James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

I've been creeping around looking at a lot of people's accounts (I'm doing a survey) Noticed that people with very few followers have one thing in common: they have not boosted the posts of other people often if at all.

(When I see posts like this encouraging boosting I always think "well that person just wants boosts, whatever") That's not it. On twitter it was important to only boost exceptional content -- boost here to invite more people to join in talking about something.

Imagine being trapped on Mars with Elon and his broflakes in charge.

So why are people still posting on Twitter?

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

I learned all I know about religion from Queen songs. I know Beelzebub has a devil for a son. And that's about it.

You're doing amazing sweetie

In late April, Premier Doug Ford promised Ontario nurses a $5000 bonus. It was touted as part of his $763-million initiative aimed at slowing the exodus of front line health care workers.

Guess what... Nearly eight months later, nurses are still waiting...

#Ontario #malfeasance #HealthCareCrisis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-nurses-still-waiting-for-retention-bonus-1.6677678?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

#fordnation to #Ontario #Auditor :

"Stay in your lane and keep away from our money laundering operations."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-ag-casino-sting-operation-1.6671190

I don't think this is getting the coverage it needs. Scottish government to require passivhaus standard for all new build homes. This is big. Really big. Growing out of lessons from the 70's oil crisis. Passivhaus buildings use very little energy to heat, or to cool. We've known how to do this for decades. It's gross negligence from all western governments that the same is not true of all new builds in the developed world.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23197204.government-announces-passivhaus-standards-adopted-scotland/

There’s no time to explain, get in the pea

I'm really hoping the Indian government is collecting good surveillance data around the intranasal #Covaxin vaccine, and will be able to compute an effectiveness estimate against actual transmission soon. It's the world's first mass-deployed mucosal COVID vaccine. Pay attention.

If a person checks their watch while you’re talking, it’s probably because they’re timing you and this is a competition. Keep talking. It’s win-time baby. You got this.

Sometimes I think these guys got COVID early, and never recovered from the resulting brain damage.

Does this same logic apply to, I dunno, AIDS? "Got some Kaposi's sarcoma after years of IV drug abuse? Best not get that HIV test or else you might have to skip the orgy!" smh.

#Ukraine calls for #Russia to be kicked out of the #UN. https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-ukrayini-shchodo-nelegitimnosti-perebuvannya-rosijskoyi-federaciyi-v-radi-bezpeki-oon-ta-organizaciyi-obyednanih-nacij-u-cilomu

They must have been so embarrassed when they realized they were all wearing the same outfit.

Mostly because our top university granted emeritus status to a 3rd tier Batman villain.

GOP: Let’s be cruel to refugees to score political points

ALSO GOP: How come there’s no Christ in Christmas anymore

An oldie but a goodie:

"A programmer walks into a bar. He orders 1 beer. He orders 2 beers. He orders 1000000 beers. He orders -5 beers. He orders asdf beers."

"The programmer, satisfied that everything is running smoothly, opens the bar to the public. The first customer walks in and asks to use the bathroom. The bar bursts into flames."

found on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/zqpdnm/avis_is_trying_to_charge_me_for_driving_16677/j0zppy0/

#programmerhumor