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A few hours ago, the Ottawa Citizen posted an article "Front-line hospital workers say they feel betrayed by the province."
(ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new… )
However, this (clearly) union-fueled article completely missed the mark.
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(ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new… )
However, this (clearly) union-fueled article completely missed the mark.
1/...
Yes, we are feeling worn down and betrayed by the Governments of Ontario & Canada.
But we are feeling worn down and betrayed NOT by the pandemic (aka the disease itself) - but by the governments' response to it:
1) that has:
- riddled our children with fear,
2/...
But we are feeling worn down and betrayed NOT by the pandemic (aka the disease itself) - but by the governments' response to it:
1) that has:
- riddled our children with fear,
2/...
- riddled our patients with fear,
- riddle our employers with fear,
- paralyzed those outside our hallowed halls with fear...
2) that has lead to myopic, singular-focused government & public health policy - that has:
- undermined democracy,
3/...
- riddle our employers with fear,
- paralyzed those outside our hallowed halls with fear...
2) that has lead to myopic, singular-focused government & public health policy - that has:
- undermined democracy,
3/...
Right-wing groups have been organizing protests against the stay-at-home/quarantine orders put into place by various states to combat the spread of the novel #coronavirus. We took a look at the hashtags promoting these events. #AltWankers #Covidiocy
cc: @ZellaQuixote
cc: @ZellaQuixote
We downloaded a week's worth of tweets containing all permutations of #Open, #OpenUp, #Reopen, #Liberate, or #Free followed by a state name (250 hashtags total), yielding 55095 tweets from 34787 accounts. #FreeMichigan was first to achieve significant volume, on April 15th.
Which states do hashtag-happy Twitter accounts want reopened so that citizens may exercise their hypothetical right to contract and spread #COVID19 unhindered? Texas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia were the most frequently hashtagged.
To mark the anniversary of Baroness Corston's groundbreaking report on the experiences of women affected by the CJS #IWD2020 We celebrate its key legacy - a network of specialist & holistic Women's Centres. In this thread women tell us their answer to
MY WOMEN'S CENTRE GAVE ME...
MY WOMEN'S CENTRE GAVE ME...
"The knowledge that I am not alone - that people understand" #IWD2020
" The strength to carry on, the confidence to move on from bad situations, and most of all a reason" #WomensCentresWork
I almost quit a year ago, exactly today, then my company got acquired. A story (with pictures!)
This is what I looked like last March 27.
One month prior...
One month prior...
My dad passed away. I wasn't having a good month. But that wasn't what happened on March 27. I took a photo on March 27 because it was probably the worst I had felt in the last 5 years. Even worse than my dad's death. (We had a complicated relationship).
