Connie
@bethechange1682.bsky.social
She/her - LTC advocate - COVID conscious
Advocacy is all interconnected - we are stronger together
Apparently wanting people to live, having access to water and food makes me a radical
Currently in Ontario, Canada
Also on Twitter
Advocacy is all interconnected - we are stronger together
Apparently wanting people to live, having access to water and food makes me a radical
Currently in Ontario, Canada
Also on Twitter
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Connie
@bethechange1682.bsky.social
· Jul 8
I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
The hardest thing about it all is you question the values you shared with people you thought you knew.
You question if you even knew them at all..
You question if you even knew them at all..
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Something beautiful for this day: Heirloom pepperbox poppy, Yakima, Washington (June 2025). #flowers #heirlooms
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Something beautiful for this day: Heirloom pepperbox poppy, Yakima, Washington (June 2025). #flowers #heirlooms
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🌹 random rose 🌹
December 9th 2025
December 9th 2025
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
🌹 random rose 🌹
December 9th 2025
December 9th 2025
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Put another way, we’ve been convinced that cars represent “freedom” in places where we’ve built car dependency. That dependency took away our freedom, and the car industry convinced us that we could ONLY get it back if we paid whatever increasing costs of car ownership they demand.
Some “freedom.”
Some “freedom.”
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Put another way, we’ve been convinced that cars represent “freedom” in places where we’ve built car dependency. That dependency took away our freedom, and the car industry convinced us that we could ONLY get it back if we paid whatever increasing costs of car ownership they demand.
Some “freedom.”
Some “freedom.”
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Joannie has not received any help in weeks - she hasn’t eaten for days and has been to the cancer clinic.
Please share or help. Thank you kindly.
E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please share or help. Thank you kindly.
E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please help. My health has not improved since Toby died. Had four units of blood in two weeks and possibly having two more next week. We desperately need help. E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
In need of a grocery card from Walmart Canada or Sobeys. I’m desperate need of groceries and also anything off my wishlist please. Tomorrow is my daughter’s birthday and I don’t have anything to give or eat with. www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/... #MutualAidRequst
PayPal is [email protected]
PayPal is [email protected]
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Joannie has not received any help in weeks - she hasn’t eaten for days and has been to the cancer clinic.
Please share or help. Thank you kindly.
E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please share or help. Thank you kindly.
E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
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Thank you for this @canadianjoannie.bsky.social has not received any help in weeks.
bsky.app/profile/beth...
bsky.app/profile/beth...
Joannie has not received any help in weeks - she hasn’t eaten for days and has been to the cancer clinic.
Please share or help. Thank you kindly.
E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please share or help. Thank you kindly.
E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please help. My health has not improved since Toby died. Had four units of blood in two weeks and possibly having two more next week. We desperately need help. E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thank you for this @canadianjoannie.bsky.social has not received any help in weeks.
bsky.app/profile/beth...
bsky.app/profile/beth...
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Why would anyone still want to travel to the United States? Trump seems hell bent on destroying travel to the U.S. like every other aspect of the U.S. economy.
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Why would anyone still want to travel to the United States? Trump seems hell bent on destroying travel to the U.S. like every other aspect of the U.S. economy.
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Vancouver city councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social has introduced a new Council motion that would get rid of right turns on red lights in the city. Via @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
Ban right turns on red at intersections, proposes Vancouver city councillor | Urbanized
OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing for a ban on right turns during the red-light traffic signal at intersections across Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Vancouver city councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social has introduced a new Council motion that would get rid of right turns on red lights in the city. Via @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
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I've always worked hard to protect myself. Still do.
I'm now at the point where mRNA vaccines are doing more harm than good, due to Long COVID complications.
Best practice will always be:
#PreventCOVID
#WearN95orBetterinPublic
I'm now at the point where mRNA vaccines are doing more harm than good, due to Long COVID complications.
Best practice will always be:
#PreventCOVID
#WearN95orBetterinPublic
Wear a respirator 😷 get vaxxed!
Wear a respirator 😷 get vaxxed!
Wear a respirator 😷 get vaxxed!
Wear a respirator 😷 get vaxxed!
Wear a respirator 😷 get vaxxed!
Yup! COVID almost killed me by causing a LAD MI on January 11th, 2025.
Not one attending cardiologist at William Osler Hospital were knowledgeable enough to recognize this.
They had no answers, so I tried to teach them.
They wouldn't listen.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Not one attending cardiologist at William Osler Hospital were knowledgeable enough to recognize this.
They had no answers, so I tried to teach them.
They wouldn't listen.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I've always worked hard to protect myself. Still do.
I'm now at the point where mRNA vaccines are doing more harm than good, due to Long COVID complications.
Best practice will always be:
#PreventCOVID
#WearN95orBetterinPublic
I'm now at the point where mRNA vaccines are doing more harm than good, due to Long COVID complications.
Best practice will always be:
#PreventCOVID
#WearN95orBetterinPublic
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Not my best picture but it is significant in that today marks seven days in a row that a family of crows has come to my yard. Perhaps my application for friendship has been accepted?
North Texas
#photography #crows
#birds #birdphotography
#nature #naturephotography
#Texas #backyardbirds
North Texas
#photography #crows
#birds #birdphotography
#nature #naturephotography
#Texas #backyardbirds
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Not my best picture but it is significant in that today marks seven days in a row that a family of crows has come to my yard. Perhaps my application for friendship has been accepted?
North Texas
#photography #crows
#birds #birdphotography
#nature #naturephotography
#Texas #backyardbirds
North Texas
#photography #crows
#birds #birdphotography
#nature #naturephotography
#Texas #backyardbirds
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Snapped this earlier today (9 December) in Crowley's garden before the "Lumberjack Event."
Hope knows no season
Hope knows no season
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Snapped this earlier today (9 December) in Crowley's garden before the "Lumberjack Event."
Hope knows no season
Hope knows no season
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Liverwort Athalamia hyalina, looking like the advance party for a goofy alien invasion. The liverwort structures are about 1cm high. #liverwort #bryophyte #fungifriends
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Liverwort Athalamia hyalina, looking like the advance party for a goofy alien invasion. The liverwort structures are about 1cm high. #liverwort #bryophyte #fungifriends
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This. People are contagious before symptoms start — masking protects everyone.
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/haziethompso...
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/haziethompso...
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This. People are contagious before symptoms start — masking protects everyone.
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/haziethompso...
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
Source: x.com/haziethompso...
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An Osprey in flight…
#bird #birdphoto #photography #blueskybirds #birdsofbluesky #birding #birdofprey #wildlife #nature #birdoftheday #canonphotography #osprey
#bird #birdphoto #photography #blueskybirds #birdsofbluesky #birding #birdofprey #wildlife #nature #birdoftheday #canonphotography #osprey
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Keep calm and carry on.
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Keep calm and carry on.
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We will not be defeated. #RESIST
Do it for your health and for your country. ✊
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Sad to say farewell to this weird lil guy.
70 pages of chemistry with stick figures in place of atomic symbols 😮
70 pages of chemistry with stick figures in place of atomic symbols 😮
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Sad to say farewell to this weird lil guy.
70 pages of chemistry with stick figures in place of atomic symbols 😮
70 pages of chemistry with stick figures in place of atomic symbols 😮
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Whoosh! - Weird! I posted this 2 days ago, and the text remains, but the image vanished. So here it is again!
And, this was just before it went crazy!
Not sure if you can see, but there are 3 or 4 horizontal bars in the middle of the "jet" for want of a better word.
#Aurora #EastCoastKin #Epic
And, this was just before it went crazy!
Not sure if you can see, but there are 3 or 4 horizontal bars in the middle of the "jet" for want of a better word.
#Aurora #EastCoastKin #Epic
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Whoosh! - Weird! I posted this 2 days ago, and the text remains, but the image vanished. So here it is again!
And, this was just before it went crazy!
Not sure if you can see, but there are 3 or 4 horizontal bars in the middle of the "jet" for want of a better word.
#Aurora #EastCoastKin #Epic
And, this was just before it went crazy!
Not sure if you can see, but there are 3 or 4 horizontal bars in the middle of the "jet" for want of a better word.
#Aurora #EastCoastKin #Epic
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Sunset tonight in Wasatch Mountains.
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sunset tonight in Wasatch Mountains.
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Sketches from a recent walk at the Teesmouth nature reserve, in northeast England.
#artAdventCalendar
🪶🐡
#artAdventCalendar
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December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Sketches from a recent walk at the Teesmouth nature reserve, in northeast England.
#artAdventCalendar
🪶🐡
#artAdventCalendar
🪶🐡
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Jesse Mack Butler raped & strangled two underage girls.
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Jesse Mack Butler raped & strangled two underage girls.
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
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Masks again mandatory in Outaouais hospitals, care homes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mask-rules-flu-western-quebec-hospital-cissso-9.7008467
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Masks again mandatory in Outaouais hospitals, care homes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mask-rules-flu-western-quebec-hospital-cissso-9.7008467
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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I would also like an explanation…
December 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I would also like an explanation…
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Please help. My health has not improved since Toby died. Had four units of blood in two weeks and possibly having two more next week. We desperately need help. E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
In need of a grocery card from Walmart Canada or Sobeys. I’m desperate need of groceries and also anything off my wishlist please. Tomorrow is my daughter’s birthday and I don’t have anything to give or eat with. www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/... #MutualAidRequst
PayPal is [email protected]
PayPal is [email protected]
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.ca
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Please help. My health has not improved since Toby died. Had four units of blood in two weeks and possibly having two more next week. We desperately need help. E-transfer or PayPal [email protected]
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
Please 🙏🏻 thank you.
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The N Carolina immigrant rights group Siembra is teaching business owners their rights if federal agents show up at their door.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The N Carolina immigrant rights group Siembra is teaching business owners their rights if federal agents show up at their door.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
While most can name their first and second amendment rights, far fewer are familiar with the fourth, which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures.
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Right-wing propaganda works by triggering anger using strawmen and half truths. Anger shuts down logic, so people make emotional decisions, join the tribe, and later defend the lie as if it were fact. It feels true because the brain protects the tribe before checking evidence
December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Right-wing propaganda works by triggering anger using strawmen and half truths. Anger shuts down logic, so people make emotional decisions, join the tribe, and later defend the lie as if it were fact. It feels true because the brain protects the tribe before checking evidence