"Who is Mark Carney, Canada's new prime minister?"
I asked my friends and followers on Bluesky about Carney yesterday and the responses were generally positive.
Among the replies:
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A really fun Crokinole write-up
I've known about Crokinole for a while. I don't own a board for it, but I definitely could see myself owning one eventually.
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Canadian court rules a thumbs up emoji as contractually binding
Growing up, I came to believe contracts were only complex and long legal documents between lawyers and businesses or famous people. Then on TV the lawyers in those dramas always have an episode (at least one) which hinges on some drunkenly scrawled contract on a bar napkin.
The reality is contracts only need five things:
- An offer
- Acceptance
- Payment terms
- Intent
- Awareness
So the emoji thumbs up, at least in Canadian court, represents a legally binding acceptance.
Honestly, I find this problematic. My mother-in-law was just remarking how she hadn't understood her nephew's thumbs-up responses to be acknowledging of the messages and she was wondering what he was agreeing with.
The thumbs-up to me can represent agreement, but it also can represent acknowledgment. If legal doctrine now says it is contractually agreement, is there an emoji to represent acknowledgment? Is it 🤔, the thinking face emoji?
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