James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

History can and should choose to remember Elon Musk as a man who pledged $6 billion to end world hunger, balked when presented with a plan to do so, and then spent several times that amount to prove that no amount of money can make people think you’re funny and cool.

Exploring a Middle Ordovician Burgess Shale-type fauna

http://ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/exploring-a-middle-ordovician-burgess-shale-type-fauna

When I was little my parents had me vaccinated against polio in the middle of a polio pandemic. So I wouldn't be paralyzed and possibly die. I was also vaccinated against smallpox, a disease that vanished thanks to the vaccine.
My parents, madam, were no bloody nazis. #abpoli #abvote

@gemelliz

The price Ontarians are going to pay for 'sitting out' the last election is going to be huge, long lasting and the cleanup afterwards is going to be gargantuan!

One can only hope voters in other provinces pay attention, get out and vote and make sure this crap can't happen in their jurisdiction.

Hey Ontario, I don't know shit about DrugFord's land sale machinations but @AskPippa does:
~ a list of all 222 properties owned by #Ontario that are either up for sale or recently sold or under review - including one for 41 acres of ravines & parkland.

Infrastructure Ontario Properties For Sale 2023 has an interactive map of the listings.
Red pins have been sold, purple are in prep for a direct or open market transaction.

Any journos looked into this? #onpoli

https://apps.infrastructureontario.ca/propertiesforsale/Home.aspx

"A jacked-up motorcycle in the middle of the night can easily wake up 10,000 people."

More cities in #France install "Méduse" anti-noise radars, which have 4 microphones, and a camera to automatically ticket vehicles that exceed a certain number of decibels

https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/la-baule-44500/la-baule-un-radar-antibruit-sur-le-front-de-mer-pour-faire-la-chasse-aux-vehicules-trop-bruyants-52854c3e-180a-11ed-92be-d940840fee51

Christian: I was banned for my Christian opinion!

Me: Holy shit! You were banned for counseling forgiveness instead of revenge?

Christian: Lol no... not those views

Me: So... feeding the poor and caring for refugees?

Christian: Haha not those views either

Me: Which views exactly?

Christian: Oh you know the ones

I learned something new today. 🤑

In light of the really impressive JWST observations of Fomalhaut that were released yesterday, I wanted to share my view of the Fomalhaut system. Story time!

Fomalhaut is a bright nearby star that has been known for decades to have a debris disk, a belt of dust caused by asteroids crashing into each other. Sounds very dramatic, but we see them all over the place! Our own Kuiper Belt and asteroid belt are extremely faint/low mass versions of debris disks we observe around other stars.

My goals for tonight:
1. Move as little as possible
2. Eat cake

Hey I really hate to get all political on here but the only true musical instrument is the burlap sack full of keys

“I sincerely hope the writers’ strike in Hollywood is resolved, and the writers are given a fair deal they deserve as soon as possible,” says President Biden at a White House #AAPI film screening, weighing in on the #wgastrike.

A coworker of mine has three owlets in a nest in a tree near her house and now the entire company is obsessed with them!

We now have a Slack channel dedicated to them and get updates every morning 😂

#Owls #Cute #Outside #Trees #AltText

What’s republican representative Pat Fallon’s advice regarding the never-ending wave of mass shootings?

More guns.

Ya can’t fix stupid.

“I really think law-abiding citizens should carry. Particularly when… training is not required because…Unfortunately, there are some places that are gun-free zones where they tell law abiding citizens, you better not bring your firearm.”

Seeing your classmates murdered is more traumatizing for school kids than learning the truth about slavery.

#TrashCanDani has no clue what irony or naked insult mean. In full Thatcherite fealty, asking the people her cult fired to volunteer to reverse the cult's fuckup
https://mstdn.ca/@jantafrench/110335146227412710

If the purpose of opening a slew of new private clinics was to reduce #Ontario’s surgical backlog, why did Doug Ford's #Bill60 do so many other things — things that will dramatically reduce public accountability and leave our precious public health care system vulnerable to corruption?

It’s a question that urgently needs to be answered as Ford plows ahead with privatization plans that are huge in scope and ominous in design.

#dofo #onpoli
#CreditCardvs#OHIPCard

https://rabble.ca/columnists/fords-health-care-privatization-opens-door-to-corruption/