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Secular Sunday – Explain It To Me Like We’re In Bible Study

Posted 09 February 2025 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – How Finland Rebuilt Their Economy And Became The Happiest Nation on Earth

In 1945, Finland was poor and war-torn. They owed 6% of their GDP to the Soviets—annually. Today, it consistently ranks as the world's happiest country. Meanwhile, America isn't even in the top 20. Here's how Finland rebuilt from nothing: pic.twitter.com/fy2NCEJj9o — Neal Taparia (@nealtaparia) December 23, 2024  

Posted 07 February 2025 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – (January 2015)

January 30 marks 10 years since the SFL brought you the constitutional right to strike! We brought together 5 insiders from the legal challenge to reflect on what it all means.? https://t.co/y3e5sLpSMF@LHubich @ljohb @SameOldKent #canlab #skpoli — Sask Fed of Labour (@SKFedLabour) January 24, 2025  

Posted 30 January 2025 § Jobs § Library § News § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Pierogi Song

A colleague and I got talking about how we love “factory movies/how things are made” movies and she reminded me of this Sesame Street classic:  

Posted 29 January 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Trump Eliminates DEI Initiatives and Who’s Hurt The Most?

White women, many of whom voted for Trump to hurt “others”. When you realize DEI isn’t what you thought it was …#FAFO pic.twitter.com/trdrjNMXq0 — Piyush Mittal ????????? (@piyushmittal) January 27, 2025  

Posted 26 January 2025 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Most Beautiful Personal Libraries on Earth

The most beautiful personal libraries on Earth 1. Jay Walker’s library, Connecticut pic.twitter.com/uAW6VuIgGj — CLT (@CLT_Exam) January 27, 2025  

Posted 24 January 2025 § FridayFunLink § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – Cuban Homes (Jan 2016)

Photo taken from the tourist bus leaving the ritzy tourist all-inclusive…

Posted 23 January 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Trump Brand Bible

Sigh.  Here we go again… This is basically what drove Christ to flip the tables. https://t.co/cV0ia9YQuN — Jennifer Erin Valent (@JenniferEValent) January 19, 2025  

Posted 19 January 2025 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Let’s Stop Calling It Burnout and Start Calling It What It Really Is

@hendycreek Burn out is really just your body and mind catching up with the fact that the world has been expecting too much of you because late stage capitalism has ingrained in us the need to constantly be working – both professionally and personally. #burnout #capitalism ? original sound – Hendy Creek

Posted 15 January 2025 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Don’t Work

In essence, organizations focus wrongly on trying to “fix” individuals (I-Frame) rather than the systemic (S-Frame) issues that create or exasperate mental health issues for staff.

Posted 08 January 2025 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,