Minnesota political assassin
57-year-old Vance Boelter,
was twice appointed to the nonpartisan Governor’s Workforce Development Council
-- in 2016 under former Gov. Mark Dayton
and again in 2019 under Gov. Tim Walz.
His most recent term expired in January 2023.
City Council looked the other way for over 3 years while the Adams' Administration broke laws around the requirement to build protected bus & bike lanes. Why would Adams give a shit about Sanctuary City laws when City Council has proven to be toothless? https://www.
Baltimore mayor & council members introduce comprehensive yimby package. Has backing of city's main business & community action organizations:
● Legalize 2-, 3- & 4-unit houses in 1-family districts
● Abolish minimum off-street parking requirements
● Legalize single-staircase structures with more than 3 stories
I don't think I've seen all this in one package anywhere up to now.
Next investigation should be into the councillors themselves
Warrnambool council abandons peer-reviewed flood study, citing 'supposed science' - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-05/regiona…
It seems that Mayor Adams of #NYC is willing to giving up our First Amendment rights to protest the nation of Israel. I normally really appreciate @… reporting, but the passing mention of the problems of the IHRA definition is not good.
Cycling in Ribble Valley
#Cycle routes
The Ribble Valley has miles of scenic country roads of which many are ideal for riding your bicycle. To the right are some downloadable maps and leaflets detailing these routes.
You can download several other routes across not only the Ribble Valley but Lancashire as a whole by visiting Lancashire County Council's dedicated
Faced with the growing risk that #LightPollution represents for the development of astronomy in Chile, international observatories with a presence in the country have formed a joint organization dedicated to protecting the dark skies of northern Chile: https://giantmagellan.org/2025/06/03/dark-skies-council-international-astronomical-observatories-join-forces-to-protect-chiles-skies/ - the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), the Giant Magellan Telescope, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and Carnegie Science’s Las Campanas Observatory (LCO), signed an agreement to create the Dark Skies Council; through this alliance, the institutions will work in a coordinated manner to protect Chile’s privileged skies.
I'd be interested in how well "hand over all the data or be fired" will work in a country without a presidential override for legislation.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/02/reform-uk-to-pilot-doge-…
“I’ve just seen pictures of my two daughters on a curb in downtown Los Angeles in handcuffs [with] the LAPD,”
Pasadena City Council member Rick Cole said at the rally.
“So I’m going to be figuring out where they are so I can go bail them out.”
Protests against federal immigration raids continued to rage Sunday after Trump ordered the National Guard to Southern California.
Mejia, Cole’s boss, is an outspoken critic of the Los Angeles Police Department.
On Fri…
Well-deserved recognition for YDS alum and Dean's Advisory Council member Jerry W Henry '80 M.Div. in this recent article. Grateful for his leadership and service! #WeAreCalled https://…
IBM verabschiedet sich von jahrzehntelanger Diversitätsarbeit: Keine Diversity-Ziele mehr, keine Boni für Vielfalt, kein Diversity Council. Die Heritage Foundation reklamiert den Kurswechsel als Sieg – ein Signal für den „Great Unwokening“ der US-Konzerne. #CIO.DE #Diversity
In a week when the Canadian federal government strongly condemned Israel withholding aid and called human suffering in Gaza "intolerable".
City councillor Shelley Caroll of Don Valley North decided that it was the right week to publicly show her support to.. Walk with Israel. She thinks Israel is the country to support and must walk to support)
(Also present, Mike Colle, Brad Bradford, Rachel Chernos Lin, James Pasternak)
Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
ARBITER: Who speaks for the Federation?
MORAG: I do.
ARBITER: Who speaks for the accused?
VARON: I do.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/204 B7B2
"As a political force, the Labour left is finished. The tactic of entryism – entering the Labour party and changing it – is finished too."
"..a string of local council victories next year would pave the way for an unprecedented challenge to #Labour – not from the right, as the party has always had to fight, but from its radical flank. And this new movement could take parts of Lab…
I have just submitted a grant application to the Swedish Science Council with the title "Functional multi-objective optimization under uncertainty".
https://patrikja.owlstown.net/posts/3782
If granted it would pay for a PhD student supervision time.
Some prelimina…
Third throw of the dice on an arts council application for our festival is in, lets see..
Stopped off in town, Broadmarsh area. Sat on a rock for a bit and read my book.
I don't often go into town these days, but I was reminded of this nice little garden area when the May Day march met round the corner the other week, and I thought I would have a rest there today before coming home.
Lovely to see the flowers growing there now. I really like that the city council went in that direction for that bit of the land.
#Nottingham #BloomScrolling
A former leader of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights during the Obama and Biden administrations
called the Trump administration’s targeting of undefined diversity, equity and inclusion legally spurious
and urged colleges and universities to stand up for their values.
At a panel last week at the annual Education Writers Association conference here,
Catherine Lhamon said it’s “enormously frustrating to me to see the federal government use its voice to sa…
»The group is due to play the enormous annual Belfast Vital festival at the council-owned Boucher Playing Fields in south Belfast on August 29, in support of Dublin band Fontaines DC.« 😭😭 (I used to love Fontaines DC.). https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/kneecap-alliance-calls-for-responsible-language-but-stops-short-of-objecting-to-upcoming-major-concert-on-public-land-5099865
»The group is due to play the enormous annual Belfast Vital festival at the council-owned Boucher Playing Fields in south Belfast on August 29, in support of Dublin band Fontaines DC.« 😭😭 (I used to love Fontaines DC.). https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/kneecap-alliance-calls-for-responsible-language-but-stops-short-of-objecting-to-upcoming-major-concert-on-public-land-5099865