Eric Lawton
EricLawton@spore.social
<p>Natural philosopher (STEM background), retired IT Architect.<br />Supporting public policy based on kindness, respect and evidence.<br /><a href="https://spore.social/tags/socialSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialSystems</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a></p><p>Cis, het: he.</p><p>Settler on the traditional territories the Mississauga branch of the Ojibwa Nation.</p>
Posts
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Post #3014628
As a non-Christian Lancastrian, what better way to celebrate Spring than Northern pagan fertility songs, requesting eggs and strong beer? The Pace-egging song. IDK what I was dreaming last night but I woke up with Spiro T Agnew&#39;s &quot;nattering nabobs of negativism&quot; phrase as an earworm, so this is how I evicted it from my stream of consciousness. The only memorable phrase he ever uttered. https://youtu.be/yAfqUnVvPtQ?si=oa9IwjvKaYSzsmJr
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Post #3014627
The US Police Have A Dark Money Slush Fund https://www.levernews.com/the-police-have-a-dark-money-slush-fund/ &gt; Corporate interests are funneling far more money to law enforcement than previously known — often with scant oversight. In case there was any doubt whose interests they serve. It seems #defundThePolice won&#39;t work, so #AbolishThePolice is necessary.
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Post #3014626
Toronto police didn’t investigate. 38 hours later, they found this woman dead in a room with her alleged killer https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-police-didn-t-investigate-38-hours-later-they-found-this-woman-dead-in-a/article_92292042-dfd5-11ee-8641-e71d738bd0ad.html &gt; Three officers — Consts. Victor Lai, Sivapragasam Sivachandran and Adam Yurkiw — are facing misconduct charges including neglect of duty and discreditable conduct for failing to investigate a Toronto shelter’s
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Post #3014625
Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar https://www.thestar.com/news/world/middle-east/ships-with-a-second-round-of-aid-for-gaza-have-departed-cyprus-as-concerns-about/article_b1d3fc49-52f8-50aa-8c93-9fb4c98e3a1d.html &gt; JERUSALEM (AP) — A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory By comparison, in the Berlin airlift, the peak *daily*...
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Post #3014624
Weekend gridlock. Midday traffic jams. Congestion-free Fridays. The new normal for Toronto commuters and what&#39;s being done about it https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/weekend-gridlock-midday-traffic-jams-congestion-free-fridays-the-new-normal-for-toronto-commuters-and/article_f66174ce-e61f-11ee-acc6-7fea8b84a6d6.html “Downtowns will never be the same. This idea of a work-first or work-only downtown is over. What a downtown is increasingly for is entertainment,” “Transit systems have to...
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Post #398544
Putin (Republican) signs bill that outlaws gender-affirming procedures, document changes in Russia | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-gender-affirming-care-ban-bill-signed-putin-1.6916122 &gt;The bill, which was approved unanimously by both houses of parliament, bans any &quot;medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person,&quot; as well as changing one&#39;s gender in official documents and public records.