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When the Lyrics Hit Home: Songs I’ll Never Forget
For this week’s WWBC prompt, I’m reflecting on the song lyrics that have stayed with me through the years. From Buffett’s laid-back musings to Seger’s longing and Steinman’s drama, these lyrics still echo in my heart.
https://www.bob…

When the Lyrics Hit Home: Songs I’ll Never Forget – Bob Mueller
This week for WWBC: A nostalgic look at the song lyrics from Buffett, Seger, and Steinman that shaped my memories and soundtrack.

"Weimer’s obsessions are no secret – they were probably the reason Christian Democratic Union chancellor Friedrich Merz appointed him as commissioner for culture and the media."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar
First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

#Rant
Rob Shaw is solidifying his position as the new Dean of Right Wing, anti-Worker Legislative Reporters in British Columbia.
With these gems, it's incredible that he has an education or goes to a doctor at all…
"The BCTF is typically one of the most militant unions, and quickly prone to job action.”
BCTF Strikes since 2000:
2005
2014
phew! almost got to three!
Remember that this was at the time of a union-busting BC Liberal government that had to go to the Supreme Court of Canada to get told that they ripped up union contracts unconstitutionally and were *forced* to compensate many years later.
"The ratification is a win for a New Democrat government. And extraordinarily expensive for taxpayers, too."
“extraordinarily expensive. Really? How is a wage increase that is *barely* in line with inflation after literally decades of below-inflation increases, “extraordinary”? I'll wait.
"Teachers can thank the BCGEU for turning what was an initial 3.5 per cent wage offer over two years by government, into a more than 12 per cent increase over four that is now forming the baseline for all other union deals."
Indeed! For those who can do math, that means 3% each of 4 years instead of 3.5 over two. But thanks Rob for making it seem like 4 times more!
Thanks BCGEU members for your solidarity and perceverence! I have been on strike. It sucks HARD. But it was worth it and it works.
"The ratification by the BCTF means roughly half of the 450,000 public sector employees now have deals of some sort with the province. Two majors left on the table are nurses and doctors.”
Oh no! Let’s not pay doctors and nurses! Surely they'll stay regardless in our incredibly overworked and under resourced healthcare system!
Like how does Mr Shaw believe we are to stay competitive or attract people. Or is he just not worried about getting sick….
"The skyrocketing deficit has the NDP government inking sweetheart deals with organized labour on the one hand, while pledging to cut public sector jobs with the other.”
Ya, we could have kept those public sector jobs if it weren't for fools like you who demanded governments cut taxes over the past 20 years instead of reasonable rises to... again…keep up with inflation and retain service!
It is a crappy balancing act that the NDP is doing and I do not like a lot of it. At the same time as Mr. Shaw complains about "sweetheart deals" for people in post-secondary, I am seeing historic cuts in that same sector. It's a blood bath actually. So the potential wage increases are going to be welcome, but feel pretty hollow as so many collegues have left.
Rob Shaw would have had us all lose our jobs and take a pay cut at the next one for good measure.
Thanks but no thanks Rob, your world view sucks.
https://www.nsnews.com/economy-law-politics/rob-shaw-ndp-deal-with-bc-teachers-sets-another-costly-precedent-for-public-sector-talks-11966874

Google issued a report this morning documenting the degree to which defense firms and telecoms are targeted by Russian threat actors, particularly one cluster called UNC5976.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/threats-to-defe…

@…, on page 133 of Enshittification you mention the cadre of Polish mathematicians at Bletchley Park, Jerzy Różycki, Henryk Zygalski, and Marian Rejewski as instrumental in breaking the Enigma code. I’ve never heard of them. Do you (or anyone else seeing this) know of any books telling their stories? I know there are books about the whole Bletchley Park endeavor…

Mir deucht, der Einsatz von Palantir, aber vielleicht auch schon von Microsoft berührt § 97 StGB (Preisgabe von Staatsgeheimnissen).
Vor allem nachdem das MS Management ausgesagt hat sie würden der US Regierung gewünschte Daten rausgeben (müssen).
„Wer ein Staatsgeheimnis, […] das ihm kraft seines Amtes, seiner Dienststellung oder eines von einer amtlichen Stelle erteilten Auftrags zugänglich war, leichtfertig an einen Unbefugten gelangen läßt und dadurch fahrlässig die Gefahr ei…

Martyn Joseph - Last Night I Heard America. Really sums up my sadness right now. #music #folk

Our brainy cat, Tails, seems to have house trained herself. They've been spending increasing amounts of time outside but as their Petflap hasn't gone in yet it means leaving doors open, which is a bit brisk atm, and getting them back in if we go out, which I *was* expecting to do. Anyway, got them in then a bit later Tails starts yowling to go out. I thought it was just for fun so didn't let her go as I may yet need to go out* and moments later heard

Japan Approves Stem-Cell Treatments For Parkinson's, Heart Failure In World Firsts - Slashdot
https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/03/07/2249259/japan-approves-stem-cell-treatments-for-parkinsons-heart-failure-in-world-firsts

Pffff the #Glasgow fire. Glad no-one was hurt, that poor building and another blow for Glasgow's stunning built heritage, vapes - why?, Egyptian Chambers seems unaffected so is just derilict and unloved, not also fire damaged, hope my daughter can get down on Wednesday for her Gran's funeral on Thursday. Timing.