James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Danielle Smith thinks that a province that represents 11.7% of the Canadian population is entitled to 53% of the Canada Pension Plan fund. Can I have what she's having? 😆

#ABpoli #CanPoli

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I’ll never forget that the Ford government killed paid sick days in the middle of a pandemic

‘Insufficient grounds’ for full probe into Ford stag and doe: commissioner
NDP Leader Marit Stiles had asked Commissioner J. David Wake to issue an opinion on the event.
#globalnews #Politics #DougFord #Fordgovernment #Fordstaganddoe
https://globalnews.ca/news/9976545/insufficient-grounds-for-full-probe-into-ford-stag-and-doe/

@KarunaX @KarunaX @JamesHMcLaren A wonderful book - everyone would benefit from reading it. I would also suggest The Experience Machine by Andy Clark (note the author, there have been other *very* different works by the same name). He lays out a theory of how people can do down a rabbit hole and why it is so difficult to pull them out - essentially, the “bamboozle,” as Sagan puts it, has become their reality. If you try to convince them otherwise you are not just trying to get them to admit they were wrong, you are contradicting their reality. It’s as if someone walked up to you and tried to convince you the sky was green.

(There’s a *lot* more to Clark’s book, but that’s one takeaway that I had)

Gee, people set to make a lot of money at the expense of society and the environment are in favour of this plan to make a lot of money at the expense of society and the environment
🤔🤔🤔🤔

#Greenbelt
#Corruption
#OnPoli
#FordIsCorrupt

https://globalnews.ca/news/9967922/hamilton-landowners-favour-ford-governments-greenbelt-plan/

@gemelliz It seems to be the Conservative politician defaults to lying about what happened to paint themselves in a better light. It has worked quite well until some reporter digs a little deeper and finds the real truth. Dishonesty, lying and cheating - not exactly the list of admirable qualities you want someone to look up to.

#NeverVoteConservative #OnPoli #GreenBeltScandal

Why doesn’t Elon charge people who don’t use Twitter, it’s a faster-growing market segment.

In his #UNGA speech President Biden will say: “Russia believes that the world will grow weary and allow it to brutalize Ukraine without consequence. But I ask you this: If we abandon the core principles of the UN Charter to appease an aggressor, can any member state feel confident that they are protected? If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure? The answer is no. We must stand up to this naked aggression today to deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow."

So many are willing to let their children suffer & possibly die because they don't trust science #antivaxxers #science

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/peter-hotez-vaccinations-anti-science-1.6963049

"Richest man" now wants to charge everyone to make use of a social platform.. :nkoFacepalm2:

It's not to "block out the bots" because you do that with something called "moderation"

He only tries to improve the hole in his wallet because of a company he sunk into the ground

Luckily Mastodon is FREE OPEN source software 🤷

Wowza. What happened to 'buffed, black t-shirted' makeover Pierre #Poilievre?

Makeover or no makeover...
He has NO plan for climate change,
He has NO viable plan for housing,
He voted NO against child care & child benefits.
He’s says NO to marginalized people.

#conservative #ottawa #cdnpoli
https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/beware-pierre-poilievres-common-sense

Following the @DeSantisJet account is both infuriating and so very depressing. This knob DeSantis FLIES all over Florida, not drives, flies EVERYWHERE. Contributes hundreds of tons of C02 and spends taxpayers money for stupid campaign events in the next town over at the sake of the environment.

And then you remember he’s just ONE person flying. Multiply him by the millions of people flying everywhere and the climate crisis seems insurmountable. 😰

read another one of those "me no like mastodon so it failing" articles and this one cited the opinion that the fediverse is just full of geeks and nerds posting mundane chatter... and like after a decade of being in the muck of the bird site and all the horrible feelings it produced and constant cycle of rage its sole intent seemed to be formed around.... i'll take dorks posting science shit with occasional bangers any day of the week

@EricLawton How about "ride grifting service"? Motto: We exploit everyone and keep all the profits for ourselves.