Tomislav Svoboda

Enjoying and exploring a life of environmental and social sustainability. Realizing with others *being the change we want to see in the world*.

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@mjasay @InfoWorld Kudos for using evidence. Though surveying devs in proprietary ecosystems is biased. What might we get among developers of Linux or LibreOffice? Name calling is biased too. How about Darth Vaders lobbying for costly vendor lock with large scale community wide IT infrastructure?

[lucy @kyrsten_sw]

.@TorontosMayor office informs me 3 warming centers will opening by 7pm this evening: Scarborough Civic Center, Metro Hall and Mitchell Field.

[Lorraine Lam @lorrainelamchop]

a devastating fire has killed one, severely injured two, destroyed a number of homes & many ppl are now displaced - including one woman i closely support. the dropin kitchen that serves 1000 meals a week is severely damaged. pls give & pls share.

https://t.co/NCkHZEDFWu

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Watch this. Then imagine it with MUCH larger, faster, deadlier and more polluting boxes that are shockingly energy inefficient, create “box dependency,” undermine public health and use up most of the public money… THEN it’s like cars.

HT @urbanthoughts11

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people.

Sound efficient?

HT @circulareconomy

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

Dear friends! Consider telegram, an open source messaging/social media platform for desktops and smartphones! Support community owned and developed public infrastructure be it health care, public spaces, transportation, parks and even social media! https://t.co/trQzcCk2H3

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@DuurzaamEten in your great article https://t.co/RIChThghZA did you include land use in your calculation of greenhouse gas emissions? Is there a better way of reaching you? Thanks so much!

[Ritika Goel @RitikaGoelTO]

I can not imagine ANY OTHER INDUSTRY where a worker is asked to continue to go to work while COVID positive (asymptomatic or not) - this is NOT because migrant workers are essential workers, but rather that their labour is essential, and their lives are not. #sdoh #COVID19

[Ritika Goel @RitikaGoelTO]

Check out this amazing op-ed from Dr. Suzanne Shoush, an incredible Black and Indigenous woman MD, one of our @DrsDefundPolice team, and speaker at our event tonight. This piece is fire. https://t.co/57h2vsdjIZ #DefundthePolice #BlackLivesMatter #topoli #sdoh

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

City of Toronto take note - time to restructure our community to one that cares for rather than polices it's citizens - abolish aggression and violence dismantle the police

https://t.co/rvEFLKNUaK

[PenguinRandomHouseCA @PenguinRandomCA]

We’re making this month’s Penguin Book Club pick THE SKIN WE’RE IN by Desmond Cole--a book that exposes anti-Black racism in Canada and follows a year of Black resistance to it. https://t.co/iF4M0ADp6S

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@DancerSagal @DesmondCole @CdnChange We need more evidence based policy. With dropping crime rates we need to be funding away from policing and toward housing, sustainability, mental health, redistribution of wealth and other elements of a fair and just society, free of racism.

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

Mark Saunders: Toronto Police to wear and turn on Body cameras when responding - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/lDqYrfGKjz via @CdnChange

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@DancerSagal @DesmondCole @CdnChange I agree you are making excellent points.

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@HouseOfCatRat @CdnChange I agree, where is that petition? I will sign that.

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@DesmondCole @CdnChange I agree we need to abolish a police that is racist, murderous and corrupt. This must not be rewarded. We need to invest in upstream solutions-housing, sustainability, mental health and police racism, domination of greed and unjust distribution of wealth which should be abolished.

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@DesmondCole @CdnChange I agree. Very much so. That would be abuse not use of cameras and would strongly oppose that in favour of proper use. That kind of abuse would be easy to spot and shine further light on police corruption.

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@DesmondCole Thanks for deepening the discussion on police cameras. I agree with abolishing policing the poor, policing that upholds racism and injustice and expansion of proven social programs which may need include policing the rich.

[Tomislav Svoboda @Sustainable_Now]

@DesmondCole @CdnChange Sure! Seems to me that more information is helpful. Assuming camera isn't selectively turned on which would be an abuse rather than use.