James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@social.cleverlibre.org

“Very funny, Jesus. Give it back.”

Stop using the term, "Culture Wars". This nomenclature is overt propaganda. We're in the midst of a Democracy vs. Fascism war — nothing less.

“It’s been a hell of a dark week here in Ron DeSantis’ Florida. Don’t believe me? See what he’s done this last week.”
Samuel Vilchez Santiago

Overheard: “Not all heroes wear capes. Or tops, it seems.”

Please stop using “mom” as an example of an unsophisticated user of technology. This reinforces harmful stereotypes.

Instead, I suggest using “congressperson”.

Around the edges tweaks like bodycams won't cut it. We need to fix the system if we want to reduce police violence. I explain how here: https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/how-to-reduce-police-violence

Good morning . Well you won't hear this coming from me very often, but props to Mika Brzezinski and Morning Joe, for calling out the ridiculous conspiracy theories, and the people who advanced them, about Paul Pelosi's attack. With photos. I have never seen MSNBC do this before. If we knew how to insist on anything, we should be insisting on the same treatment from local media across the country. I'm so sick of this shit. Everyone should be.

it better fit the dang bolts on this frigging bookcase

Corporate profits have contributed disproportionately to inflation.
Over half of this increase (53.9%) in overall prices in the nonfinancial corporate sector are due to fatter profit margins, with labor costs contributing less than 8% of this increase.
https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/

Today in 1932, the RCMP surround Albert "The Mad Trapper" Johnson after following him for days.
In the gunfight, Constable Edgar Millen is shot & killed. The RCMP retreat & Johnson goes deeper into the wilderness.
This begins the Hunt for the Mad Trapper

#Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons #RCMP

https://canadaehx.com/2022/09/27/the-hunt-for-the-mad-trapper/

“So begins the destruction of higher education in Florida. Literally no university or college will have academic freedom under DeSantis.”
Rep. Anna V. Eskamani

DeSantis is replacing existing board members, faculty and administrators, with his right-wing, anti-diversity, anti-equity, anti-inclusion loyalists.

ROUND 2!
What is the Greatest Heritage Minute?

I want to rank all 100 Heritage Minutes from Historica Canada based on the votes of my followers.
Heritage Minutes are chosen randomly each day from a list.

The top 16 move on to the next round.
#HeritageMinutes #HeritageMinute

Sam Steele:
https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/sam-steele

Sandford Fleming:
https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/sir-sandford-fleming

Maybe add, "losing US$182 billion since Nov/2021", the most net worth any individual has ever lost in the history of the world.

GOP national sales tax talk backfires, as Dems see political gold | “I believe it would cause the next Great Depression if we would impose it," says Chuck Schumer.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/29/gop-fair-tax-sales-00079609

#gop

At some point we need to ask ourselves if we’re still ok with billions of our tax money going to police departments that only seem to be able to catch mass murderers after they’ve mowed us down, and who are themselves an institutionalized type of mass murderers.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/1041989880/deaths-caused-by-police-misclassified

Here is a tiny warthog for your troubles, fellow tooters.

Back on the birdsite, a few years ago, a young local Black man once asked his white followers whether they'd ever had any positive experiences with the police. I don't know what he was expecting, but almost no one had. They didn't report much violence, but lots of trying to report crimes & being disbelieved, rude/aggressive behaviour from officers, or refusal to help.

My take-home from that thread: the police are an institution that in its current state isn't even working for most white people.