from downtown while me and my equals swan around celebrating our excesses”. Like yeah I get it, you don’t want people swarming buffets or harassing terrasses but you can’t say that the homeless can’t even exist. Guess why homelessness exists, you capitalist pig.
Ian 20:00 on 2024-06-06 Permalink
Oh of course – in no way am I dissing your curation. You do amazing, much appreciated work.
Kevin 10:04 on 2024-06-07 Permalink
Reader view goes a long way towards cutting down on the enshittification of TVA and the Gazette’s web sites.
In my experience ads and popups were imposed by managers who didn’t even see them because they’re looking through app versions of the site, not the browser version.
Orr 12:27 on 2024-06-07 Permalink
Without requiring any browser extensions or reader-view hacks, both the Mtl Gazette and the TVA’s sister publication Journal de Montreal (and many other otherwise paywalled newspapers) can be viewed digital-ad-free in e-newspaper-edition format via the Banq (ie grande bibliotheque) website using the pressreader portal.
Kate 15:37 on 2024-06-07 Permalink
I don’t doubt it, Orr, but I won’t be linking to stories through that portal.
Uatu 17:12 on 2024-06-07 Permalink
Gotta keep out the homeless from the hotels because they have to put on a good image for all the sex tourism coming to town