Jaci Quennell

@jellenq.bsky.social

Nanny, Snowflake, Socialist, Social worker, Psychotherapist, Humanist funeral celebrant

Mick Lynch "Zack Polanski isn't inciting hatred for Jews he believes he is an agent of peace and that Israel is carrying out Mass Murder in Gaza and the West Bank, and I believe that too." When Mick Lynch speaks sense, he speaks sense.

A beautiful 1974 Sesame Street moment between a monster and his little human friend. 💕⚡😍 More than 50 years later, this little moment still says so much about how children learn. Credit: Sesame Street / Sesame Workshop 1974 feat. John "John-John" Williams III and Herry Monster #learning

Idle political musing: UBI ultimately wont affect jobs much at all, rather unlock the true humanist reward - usefulness, connectedness and purpose A scant few will never work and … good for them! Feels like yet another level up in civilisation if you ask me—decoupling morality and productivity

Opinion: A livable guaranteed basic income would be a nation-building project that cares for Canadians, providing income security and autonomy for those who need it, when they need it, write Senator Kim Pate and Trish Altass. www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/07/t...

Two projects on the front lines of income security discourse in Canada - The Hill Times

A guaranteed basic income would ensure that individuals and families are able to live healthier and safer lives while infusing money into local economies.

hilltimes.com

Everyone deserves to be financially stable enough to leave abusive relationships. That can be abusive romantic partnerships or abusive work environments. Universal basic income would help everyone be able to leave abusive relationships. Billionaires don't want that. Religions don't want that.

92 year old amputee & wheelchair user Donald Burgess was in his room in the care home holding a butter knife. The 2 police officers knew he had dementia but didn't know he had delirium from an infection. They pepper sprayed him, hit him with a baton & tasered him

Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

theguardian.com

Lucien Lazare, Jewish fighter in the French Resistance, has died at 101. After fighting the Nazis, he was rejected by his synagogue later in life for translating an article saying “Israel, today, is nothing but a formless mass of corruption, oppression and injustice.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...

Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101 (Gift Article)

He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.

nytimes.com

Christopher "Chris" Paul was arrested last month after being accused of raping two 13-year-old girls 20 years ago. He is also currently running on the Republican ticket unopposed (other candidate dropped out) to become the chief of police for Village of Elizabeth in Allen Parish in Louisiana.

Candidate for Elizabeth Police Chief arrested, accused of rape

Christopher “Chris” Paul, 46, of Elizabeth, is charged with two counts of second degree rape in connection with alleged crimes committed in 2005 and 2006.

klfy.com