mastodon 4.7.3Natural philosopher (STEM background), retired IT Architect.
Supporting public policy based on kindness, respect and evidence.
#socialSystems #science #philosophy #garden #politics
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Settler on the traditional territories the Mississauga branch of the Ojibwa Nation.
The US Police Have A Dark Money Slush Fund
https://www.levernews.com/the-police-have-a-dark-money-slush-fund/
> Corporate interests are funneling far more money to law enforcement than previously known — often with scant oversight.
In case there was any doubt whose interests they serve.
It seems #defundThePolice won't work, so #AbolishThePolice is necessary.
Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar
> JERUSALEM (AP) — A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory
By comparison, in the Berlin airlift, the peak *daily* delivery was 12,941 tons.
Weekend gridlock. Midday traffic jams. Congestion-free Fridays. The new normal for Toronto commuters and what's being done about it
“Downtowns will never be the same. This idea of a work-first or work-only downtown is over. What a downtown is increasingly for is entertainment,”
“Transit systems have to adjust. Transportation systems have to adjust. Highways have to adjust.”
Toronto police didn’t investigate. 38 hours later, they found this woman dead in a room with her alleged killer
> Three officers — Consts. Victor Lai, Sivapragasam Sivachandran and Adam Yurkiw — are facing misconduct charges including neglect of duty and discreditable conduct for failing to investigate a Toronto shelter’s
As a non-Christian Lancastrian, what better way to celebrate Spring than Northern pagan fertility songs, requesting eggs and strong beer?
The Pace-egging song.
IDK what I was dreaming last night but I woke up with Spiro T Agnew's "nattering nabobs of negativism" phrase as an earworm, so this is how I evicted it from my stream of consciousness.
The only memorable phrase he ever uttered.
