BuildwithDevin

Consultant at EazyDI. Breaking down money, business, tech & culture — so you make better moves.
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[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

Shhhh....ya loud up e ting. It done now.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Jamaica facing nationwide power outage https://t.co/QyjjHs1lE4 https://t.co/QyjjHs1lE4

[ESPN @espn]

IT'S BEEN 43 DAYS SINCE THE LAST NEW YORK KNICKS LOSS 😳

Up 2-0 in the NBA Finals headed back to New York 👀

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Chicagoan on the Bears moving out:

"Every politician here needs to be fired. How do you let the pride of Illinois just walk off?"

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

One of the biggest accountability gaps in Jamaica is that voters have very few options between elections. Once elected, there is currently no real recall mechanism for constituents to remove an MP who loses their confidence

An impeachment framework and a recall process is needed

[Jamaica Gleaner @JamaicaGleaner]

Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has suggested that lawmakers revisit the proposed impeachment law he attempted to introduce over 15 years ago, arguing that “the existing accountability framework needs to be strengthened”.

Read more: https://t.co/OsoyEGE31z #GLNRToday

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

My unpopular opinion:

• Mandatory library periods during/after class
• Mandatory clubs/societies.
• Mandatory community service.
• Mandatory public speaking/debate.

Too many students graduate without reading well, speaking confidently, or contributing to their communities.

[Jamaica Observer @JamaicaObserver]

Dear Editor,

As a concerned high school educator in Jamaica, I am becoming increasingly alarmed by the growing literacy and behavioural crisis unfolding within our secondary school classrooms. Every day, teachers across this country are being asked to perform miracles under extremely difficult circumstances, yet the reality facing many of us is often ignored or misunderstood.

https://t.co/FDdcpqC81Z

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

One perspective I rarely see discussed is that you can't screen out every hardship a child might face.

A child can be born without Down syndrome and later develop autism, cancer, a severe mental illness. Parenthood has always involved uncertainty.

Where do we draw the line?

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife abort their child after finding out the baby had Down syndrome.

Ridgway cited that they chose to kill the baby after deciding that he and his wife didn't want to be inconvenienced with a child with Down syndrome.

"Things have been pretty dark for a while for us, and we felt this was gonna be a nice little ray of sunshine, and it's not."

Horrific and selfish.

An estimated 67% - 85% of pregnancies in the U.S. with a Down syndrome diagnosis are aborted.

This is evil. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

I don't know what's more surprising: another alleged embezzlement case at CMU or seeing the surname Panton attached to yet another major financial fraud case.

Between the SSL scandal and now these allegations, it's a reminder of how much public trust depends on strong controls.

[Jamaica Observer @JamaicaObserver]

An accounting officer/customer service officer employed at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) has been arrested and charged following an investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving student payments.

The accused, Kevan Anthony Panton, faces 14 counts each of embezzlement, engaging in transactions involving criminal property, possession of criminal property, facilitating transactions involving criminal property, falsification of accounts, and conspiracy to defraud.
https://t.co/szM3ZAUlSw

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

Everybody says "play in the paint" until he takes 20 extra hits a game and misses 30 games a season.
He's just not as built as everyone would like.

[Stephen @Itz_Steviiee]

Wemby has to stop shooting like he’s Kevin Durant . My brother you are 7 ft 5. Play around the rim

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

Whether it was fraud, negligence, or a process failure, taxpayers deserve a much clearer explanation than "I don't know how it happened."

[Nationwide90FM @NationwideRadio]

Clueless! Former CEO of the University Hospital West Indies, UHWI, Kevin Allen, says he has no idea how his signature was used to extend the institution's tax exemption status to JACDEN Limited.

Allen gave an account of his stewardship of the UHWI during an appearance at Tuesday's sitting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, PAC.

It was revealed during a previous sitting of PAC that the UHWI's tax exemption status improperly benefitted four private companies, including JACDEN Limited, and was signed by Allen. That tax exemption status was used nearly two years after Allen had already demitted office.

Allen told the PAC that occasionally, he authorised that his signature be affixed to documents for internal emergency purposes only as a convention. However, he sought to make it clear this convention was never meant to be applied beyond that limited function.

#NationWide #NW90FM #MyNationWide #NWNews

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

"No statistically significant effect" doesn't automatically mean "no value."

Sometimes the benefit is accountability and evidence collection, not necessarily reducing incidents.

[Jay Brown @jayjaybrown97]

". A comprehensive review of 70 studies of body-worn cameras use found that the larger body of research on body-worn cameras showed no consistent or no statistically significant effects"
https://t.co/BFNKEZgPqg

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: Cuba is actually not controlled by the government. Cuba is controlled by a military holding company named GAESA. GAESA owns virtually everything, and not a penny of that money translates over to the public treasury.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

THEO VON: “Was there anybody who was immune to COVID-19?”

DR. MCCULLOUGH: “There’s one adult group. You’re going to laugh.”

[Theo Von listens closely for the reveal]

DR. MCCULLOUGH: “Smokers… They got very mild cases. And they don’t get long COVID.”

THEO VON: “Why?”

MCCULLOUGH: “Because smokers maintain a level of nicotine in the bloodstream… Smoking blocks the spike protein. It’s amazing. I thought smokers were going to go down.”

THEO VON: “Do you think that’s a good idea [to use nicotine patches] on a regular basis?”

DR. MCCULLOUGH: “I think [it’s a good idea] if they have long COVID... Nicotine, don’t forget, is a nootropic. A nootropic is a drug that makes the brain function more effectively... It’s addictive, but it’s not harmful to the human body... Nicotine patches are perfectly safe.”

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

Hard to feel sorry for either company when poor customer service has been one of the biggest complaints from customers for years.

The BCJ isn't even saying they couldn't change channels. They're saying customers deserved proper notice and communication.

[Jamaica Gleaner @JamaicaGleaner]

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica says Flow and Digicel, the country’s two main telecoms companies, breached their subscription television licences.

Read more: https://t.co/TlXUPtdFEj

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

At what point did we stop capturing land?

Because I need some rn

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

I have to believe in luck because I can't have all this bad luck for nothing.

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

Woke up today and made some plans.

Checked my bank account.

Canceled such plans.

Circle of Life.

[Tinker Bell 🧚🏽ᥫ᭡ @ImChevvii]

Yes.

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

@jodae___ A generation ago, a regular job could realistically lead to owning a home.

Today, even professionals are struggling to qualify for mortgages on average properties.

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

The scammers deserve blame, but we also need to ask why victims can report the same receiving account repeatedly and there seems to be no rapid response system.

Banks see the money flow. Victims report the fraud. Police get the report.

Yet people still feel on their own.

[NaggyWorldOfficial @naggyworld_]

Tell dem pussy yah come to the front of the line !!

[BuildwithDevin @TheDevMac876]

@aliaya98 Your hair is super cool