James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

@gemelliz
The Ford Crime Cabinet is a preview of what Pierre Poilievre would be like.

Happy as hell to see this scandal garnering national attention. It was such transparent corruption by sitting politicians.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/05/ontario-steve-clark-resigns-greenbelt-land-swap

Tarpeessa olevat ihmiset eivät ole se ongelma, ongelman muodostavat ahneat ja itsekkäät sekä empatiakyvyttömät ihmiset

"Ontario is at a crossroads in our politics where ethics, good judgment & integrity have been tossed out the window while #corruption, greed & dishonesty settles down at the dining table for a lavish dinner, all at our expense. This has to stop.

Every file has been tainted with, if not corruption born from a misguided political ideology, then unbelievable, mind-blowing incompetence at the highest level of the province."

#onpoli #DougFord #toronto #ontario #cdnpoli https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/greenbelt-debacle-the-high-cost-of-political-indifference/article_56169b44-48ee-5b81-b6a7-08a378d02657.html

not to brag but i just had a good 10 minute conversation with a squirrel as it laid flat on its belly in a puddle to cool off

Fuck, I scrolled too greedily and too deep!

https://mas.to/@SmudgeTheInsultCat/110999284503132455

@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes I want to thank you for using alt-text. It's made a major impact on me because here, I feel included. I feel as if people care to keep me in the conversation and alt-text gives me context if a conversation involves a picture or pictures. I'm blind. I may not always understand what people are talking about but with alt-text, its like I am meant to be a part of this Mastodon culture and it couldn't have been done without the help of sighted people and the fact that you're willing to do this for me and many of my blind friends.

Translation: "We refuse to pay our delivery drivers a decent wage and we expect our customers to make up for our shortcomings."

Next:
#OntarioPlace

"Why a multi-million $ subsidy for a parkade to an Austrian spa?
Why is this project advancing if it's not supported?
Who has a stake in this??
Why, when the Province decided to subsidize dev here, there was no fully transparent procurement process to find interested bidders?
Why weren't special investments from the Province made to ALL of the bidders?
The $ subsidy is only available to this Austrian company? Why?"

#DougFord #onpoli #greenbeltscandal via @jen_keesmaat

Today I learned ASAP doesn't stand for At a Snail's Average Pace.

It has been an unbelievable weekend (and three weeks) in Ontario watching the current government slowly implode over the Greenbelt issue.

Like, I literally never thought it would get this weird and wild. I thought they must have tied down every loose end, they were so confident and cavalier about destroying important environmental land and letting a small number of developers make billions of dollars.

But it turns out they are corrupt AND bad at hiding it!

#onpoli

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/steve-clark-resigns-as-housing-minister-amid-greenbelt-scandal-7493904

My partner - who is a teacher - went back to work after the summer holiday.

Their management team told them at a staff meeting that they were providing free school meals for TEACHERS suffering hardship. And a hardship fund for TEACHERS who don't earn enough money to survive.

My partner thought it was a decent thing to do. It just made me angry.

There is something beyond wrong when professional workers like teachers are unable to survive on their salaries. The answer isn't papering over the cracks and pretending this is a normal state of affairs. It's happening to so many workers, not just teachers.

Something's got to give. It will.

#uk #ukpolitics #ukschools #teachers #schools #hardship

“Look guys, I like a laugh as much as the next fella in the street with his can of fizzy pop, but I’m hearing about some pretty disappointing language: ‘Concrete Grinch’, ‘Crumbledore’… Who’s that snickering at the back?!!”

Wonder bread smeared with ketchup, with a slice of processed American cheese product on top.

Too bad I didn't find this comic on #Caturday

A clean energy and cat joke might prove popular perhaps.

Mission Accomplished, India Puts Moon Rover to 'Sleep' for 14 Days - To complete one full rotation around its axis it takes the moon 655 hours. So a si... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/09/03/1622210/mission-accomplished-india-puts-moon-rover-to-sleep-for-14-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #moon

"Conservative Leader Pierre #Poilievre labelled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a Marxist while out door-knocking & glad-handing in #Durham, Ont.

#cdnpoli #conservatives #canada #ottawa #onpoli #marxism

If you say "a few" how many things are you referring to?

#BanTheSuit