This is an example of continuance commitment. People remain at organizations because the cost of leaving is too high. Feeling trapped in an organization generally leads to poor outcomes.

I lived in Honolulu for 7 years, I didn't drive to it...

18, all by car.

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

When Fox News lies, people die | We explain on PBS Newshour how the antiscience disinformation spread by the Murdoch media empire and especially Fox News, likely lead to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths in the U.S. And that's just COVID-19. Their fossil fuel disinformation is as deadly.

Less doubt mongering.👎 More facts. 👍

COVID Vaccines Still Effective, Study www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Effectiveness:
- 29.3% against emergency department visits
- 39.2% against hospitalizations
- 64% against deaths

"Vaccines were effective across age groups"

Yep, it's time to order the inflatable frog costume

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

Should I purchase an inflatable frog costume now or wait until ICE shows up in Canada?

I am so glad that I retired.

As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50% last year.

Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Quit the excuses. You're looking like an ass.

"Pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk unless a peace officer or traffic control device directs otherwise. This means that even if the crosswalk is unmarked, vehicles must stop and yield to pedestrians."

100% the driver's fault.

It's not a surprise. Too many people refuse to be aware of their prejudices.

I grew up in the USA and would not use that label. It is a racist and class-based term.

Okay, let's put him on a coin if it means we have to kill him first, that's a good trade off.

GOOD BOY is in theaters today. It's as good as you've heard. I reviewed it at @popheist.com:

popheist.com/good-boy-bec...

Victoria and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island (British Columbia) are 100K+ and have universities.

5 years on

“Why good ventilation is key to stopping the spread of Covid-19

Clean air far more important than clean hands”

We had all of the scientific knowledge & tools to stop the pandemic in 2020 without lockdowns.. & they weren’t used
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-...

Nelson and Chilliwack fit those two activities.

A city of what population size? Chilliwack, BC is a nice balance between city and mountains. Cumberland, Squamish, Nelson, Vernon are all worth considering.

Fantastic story on our homepage this morning about the race to find a polio vaccine, written by a polio survivor happy that she has become a “dinosaur” of the time before we had one. Worth your while: www.thebulwark.com/p/polio-vacc...