#System

I was at an NDP press conference where education critic Sarah Hoffman raised questions about a UCP constituency association’s resolution that will go before members at a Calgary convention later
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1/2 I had thought that James' second point is a good argument for the merits of unions relative to minimum wages (which only compress wages at the bottom) but...https://twitter.com/jdcmedlock/status/1302098718720630786 2/2
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So a couple things i forgot due to being sleepy. I wanna set up anti corruption orgs too or something like it; where we sniff out corruption from small town
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Okay @madebygoogle series of issues here. Have #GoogleNest system in-home. For last 2 or so months thermostat hasn't held a charge. We live in Arizona. It's going to be 100+
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What's the point of striving to be "classy" when the whole concept of being classy is rooted & drenched in racism, elitism, casteism, colonialism, trans/homophobia, misogyny, & cis-heteronormativity? It's also
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It didn’t take me long to think about the privacy consequences of Gov. Baker’s massive new tracing initiative. Even if they *do* follow VERY smart advice (e.g. below) I still
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Did you know that the British military has its own think tank? It’s the Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre. It regularly reports on Global Strategic Trends, most recently in mid
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Pt.1 I know that this won't be the most popular thread but I think after 20 years in the industry its time is said something. My musical journey started when
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Sweden is not a great role model for us to follow for COVID control. Their deaths per million is much worse than neighboring countries: 5 times worse than Denmark, &
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Sorry not sorry but if you cannot have mirrors in your home because you are incapable of looking at yourself due to anxiety over your appearance-- you need mental health
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson begins day 2 of her SCOTUS confirmation hearing by speaking on her judicial philosophy: "I am acutely aware that as a judge in our system, I
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X : Thoughts on students going back to University?Me : Daft. Should go all online.X : But what about a hybrid approach - some online, some F2F?Me : Dafter. That's
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Many people seem to think this will only apply to the "wealthy" and don't understand the downstream effects.In a free market society, taxing one part of the system is often
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A philosophical thread on $TSLA and $TSLAQ1/ This is a society of enablement. This is not to say society is a uniform entity or that there are no obstacles for
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There is a rot at the center of our society, and this week it was laid bare on the street under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.Today that officer
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Political journalists are ignorant of how the NHS is actually structured and what privatisation would actually entail and this is causing poor reporting on the matter (I am assuming good
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