Banger on “kindness” in healthcare/public health journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (“Fake kindness, caring and symbolic violence” by @faussenurse.bsky.social et al)

Counterpoint: Trump is *revealing* that the US is a sanctuary country for paedophiles. And other criminals.

[If Chuck Schumer replaced Viggo Mortensen in LOTR: Return of the King] "The day has come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship"

Seems relevant still.

...and I'm just wondering how @vsb39.bsky.social was unable to keep them at grade level with thousands of extra dollars, and thousands of instructional hours. And now, because of that failure - and no gov't oversight - there's pressure to move them off diploma track, impacting their life, forever.

Right now, my funded child is unsupported. But, at the exact same time, parents of undesignated kids report that they are told their kids won't receive any support without diagnosis and designation, because there's no funding for them. So which is it?

. @vsb39.bsky.social likes to say that the funding disabled kids bring in is pooled, to support kids without funding. I'm fine with sharing... but... sharing implies that both parties benefit, doesn't it?

And this district's constant use of the word inclusion, while actively excluding kids from their community schools, and also an actual education, is a performative sleight of hand, nothing more. And no checks and balances from your gov't @davidebybc.bsky.social @nikisharma.bsky.social means that...

I don't know who needs to hear this (I do, I'm being sarcastic), but the word inclusion =/= *Inclusive Education*. Forcing disabled kids to go to schools outside of their communities, and away from friends/family - for the benefit of district only - is NOT inclusion, let alone Inclusive Education.

That school *has* a designated to support disabled students, like them, to do so. But the district limits enrolment in programs like it, and this year, is cutting other programs - meaning that pressure on remaining programs will be higher. So now, it's the education hunger games.

While talking about people leaving Xitter... ...are we now also ready to talk about people no longer using (Generative)AI for shits & giggles (arguably a v v handy tool of fascism), or nah? Because... using AI only aids & abets ppl like Musk, AND helps to kill people & the planet at the same time.

*Clears throat* This is what you all endorsed when you agreed that the value of a life was less than brunch, and didn’t care if high risk people bore the brunt of “profit over people” policies (many from 'Left' gov'ts). The pandemic broke a leaky dam. And most chose selfishness over solidarity.

By the end of this school year, my child - who has spent the entirety of their school career under a @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social gov't, which in 2017 ran on fixing #BCEd - will have brought $174,250 of *additional* funding to @vsb39.bsky.social. But since G2, receives ZERO supports, outside of LST...

You'll note, here, that the district rolls out the red carpet for "high achieving" (I'm using that term, under duress) learners, via mini schools and other programs, while disabled kids lose supports and programs. Heck, mini school students can tour their programs in advance - disabled kids can't.

How many other disabled kids in this city (and, ultimately, the prov) face the same? WHERE IS ALL OF THAT MONEY GOING?! And, why are disabled kids bearing a lifetime burden d/t adults refusing to meet their responsibilities? @suziemah.bsky.social @reddyforchange.bsky.social @kehyslop.bsky.social

By the end of this school year, my child - who has spent the entirety of their school career under a @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social gov't, which in 2017 ran on fixing #BCEd - will have brought $174,250 of *additional* funding to @vsb39.bsky.social. But since G2, receives ZERO supports, outside of LST...

*Clears throat* This is what you all endorsed when you agreed that the value of a life was less than brunch, and didn’t care if high risk people bore the brunt of “profit over people” policies (many from 'Left' gov'ts). The pandemic broke a leaky dam. And most chose selfishness over solidarity.

Wild that Mamdani is able to do something like this so quickly, while @liberalca.bsky.social and @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social have failed to do so for more than a decade. Like, I know we're in different countries, but come on now.

Journalists have been repeating lies about events on video in Palestine - Gaza AND the West Bank - for the past two years (plus eight decades). They've gotten away with it, so they think/know they can now. We all really need to stop being surprised by their impunity & unwavering support of admin.

Honestly? He showed his belly when he sold out his morals during his run for VP. And Trump et al know that, and are capitalizing on that fact.

This is why he equivocates. But, equivocation won't protect him. Or us.

The Right: “No one on the right is cheering her murder” Also the Right (Passifiume): 👇🏻

Note: handwashing is at the bottom, because... ...womp womp... 🎶COVID is Airborne🎶 (But would the author of a book with the title 'Soap and Water & Common Sense', and a need to save face after repeatedly dropping the ball on airborne transmission ("tempest in a teapot"), want you to know that?)

Bonnie Henry, @cdcofbc.bsky.social, @governmentofbc.bsky.social, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social, @davidebybc.bsky.social, etc: "Only vulnerable people need to worry!" @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social: "That's not very kind, Bonnie et al."

"The most problematic jurisdiction may be British Columbia. Its publicly disclosed data has been incomplete, inconsistent and on occasion, seemingly contradictory." -Mario Possamai, Senior Advisor SARS Commission, 'A Time of Fear' Fall 2020 www.atimeoffear.com

Bonnie Henry said masking is not a part of our culture, only the vulnerable people need to worry (and blamed their deaths on vulnerabilities instead of protecting them), that COVID doesn't spread in schools via kids, waived ethics reviews on studies upon which she was an author, hid(es) data, and...

While talking about people leaving Xitter... ...are we now also ready to talk about people no longer using (Generative)AI for shits & giggles (arguably a v v handy tool of fascism), or nah? Because... using AI only aids & abets ppl like Musk, AND helps to kill people & the planet at the same time.

"We are not asking ICE not to do ICE things" -Jacob Frey, Mayor of Minneapolis But why not tho?

*Wild* to hear right wing media personalities express their extreme concerns about the warmongering their president - the president they lobbied for - is doing; arguably, a situation they helped to foment, by lobbying for him... ...because they're worried that their kids might be drafted. I mean.

The Western world after 1945: "Never Again!" 'Moderates' and the Right since 2023: "You can't oppose genocide, it's illegal!"

Stop blaming Palestinians for your failure to push your party and candidate to the left, and away from support of genocide. OR Admit that you're in support of their right-leaning policies, and also genocide. It's one or the other. But, either way, there needs to be some introspection.

I mean… That *IS* America. Who else would the occupiers be?

White ppl in the West: "But we're the Resistance against Trump, we aren't terrorists!" It doesn't matter if you think you're not a terrorist. What matters is who has the power to label you a terrorist.

Yeah... it defo wasn't a Sieg Heil he threw, right?... 🙄

Look what I saw the other day. Also I’m a bad housing/health situation and if folks are able to chip in a bit, it would be a tremendous help and I really appreciate it e-transfer: [email protected]

They don't think they can do whatever they want. They know they can.

White ppl in the West: "But we're the Resistance against Trump, we aren't terrorists!" It doesn't matter if you think you're not a terrorist. What matters is who has the power to label you a terrorist.

Hypothesis: The timing of Smith’s games is not a bug, it’s a feature. (Also, Stephen Harper is likely not opposed to any of this, it’s why he doesn’t speak up - appealing to him and his sycophant PP is a fool’s errand. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...)

Not unrelated👇🏻(except, in reality, they’d consider the kids domestic terrorists, too, b/c of who raised them. Also? Because those kids might now be radicalized against the system that murdered their parent - forming the next gen of resistance. Begging ppl to pay attention!) bsky.app/profile/dead...

Being a pattern spotter stuck and othered in a world of "NT" people who just want 'normal,' a normal that never really existed, so that they can eat brunch, gallivant, and generally ignore what's happening right outside of their front doors, is a special form of torture.

Sound familiar, #BCEd?

Right wingers getting ready to weaponize the "learning loss" construct again, to try to push kids back into triply unsafe schools, in 3... 2... 1... Because for them it's (performatively) about butts in seats, instead of safety - which is actually pretty important for learning - no matter the cost.

❤️Open to all signatories❤️ Deadline Jan 12 Petition to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance: bsky.app/profile/mama... No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial 🙏✍️&share Thank you

Allied Health Clinic waiting room; waiting for LO. Unmasked patient walks in, sees my Aura; grimaces; walks over to sanitizer dispenser, slathers some all over their hands. Moves into exam room; unmasked HCW therein coughing up a lung, directly in patient's face. Both unfazed. CMTSU 😭

Like. They prevented medical care from getting to the person they shot. Where have we heard this before? In the very recent past? What we let happen in Palestine will come home to roost. Or, rather, it's coming home to roost.

👈Shot 👉Chasers (1&2)

The problem is that adults compare paediatric death rates to adult death rates. That’s the wrong comparison to make. #CrossPost 🧵

The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli "shepherding outposts" in their place. mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this... #Palestine #Israel

An added layer of awfulness to consider is the fact that we’ve known since spring 2020 that ND people are more likely to contract SARS2 and have a more severe outcome - and instead of protecting them with science, we’re weaponizing “science” to explain away ND kids’ existence.