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Dear @[email protected] ,

How is increasing Toronto police budget by nearly $50 million going to address lack of affordable housing, food insecurity, and lack of mental health services in underfunded neighborhoods? Which people are you truly trying to police? What's your goal?

During the pandemic, those who are at highest risk are the ones who have been taking the most precautions to protect themselves and their communities.

Yet because governments have given up, it is the people most at risk who are locked out of society. This is an injustice.

#COVID #COVID19

Going to say this again: Policing addresses crime after it happens, it doesn’t prevent it. If we want to prevent crime AND build more compassionate communities, we need to invest in housing, mental health, education & healthcare.

Invest more in our communities. Not policing.

In 2023, let's do all we can to connect with each other more. Listen to each other more. And empathize with each other more.

Instead of relying on people to be more resilient, let's build a world that is less traumatic.

Happy new year friends. 🙏🏾❤️

Canadian nursing schools should have a textbook dedicated to highlighting the works of @[email protected] and her lifetime commitment to nursing & social justice. Nurses have so much to learn from her.

Thank you Cathy for your 50 years of service. You are a blessing to humanity.

Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council

Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, left his home after criticism from Musk unleashed a torrent of online harassment.

The Washington Post
A white nurse literally said one of the roles that shouldn't exist in hospitals is the office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI). She said it's a waste of resources. She's a typical example of privilege and a beneficiary of racism. People like her are everywhere.

As an emerg doc, I see full waiting rooms every night I'm in the hospital. Legislating 10 permanent #PaidSickDays would allow parents and children enough time to recover properly or get preventive care, rather than waiting in the ER.

#justice4workers #onpoli #Ontario https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/suleman-and-mclaren-to-help-sick-children-give-their-caregivers-paid-sick-days

Suleman and McLaren: To help sick children, give their caregivers paid sick days

This surge of viral illnesses and their consequences is not going to end anytime soon, two pediatric doctors argue. Ontario must act.

Ottawa Citizen

Here's a little reminder to:

 Use hashtags to help people find your art, but 1-4 is good, you don't need loads: https://mastodon.art/@Curator/108220154510678618

 Please use alt text on your images. I won't boost anything that doesn't have alt-text, and neither will a lot of other people. It's good for accessibility  :
https://mastodon.art/@Curator/109279035107793247

 Here's a great guide for artists on how stuff works here:
https://stop.voring.me/@thatonecalculator/pages/artists

Have fun, be kind 

Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator (@[email protected])

General advice for people coming over from Twitter and Instagram regarding hashtags: Hashtags are a useful and important tool here. Clicking on a hashtag will show you results from across different servers, so they're important for federating content and finding people. There's no need to have loads of tags on your post like Insta to try to catch more engagement, but also you won't be punished for using tags like Twitter. (cont)

Mastodon.ART
Elon Musk should buy Ticketmaster next.