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Urbanist | Progressive | πŸ“ Victoria BC 🌽 Corn lover If your crayon isn't a little unhinged you're not ready to poast it

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I have no idea how you could possibly think that’s true unless you know nothing about US history. Sinking an enemy warship isn’t a war crime. The war itself is illegal, but that’s separate.

07.03.2026 05:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This tracks, most of the buildings where I was in Petach Tikva definitely predated that.

06.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Huh, I didn’t know that about more modern apartments. This struck me as the ones I’d seen just had (awful, roach infested) shelters on the ground floor, not every floor.

06.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

On every floor? Do you mean every building?

06.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think generally reputational harm I’d get not applying to them, but defamation per se I think it’s reasonable. Especially when coming from another public figure.

It can already be hard to get good people to run for office, having them lose these rights by doing so seems bad.

05.03.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I usually agree, but there’s a line, and alleging criminal activity like that feels like it’s past it.

If Sim said β€œOrr supports drug use and that kills people so he’s a murderer” even Id think that shouldn’t be actionable, but he made it as a clear allegation of fact, not opinion or rhetoric

05.03.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This sure looks a lot more like an attempt to appease trump going into USMCA like half of what Carney has done, than it being to do with Israel.

04.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody cares about what time the sunrise is during the summer, the issue is about early winter sunrises vs later winter sunsets.

04.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What sunlight? I spend most of my workday in a windowless room. This will hugely increase the amount of light I get in the winter.

03.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d say that solving the not-enough-teachers problem is inversely related to solving the paying-them-more problem.

03.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Like im sympathetic to many complaints from teachers, but poverty isn’t one. Not when you have EAs, library techs, and office staff in schools making half as much as them. It comes off as tone deaf to their coworkers and to the public to me.

03.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many are also making up to ~120k a year, I’m guessing through teaching in the summer or other paid work or bonuses to salary for other qualifications (wages over 70k are public record here).

03.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The starting salary for a full time teacher is $67k in Victoria BC, that’s significantly above the average income of ~ $43-48k (struggling to find stats can numbers that are more recent).

They start already in the top half, and a decade in they’re solidly in the top 20% of income earners here.

03.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How would lowering training requirements lead to higher wages? That seems the opposite of how I’d expect it to work, as it’d expand the pool of people who can do the job.

03.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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And this is fairly typical. A few provinces don’t pay them as well, but 10 years in most are making quite good money.

03.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Like this is the salary grid for my city’s school district. I don’t think anybody is actually Cat 4 here too as if you have a degree you’re Cat 5.

03.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Most absolutely do not. Some at the start of their careers when they’re subbing and don’t have full time permanent positions sure, but at least in my province it’s a solidly middle class- upper middle class profession.

03.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I FORGIVE THE GOVERNMENT FOR EVERYTHING we have finally vanquished the morning people

02.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn he should tell that to the Liberal MP in his area.

Oh wait

02.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time this winter that I got out of work and it was dark out already I cursed Standard Time.

02.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When they did the survey years ago iirc it was a bare majority that said they needed it coordinated with the states, I’d expect that probably would be a minority now

02.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I care so much more about having sun after work than I do having sun before work while I’m still asleep or on my brief commute.

And hey this means I get to see more sunrises! That’s great!

02.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the arguments for permanent standard time are irrelevant to me because in the winter if I leave work and the sun has already set it makes me want to die.

02.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
David Eby speaking in a room of kids

David Eby speaking in a room of kids

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02.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 98

So that’s the line you think will hold? When it’s broken against another country will your line move?

And that’s a nonsensical distinction. It’s his office.

28.02.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mark Carney’s two statements about so far about illegal American attacks on other countries and their leaderships show entirely too little concern for his own safety.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to illegally invade us, supporting his other illegal wars is suicidal insanity.

28.02.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Second time he’s done it now, he supported the abducted of Maduro as well.

28.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Supporting the illegal aggression of your neighbor which has threatened to conquer you is frankly fucking crazy.

28.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

That feels like an impotent worldview. I think there’s value in diplomatically isolating them and condemning them. Rewarding the illegal behaviour like Carney is doing can’t be the answer.

28.02.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0