Like the Auto Workers who carried us through the pandemic to make sure the US economy didn’t tank, school teachers pulled Herculean duty to try and keep some semblance of learning underway using new methods to accommodate the lockdown.

Then exposed themselves and families during COVID’s spread in a partially vaccinated community …and watched as their already behind the times pay scale was eroded by inflation topping 8% and over 6% for over a year.

The district now wants to lock teachers into pay raises that would result in NO makeup for wages already lost…pay teachers for 3 years at an inflation rate that is the lowest it has been at any point in time in the last two years.

The state and PPS KNEW inflation was at 8% when they asked the legislature to fund them at current service levels. This is another example of piss poor forecasting and financial malfeasance.

#Today #ThisIsNotTheWay #School #Inflation #CostOfLiving #ClassSize #Workload #Education #UnionStrong #Oregon #PDX

Ok…this from a 30 year bike commuter, former bike club member and overall bike friendly occasional auto driver…this is nutz. The intent is laudable, but the effect and rollout are horrendous.

Virtually no one knows about these, how to operates safely within them…seems like a free-for-all. You get not them and wonder why there is no room for oncoming traffic…Are you on a one-way street? Are you going the right direction? Will incoming traffic move into bike lane?

I would rather see whole roads closed to autos (except local resident traffic) or convert to one way street couplets…reserving the remainder of road for bike traffic.

These are not the answer.

#MakeGoodChoices #Today #Bike #PDX #Oregon #ThisIsNotTheWay

The 1982 #Israel invasion of southern Lebanon led to the establishment of #Hezbollah.

Israel's ground offensive into Lebanon in '06 only made Hezbollah stronger, more determined.

The military occupation of #Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank) led to the election of #Hamas.

If you don't learn from past mistakes, you are doomed to repeat them. The next wave will be even more extreme and even more determined.

They will create far more extremism than they claim to kill.

#ThisIsNotTheWay

"MOSCOW - Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field Sunday, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported."

This is certainly NOT the fucking way.

#ThisIsNOTtheway #AntiSemitism #Russia #CTV #CTVNews #News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hundreds-storm-airport-in-russia-in-antisemitic-riot-over-arrival-of-plane-from-israel-1.6622224

"Do you scrum? Kanban?"

Nah, bro, we're all the way back to doing Mando.

#ThisIsNotTheWay #dev

Leaving TODO in your published docs instead of opening an issue in the issue tracking system you're supposed to be using to track issues is not sustainable.

#techwriting #thisisnottheway