Jo-Ann Davis
@joanndavis.bsky.social
prof: senior strategic mngt. consultant / off hours: education advocate & blogger, board member @TheCIC @SpacePlaceCanada / priors: TCDSB trustee & chair & OLP candidate for uni-rose www.joanndavis.ca
A really amazing interview with now Pope Leo XIV from 2012 with @CatholicNewsSvc wherein a lot of great questions - including questions about social media are asked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXVk...
Pope Leo on media and evangelization. Full 2012 interview.
YouTube video by Catholic News Service
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May 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A really amazing interview with now Pope Leo XIV from 2012 with @CatholicNewsSvc wherein a lot of great questions - including questions about social media are asked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXVk...
We've had 5 years to make this happen. Now, 1 in 5 teens is vaping and stores across TO (& likely Canada) are selling it to them w/out consequence. Shameful. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social @carolynbennett.bsky.social @markhollandlib.bsky.social @tvotoday.bsky.social
Promised Canada-wide ban on vaping flavours increasingly unlikely, health groups warn | CBC News
Nicotine control groups who have waited years for a nationwide ban on vaping flavours say they've now been given indications it won't happen — despite a promise from the Canadian government last fall ...
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February 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We've had 5 years to make this happen. Now, 1 in 5 teens is vaping and stores across TO (& likely Canada) are selling it to them w/out consequence. Shameful. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social @carolynbennett.bsky.social @markhollandlib.bsky.social @tvotoday.bsky.social
Father of the Big Bang Theory? Not Sheldon - Catholic priest, astrophysicist & mathematician Fr Georges Lemaitre, who proved Einstein was wrong about a static universe. And how did that universe start? With photons - light. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIBV...
Vatican Honors Fr. Georges Lemaître: The Priest Behind the Big Bang Theory
YouTube video by EWTN
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February 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Father of the Big Bang Theory? Not Sheldon - Catholic priest, astrophysicist & mathematician Fr Georges Lemaitre, who proved Einstein was wrong about a static universe. And how did that universe start? With photons - light. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIBV...
“In pursuit of power and money, technology enabled insidious manipulation at the cellular level of all of our democracies: of us - the voters - microtargeting fear, anger & hate; seeding metanarratives that destroyed trust.” Reflect on the Nobel Laureate’s full speech. 👇
Maria Ressa speech at Vatican: Hope comes from action
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Maria Ressa speech at Vatican: Hope comes from action
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January 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“In pursuit of power and money, technology enabled insidious manipulation at the cellular level of all of our democracies: of us - the voters - microtargeting fear, anger & hate; seeding metanarratives that destroyed trust.” Reflect on the Nobel Laureate’s full speech. 👇
"All bow down before wealth.They measure happiness & respectability by (it). It's a homage resulting from a profound faith that w/wealth he may do all things. Weath is one idol, a second is notoriety - "fame" is considered a great good in itself and a ground of veneration." John Henry Newman
January 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"All bow down before wealth.They measure happiness & respectability by (it). It's a homage resulting from a profound faith that w/wealth he may do all things. Weath is one idol, a second is notoriety - "fame" is considered a great good in itself and a ground of veneration." John Henry Newman
Wishing right now BlueSky had word filters so I could hide all posts mentioning that social media platform that is now shut down in the US. Enough already.
January 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Wishing right now BlueSky had word filters so I could hide all posts mentioning that social media platform that is now shut down in the US. Enough already.
Reading @theglobeandmail.com realizing Trump is like Mao: contempt for expertise, ability to mobilize negative emotions, malignant narcissism. Result in China? Corruption, terror, state violence & millions dead due to Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Trump redux: Why the returning president is likely to become one of history’s most consequential figures
Although economic, geopolitical, technological, and environmental stresses have long been pushing us toward global tipping points, in his second term Donald Trump will be a uniquely powerful acceleran...
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January 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Reading @theglobeandmail.com realizing Trump is like Mao: contempt for expertise, ability to mobilize negative emotions, malignant narcissism. Result in China? Corruption, terror, state violence & millions dead due to Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
A thoughtful piece in this weekend’s @globeandmail - @PicoIyer “Hospitals for the soul: we’re surrounded by New Age sanctuaries, centres & yoga-spas, but what will be lost if monasteries & convents based on lifelong commitments are no more? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Hospitals for the soul: What we’ll lose when monasteries disappear
We’re surrounded by ever more New Age sanctuaries, retreat-centres and yoga-inflected spas, yet what will be lost if formal monasteries and convents based on lifelong commitments close down?
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January 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A thoughtful piece in this weekend’s @globeandmail - @PicoIyer “Hospitals for the soul: we’re surrounded by New Age sanctuaries, centres & yoga-spas, but what will be lost if monasteries & convents based on lifelong commitments are no more? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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The Liberal leadership rules are out.
High entry fee to discourage no-hope candidates, and they have tightened who can be a "supporter" to just be citizens or permanent residents. #cdnpoli
High entry fee to discourage no-hope candidates, and they have tightened who can be a "supporter" to just be citizens or permanent residents. #cdnpoli
January 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The Liberal leadership rules are out.
High entry fee to discourage no-hope candidates, and they have tightened who can be a "supporter" to just be citizens or permanent residents. #cdnpoli
High entry fee to discourage no-hope candidates, and they have tightened who can be a "supporter" to just be citizens or permanent residents. #cdnpoli
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Ursula K. Le Guin would have been furious, but unsurprised, to see our present mess.
Ursula K. LeGuin: "American science fiction has assumed a permanent hierarchy of superiors and inferiors, with rich, ambitious, aggressive males at the top, then a great gap, and then at the bottom the poor, the uneducated, the faceless masses, and all the women."
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Ursula K. Le Guin would have been furious, but unsurprised, to see our present mess.
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The age of social media has brought us the Reign of the Brat. Rationale adults are boring = no views. Childish burns, put downs, bullying, explosive language and images = views = money = more of the same content. The system rewards bottom feeders. And we’re all paying for it.
a young man is saying i am the king in a dark room
ALT: a young man is saying i am the king in a dark room
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January 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The age of social media has brought us the Reign of the Brat. Rationale adults are boring = no views. Childish burns, put downs, bullying, explosive language and images = views = money = more of the same content. The system rewards bottom feeders. And we’re all paying for it.
How about it #Toronto - it's past time for a #congestion charge. But, we need to learn from London, UK, on how car-share and taxi companies are charged, create Low/Ultra Low Emissions zones, charging more depending on a vehicle's emission levels, or we'll lose a lot of those gains.👇
January 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
How about it #Toronto - it's past time for a #congestion charge. But, we need to learn from London, UK, on how car-share and taxi companies are charged, create Low/Ultra Low Emissions zones, charging more depending on a vehicle's emission levels, or we'll lose a lot of those gains.👇
Mr Trump writes about our lack of sovereignty in the present tense and as always takes the opportunity to be the great statesmen. No Canadians don’t want to join your sad circus Mr Trump.👇
January 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Mr Trump writes about our lack of sovereignty in the present tense and as always takes the opportunity to be the great statesmen. No Canadians don’t want to join your sad circus Mr Trump.👇
Today, the 10th day of #Christmas is the Feast of The Most Holy Name of Jesus. All too often the name of Jesus is used without thought, without awareness or in anger. Hollywood - and Canadian media for that matter - seem to be doing their best to strip the name of its meaning...don't let them.
January 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today, the 10th day of #Christmas is the Feast of The Most Holy Name of Jesus. All too often the name of Jesus is used without thought, without awareness or in anger. Hollywood - and Canadian media for that matter - seem to be doing their best to strip the name of its meaning...don't let them.
In this age of posting every thought, action and experience - fake or otherwise - online, instead of WWJD, What Would Jesus Post? WWJP.
December 30, 2024 at 7:22 AM
In this age of posting every thought, action and experience - fake or otherwise - online, instead of WWJD, What Would Jesus Post? WWJP.
Today is the second day of #Christmas - the Feast day of St Stephen, the first Christmas martyr. Pope Francis asks those present for his Angelus address to pray for those being persecuted for their faith today. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope on St. Stephen's Day: 'God forgives always and everything' - Vatican News
During his Angelus address for the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, the Holy Father invites faithful to ask themselves whether they ...
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December 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Today is the second day of #Christmas - the Feast day of St Stephen, the first Christmas martyr. Pope Francis asks those present for his Angelus address to pray for those being persecuted for their faith today. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
No royal warrant for Cadbury from King Charles because it operates in Russia; but, Nestle’s worldwide effort to privatize water and then sell it back in plastic bottles? No problem! Clearly Charles cares more about bad press than about our planet. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cadbury dropped from royal warrant list after 170 years - BBC News
The British chocolate maker says it is disappointed to be stripped of the endorsement.
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December 26, 2024 at 5:06 AM
No royal warrant for Cadbury from King Charles because it operates in Russia; but, Nestle’s worldwide effort to privatize water and then sell it back in plastic bottles? No problem! Clearly Charles cares more about bad press than about our planet. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Checking out reviews of 'The Return' based on Homer's 'The Odyssey'. Looking at his IMBD page he's been busy for a man who died B.C. And surprising limber - even acting as 'additional crew'. To think I can get his contact information if I become an IMBDPro member. www.imdb.com/name/nm03929...
Homer | Writer, Additional Crew
Known for: Troy, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Troy: Fall of a City
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December 6, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Checking out reviews of 'The Return' based on Homer's 'The Odyssey'. Looking at his IMBD page he's been busy for a man who died B.C. And surprising limber - even acting as 'additional crew'. To think I can get his contact information if I become an IMBDPro member. www.imdb.com/name/nm03929...
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and who can forget
November 27, 2024 at 5:07 AM
and who can forget
Advent begins in 10 days - use this season to prepare for Christmas not with another trip to the mall, but with a journey of daily quiet reflection and prayer. ascensionpress.com/pages/frmike... #Advent #Prayer #Christmas
Face to Face Waitlist
Join the waitlist for Fr. Mike Schmitz's new Advent program, Face to Face, here!
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November 21, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Advent begins in 10 days - use this season to prepare for Christmas not with another trip to the mall, but with a journey of daily quiet reflection and prayer. ascensionpress.com/pages/frmike... #Advent #Prayer #Christmas
Trustee expense policies need to be scrutinized - I wrote about it in 2023 (joanndavis.ca/blogs/f/why-...) - but shortfalls are in the millions for centrally-bargained teacher salaries & billions for school maintenance, so the Minister's scolding should start in a mirror. lfpress.com/news/local-n...
Education minister scolds school boards for 'extravagant expenses'
The heads of Ontario’s 72 school boards were read the riot act about "inappropriate” spending on expensive trips, provincial officials say
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November 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Trustee expense policies need to be scrutinized - I wrote about it in 2023 (joanndavis.ca/blogs/f/why-...) - but shortfalls are in the millions for centrally-bargained teacher salaries & billions for school maintenance, so the Minister's scolding should start in a mirror. lfpress.com/news/local-n...