James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

I feel you, tree

You’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf
In Canada we have

How the Northern Lights are created:

​RTfrom former TO Mayor @iamdavidmiller
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The Ford Government should be under police investigation. It is not possible to believe that these land speculators paid tens of millions for land that could not be developed without knowing the greenbelt protections would be removed. Criminal.
#Toronto #Ontario #pavingover #greenbelt #environment #Onpoli

just because #caturday

Popcicle, NO

the most powerful ad for religion i've ever seen

This one is doing the rounds a LOT lately…

“I know you think you’re being funny, but honestly Dave, it’s just hurtful.”

Danielle Smith is unfit to lead.

Re-Toot to save a life.

Today, Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $1.44 billion in damages to the families of Sandy Hook victims.

Defamation law is proving to be a vital weapon in the fight against right-wing media lies.

Do you ever think: 4 billion years of evolution for this?

So here's the thing. You can only violate people's legal rights and your own word so far before they lawyer up and come after you.

I really do hope Musk changes his mind and does the right thing - the employees deserve that. But it'll be fun as hell if he doesn't.

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Mastodon will break 8 million users by tomorrow!

7,925,283 accounts are active.

>2,000 new accounts are being made every hour.

That's 1 million new accounts being made since a week and a half ago.

The capitalist is the enemy, but they pay you to think that other workers are your competition in a zero-sum game for wages.

They pay you to believe in them, because if you didn't, then the whole system would fall under the weight of the realisation that we do not need a capitalist class.

[ #antiCapitalism ]

What is the Greatest Heritage Minute?

I want to rank all 100 Heritage Minutes from Historica Canada based on the votes of my followers on Twitter and Mastodon.

Let's begin!

Edmonton Grads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxJcXsFxyLI

Frontier College:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFgnnEmjbmA

@scottsantens just because something works or is good, people won't necessarily do it.

it's been proven for decades now that schools starting later lets students learn better but hardly anywhere does it

“On Sept 15, a company controlled by developer Michael Rice bought the property for $80M. The agent promoted it as a ‘prime land-banking opportunity’ … a person with the name Michael Rice donated more than $10.5K to the PC Party since 2018”

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

Historians actually have a word for people who pal around with nazis and that word is nazi