James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

@majorlinux @JamesHMcLaren

But think of all the money it would save #Twitter by leaving the EU

That worked out so well for the #UK #Brexit
https://youtu.be/9IURUP7jM2A

In the last 12 months, this mayor has gone to war on bike lanes and keeping Wellington and the QED car-free; thrown his weight behind a visionless Lansdowne 2.0 bail-out; and made taking the bus more expensive.

Frankly, he hasn't done the work yet that would allow him to say what downtown residents need or want. #ottawa

I love the subtitle to Josh Kovensky's headline reporting that guilty-as-sin (my addition to the headline) Sidney Powell has pled guilty to the charges in Fani Willis' case against her for attempting to overthrow an election:

"'Kraken' attorney strikes deal with Georgia state prosecutors."

The headlines and subtitles write themselves with these folks.

#SidneyPowell #Georgia #FaniWillis #Trump #insurrection #BigLie

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/breaking-sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-in-georgia-case

2023 in a nutshell

Meanwhile, back in #Ukraine …

Via Angry Staffer:

I hope the timeline isn’t lost on folks.

While twitter was crucifying the Biden administration for not sending ATACMS, the Biden administration was… secretly sending ATACMS and training the Ukrainian troops on their use.

A reminder that you don’t see everything.

I'm so tired of teenagers being "the chosen ones" in fiction. please, let a middle-aged woman save the universe! she's seen some shit and dealt with it. she's tired of it all. she doesn't give a fuck. she's angry. she will get this shit done.

Reviewing scientific papers would be much more fun if the actual science wasn't so often obscured by so many basic errors of grammar, communication and logic. It's often like marking 1st year UG projects.

No-one should be talking about scientists learning the skills to communicate with the public, policymakers etc until those scientists can actually **communicate** to start with.

And sloppy writing betrays sloppy thinking, so it matters.

#Grump #science #SundayReview

We done fucked up if "killing civilians of any nationality is bad" is a controversial thing to say.

"oh, I see how it is, you find five pounds of red hair clogging the shower and your first thought is to blame me. Typical"

Let's do this https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/14/it-was-a-plague-killarney-becomes-first-irish-town-to-ban-single-use-coffee-cups

Here is your new home junk starter kit.
#fathers #dadsandsons #manstuff #shed

https://www.cp24.com/news/rcmp-investigations-and-political-apologies-here-s-what-you-need-to-know-from-ontario-s-queen-s-park-1.6601322
Ontario’s auditor general has confirmed it will be investigating the government’s use of Minister’s Zoning Orders (MZO) to open up development opportunities in the province while overriding local approval processes.

I'm a scarecrow! #Ottawa

😂 Taken from https://twitter.com/heyshrutimishra/status/1710496084655804861

“Six months later, we can see that the effects of leaving Twitter have been negligible. A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter”

https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

this will never get old