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Update: The accused was just acquitted. Not because he is innocent or found not guilty. But because too many of the witnesses were his friends and refused to 'snitch', and the Crown was weak. So many lives have been affected by this murderer and rapist, and he is once again free.

@JM4LISD @FixingEducation Good point. Currently the buses go to different locations, but it's probably the direction that would need to be taken.

@k_nelles @FixingEducation I sympathize with that problem. I do wonder if putting highschool aged teenagers on the same bus (route and schedule) as elementary school aged pre-teens has given you other problems? Does the rural district wind up running two or more buses, to enforce age-segregation?

What do you think about a later school start?

@JM4LISD @FixingEducation It's not the scheduling, it's the cost. I'm in a rural community, and all our students are bused to school. If some start early, and some start late, the bus would need to make 2 runs at different times.

@k_nelles @FixingEducation I don't see busing, per se, as a bigger problem. Designing the schedules, once or twice a year, maybe. But we have software to help with that. Flexible scheduling can be set to put students on the road at slightly different times of day than workers, can't it?

@JM4LISD @FixingEducation I love this. I've often said high school should have 5 periods in a day, but students/teachers only have 4. They can start early/end early, or start late/end late, or take a big break in the middle - whatever suits their individual needs. I know - busing would be a nightmare...

Why should a school start time be standardized? Why not earlier for elementary and later for high school? Why not stagger bus routes and school start times to avoid the workers on the roads to their jobs? Why not get more use of a school building by having two "shifts", early and late?

@DocAtCDI Can we add that background checks need to updated every x number of years?

Proposed Magazine-Fed Long Gun Act: Prohibition: No person shall manufacture, import, or sell any long gun capable of accepting a detachable magazine after [effective date]. Grandfather Clause: Lawfully possessed magazine-fed long guns prior to [effective date] may be retained, transferred via estate, and sold through licensed dealers with background checks. No Replacement: Magazine-fed long guns reported stolen, lost, destroyed, or used in criminal activity may not be replaced with equivalent firearms. Parts Restriction: No person shall manufacture, import, or sell detachable magazines or magazine-fed long gun parts after [effective date], except to law enforcement and military. Penalties: [Standard federal firearms violation penalties]

@SneakyOps @zillowgonewild I don't even particularly like watching TV and I want that.

@zillowgonewild Sister’s basement is dialed

Please reply to this thread with a pic of how high the TV is at wherever you are for Thanksgiving today 🙏🏼 🦃

@BlackMediaHub I use the the TED Talk about him every year with my students. 'We fear what we don't understand, and we hate what we fear'

In the 1980s, musician Daryl Davis set out to understand the Ku Klux Klan. So he started befriending members at Klan rallies and joined an all-white country band. Then, he met Imperial Wizard Roger Kelly. Davis spent years building a relationship with Kelly, establishing trust and, eventually, a friendship.⁠ They ate meals at each others' homes while Davis listened to Kelly, seeking to see how he could hate a person like Davis without even knowing him. Eventually, Kelly started listening to Davis and left the Klan altogether, giving Davis his robes and hood. And over the past decades, Davis has now convinced over 200 former Klan members to walk away.

@ohsixsilverado @Mr_S_Ont @JBradshaw01 Employees shouldn't have to prop up the system they work in. If that's also happening to you, then you should speak up and try to stop it. I'd support you in that effort.

I don’t think that it will catch on, but I would like to start a hashtag or at least a thread where educators share things (good, bad, or neutral) about education that they wish people knew. #DidUKnowEdu?

@ESL_fairy I completely agree!

@k_nelles I wish that the mudslinging and personal attacks were not accepted as just part of the job. I think it keeps a lot of good people out of politics-especially women and racialized people.

It looks like Bonnie Crombie is doing the honourable thing here, based on the feedback she received from Ontario Liberal party members. It will be interesting to see who will fill her shoes.

@Mr_S_Ont @ohsixsilverado @JBradshaw01 And every year, the number goes down in June (sometimes students just forget to return, sometimes they've lost them), and up in September (I've been to yardsales or value village!)

@Mr_S_Ont @ohsixsilverado @JBradshaw01 Excellent example. I have over 600 books in my classroom because our library was repurposed as a 'classroom'. Lack of funds means the collection is now vintage. Most parents claim they want their child to read more, but few provide interesting books (or trips to the library).

@JBradshaw01 You don't remember it because some of what we teach is scaffolding for a bigger concept, but it isn't really used outside of the classroom. Expanded form, for example. It helps scaffold for Scientific Notation, but I'm unaware of a use outside of class.

@JBradshaw01 I would like parents to know that it's not 'new math'. When you haven't seen it since grade 8, you forget you did it, but I promise I didn't make it up. #DidUKnowEdu?

@ccouja @Iwearcoolshoes This is the first time I've heard anything that makes remotely any sense as to why it was agreed to in the first place. Thank you. I still hope they get a good and fair deal. AC is certainly capable of valuing their employees.

@Iwearcoolshoes There is apparently complex tax implications if they are paid on the ground while outside of Canada. It’s major inconvenience for both the employees and AC so they agreed to be paid more after cabin door is closed as a compensation.

I'm a Union member, and I've never seen their contract, but I want to know why the fuck AC Flight Attendants were working for "free"? Did they agree to this in their last contact, or why wasn't a grievance filed? Either they got something in exchange, or their Union failed them.

@TorontoDave99 @poojarmalhotra @carolynhparrish Sounds like normal employment, and has nothing to do with remote or hybrid arrangements.

@poojarmalhotra @carolynhparrish No. Not if my company. So they're not with us anymore.

Mississauga will continue the current hybrid work weeks with optional 3 days in office and 2 remote. 80% of 8378 staff attend in person 5 days/week by choice, 20% hybrid. We constantly monitor to ensure excellent service for residents and positive engagement with our employees.

@Dylansm88 @Lasirois77 @EScrimshaw No, we don't. We think it's necessary and about time.

@Lasirois77 @EScrimshaw I get that people like the dopamine hit of saying “I support feeding hungry children”without having to pay for it. I get that it “feels good” But respectfully, you guys have no clue what you’re talking about, and if you talk to people who actually teach, they think it’s insane

Serious question: are you fucking braindead The National School Food Program is a top 3 accomplishment of the Trudeau government and it should rightly be a source of national pride

@holly__heart @NotHoodlum Completely agree!

@NotHoodlum I had such a crush on him in high school when top-secret came out in 1984! He was such an handsome, interesting man. RIP 🖤

Val Kilmer, Rest in Peace.

@PhotoDavePutnam @NotHoodlum I LOVED Top Secret!

@NotHoodlum This breaks my heart. He was a very versatile actor. Comedy, drama, action, even musical roles. He could nail them all. My all time favorite was Top Secret. I knew he had health issues for years. Still he will be missed.😥

@lacey0681 @TanyaRanne @mferreriptbokaw @Roadtrekman95 Meanwhile, Peterborough has declared a state of emergency.

@TanyaRanne @mferreriptbokaw @Roadtrekman95 And then there's this 👇👇

@happiestskipper @gunsnrosesgirl3 I've worn out two copies of Clan of the Cave Bear (from reading it so many tines) and dropped another copy in a lake- I'm on my 4th copy. Two of my children's names were heavily influenced by character names.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Jean M. Auel’s series, Clan of the Cave Bear. Glen Beck’s, The Immortal Nicholas William R. Forstchen’s, One Second After Mary Summer Rain’s, Spirit Song