The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant

They/Him - Vincent in #HamOnt is Home. Advocating for our most vulnerable neighbours & the good of all. Avi by @DavidBrace2

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

Tiny tykes on tiny bikes

Deserve more than lines

Just painted white

#HamOnt #VisionZero @VisionZeroCA @SharkDancing https://t.co/VzuEPNSeAh

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

@steve_boots

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

@mkuplens @cityofhamilton Did you get an answer to this?

I've been waiting for the page to change to finally be able to get a new license online or over the phone.

It has changed now, but @cityofhamilton doesn't say when the 30-day period ends, just alludes that we're in it now.

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

I don't think Jesus is any more fucked today than he was yesterday, tbh.

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

I have a friend who is a professor in Bangladesh. He said they tried DST for a bit, but quickly went back. It is not lost on me that a country that saw an armed overthrowing of the government took one taste of DST & immediately went "Nope, fuck that."

[New York Times Tech Guild @NYTGuildTech]

CLICK-IT LINE: We ask that you not cross our digital picket line by playing any of the NYT Games (Wordle, Connections) as well as not using the Cooking App. You can continue to read @Nytimes news content.

[TheSpec Pitchbot (Satire) @TheSpecPitchbot]

As a legal battle over unhoused people's right to exist comes to a head some Clrs are looking for a more final solution to the homeless question. In response to the case Clr Danko said "I don't get how anyone can support encampments", adding, "I don't support the homeless at all.

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

Halloween is over, Clr. You can stop trying to sell us on the accuracy of your costume.

[John-Paul Danko @JohnPaulDanko]

It's telling that encampment supporters - who literally took the @cityofhamilton to court to force encampments in #HamOnt parks - continue to claim they aren't encampment supporters.

Taxpayers are done with this nonsense & want parks off-limits to tents.
https://t.co/gNnUB6gULD

[TheSpec Pitchbot (Satire) @TheSpecPitchbot]

Read "Given expected population growth LRT should be remapped to service Barton & Tiffany", "Wearing your everyday work clothes is a lazy Halloween costume", "I never knew those were supposed to be bike lanes", & more in today's Letters to the Editor.

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

@keyboredmoron Your hands were smaller in the 80s though.

[Jeremy Freiburger (he,him) @FreiburgerJer]

Ward 5 Councillor Matt Frances continues to disappoint me. The Notwithstanding Clause should never be used to further oppress our own vulnerable residents. Here’s to another “Made in Stoney Creek solution”.

[TheSpec Pitchbot (Satire) @TheSpecPitchbot]

Premier Ford announced today that Ontario has signed a contract with Restaurant Brands International to give Tim Hortons exclusive rights to polling stations for future provincial elections. Ford also announced that voter registration cards will be mailed with a $10 Timmies card.

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

I've had jugs of milk stay open longer than Black Forest Inn.

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

Ice cream trucks in October. If that's not proof we've let climate change go unchecked for too long, I dunno what is.

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

I thought he died

[Rob Paris @brknrun]

@CHCHNews @alchchnews "The mayor says in a national housing crisis, councillors should be in favor of housing."

When a motion is tabled to replace Gage Park, City Hall, all city owned parking lots with housing, as stated a year ago was coming, then I will believe it. What we have now is theatre.

[The Bearded "I Got A Rock" Giant @StewFromHamOnt]

.@alectranews is there a power outage planned for tomorrow in the L8K area of Hamilton?

[TS Jelena Vermilion - 💉FULLY VACCINATED x5 💉MPx2 @IsisIntrepid]

When I first read the 14-page report produced over a decade ago by @DeirdrePike, then-ED of the @SPRCHamOnt, I was angry. In the report, sex workers were pitted against their neighbours, and their own concerns as residents & constituents were not taken into consideration; they were painted as a large problem in the city, especially to those with interests in gentrifying the neighbourhood. They were erroneosuly described as being related to organized crime. Newsflash: if any industry is criminalized, the workers organizing would therefore be considered "organized criminals" even if unjustly.

Similarly, I felt angry when I learned about @GarySantucci's photovoice project (read about it here in an article by former @TheSilhouette's Nolan Matthews: The Art of Creating a Neighbourhood - https://t.co/yQqiLfBQ9S) which objectified the workers, recklessly disregarded their privacy and their dignity in the so-called name of "social justice", without actually meaningfully engaging them. I promised to make both of these instances right, one day.

I am very pleased to announce that we at @SWAPHamilton have almost completed (35 participants out of 40 thus far) our @CityofHamilton photovoice needs assesment project in collaboration with the @YWCA_Hamilton as part of the #HamOnt's Gender-Based Safety Audit. In exchange for their expertise and input, each participant was spoken to like friends & family, received snacks, a juice & a water, $40 cash honoraria, and most importantly: respect and consideraton to their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. #WeBelieveSurvivors @SACHAHamOnt @CheriDiNovo @WAWGHAMILTON @InasmuchMSH @GoodShepherdHam @MissionHamilton @HCCI1 @DJNOntario #CDNPoli #ONPoli #CDNPolitics

@MTaylorNDP @shaw_sandy @lisahepfner @FilomenaTassi @NrinderWard3 @SarahJama_ @MarkTadeson @CraigCassar @CameronKroetsch @AndreaHorwath @JohnPaulDanko @EstherPauls2 @ChadCollinsMP @ward1wilson @alexwilson96 @TedMcMeekin @mspadafora2022 @jeffbeattie2014 @tammyhwang @HamOntWard4 @TomJackson @BCouncillor @MatthewGreenNDP #YHMCC

Prompt: "What would make sex work safer?"

-More payphones for emergency calls
-More shelters for women
-City council needs to listen to sex workers
-@HamiltonPolice need to be educated on how to interact with sex workers to reduce bias
-Sex workers are being unfairly surveilled and we need to respect their privacy
-More access to public washrooms
-A guaranteed basic income (@KPateOnTheHill)
-More housing
-More funding to social services
-Less money to police

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-More beds and blankets
-We need more supports at Willow's Place
-We need to have access to telephones especially at night and in secluded places
-The street lighting need to be improved and increased
-More shelters for women

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-More lighting
-More payphones
-Sex work needs to be decriminalized
-More training on best practices to reduce the profiling, stereotyping and stigmatization of sex workers to reduce bias in policing

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-Sex work (the purchase and sale) should be decriminalized
-There should be supportive services that are educated in a nuanced way about sex work and sex workers
-A local forum for sex workers to congregate and to network with clients that isn’t on the street
-More lighting and payphones
-Education for police officers about sex workers
-Public charging stations
-Police should take us seriously

[nageeb 🔆 نجيب @accidentalblues]

On our way to the Labour Day March today we passed a @HamiltonPolice officer who exclaimed “I don’t know how Palestine has anything to do with labour!” I yelled back “Because labour supports Palestine!”
Police don’t understand solidarity or human compassion & that’s terrifying.

[UTE-SEI_00014_Hamilton @utesei00014]

Happy Labour Day!
UTE00014, alongside other unions, participated Labour Day parade here in Hamilton.
Let's celebrate the hard work and victories of all workers! @psac_afpc @utesei @CP24 @CTVNews @globeandmail
#LabourDay2024 #Solidarity

[Ontario ACORN @OntarioACORN]

Michael Klein is at it again😡.This landlord is systematically buying older, rent controlled bldgs then mass evicting tenants 2 flip the units 4 higher rent. ACORN is organizing in Klein bldgs across #Ontario. Stay tuned 4 more details ✊ #onpoli