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Sporadic posting. Weird by most standards, a compliment I accept. Coffee is good.

Every day I work to empower those left behind. I believe in equal justice and equal opportunity for everyone.

Hashthingies#techAdjacent #equality #inclusion #love #coffee
@shoq I'm excited for the future of decentralized systems like this. The collapse of twt seems like a forgone conclusion, and it will be interesting to see where all that time, attention and energy goes.
@shoq I didn't use twt that much to begin with but one thing it had going for it was immediacy. You create your account and the algo and suggestions get you engaged right away. Not necessarily in a good way which is why I like Mastodon, but for many ordinary users, I think the exception is the immediate delivery of entertainment.
I miss how sneezing used to be fun rather than a potential harbinger of severe ongoing vascular damage.
End of round three of voting for House speaker.

“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.

https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

scoop.me

A quick reminder that law enforcement *responds* to crime, but a living wage, food and water security, accessible healthcare, and public education *prevent* crime.

If you want safer communities, invest in people, not punishments.

Feels like every time there's an NFL season we hear like 4 horrible stories about player injuries and, I dunno, maybe they should not be playing until they figure some of that stuff out?
Now this is how you do a selfie
@MicheleV_AK are they usally so unconcerned with humans? As a city person, I had always assumed wildlife was "more afraid of you than you of them" but this didn't seem that way at all. At all.
@Vanalope Ok looks like I am watching Pitch Black again. :)