Sara
@sarablue.bsky.social
she/her. toronto.
i guess this is a public education stan account now.
i guess this is a public education stan account now.
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"The new corporation could set water rates for municipal residents, as a privately owned, for-profit organization. Municipalities would have to transfer all their water and wastewater assets, staff, debt, contracts and infrastructure to the new body." 🤮
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
Ford government dives into municipal business as it eyes water services
The province has assumed sweeping new powers to seize control over municipal water systems — one of Ontario’s largest public assets, worth $175.8 billion — raising fears the move could pave the way fo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"The new corporation could set water rates for municipal residents, as a privately owned, for-profit organization. Municipalities would have to transfer all their water and wastewater assets, staff, debt, contracts and infrastructure to the new body." 🤮
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
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Costs for CPP and EI have gone up, but school boards have NOT been given funds from the Ontario government to pay for these mandatory increases. Millions of dollars are now being spent on EI and CPP contributions that could have been spent on direct supports for students. #OntEd
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Costs for CPP and EI have gone up, but school boards have NOT been given funds from the Ontario government to pay for these mandatory increases. Millions of dollars are now being spent on EI and CPP contributions that could have been spent on direct supports for students. #OntEd
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Call his office at 416-325-1941 and demand he repeal Bill 33 like I just did. #onpoli #repealBill33 #DougFordCorruption
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Call his office at 416-325-1941 and demand he repeal Bill 33 like I just did. #onpoli #repealBill33 #DougFordCorruption
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Toronto Public Library social team coming in clutch again for Black Friday
(TPL Foundation donations are being matched until the end of the yea)
(TPL Foundation donations are being matched until the end of the yea)
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Toronto Public Library social team coming in clutch again for Black Friday
(TPL Foundation donations are being matched until the end of the yea)
(TPL Foundation donations are being matched until the end of the yea)
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
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NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
Ontario watchdog ‘intervening’ after solicitor general ignores transparency orders | Globalnews.ca
There have been several instances in recent years where the IPC has told the solicitor general's office to release information, only for the government to ignore the decree.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
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Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
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everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
Bill 33 has passed, but our fight for strong public schools is not over. #repealbill33 #onted #onpoli
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Bill 33 has passed, but our fight for strong public schools is not over. #repealbill33 #onted #onpoli
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Fun times in #onted. Got this email from 16's principal about a window falling on a student! Just another day in an underfunded school building. Schools are crumbling all across the province yet #DoFo insists it's the school boards fault. Fund Education Properly! #onpoli
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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This is the man Ontario elected as our leader.
“Go find a job”.
You can’t even make this stuff up.
Premier, please do YOUR job and people won’t have to keep coming to protest your nonsense.
#OnPoli
“Go find a job”.
You can’t even make this stuff up.
Premier, please do YOUR job and people won’t have to keep coming to protest your nonsense.
#OnPoli
Protesters chanted "people over profits" at Queen's Park Monday after Premier Doug Ford's government passed a bill critics say will favour landlords over tenants.
Ford shouted back: "Go find a job."
Ford shouted back: "Go find a job."
Protesters disrupt Ontario legislature over controversial landlord legislation
Protesters chanted "people over profits" in the Ontario legislature's public galleries Monday after Premier Doug Ford's government passed a bill critics say will favour landlords over tenants.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is the man Ontario elected as our leader.
“Go find a job”.
You can’t even make this stuff up.
Premier, please do YOUR job and people won’t have to keep coming to protest your nonsense.
#OnPoli
“Go find a job”.
You can’t even make this stuff up.
Premier, please do YOUR job and people won’t have to keep coming to protest your nonsense.
#OnPoli
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There is no such thing as an intelligent report on increasing school absences due to chronic illness and mental health issues that does not lead with a discussion of the out-of-control virus that causes chronic illness and mental health issues.
@cbcnews.ca has seriously weird biases about COVID. 🙄
@cbcnews.ca has seriously weird biases about COVID. 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
There is no such thing as an intelligent report on increasing school absences due to chronic illness and mental health issues that does not lead with a discussion of the out-of-control virus that causes chronic illness and mental health issues.
@cbcnews.ca has seriously weird biases about COVID. 🙄
@cbcnews.ca has seriously weird biases about COVID. 🙄
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"$1,000 a month as part of a state program experimenting with giving homeless youths cash payments for two years with no strings attached."
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"$1,000 a month as part of a state program experimenting with giving homeless youths cash payments for two years with no strings attached."
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
That’s all? We could easily crowdsource for a qualified candidate 😂😅
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
That’s all? We could easily crowdsource for a qualified candidate 😂😅
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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I’ll advertise the redevelopment for free.
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I’ll advertise the redevelopment for free.
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In case you missed it: When it comes to removing barriers for special education students at the TDSB, progress has been frustratingly slow, advocates say. And seeking accountability has become harder under provincial supervision.
Special Education Policy Vs. Practice at the TDSB | The Local
For years, the TDSB's special education advisory committee has pressed for accountability from the board. Since the province's takeover, that's become harder than ever.
thelocal.to
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In case you missed it: When it comes to removing barriers for special education students at the TDSB, progress has been frustratingly slow, advocates say. And seeking accountability has become harder under provincial supervision.
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
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For parents/guardians/caregivers who want to advocate within their communities about what is happening in education.
www.fundourschools.ca/news/dec-3-r... #OntEd #FundOurSchools
www.fundourschools.ca/news/dec-3-r... #OntEd #FundOurSchools
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
For parents/guardians/caregivers who want to advocate within their communities about what is happening in education.
www.fundourschools.ca/news/dec-3-r... #OntEd #FundOurSchools
www.fundourschools.ca/news/dec-3-r... #OntEd #FundOurSchools