James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Donald Trump selling assets like Mar-a-Lago to a shell company owned by his oldest son is exactly what innocent people do

Trump isn’t a flight risk

He’s a flight guarantee.

Good morning. I've been scouring the headlines for evidence that enough people give a shit about this democracy that a meaningful coalition could be formed outside of our traditional political party frame. I concluded that there are not. Too many Americans have been conditioned by mass media and our entertainment culture to be chronically indifferent, and disposed to simply wait for whatever comes next. America's new slogan could be "Freedom, or whatever."

​"Shout out to everyone suffering from the summer sniffles, festival flu, sports sickies, work weezies, vacation virus, camp coughies, or airport allergies."

"It’s covid."

#CovidIsNotOver #covid #MaskUP @feisty_waters

@StillIRise1963 @lizstl13 @philip_cardella
In late 2020 I quit a job the same day I started because the owner of the company that had hired me tried to give me some BS about masks being unsafe to wear. We were at an older woman's house doing siding and roofing and SHE HAD TOLD US SHE HAD IMMUNE ISSUES.

The owner introduced himself, pointed to my mask and told me not only did I not have to wear it, it would endanger my life. I quit at lunch break, said keep the half days pay.

I would like to have a talk with whoever laid out this keyboard, preferably behind a woodshed.

Today, the very Premier who's planning on paving over some of the best farmland in the province was cruising around with his entourage promoting... fresh Ontario-grown fruit and vegetables.

#DougFord #chutzpah #onpoli #greenbelt #Ontario #bill23 #AuditorGeneralReport

I'm listening to Ontario Today on CBC radio about the tech giants' battle with the Canadian government where Meta and Google are blocking Canadian news.

Pity most of CBC's presence on here is Twitter bots.

We should use this opportunity to broaden the discussion.

Don't use oligarch's platforms.

They have complete control over all the content on their platforms and it is controlled on their whim.

#MoveOffMeta

@CBCNews

#SilentSunday
#sunset

NEW #OntarioPlace design trotted out today, all issues remain:
👎Still a private spa/waterpark on public waterfront land
👎Still a 407-style 95 year lease of public space
👎Still have to clearcut West Island, incl. 846 mature trees, & destroy the beach
👎Still no environmental assessment
👎Still costing us $650M in taxpayer money
👎Still has massive underground parking lot carved in shoreline
👎Still demolishing & diminishing #Ontario #ScienceCentre to justify the massive garage

#Therme @onplace4all

Earth is almost never shown like this, this is our planet from the Pacific side.

President Jimmy Carter is said by his family to be in his final days. My heart goes out to his loved ones and to our nation as a whole, who will have lost a good and decent man. Let his example be a beacon of hope, and let us all exhibit the kind of selflessness, compassion, and kindness he exuded all his days.

Today I learned that my sister learned *today* that chipmunks are not just baby squirrels

Because of the free speech-violating expansion of DeSantis' "Don't Say Gay" law to 12th, I'm banned from calling myself Ms. DePaul in class, and I would rather surgically graft myself to an angry skunk than pretend to be a man just to please the fascists running Florida. Therefore, from now on, all current and former students have permission to call me by my legal first name, Monica.

Transphobic school laws
Ban me being Ms. DePaul
Call me Monica

#HaikusByMonica #Haiku #Daily #Poetry #Poet #AmWriting #Writer #Author #Transphobia #Trans #Teacher #SubstituteTeacher #Florida #DeSantis #FuckDeSantis

#Maui mayor says the number of missing now stands at 850. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/21/ahead-maui-visit-president-biden-says-my-heart-my-focus-are-with-lahaina-victims/ #Hawaii #MauiFires

A telling graph
US life expectancy by state vs countries https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/opinion/health-care-life-expectancy-poverty.html?searchResultPosition=1

Good morning. Seeing antisemitic and anti-2SLGBTQ comments on my article, someone reached out to ask, “I wonder if you will be yet another woman in politics forced to leave because of relentless threats to your personal safety and that of your loved ones?”

No, I will not be chased out.

I will advocate for the space to be safe for everyone.

#onpoli #racism #bigotry #antisemitism #Ottawa #OCDSB #WomenInPolitics #onted #misogyny #lgbtq #cdnpoli #canada #transrightsarehumanrights #education