James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

A developer company linked to Doug Ford borrowed $100 million at an interest rate of 21% to purchase land from the Greenbelt. No one does that unless they know they’re going to get a hefty payoff.

This whole thing stinks & needs to be investigated. #onpoli

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-sales-of-greenbelt-land-raise-questions-for-ford/

Surprise Surprise!

Ford government failed to follow expert advice on highway projects, auditor general finds

https://globalnews.ca/news/9314304/ontario-auditor-general-report-2022/?utm_source=notification

The remarkable concentration of total household wealth held by the wealthiest 10%
🇺🇸 US 79%
🇳🇱 Netherlands 68%
🇩🇰 Denmark 64%
🇩🇪 Germany 60%
🇨🇱 Chile 58%
🇦🇹 Austria 56%
🇬🇧 UK 52%
🇨🇦 Canada 51%
🇫🇷 France 51%
🇳🇴 Norway 51%
🇦🇺 Australia 46%
🇪🇸 Spain 46%
🇫🇮 Finland 45%
🇮🇹 Italy 43%
🇯🇵 Japan 41%
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/e2879a7d-en/1/3/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/e2879a7d-en&_csp_=629b9a65616a4d96ca81e8985e607a2f&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book#section-d1e599 @sociology @economics

Upper Loch Torridon was very still yesterday.

Autumn in Phinney Ridge. 🍁

#Autumn #AutumnLeaves #Seattle #Photography #FallColors #November #PhinneyRidge #Washington #SeattlePhotography

After a very wet few weeks we're finally getting some proper dry weather. Loch Shieldaig and Shieldaig Village.

According to my chocolate Advent calendar there's just 3 days until Christmas.

CHINESE SPACE STATION: I stacked 5% of the images I took of tonights flyover..

#space #fediverse #astronomy #astrophotography #photography

The problem is not simply that capitalism produces too much, but that it produces the wrong stuff: SUVs, fast fashion and planned obsolescence instead of public transit, affordable housing and universal healthcare. It overuses resources and still fails to meet even basic needs.

Nationalism: Being proud of things you haven't done & hating people you've never met.

Why do they sell clementines in an orange fish net package? They're already sexy.

"Premier Smith and her grant-giving UCP government will discriminate against those organizations which have COVID vaccination policies to protect staff and others."

RT @Markusoff@twitter.com https://twitter.com/markusoff/status/1597335649824428033?s=20

#cdnpoli #ableg #Covid #yyc #yeg #yyccc #yegcc

I...do not understand how electricity works.

Power cuts tomorrow unless there’s drastic usage reduction

Remember Tories laughing at Germany's efficiency measures to avoid power cuts and increase gas storage?

Germany spent all summer procuring gas, switching to renewables.

UK spent all summer voting a new party leader & then unseating them

Gas storage going into winter:

Germany - 104 days
UK - 9 days

#EnoughIsEnough
#GTTO

When people travel to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small.

Few people think that they can radically change the future by doing something small in the present.

This is the only real time travel paradox.

Yearly holiday reminder - if someone says they don't want an alcoholic drink, that's all they need to say. Unless they offer, it's none of your business if they're in recovery, have a health issue, or just don't feel like it. Don't be the one who makes it weird.