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Alctel posted:~snip~ An immigrant has the intention of moving their home to the second country. Is that not how these things are supposed to work?
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Jan 10, 2022 18:29
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I always thought of the the names as interchangeable. I can see how racist brits might avoid using the term immigrant though, but I also don’t know any racist brits who move out of their country.
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Jan 10, 2022 18:38
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Managed to book booster show this week. Initially booked for next week in Richmond as that was the earliest I could get an appointment that didn't require me to stand in a long line up in the rain, but after refreshing multiple times today I managed to book for this week in Vancouver. Now I must avoid the illness by then.
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Jan 10, 2022 18:44
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Thanks! Edit: Also holy hell lol mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jan 10, 2022 |
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Jan 10, 2022 18:49
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Which one of you guys is emailing my MP?quote:Dear Buttsy, The email subject was "Epiphany"
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Jan 10, 2022 19:04
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Was buying something in Shoppers last week when the pharmacist asked if anyone wanted a booster because she'd just cracked a vial of moderna and there weren't enough olds with appointments to use it up  so if you really want one you could do worse than hanging out at a pharmacy
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Jan 10, 2022 19:21
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Postess with the Mostest posted:Dear
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Jan 10, 2022 19:22
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When I think of socialists enacting centrally-planned economies, I think of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
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Jan 10, 2022 19:23
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An expat is a white person from a rich country going to live in a developing country. An immigrant is a racialized person from a developing country going to live in a rich country. At least that's how they're generally used in my experience. Ex pats generally don't have to worry about their official status or try to fit in at all. They can live in a country for decades without trying to get citizenship, not learning the language etc etc and still expecting to be catered to
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Jan 10, 2022 19:24
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Duck Rodgers posted:An expat is a white person from a rich country going to live in a developing country. An immigrant is a racialized person from a developing country going to live in a rich country. At least that's how they're generally used in my experience. Damnit, why does the reality always have to be lovely?
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Jan 10, 2022 19:34
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:Thanks! Postess with the Mostest posted:Which one of you guys is emailing my MP?
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Jan 10, 2022 20:03
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Well this is a new wrinkle https://twitter.com/PedsOntario/status/1479795672870232079 So apparently schools aren't a significant source of spread and children are essentially unaffected by COVID?
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Jan 10, 2022 23:08
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https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1480636011696824325
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Jan 10, 2022 23:09
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Message to Jorp: suck my dick, and then the poo poo out of my rear end in a top hat, in that order.
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Jan 10, 2022 23:12
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infernal machines posted:Well this is a new wrinkle who are these fuckers connected to?
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Jan 10, 2022 23:13
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Tighclops posted:who are these fuckers connected to? Well, @OntariosDoctors is the OMA, which is a lobbying org representing doctors in Ontario, so dollars to donuts the others are too. These groups are speaking on behalf of a lot of doctors in the province.
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Jan 10, 2022 23:17
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infernal machines posted:So apparently schools aren't a significant source of spread and children are essentially unaffected by COVID? There's a lot of push behind this in many other provinces too. Parents can't work with kids at home. There's also a lot of sentiment that a teacher who teaches online isn't teaching. Combine people who need to work with people who don't believe COVID is even real or a matter of concern and you have an unintentional coalition that no longer gives a poo poo. It feels like we've reached a new stage in how we are choosing to deal with the pandemic. Note that I don't support this at all: it's just a sentiment that's out there. Check news outlets for popular stories such as: "The Cruel Ridiculous Reality of Remote Learning" (https://www.macleans.ca/society/the-cruel-ridiculous-reality-of-virtual-learning/) or "Parents, teacher [sic.] hope Manitoba's return to remote learning isn't extended"(https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-remote-learning-parents-teacher-1.6309179) And rules are being made to ensure that students never really leave school: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/students-migh...octor-1.5734283
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Jan 10, 2022 23:19
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And again, I must say: we need to stop focusing on the bullshit way we've failed to implement effective remote learning, and rather focus on the places that have done it well for years and years. There was a study in Australia that found School of the Air was as good or better than traditional school. It was done in 1987 meaning they didn't have the benefit of modern technology. Schoolwork was literally flown by the RFDS, communication was by shortwave radio. So, sorry: I call bullshit on the idea that in-person school is the be all and end all of education. I did distance learning myself for a year or two, interspersed with various weird forms of in-person schooling, and I graduated at the top of my class in high school and university and of all my possible mental health issues, the time I spent not in school is much less of an issue than the time I spent in school. No one called me a cripple or threatened to beat my rear end in remote learning! It's bullshit. There is absolutely no reason to believe that in-person school is somehow superior to proper distance education. It's this weird thing that a bunch of people have decided we should take on faith, and there's absolutely no evidence to support it -- rather, all available evidence (pre-pandemic, which is an obvious confounding factor and we have no data on in-person education during a pandemic either) supports that it's completely fine, and perhaps even better in certain cases.
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Jan 10, 2022 23:22
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I still remember right in the leadup to the pandemic, Ontario teachers were striking because Ford was trying to gently caress with schools by implementing half-assed online learning. From all appearances, it seems like what they've done with the pandemic is what they would've done if Ford got his way, but I'm not a teacher so someone correct me on that if I'm wrong. I agree that sitting kids in front of computers to do zoom calls all day sucks but the solution to that isn't dooming an entire generation to long COVID. UnknownMercenary fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Jan 10, 2022 |
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Jan 10, 2022 23:31
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UnknownMercenary posted:half-assed online learning. Well, if the pandemic has underlined anything, it's that so many of our systems are completely loving horrible and broken so why should education be any different? Specifically, I'm talking about remote and in-person education. Doesn't matter. It's all broken to start with, now with the pandemic restrictions it's just way easier to see.
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Jan 10, 2022 23:35
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infernal machines posted:Well, @OntariosDoctors is the OMA, which is a lobbying org representing doctors in Ontario, so dollars to donuts the others are too. These groups are speaking on behalf of a lot of doctors in the province. loving... Why? Why would doctors do this
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Jan 10, 2022 23:43
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The most infuriating aspect to watch is the idea that daily zoom calls with full classes of children are a suitable method of remote instruction. It's nonsense. No one in the history of delivering remote instruction had ever attempted such a stupid loving idea because it's ridiculous on the face of it. Absolutely parents should be irate that kids are being put through this, but the alternative is not only in-person school; rather, it's proper distance education -- which has been a research area (with and without modern technology) for literally decades. My own experience with distance education was overseen by a wonderful woman with a Ph.D. in education, specifically in the use of technology to improve education and allow distance education, and I wonder: did her phone ring in 2020? Did they even bother asking what are the best practices here?
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Jan 10, 2022 23:43
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I think you'll find that spending zero dollars and doing zero training to do a bad job replicating an in-person classroom remotely is the only option. [cut to lovely vr metaverse demo of half-height avatars nearly arranged in rows at desks]
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Jan 10, 2022 23:44
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Tighclops posted:loving... Why? Why would doctors do this Doctors are just as stupid as everyone else, except in the very specific area they're trained in. And even then...
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Jan 10, 2022 23:50
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InfiniteZero posted:There's a lot of push behind this in many other provinces too. Parents can't work with kids at home. There's also a lot of sentiment that a teacher who teaches online isn't teaching. Combine people who need to work with people who don't believe COVID is even real or a matter of concern and you have an unintentional coalition that no longer gives a poo poo. These are lobbying groups representing doctors and pediatric specialists, which is what I find surprising.
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Jan 10, 2022 23:54
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infernal machines posted:These are lobbying groups representing doctors and pediatric specialists, which is what I find surprising. everyone has a lobbying group. I've worked for multiple lobbying groups!
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Jan 10, 2022 23:56
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Or maybe we goons are the ones who were wrong all along?
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Jan 11, 2022 00:00
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Arivia posted:everyone has a lobbying group. I've worked for multiple lobbying groups! Yes indeed, I'm just pointing out that these organizations are representing the interests of doctors and pediatric specialists, meaning that there are a large number of doctors and pediatric specialists endorsing the message. These aren't twitter randoms or weirdo splinter groups with no clout or connection to people in pediatric health. Noblesse Obliged posted:Or maybe we goons are the ones who were wrong all along? I mean, if you can't trust doctors on matters of public health, who can you trust?
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Jan 11, 2022 00:01
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infernal machines posted:Yes indeed, I'm just pointing out that these organizations are representing the interests of doctors and pediatric specialists, meaning that there are a large number of doctors and pediatric specialists endorsing the message. These aren't twitter randoms or weirdo splinter groups with no clout or connection to people in pediatric health. Maybe these are the 1 in 10 dentists that don’t recommend Colgate?!?
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Jan 11, 2022 00:04
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No goons cannot be wrong
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Jan 11, 2022 00:04
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This guy is a head of pediatrics and doesn't seem too worried about it.
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Jan 11, 2022 00:06
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Yeah I’m not really in a position to disagree with doctors about this stuff. It is worth noting however that the OMA is led by a guy who previously led the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
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Jan 11, 2022 00:07
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I’ve taken a position that I will listen to science and doctors from February 2020 until August 31 2021.
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Jan 11, 2022 00:09
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Believe Science
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Jan 11, 2022 00:09
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I'll listen to the numerous doctors who are on the front lines and saying this is a crisis rather than listen to the drivel that drips out of pillocks who've decided to stop practicing medicine and start practice administration.
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Jan 11, 2022 00:11
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PT6A posted:I'll listen to the numerous doctors who are on the front lines and saying this is a crisis rather than listen to the drivel that drips out of pillocks who've decided to stop practicing medicine and start practice administration. You’re an idiot dude I’m so sorry
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Jan 11, 2022 00:14
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Poodlebear posted:You’re an idiot dude I’m so sorry Please attach your mouth to my anus at your earliest convenience, bitch.
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Jan 11, 2022 00:15
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PT6A posted:I'll listen to the numerous doctors who are on the front lines and saying this is a crisis rather than listen to the drivel that drips out of pillocks who've decided to stop practicing medicine and start practice administration. This is like asking cops how to better fight crime
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Jan 11, 2022 00:17
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Count Roland posted:This is like asking cops how to better fight crime Medicine is a profession and enforcing class structure is not, hope that helps.
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Jan 11, 2022 00:18
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No idea what the gently caress is going on in this thread anymore
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Jan 11, 2022 00:20
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