Don De Tina MD

For many, this time of year can be difficult. Remember, in Canada and the US: - dial 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Here's a list by country: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s…

@nakedpastor Your permission please to post this image on BlueSky with attribution.

you're all so kind. thank you.

My dad died today.

@stan_sdcollins Thank you Shelley and family, and thank you Stan for sharing always so generously.

This is Shelley, Stan’s daughter. We wanted to let all you wonderful followers and friends know that Dad passed peacefully on November 4th. Thank you to all of you bringing him so much joy as he shared his little slice of bliss here in NL. Much love from Marlene & me

@paullantz May I post the last pic to BlueSky with credit to you? There are a lot of artists on that site that love photographic references.

Great blue heron along the Bay of Quinte in Belleville Ontario.

Roger Foley, a Canadian man with disabilities, says he's been offered euthanasia "multiple times." Listen to him speak out against being devalued as he fights for the support he needs to live.

@carolinenewson You help us all. Thanks. ❤️

@jfkantrowitz May I post this to BlueSky this with credit to you and a link to your book? I love it.

Peace to the things you left undone the book abandoned, scarf half-knit The call you meant to make the friendship never rekindled The time you did your hair & then stayed home Peace to things that made no difference in the end & those that may have Peace to the never knowing

Iran DID NOT attack Israel. The Islamic Republic did. Praying for the people of Iran and Israel.

New article: high-acuity alcohol-related complications increased during the pandemic, particularly in women aged 40-64 yrs. ER and hospital visits for alcohol-related liver disease among women 40-64 increased in nearly every pandemic month we studied: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

@AmiThibedeau ty

@donnyd I agree with you. I've moved on and spent ample time setting up the new dashboard. An announcement or, at the very least, disabling the site would have been prudent. I found you on Bluesky and friended. So far Spoutible and Bluesky are backups for when the day comes.🙃

My google account dashboard on IGHome dot com, my dashboard, is redirected to another page identified by my BitDefender as malicious. I like my DB but now it's unusable. Another ad redirection comes up from Alibaba and a porn site too. Does anyone else have this going on?

@AmiThibedeau Fyi ighome now seems OK, but no explanation offered, and I don't think I want to trust it again now anyway.

@donnyd Success and all bookmarks have been recovered. There's an hour of my life I'll never see again. Grateful, however. I appreciate that you replied. You were the path to a solution. Good luck.

@AmiThibedeau I've looked at alternatives and settled on protopage.com fyi.

@AmiThibedeau Ighome is compromised and redirects to various blacklisted sites. Messed with my wife's Mac and my PC. I'm very annoyed to lose 10 years of customized programming and science links and RSS feeds. Using myYahoo now, but they don't seem to have any Canadian news sites.

Condolences to all my other friends in grief. The mind cannot embrace The end of every possibility, But love can and love does.

10yrs ago tomorrow, my daughter, Alicia, died by suicide. We miss her a lot. She persevered with strength & courage, but it was too much. Promote access & continuity of mental health care, wherever you are. Suicide Crisis Line in Can & US: 988/ Worldwide: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s…

My name is Kristin Song. On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months. At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces. I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes. The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law. So I did. 6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access. Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican. In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package. When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws. Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law. I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children. If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

Thinking of all bereaved parents as they navigate this Christmas. It brings about so many emotions. That’s why it’s so important to reach out for support when you need it. Today I spent a lovely few hours with @4myJessBrady & it was so good to talk about Tory & Jess 💙 #grief