Jane Sims

Professional gerontologist and active practitioner of healthy ageing. Deputy Editor in Chief Australasian Journal of Ageing

[transparency @naturewins2023]

@bobjcarr Two years of witnessing this has done so much damage to the world.
Half of the population of Gaza is under 20, while the elderly have known decades of suffering.
Power holders have stood by while the people have demanded they do more. Always the people.
https://t.co/s0juwnT5Dj

[Bob Carr @bobjcarr]

I’ve never heard an interview with this immediacy. I came close to tears. How can this be allowed to happen? Who can hesitate to say “genocide?” Who dare say that this eyewitness account of an Australian doctor is Hamas propaganda? https://t.co/1Dvx0RgSuj

[Shan_tweets @Shan11tweet]

Who are the terrorists now....🤨

[Jane Sims @JaneSims9]

Yes, refugees are still in offshore detention
This isn’t just a healthcare crisis — it’s a failure of compassion.

Healthcare workers are demanding action to put an end to offshore detention. Will you join them? #EvacuateNow

https://t.co/TQtgfrmQCl

[ASRC @ASRC1]

If you were seriously ill, who would you trust to make decisions about your healthcare – a doctor or a politician?

#EvacuateNow

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a shocking leak, JD Vance calls women who cannot biologically have children miserable people. Retweet to make sure every American sees this and knows how vile Vance is.

[💉 NotThatndearing @NotThatNDearing]

And once again…

[💉 NotThatndearing @NotThatNDearing]

#Auspol2024 #LNPneverAgain

[💉 NotThatndearing @NotThatNDearing]

RESPECT to Zali for calling him out. #LNPneverAgain #Auspol2024

[💉 NotThatndearing @NotThatNDearing]

I think a failed ‘Gotcha’ question from so-called journalists should, from now on be known as a ‘Botcha’ …. Moving right along now.

[💉 NotThatndearing @NotThatNDearing]

Someone ask Vance if his wife is going to be deported… preferably first.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: The Biden campaign is trolling Donald Trump by calling him Broke Don. Over the last week, Trump has been significantly out fundraised and hasn’t left his basement.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: 62% of people polled who watched the tonight’s State of the Union say President Biden’s policies will move the country in the right direction. That’s a significant win for President Biden.

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

This is ethnic cleansing. This is genocide. This is fucking horrific. (Nice not working for the ABC so I can feel free to say the obviously true thing.)

[Jenny Miller @JennyMi11374978]

This makes me sick 🤢 to my very core 💔🤬💔🤬

[NeuRA (Neuroscience Research Australia) @neuraustralia]

👏 We are proud to announce Professor Jacqueline Close (@JacquiCTClose) and Uncle Terry Donovan have been recognised for their achievements in the #AustraliaDayHonours this year!

Read more here: https://t.co/BRTyrYYr02

[💘 || CUPID ♡ VGEN COMMS OPEN @utopianparodies]

her ruined little princess dress ☹️ the kid was probably attending an event or simply playing princess like many little girls are supposed to be doing

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

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.

[Jane Sims @JaneSims9]

@taylor_morag @JacquiCTClose Congratulations Jacqui!

[Jane Sims @JaneSims9]

@gerontologyau @evonnephd Congratulations Evonne

[Jane Sims @JaneSims9]

@gerontologyau Congratulations Julie!