Jenny J

wannabe bohemian (but I work at King & Bay); music geek; transiteer; jazz standards warbler.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Future generations won't believe we let this happen.

[It’s Coffey Time @ThisIsCoffey]

FUN FACT:

With $4 billion, Ontario could fully fund the salaries and benefits of approximately 4,400 to 5,000 full-time nurses continuously over an 8-year period.

Instead @fordnation is planning on cutting 2500 more nurses over the next 2 years.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

There’s no mystery behind Mayor Olivia Chow’s budget record. Just math that is readily available for all to see in 100's of pdf's available on line. The budget is public.

The candidates complaining about the increases should tell us what they plan to cut: Of the $882 million in new spending under Chow, about 30%, or $266 million, went to an increase in the police budget. Libraries are now open on Sundays. Crisis response teams now work alongside police to help people in distress on the street. Traffic agents. Wheel trans to improve accessible transit.

There is also proof in the pudding: less homelessness in Toronto (8%) at a time when everywhere else in the Province there have been surges (23% Province-wide). Spending strategically and surgically, and measuring outcomes, has been working. We need more of this, not less.

If candidates have a beef with spending, they should point out what they would cut, specifically.

https://t.co/rzAEMqXuH3 via @torontostar

[Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior]

I'll never get this Gillian Flynn quote out of my mind, because it's true: "They don't care about us enough to hate us. We are simply a form of livestock."

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

And oh yeah, forgot to mention, J.D. Vance is heavily invested in a company called AcreTrader which is designed to let venture capitalists buy distressed American farmland for pennies on the dollar. It's almost like they planned it this way. Bankrupt them then liquidate them.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Chris Murphy: "On April 30 -- a Thursday -- Reynolds, one of the biggest tobacco countries in the country, makes an $8 million donation to the president. Two days later on Saturday, they have lunch with the president and tell him they want a change in FDA rules, especially regarding flavored vapes. The presidents calls the FDA commissioner and secretary of HHS, and three days later, on Tuesday, new guidance is issued that paves the way to the sale of flavored vapes. That is not a coincidence."

[Tom Malinowski @Malinowski]

This is a huge NYT investigation into how Russia uses shell companies and Tether, a crypto coin, to evade sanctions and buy arms.

What it doesn't mention is that the main U.S. backer of Tether is Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm run by Howard Lutnick's sons. https://t.co/ivQhkhKhU4

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

If private equity executives hollow out hospitals and nursing homes and people die, they should face real consequences.

Health care should be about patients, not profits.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

NEW: The Ontario NDP is asking the auditor general to launch a value-for-money audit into the Staples contract for classroom supplies.

Teachers were given a $750 spending account, but have raised issues with cost, delivery timelines, or portal access issues.

#onpoli

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

ICE has been detaining a record number of pregnant women since Donald Trump’s return to office. According to records obtained by The Guardian, the agency also "lost count” of miscarriages suffered by women held in detention almost a year ago. https://t.co/IdYe7eaGJS

[The Road Jess Travelled @JessPected]

Notice forced-birthers never vomit explicit murder fantasies about these men. They don't mention them at all. Almost like it's only "murdering babies" when women exercise bodily autonomy.

[Zephyr Teachout @ZephyrTeachout]

The 12 AGs who can stop this disastrous merger. Don’t cave. And if one caves, don’t go with him.

Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Washington

[Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1]

Almost a decade ago Texas Governor Greg Abbott personally recruited pastor Robert Morris to help promote an anti-trans bathroom bill.

And then in 2025, Morris pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 12 year old.

After serving only 6 months in jail, Morris is now free.

[elsa @callmeMaharani]

feminism didn’t teach me to hate men. It taught me not to prioritize them above myself and apparently many men experience that as hate.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

Just a timely reminder that freedom of the press is a fundamental, constitutionally protected, feature of our democracy.

The comments expressed by the Premier above are, unfortunately, shared by those at the highest levels in the Premier’s Office — a feeling of distain that is felt almost daily.

#onpoli

[berms if you know me @_Berma]

meanwhile the science centre is still standing tall

[WohlstandsWal @WohlstandsWal]

Meine Nachbarin ist 81. Sie wollte Strom, Wasser und Internet anmelden. Sie hat es nicht geschafft.

Der Stromanbieter: nur noch online, mit E-Mail-Adresse. Hat sie nicht.
Der Wasserversorger: ein QR-Code auf dem Brief. Sie hat ihn ans Fenster gehalten – sie dachte, er muss ins Licht.
Der Internetanbieter: 40 Minuten Warteschleife, dann die Ansage, es doch bitte übers Kundenportal zu machen.
Ich hab drei Abende gebraucht. Sie saß daneben und hat sich zehnmal entschuldigt. Für Dinge, die nicht ihre Schuld waren.
Sie hat keine Familie mehr. Kein Enkel, der mal eben vorbeikommt.

Ohne einen Nachbarn, der zufällig Zeit hat, hätte sie diese Verträge nicht abschließen können. Punkt.

Jahrzehntelang hat sie alles selbst geregelt. Heute scheitert sie an einem Muster auf Papier.

Wann haben wir eigentlich entschieden, dass Grundversorgung nur noch für die gilt, die ein Smartphone bedienen können?

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

The most consistent theme of conservatism is being completely unable/unwilling to understand how a thing is bad until it happens to you.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

This is a childish insult to the tens of thousands of people who organized to stop Doug Ford's ridiculous airport expansion. The Premier didn't get his way, so his government is lashing out at constituents for using their democratic rights.

Doug Ford's obsession with Toronto has gone on long enough. Bill 110 is still law, and gives him the power to do whatever he wants with Little Norway Park and the Toronto Islands. It's time for the Premier to end this land grab by killing Bill 110, and giving these lands back to the City of Toronto.