Beth Unlimited
@metabeth.bsky.social
Writer, Gamer, CF Veteran, Media critic, UX crank, Techwriter, Irreverent Opinionator. She/her. Living on Haudenosaunee land. 🍁🎗 🇺🇦 💙 🐝
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
The TL;DR is that a social service approach including harm reduction had greater benefits to people with lesser drug use & offences, than did police involvement or conviction.
Caring enough about people to help them overcome their problems is always more successful than just putting them in jail.
Caring enough about people to help them overcome their problems is always more successful than just putting them in jail.
Evidence from British Columbia shows decriminalisation reduced police interference with access to harm reduction — a key public health objective.
Rolling it back didn’t correct failure. It reversed progress.
Full study:
Rolling it back didn’t correct failure. It reversed progress.
Full study:
Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession
McAdam et al. examine how decriminalisation reduced policing-related barriers to services, revealing important benefits for young people, including Indigenous.
f.mtr.cool
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The TL;DR is that a social service approach including harm reduction had greater benefits to people with lesser drug use & offences, than did police involvement or conviction.
Caring enough about people to help them overcome their problems is always more successful than just putting them in jail.
Caring enough about people to help them overcome their problems is always more successful than just putting them in jail.
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A very good rule and one that has seemed to disappear from journalism.
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A very good rule and one that has seemed to disappear from journalism.
If they can make you afraid, hopeless, depressed, anxious, uncertain, or angry, they win. Don't let them steal your peace. Take care of yourself so you are ready to hold them to account. Stick together, and keep on keeping on.
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
If they can make you afraid, hopeless, depressed, anxious, uncertain, or angry, they win. Don't let them steal your peace. Take care of yourself so you are ready to hold them to account. Stick together, and keep on keeping on.
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With @transjournalists.org, we recently published this curated set of resources for covering issues that affect the trans community. 🧪
Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook
Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...
www.theopennotebook.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
With @transjournalists.org, we recently published this curated set of resources for covering issues that affect the trans community. 🧪
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"Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved."
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
January 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved."
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
Don't worry about term limits. Worry instead about performance reviews, progress on campaign issues, goals achieved, and actually doing the job they were elected to do.
January 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Don't worry about term limits. Worry instead about performance reviews, progress on campaign issues, goals achieved, and actually doing the job they were elected to do.
There's been an update to dictionaries you may not have heard about.
The word "Impeachment" has become meaningless.
The word "Impeachment" has become meaningless.
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM
There's been an update to dictionaries you may not have heard about.
The word "Impeachment" has become meaningless.
The word "Impeachment" has become meaningless.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
So great to see all this action from Congress. They're all very busy making statements.
The sound of typing must be deafening.
The sound of typing must be deafening.
January 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
So great to see all this action from Congress. They're all very busy making statements.
The sound of typing must be deafening.
The sound of typing must be deafening.
Gone from raping children to raping countries. What did you expect?
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Gone from raping children to raping countries. What did you expect?
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Jack Ryan breaks it down.
January 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Jack Ryan breaks it down.
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When we failed to condemn the USA for illegal ICE kidnappings, failed to condemn deploying military on the streets, failed to condemn the pardoning of domestic terrorists from the Capitol insurrection and failed to condemn war crimes in the Carribean, we emboldened a fascist President every step.
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
When we failed to condemn the USA for illegal ICE kidnappings, failed to condemn deploying military on the streets, failed to condemn the pardoning of domestic terrorists from the Capitol insurrection and failed to condemn war crimes in the Carribean, we emboldened a fascist President every step.
W.T.F. Spineless incompetent weasel Poilievre sides with Trump. VOTE ACCORDINGLY. And wake the fuck up.
So petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre formally endorses Trump’s neofascist international lawlessness.
Next peewee will be encouraging Putin to kidnap Vladimir Zelenskyy and his spouse to face a show trial in Moscow.
Remember when he ordered his grisly henchmen to vote against 🇺🇦Ukraine?
🤷🙄🤷
Next peewee will be encouraging Putin to kidnap Vladimir Zelenskyy and his spouse to face a show trial in Moscow.
Remember when he ordered his grisly henchmen to vote against 🇺🇦Ukraine?
🤷🙄🤷
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 PM
W.T.F. Spineless incompetent weasel Poilievre sides with Trump. VOTE ACCORDINGLY. And wake the fuck up.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Here’s the scathing statement from @markwarner.bsky.social, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
January 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Here’s the scathing statement from @markwarner.bsky.social, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Over to you, folks. Imma go watch the sun rise.
January 3, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Over to you, folks. Imma go watch the sun rise.
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Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
Maybe someone should check on Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado.
January 3, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Maybe someone should check on Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado.
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
Kidnapping leaders now? I have a suggestion.
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Kidnapping leaders now? I have a suggestion.
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The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
Congress is impotent.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Congress is impotent.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.