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Pretty incredible how much impact paying the lowest earning healthcare providers can have - even improving overall mortality which is really hard to shift.

Capitalism is such an inefficient and wasteful system. So much so that roughly a third of the world's food is ultimately discarded before consumed. This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons a year. Meanwhile, billions of people struggle with food insecurity.

Which corporate group has done/will do more damage to society?

PSA --- Laundry scent boosters are toxic and make you smell like a walking febreze plug-in🤮. They also give everyone around you a headache. Thats all.

The fact that Instant Pot is already being framed as a corporate cautionary tale—the company that went bankrupt bc they made a product so durable & versatile that its customers had little need to buy another one—instead of as a critique of capitalism is deeply, deeply depressing.

companies trying to get people back in the office

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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NYT >> 'Being in a union allows workers to earn substantially more than similar workers who are not unionized'

In movies & music, unionized workers make 75% more than non-union

In transportation & warehousing, 32% more

In restaurants & bars, 19% more
nytimes.com/2023/07/07/bri…

Thank you CP24 for the wide ranging interview on Ontario Place & the shrunken Ontario Science Centre! Ontarians won’t stand for a shrunken Science Centre that will lose KidSpark (kid section), the Planetarium, the immersive rainforest & more! #topoli #onpoli

That’s a solid Bettman Boo Nashville Predators nicely done! I’ve seen a few of them and think this one actually rattled him. #Pride2023

I love the potential Olivia Chow has to restore/reinvest in our city and support our vulnerable citizens, but every fibre of my being wants her to go full strong mayor mode on Therme Group first. Is that wrong?

Publishing polls is a destructive force for democracy. Prove me wrong.

I asked Alexa to list all of Pierre Poilievre's lies.
She hasn't shut the fuck up for 3 days now!

Received a bill from the hospital after the birth of our 2nd kid: $4,000

I asked for an itemized statement and found several things that didn’t apply, so I called them out on it

Just received an updated bill: $2,000

Not sure how some of this stuff is legal…

People are being tricked into donating to attend 'free' FordFest in Toronto blogto.com/city/2023/06/p… #Toronto #DougFord #ONpoli

Anyone entering or exiting Thomson Memorial Park is greeted by campaign signs for mayoral candidate Mark Saunders.

Per §693-7(g) of Toronto Municipal Code, election signs on public property are not permitted if displayed on or adjacent to a City park.

#cdnpoli #onpoli #FordFest

#Toronto needs to introduce risk for Therme Group through municipal policy BEFORE #Ontarioplace is ruined. Amber Morley Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park should propose a prohibitive annual MegaSpa licensing fee. Provoke DoFo and his gang.

$70M: enhance park, improve connections, stays public, preserve existing landscapes, no lake fill, Science Centre not moved

or

$500M: giant parking lot, smaller park on new lake fill, private spa destroys existing park, 95-year lease to private spa operator, Science Ctr moved

#ONpoli

Doug Ford refuses to answer the questions from Charlie Pinkerton about reported lobbying violations from his former chief of staff.