Natural philosopher (STEM background), retired IT Architect.
Supporting public policy based on kindness, respect and evidence.
Canadian, UK and (sadly) former EU citizen.
#systemsThinking #socialSystems
(mostly on website)
#solidarity
Cis, het
Settler on the traditional territories the Mississauga branch of the Ojibwa Nation.
| Website | https://ericlawton.org/ |
| Location | Mississauga Anishinaabe land, Ontario |
| Pronouns | he, il. They is fine. |
| Languages | English, français |
fucking hell. this primary school in Akwesasne was using small wooden boxes to put students in padded tight seclusion for "time outs". whoever was involved in any stage of this project should be fired forthwith
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/akwesasne-st-regis-school-time-out-box-9.7021697
Jesus fucking Christ. Israel is bringing back the death penalty - but only for Palestinians
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-palestinian-death-penalty-9.7019609
While any debate over imposing the death penalty is bound to be emotional and contentious, Israel’s proposal to impose lethal punishment only on Palestinians makes new legislation before the Knesset especially egregious, say rights groups. One called it a "celebration of death and revenge."
A fascinating symptom of human-induced climate change. It appears crops core to our existing food system are becoming less nutritious. Less prots, less micronutrients and more calories relative to atmospheric CO2.
"The researchers warned of “devastating health consequences” including “hidden hunger, where people have sufficient food calorically but insufficient nutrients”"
Once again, they use “what about the children”, this time to install state spyware that would continuously scan every action on a phone or tablet and watch everything that is shown on the screen. This will effectively ban end-to-end encrypted communication and open source operating systems like GrapheneOS and forbid that people have administrator rights on their own devices.
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Relative rotation speed and axial tilts of the planets.
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
I grew up in North West England, in the 1950s to 70s.
But accidentally moved to Canada in 1972 and am still here, though in as culturally different a place from my first move as from Lancashire.
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