@ONDPPressOffice: Stiles calls for end to Ontario contracts serving ICE
From @MaritStiles #onpoli
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Paraphrased from a conversation:
"Because they started the new recycling contract on January 1 of the coldest winter we've had in years, we've had no time to train staff to do regular runs without the cold and the giant piles of snow. Logistically, it's so much harder to do this in January."
In case if you were wondering why your recycling pick up sucks now, #Toronto. Manufacturers are now responsible for the costs of recycling/disposal of their one-time use commercial waste. So they formed a private consortium (Circular Materials) to take care of their own "recycling problem" instead of continuing to pay municipalities for recycling pick up.
Their infrastructure is complete shit, and they pay GFL for pickup anyway. It's just a literally useless middleman.
One day, I was supervising a chemistry lab with a grade 9 class, and one of my students was walking along with a test-tube rack, fully loaded. One of the test tubes wasn’t quite nestled in properly – it slipped out, and broke on the floor, spilling the contents.
The student expressed his frustration by giving the test tube rack a sharp up and down jerk, which ended up dropping most of the rest of the test tubes on the floor. A small mess was turned into a significantly bigger one, and put the student that much farther behind because he had to re-prepare more solutions.
Unfortunate, and avoidable.
There are a bunch of messes in progress. The climate catastrophe, COVID, war… We are *not* going to make it better by giving society a shake and electing right-wing politicians. We’re just going to get a bigger mess.
It’s a natural instinct, when things are going to shit, to close in and protect your own. But that just continues the cycle of shit, as we circle the drain. It’s a downward spiral (figuratively, so I can get off the poop metaphors 😄).
Resist that urge. When things are bad, help others. Stop doing the bad things.
Insist that leaders manage the country for *everyone*, not just a privileged few.
Killing innocents is a bad thing, usually a war crime, no matter who does it. Don't tolerate that shit from *anybody*. Don't tolerate leaders that tolerate it.
Don't vote for anyone who uses “Take back ______" as a slogan. People interested in taking will take from you, too.
We can have a just society. But we have to work for it, avoid the easy negative reactions, and force those with power and those who would seek power to work for the better, not for themselves.
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Hey everyone, I just moved from another instance, so it's time for a new #Introduction.
I'm an educator with a background in psychology and science, who currently runs a small biz with my love @RandomCanuck.
Love dogs, dance, yoga, and tech.
My happy place is on a trail in beautiful BC. Live in ON.
Alum UWaterloo and UWO.
Trying to stay grounded and optimistic. Sometimes I like dogs more than people.
#dogs #learning #tech #Canadian #trees #nature #dance #yoga #cdnpoli #onpoli #science
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New #Introduction! I'm May (any pronouns, just use them with intention). A settler living on Treaty 13 territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit in Tkaronto/Toronto.
I care deeply about community, and that underpins almost everything that I do. My current active work is in building better B2B/B2B2C software product organizations, 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusive digital participation, and building local communities.
Trying to be a better human.
I don't even have a real character limit anymore. 😈 This is what I post about:
- Primarily #topoli, #onpoli, #cdnpoli. (It's election season for 2/3. Gonna be loud.)
- Attempting to de-FAANG my digital footprint.
- My product/org design/outcomes thoughts and work.
- Food and how it ties us together.
- And of course, shitposts.
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