Kathy Riley (She/Her)

@broadwaybabyto Leaders like Trudeau and Singh, while certainly not perfect, at least appear to have SOME decency. I fear for our country if P.P. wins. All of what you mentioned will get so much worse. Rights of women, the disabled, LGBTQ2S community will be stripped with each far right win./end

@broadwaybabyto I had no idea we were this far gone. What a cruel, little man that 'friend' is, and I'm so sorry you had to experience that. Politicians here, like Poilievre, Smith & Ford, who are pushing the far right agenda, often in the name of Christianity, terrify me./2

A few months ago a “friend” told me that he felt disabled people should be denied access to healthcare so “survival of the fittest” could happen faster. That people like me are the reasons he - a non disabled cishet white man - can’t get ahead. How did we get here? 🧵/1

@TheRyanHamilton @MarkHamill I'm so very sorry. No woman, no family should be put through such barbaric practices. Please make sure you (both) get help emotionally. A miscarriage is always sad, but it shouldn't have to be so traumatic. A D&C is quick & can lessen the trauma during a difficult time. ❤️❤️

@MarkHamill Thank you Mark. 🙌🏻❤️💔

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like. Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out. The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked. I'll let you decide how you feel about that. After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way. The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?! No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!". Can you even imagine how that must feel? The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck. I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances. So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved. So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C. They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home. So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget. She had to be rushed to the hospital. By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out. They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her. Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD! God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done. If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view. It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be. If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

@piper4missouri 9

@thejackhopkins 🇨🇦 here! Sadly, SCOTUS can't be trusted to protect and interpret the laws of the land. As one of your neighbours, it affects us here as well. The same bad players (Rus/China) who fomented the Maga movement are stirring up trouble all over, even in 🇨🇦. Democracy is on trial.

Are you a citizen of another country reading this post? (For example, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, the UK, Ireland, or any of the many other countries.) If so, I have a request. Your direct and honest opinion is what I'm seeking. Could you share your thoughts on the questions asked by the conservative justices of the United States Supreme Court and their implications? I want as many people as possible to see and hear how you perceive what is happening in the United States from where you are. I think it's critical to rouse as many citizens of this country as possible before it's too late, and I think YOU...can play a huge role. Thank you for your contribution. We are in this thing together.

@ShouldHaveCat Elfie aka Miss Puss

Explain to me how this TikTok’r gets it and “public health experts” don’t. MDs don’t. Share widely on multiple platforms. Shout out to @michael_hoerger for breaking through to the younger generation. h/t @sasswashere for alerting me to this most excellent video.

@mmpadellan My favourite movie is 'The Philadelphia Stiory'. It's from 1940 & has Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn & Jimmy Stewart. Wit is drier than the best martini & you don't get better than with that trio. My other go to is 1957 'Desk Set' with Hepburn & Spencer Tracy. Any of their movies!

My Wife and I are watching movie classics this weekend that we've never seen before. Last night was O Brother Where Art Thou, which was hilarious. We're watching The Deer Hunter now, which is pretty good so far. What Award-winning movies would you recommend (we've already seen The Godfather).

@DavidTarrell @Brandi_Buchman Mom died 31 yrs ago, age 69. Still times when I think,'Oh, I've got to tell my Mom about XYZ' & then I remember. After 31 yrs, she still feels so present in my daily life. My Dad died 13 yrs ago at age 90. It was less shattering to me. He got to live his whole life. #Adultorphan

@Scribulatora I never understand why the $ is not found to fix the place. The PM needs a proper residence. I just saw a documentary about the White House & how the Oval Office is the best home court advantage when heads of state visit. It is so🇨🇦 of us to not reach for a similar advantage.

One party leader lives in a mansion provided by the government and blathers on about making sacrifices while the other leader, who also happens to be the PM, lives in a borrowed cottage because his “mansion” was left uninhabitable by the other leader’s predecessor.

@KristinRaworth So true. I've a relative who died waiting to be added to the transplant list. Had struggled with alcohol addiction. They wouldn't put him on the list even though another relative was a match & willing. He died maybe 6wks or so before he would've been allowed. He was only 30yrs.

I feel for the lady who died unable to get a transplant because she wouldn’t get the covid vaccine because any loss of life is tragic but how is it different than denying an alcoholic who won’t stop drinking a kidney or a smoker a lung. We don’t rage against those rules.

@kathygriffin Well, if they did weigh him, perhaps it was accidently done in kg? 😉 If it was pounds, they only weighed part of him. Maybe his toupee?

#TrumpMugShot So they didn’t weigh him, that just asked him what his weight is. What do you guys think?

@Michell33650674 I was raised Catholic & my knee-jerk reaction is to say I still am, BUT I'm definitely lapsed. On the very odd occasion I'm in a church (wedding, funeral, etc), there is a certain comfort in the rites, rituals, & hymns, but while I do believe in Something it's not religion.

I need help from people who weren't raised with ANY religion. Please state whether or not you have EVER chosen religion/god as an adult. I need to prove a point to Americans who think that religion is "innate" rather than "programmed."

@DannyDeraney That's putting poor Paul Lynde in with some really lousy celebrity guests this week.

If you get this, we're friends.

@CalltoActivism I feel like I want to burn out my eyes after seeing that.

Caption this.

@callumxoxox He's such an a$$!

Owning the libs by interrupting and not answering questions

@JustinTrudeau @merry123459 That's great, but what about low income adults who need dental work. Even with work benefits, my income is low, and I can't afford the dentist.

Thanks to the Canada Dental Benefit, nearly 340,000 kids across the country have been able to get the dental care they need. And with the new Canadian Dental Care Plan, we’re going to make dental care more accessible and affordable for up to nine million Canadians.

@blazerrose @DannyDeraney This one and the blah blah Ginger are my 2 absolute favourites. I quote them all the time and my kids have no clue what I'm talking about!

In honor of Gary Larson's birthday, here is my favorite Far Side Comic. Show me some of your favorites.

@sabrinabnaves @BellaRizinti My trans son bought me a 'blahaj' for my birthday! He's squishy and adorable! I have nicknamed him Bruce after the shark in 'Finding Nemo'. Bruce's motto in the movie is 'fish are friends, not food'. Even sharks can be great allies and know not to hurt others. 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Right then. Shall we have a trans & non binary folks boosty thread? I need time line cleansing and I can't think of a better way to do that than to see your beautiful faces in my mentions. What you got for me fam?