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‘Those days are done:’ Doug Ford says elementary teachers will no longer have to pay out of pocket for supplies Ontario elementary school teachers will no longer have to pay out of pocket for classroom supplies and will soon have access to an annual $750 spending account to cover the cost, Premier Doug Ford say...

Oh hey cool... something that on the surface looks great

I wonder how ol' Dougie is going to "Doug this up"

there was also a Stanford study that found that a surge in AI slop by lazy people actually created significantly more work for others who had to decipher and correct it

this "I'm being efficient" (but not really) vibes well with the American obsession with artifice and appearing productive

Sen. Murray: "I'm just sickened by this. To go into this war unprepared, to use outdated data, and to have this horrific thing happen where children were killed in a school sends a horrible message to those that are in a war with us and to our own constituents about what America's values are."

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

"The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familiar with the process."

This is from 1975.

Australia's mining competitiveness at risk from excessive regulation, says Rinehart Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart said on Wednesday the burden of excessive regulation on the Australian mining industry had put its global competitiveness at risk.

@adriantomlinson.bsky.social One of the most interesting parts of this segment was Romy Carey from the Cattlemens Association.
"We will see unintended consequences, and additional regulatory burden."
Know anyone else concerned with regulatory burden?
Oh, color me surprised!
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Fine for Melbourne aged care home where 45 residents died from COVID St Basil's aged care in Fawkner has been fined $150,000 for failing to provide adequate training to staff in 2020.

Fined for poor training on infection control. A covid outbreak killed 45 aged care residents and the provider was fined $150k
#covid #auspol #nzpol

96% of electric car owners in NZ say they won’t go back to petrol A newly released study has detailed the “overwhelming” level of consumer satisfaction amongst the country’s population of electric vehicle owners.

nOBoDy wAnTS eVs

Labor’s new anti-asylum bill hands god-like powers to ministers Refugee rights organisations say a new Labor bill gives three ministers extraordinary powers to prevent people fleeing a conflict zone from seeking asylum in Australia. Pip Hinman reports.

Deeply disturbed by the Albanese Govt's new anti-asylum legislation. #auspol #HumanRights #SeekingAsylumIsAHumanRight www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1449/ne...

Fuel security update: How many days of petrol and diesel NZ has Petrol, diesel and jet fuel stocks all sit above legal minimum levels.

58 days, and then what?

All this was almost certainly procured prior to the war, people are seriously underestimating what's coming
#nzpol

and he would have got away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling kids

New badass graffiti discovered at Pompeii, SHOW HER TO ME

First-of-its-kind vaccine protects children from deadly intestinal infections ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children

ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children

I took this picture 6yrs ago today. I was walking to the train and caught this sunrise over my town hall in suburban NJ.

It also happened to be the last day I would commute into the city, as I decided to stop coming in bc of covid.

WHO declared covid a pandemic the next day, March 11.

Is this the first AI war? Artificial intelligence isn't just helping you figure out what to make for dinner. It's deciding who lives and who dies.

Anthropic is now suing the Pentagon after the US Defense Department labelled the company a “supply chain risk”.

For the bigger picture, read our latest explainer on how AI is being folded into the machinery of violence 👇

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Hello? 911? The murderer is inside the house, the call is coming from inside the house! #NZPol

Many people reckon Simeon Brown should have asked more questions about the risks of his mandatory higher speed limits in neighbourhoods, around schools & on dangerous highways — evidence that was readily available to him at the time, and that continues to accumulate in the form of injuries & deaths.

Queenstown-based tech entrepreneur Brian Cartmell donating hundreds of thousands to political parties Brian Cartmell, a Queenstown-based expat American, has given big donations to ACT, National, NZ First and the Opportunity party.

This kind of crap is why we need to get donations out of politics. Money is not speech. The rich do not merit more influence than the rest of us.

#nzpol

While the pathetic grifters are whining about Labour 'ignoring advice' regarding COVID, here's a quick reminder #nzpol

Advice ignored
- Smokefree Legislation
- Emissions Targets, etc
- Māori Health Authority
- Fast-track Bill
- School Lunches
- iReX
- Landlord Tax Breaks
- Significant Natural Areas

What I Learned in Selma: Keep Marching Last weekend, I had the honor of marking the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma at the Edmund Pettus bridge.

The everyday people who marched for civil rights and voting rights in Alabama in 1965 did so knowing that they would face violence, they would face torture, and that their government would not protect them. But they came anyway. open.substack.com/pub/jbpritzk...

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

Primary teachers' union angry over government offering individual pay rises Schools could offer staff on individual agreements a 2.5 percent pay rise from 20 March.

This gov are toxic scum intentionally playing teachers off against each other #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The Inquiries Will Continue Until NZ First's Vote Improves

These Brazilian Cheese Breads are giving “I may be small, but I run the whole snack table” energy.

Serve them warm. Tear them dramatically. Let the cheese pull do all the talking.

www.loulougirls.com/easy-brazili...

#PaoDeQueijo #BrazilianCheeseBread #CheesyBites

Not a single right-wing NZ politician has said that the Covid Inquiries will provide useful research for dealing with future pandemics, making their criticisms transparently and exclusively about discrediting the previous government and not about concern for the population. #nzpol

“let them eat ‘better than nothing.’”

Markwayne Mullin is the same dude already under scrutiny for suspicious stock trades.

And he’s supposed to run America’s national security.

• No government security experience
• No law enforcement background
• No intelligence work
• No military service
• Not even a bachelor’s degree

Educators keep making 'good trouble' Educators have learned how to exercise what agency they have, where they have it -- and that's a critical lesson for any one who's been feeling a little helpless lately, writes Nancy Rappaport.

Commentary: "Educators, perhaps more than anyone, don’t have the luxury of waiting out the chaos of our national politics," writes Nancy Rappaport.