James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

I love #Mastodon. I did not know #FootpathFriday was a thing, so here’s one from one of my trips to #Japan. 💚

(Since this got so popular, I edited the alt text to be more descriptive. 🙏)

A few seconds ago, a commentator on MSNBC said that presidential debates should be fact-checked in real time in the same way that movies are critiqued by Mystery Science Theater 3000. Works for me.
#mst3k

Melania wanted $250k to appear on CNN to pimp her own book. Classy.

#TrumpGrifters

“Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump’s book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges about a possible interview, the publisher sent an unusual demand last week: an interview would cost $250,000,” CNN reports.

YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME HERSHEY'S®️ !!!

2/ “If the cops wanted to shoot an elderly black man they should have shot Al Sharpton,” Robinson commented in April 2009 on a NewsOne article about Sharpton participating in a police-brutality protest. “Closing his mouth would do this Nation good.”

“Obama IS a blackface step-in fectch-it [sic] for liberal white America,” Robinson wrote on the same site the same month.

“It’s Oprah the wicked witch, leading the way to sexing up the children!” he wrote beneath another article a few days later.

@petrillic The value of a meeting linearly decreases with its size. The more people are there, the less likely it is you need to be - any meeting over 14 people should have been an email with a pre-recorded video attachment.

captain of the S.S. WHARRGARBL catching some waves

#dogs

Some of the parents were on the verge of making going to the school dances *mandatory* and student government with my help put a stop to that. Some parents are like... disappointed their teens are too isolated I guess? I can see why they feel that way.

Anyway I'm feeling vindicated because the student government came up with some ideas to make the dances more appealing: one was having a "chill lounge" a more quiet place with tea and snacks and boardgames. It was a big hit! Pass it along.

People who tell you they "Can't say anything anymore", can say whatever they want. They just don't want to accept the consequences of their really bad takes.

Now *this* is interesting.

From 2005-2023 in Canada:
🇨🇦 Population is up: ⬆️ +24%
🇨🇦 GDP is also up: ⬆️ +84%
🇨🇦 Emissions DOWN: ⬇️ -8%

Regulations, reducing oil & coal, cap & trade, education, global treaties, and yes even carbon taxes — the work is starting to visibly pay off.

Don’t give up on a goal just because it’s big.

https://440megatonnes.ca/insight/2023-national-emissions-modest-decline/

#ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #CO2 #AGW #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #SKPoli #MBPoli #ONPoli #QCPoli #NBPoli #NSPoli #PEIPoli #NLPoli

Does anyone in my timeline know MA or PhD candidates researching the academic labour market (anytime between the 18th century and today) from a historical perspective?

Retooting much appreciated! 😊

SpaceX to FCC, "Rules? How we operate, there are no rules!"

https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-to-fcc-loosen-rules-or-cellular-starlink-tech-risks-becoming-text

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent

I’d like to invite you to vote in our 1970s Top Twenty Chart Poll

Match-Up #118
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen v Let it Be - The Beatles

Please vote below 👇

#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic #RockNRoll

Me when I see people defending billionaires

#Meme #Billionaires #Socialism #Simpsons

Nothing quite illustrates the desperate need for proper civics education than a man with a policy platform of “stopping imaginary transgender immigrants eating your cats” being neck and neck to be US president.

Which of the following would make you most interested in a new phone?

🚨We Need Your Help 🚨
A group of wild eyed idealists have gathered to create a #Mastodon / #Fediverse instance focused on people, events, and resources in British Columbia, Canada! One of our first jobs is to figure out a domain name.

We have a couple candidates but we thought we would put it out to YOU to help us decide!

We are [tentatively] calling ourselves the Society of Open Social Servers of British Columbia.

🙌 Please Vote, Boost and Leave Encouragement! 🙌
#bcpoli #opensocialweb