@beergeek boosted: “In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Posted Tuesday 3rd of January, 2023 at 8:06:59 AM by Jeff

“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.

scoop.me/housing-first-finland

#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst

– Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) January 2, 2023

source https://mastodon.online/@BrentToderian/109621618513936616

@beergeek boosted: Sick of people calling everything in crypto a Ponzi scheme. Some crypto projects are Pump-and-Dump schemes, while others are Pyramid schemes. Others are just middlemen skimming off the top. Others are just standard-issue fraud.

Posted Sunday 1st of January, 2023 at 3:05:51 PM by Jeff

Sick of people calling everything in crypto a Ponzi scheme. Some crypto projects are Pump-and-Dump schemes, while others are Pyramid schemes. Others are just middlemen skimming off the top. Others are just standard-issue fraud.

Stop glossing over the diversity in the industry.

– Widdershins Smith (@juglugs) January 1, 2023

source https://mastodon.juglugs.com/@juglugs/109615716836639788

@beergeek boosted: “In America, a country that can often be cruel to its citizens, the public library is a surprising kindness. It is institution that offers grace and sanctuary, and a vision of what our country might one day be.”

Posted Sunday 1st of January, 2023 at 8:06:34 AM by Jeff

“In America, a country that can often be cruel to its citizens, the public library is a surprising kindness. It is institution that offers grace and sanctuary, and a vision of what our country might one day be.”

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

– Liam Hogan (@Limerick1914) January 1, 2023

source https://mastodon.ie/@Limerick1914/109614438778878432

@beergeek boosted: Instead of tooting the Washington Post article about how the North Shore Leader broke the Santos story (as I’ve seen twice on my feed today), how about we link to the actual North Shore Leader? Support your local news, and when a scoop like this happens, support the small papers, local to you or not, that break them: https://ift.tt/c9LgQVY

Posted Saturday 31st of December, 2022 at 12:05:57 AM by Jeff

Instead of tooting the Washington Post article about how the North Shore Leader broke the Santos story (as I’ve seen twice on my feed today), how about we link to the actual North Shore Leader? Support your local news, and when a scoop like this happens, support the small papers, local to you or not, that break them: theleaderonline.com/single-pos

– Ian Rose (@ianrosewrites) December 30, 2022

source https://scicomm.xyz/@ianrosewrites/109605086539502130

@beergeek boosted: Yesterday I learned that lateral flow tests exist that simultaneously test for COVID, RSV, and Influenza A and B, so today I will be yelling to anyone within earshot that they should be EVERYWHERE. EVERYONE should have a stack of them! They should be free and ubiquitous and absolutely routine during virus season, and maybe with that and masks and air quality standards we wouldn’t HAVE virus season anymore.

Posted Saturday 31st of December, 2022 at 12:05:54 AM by Jeff

Yesterday I learned that lateral flow tests exist that simultaneously test for COVID, RSV, and Influenza A and B, so today I will be yelling to anyone within earshot that they should be EVERYWHERE. EVERYONE should have a stack of them! They should be free and ubiquitous and absolutely routine during virus season, and maybe with that and masks and air quality standards we wouldn’t HAVE virus season anymore.

– Lgbookworm (@lgbookworm) December 29, 2022

source https://wandering.shop/@lgbookworm/109599382580239053

@beergeek boosted: Like a year ago CRT was the most important thing the wacko conservatives in my life had ever heard of and now they don’t remember what it is but they’re really angry about drag for real this time guys. Also the caravan

Posted Friday 30th of December, 2022 at 7:05:17 PM by Jeff

Like a year ago CRT was the most important thing the wacko conservatives in my life had ever heard of and now they don’t remember what it is but they’re really angry about drag for real this time guys. Also the caravan

– Ryan Houlihan 🐙 (@ryanhoulihan) December 31, 2022

source https://mastodon.social/@ryanhoulihan/109605465474431072