Nonsense Connoisseur
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I’m all for conservative cost-effective solutions like housing people in homes instead of hospitals.
Dr. Piggott: "the costs to the healthcare system for people experiencing homelessness who are admitted to hospital, citing a cost of $17,000 per admission, ... can exceed the cost of housing someone elsewhere for an entire year."
Peterborough city council votes against additional homelessness funding at Trinity Centre in 2026 | kawarthaNOW
By Bruce Head. Council directs city staff to issue an RFP for when overnight shelter contract with One City ends on March 31.
kawarthanow.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I’m all for conservative cost-effective solutions like housing people in homes instead of hospitals.
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'I'm not afraid of this mayor': Sarah McNeilly launches GoFundMe to support legal fight against Leal's use of strong mayor powers. The city has asked a judge to hold the #Ptbo resident personally liable for court costs. kawarthanow.com/2025/06/12/i...
‘I’m not afraid of this mayor’: Sarah McNeilly launches GoFundMe to support legal fight against Leal’s use of strong mayor powers | kawarthaNOW
By Paul Rellinger. The city has asked a judge to hold the Peterborough resident, the representative for Northcrest Neighbours for Fair Process Ltd., personally liable for court costs.
kawarthanow.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
'I'm not afraid of this mayor': Sarah McNeilly launches GoFundMe to support legal fight against Leal's use of strong mayor powers. The city has asked a judge to hold the #Ptbo resident personally liable for court costs. kawarthanow.com/2025/06/12/i...
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Okay Luigi absolutely didn't do it and this is a pin job
May 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Okay Luigi absolutely didn't do it and this is a pin job
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Oh come on! Food banks aren't part of a real social safety net; they exist because the system is failing. A true safety net includes things like income support, disability benefits, housing, healthcare, and childcare. We need lasting solutions, not emergency stopgaps.
April 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Oh come on! Food banks aren't part of a real social safety net; they exist because the system is failing. A true safety net includes things like income support, disability benefits, housing, healthcare, and childcare. We need lasting solutions, not emergency stopgaps.
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I keep getting skinny bellydancers on my fyp. I don't need that. I'm not in this for the love of the game. I could watch a pole dancer wearing a hazmat suit if I was in it for the Athleticism and Artistry but I'm not. I know what I'm about. Give me the fat dancers if you must give me anything at all
April 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I keep getting skinny bellydancers on my fyp. I don't need that. I'm not in this for the love of the game. I could watch a pole dancer wearing a hazmat suit if I was in it for the Athleticism and Artistry but I'm not. I know what I'm about. Give me the fat dancers if you must give me anything at all
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Good:
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good:
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
* Poilievre isn't Prime Minister.
* Poilevre lost his own seat.
Bad:
* Everything has shifted substantially rightward.
* 40% of popular vote and +20 seats for Cons.
* Basically a two-party parliament of centre right and far right.
* Left leaning parties wiped out.
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it's independent bookstore day! and incidentally amazon has put on a book sale the same day, because they're undercutting scum! don't give them your money!
support you local bookstore in person or use bookshop.org! maybe even buy My book! it's good!
bookshop.org/p/books/hung...
support you local bookstore in person or use bookshop.org! maybe even buy My book! it's good!
bookshop.org/p/books/hung...
April 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
it's independent bookstore day! and incidentally amazon has put on a book sale the same day, because they're undercutting scum! don't give them your money!
support you local bookstore in person or use bookshop.org! maybe even buy My book! it's good!
bookshop.org/p/books/hung...
support you local bookstore in person or use bookshop.org! maybe even buy My book! it's good!
bookshop.org/p/books/hung...
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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After years of chipping away at it, the Doug Ford government is getting rid of Ontario's Endangered Species Act. This is a very big deal. #ONpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...
Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government’s Bill 5 could affect redside dace and other endangered species on the path of Highway 413
thenarwhal.ca
April 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
After years of chipping away at it, the Doug Ford government is getting rid of Ontario's Endangered Species Act. This is a very big deal. #ONpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...
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He likes to sneak these things in when we're busy looking the other way, like legislation that would repeal Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, stomp all over municipal bylaws at will, and of course provisions to block court actions arising from these projects.
‘Special economic zones’ bill would let Ford government exempt any project from provincial laws
It also repeals Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 'gutting' legal protections for species, environmentalists warn
www.thetrillium.ca
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
He likes to sneak these things in when we're busy looking the other way, like legislation that would repeal Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, stomp all over municipal bylaws at will, and of course provisions to block court actions arising from these projects.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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ftr "you cannot engage with harry potter without jkr profiting" includes piracy. you are still giving it attention. you are still keeping it in the social consciousness. you are still, probably, talking about it to someone. you have to let it go. you have to fucking let it go.
April 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ftr "you cannot engage with harry potter without jkr profiting" includes piracy. you are still giving it attention. you are still keeping it in the social consciousness. you are still, probably, talking about it to someone. you have to let it go. you have to fucking let it go.
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No prob! It's important info for citizens/taxpayers to have.
You might also be interested in how much a typical taxpayer spends on the library per year. It's around $90 for the median property owner.
You might also be interested in how much a typical taxpayer spends on the library per year. It's around $90 for the median property owner.
April 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
No prob! It's important info for citizens/taxpayers to have.
You might also be interested in how much a typical taxpayer spends on the library per year. It's around $90 for the median property owner.
You might also be interested in how much a typical taxpayer spends on the library per year. It's around $90 for the median property owner.
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"a New York Times investigation showed that, in pitching itself to the world, Therme has misrepresented itself, misleading the Ontario government & exaggerating its experience in its bid to secure the Toronto deal."
Can't wait to see the Ford govt's msging. And don't forget this from last week.
Can't wait to see the Ford govt's msging. And don't forget this from last week.
April 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"a New York Times investigation showed that, in pitching itself to the world, Therme has misrepresented itself, misleading the Ontario government & exaggerating its experience in its bid to secure the Toronto deal."
Can't wait to see the Ford govt's msging. And don't forget this from last week.
Can't wait to see the Ford govt's msging. And don't forget this from last week.
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JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
"By approving the staffing reorganization and associated layoffs, council managed to shave about $2.75 off of the 2025 property tax bill for the median property owner."
Thanks to the PTBO Currents for highlighting this!
Thanks to the PTBO Currents for highlighting this!
Three librarians face layoffs at the Peterborough Public Library as the city moves forward with cost-cutting measures. The city says services won't be impacted, but the library union disagrees.
Here's our report on what's happening at your public library ⤵️
peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/peterbo...
Here's our report on what's happening at your public library ⤵️
peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/peterbo...
Librarians speak out against upcoming layoffs at Peterborough Public Library
City council approved the layoffs as a cost-cutting measure during 2025 budget deliberations
peterboroughcurrents.ca
April 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"By approving the staffing reorganization and associated layoffs, council managed to shave about $2.75 off of the 2025 property tax bill for the median property owner."
Thanks to the PTBO Currents for highlighting this!
Thanks to the PTBO Currents for highlighting this!
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
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my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content
April 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content
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Apply for the benefit, people!
And please tell your low-income friends, neighbours, and frenemies about it.
And please tell your low-income friends, neighbours, and frenemies about it.
We updated the "Need To Know" section of our storm report again. Including:
▪️ The 24/7 warming centre is moving to the McDonnel St Community Centre, effective April 4 at 9 a.m.
▪️ An emergency benefit of $75 is available to low-income residents
Read here: peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/residen...
▪️ The 24/7 warming centre is moving to the McDonnel St Community Centre, effective April 4 at 9 a.m.
▪️ An emergency benefit of $75 is available to low-income residents
Read here: peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/residen...
April 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Apply for the benefit, people!
And please tell your low-income friends, neighbours, and frenemies about it.
And please tell your low-income friends, neighbours, and frenemies about it.
"But here’s the sad reality: we cannot fix the electoral system by gaming it."
My latest -- honest takes on strategic voting are few and far between, so here something to chew on.
Stop lying to yourself about strategic voting
The other day, I saw my first Conservative placard.
open.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"But here’s the sad reality: we cannot fix the electoral system by gaming it."
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Is bombing a school full of refugees and children a war crime? The West would want for you to believe it depends on whether you're Israel.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacements
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Is bombing a school full of refugees and children a war crime? The West would want for you to believe it depends on whether you're Israel.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...