Jenni B

Professional Cat Herder. Mom of 2 littles. Dance teacher. Yogi. Intersectional feminist. Anti-diet culture. Pro-science. She/Her. Mastodon: @[email protected]

[Jenni B @Jenni_1313]

You can do everything as a parent to plan and prepare for things, and one of your children will still take a crap in the bathtub.

#momlife #parenting #toddlers #somedaysarelikethat

[Jess @MeetJess]

There’s a growing problem in the CC community that no one wants to say out loud:
The loudest voices aren’t helping anymore. They’re policing.
And it’s starting to drive good people away.

[🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇯🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @YYCCowboy]

*NEW* AHS Update V037 (Of 2026!) - ICU - Not updated since March 24th- It’s been 1,333 Days since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” This is your end of the weekend, “what a mess that was” roundup!. /1

[Real Talk Ryan Jespersen @RealTalkRJ]

Due to an internet outage outside our control, #RealTalkRJ won’t live stream today.

(It’s a great opportunity to catch up on recent episodes you may have missed!)

We’re working to get everything back up and running ASAP and appreciate your patience and understanding.

[Kristin Raworth 🇨🇦 @KristinRaworth]

Unemployment in today’s Canada.

My experience.

It’s a big read but please read it through.

For three years, I helped care for my father while continuing to work full-time.

I even moved next door to him so I could better support him as his health declined.
I cared for him until he died.

Later, while still employed, I went through six months of breast cancer treatment myself.

Pretending those experiences didn’t affect my career would be dishonest.

What nobody tells you about employment instability is how cumulative it becomes.

Caregiving impacts careers even when you stay employed.

Illness impacts careers even when you keep showing up.

You can still be working while slowly losing professional momentum underneath you.

During unemployment, I applied for 65 jobs.

Government. Communications. Non-profit. Administrative. Retail. Hospitality.

Not one offer.

At one point, after years in senior advisory and executive communications roles, I applied at Starbucks.

I didn’t get the job.

That experience stayed with me.

Not because service work is beneath me — some of the hardest jobs I ever had were in restaurants and hospitality when I was younger.

But because the economy had somehow decided I was simultaneously overqualified and unemployable.

At 44 years old, after years spent working in government and public affairs, there were moments I genuinely started wondering whether I had anything left to contribute professionally.

That’s what prolonged unemployment does to people psychologically.

The hardest part of unemployment wasn’t only financial.

It was psychological.

Watching previous accomplishments stop mattering.

Trying to explain résumé gaps without sounding damaged.

Feeling your professional identity slowly erode in real time.

In April 2026, Canada’s unemployment rate climbed to 6.9%.

Behind those numbers are people whose lives became complicated.

Caregivers.

People managing chronic illness.

Cancer survivors.

People navigating grief, burnout, disability, aging parents, or health crises while trying to maintain careers at the same time.

Governments still talk about unemployment mostly through statistics.
But people experience the economy emotionally.

Through rejection emails.

Through grocery bills.

Through rent increases.

Through the quiet panic of realizing there’s very little room left in modern life for interruption.

The labour market increasingly rewards uninterrupted stability.

Perfect timelines.

Continuous productivity.

No visible complications.

But real life does not work that way anymore.

Parents age.

People get sick.

Caregiving responsibilities consume years
.
Disabilities emerge.

Mental health deteriorates.

And increasingly Canadians are expected to absorb those pressures privately while continuing to perform professionally as though nothing has changed.

There’s a growing class of Canadians who did everything they were told to do. I certainly did.

Built careers

Paid taxes.

Earned degrees.

Contributed to institutions.

Then life interrupted the plan.

And the system suddenly became much less patient with them.

This is why affordability and unemployment cannot be separated politically.

When the cost of living keeps climbing, employment instability becomes terrifying.
One interruption can destabilize everything.

I have a job again now and I am grateful for that.

But the experience changed how I see work, government, and the economy.
A lot more Canadians are hanging on by a thread than our politics currently acknowledges.

[Jen The Feisty Librarian @Feisty_Waters]

There have been plenty of examples in the “we’ve learned absolutely nothing over the last 6 years of ongoing pandemic” category, but this one is really top notch.

[Jen The Feisty Librarian @Feisty_Waters]

Every week, month and year.

[Jess @MeetJess]

Ontario's measles outbreak has become so big that public health officials in New York state have included the province in a travel advisory that urges residents to get vaccinated before visiting. https://t.co/s6STocmEh7

[Emmanuel @ejustin46]

The brain has no choice but to reorganize itself after a COVID-19 infection. This is because the virus SARS-COV-2 has damaged certain parts of the brain.

(from a great french team from Nancy and Marseille !)

https://t.co/Lt7x2dWyXu

[Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates]

Measles Updates - Ontario

Measles exposure confirmed at multiple locations in Chatham-Kent, including daycares, Tim Hortons, Walmart, and restaurants.

A disease eliminated in 1998 is now spreading in everyday places.

This should not be happening.

[Joe Oliver @joeolivermd]

Your child is not sick from lack of exposure to sickness. They do not have immunity debt. Your child born after lockdowns does not have intergenerational immunity debt. The immunity debt that your child’s mother never had was not passed on to them via her mitochondria…

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Just a reminder that it's not surprising that SARS-CoV-2 isn't surging right now, and that it shouldn't be surprising when it surges again.

Here's why:

1. It's not seasonal like flu and RSV.
2. There was a surge in summer/fall.
3. The next major variant hasn't arrived yet.

[🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇯🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @YYCCowboy]

*NEW* AHS v137.0!! AHS Weekly ICU Numbers 12/17 - Currently 199 Admitted (+9) w/ 224 (+2 SURGE Beds). Lets get this 'Unofficial CMOH Update on it's been **808** days since DS said '90 Days and fixed!" That was a big fat lie' healthcare thread going! Buckle up Alberta! /1

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

@mswcreations is having a virtual Full Moon circle for covid-conscious women on Wed. Jan 15th.

Join here, it's PWYC: https://t.co/FRKlrrfa6w

[Jess @MeetJess]

Experts say bird flu is more widespread than we think: ‘We are in a soup of virus’ https://t.co/01LH4Erkam

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 9-22, 2024

SEVERE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK
VERY HIGH: NL
HIGH: none
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 31 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

[Lazarus Long @LazarusLong13]

Rest for 6-8 weeks after getting C0VID to help yourself avoid LongCovid.

I wanted better resources on this, so went digging.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Saskatchewan is Alberta 2.0 in that the urban-rural divide could not be more stark.

You have to wonder what it means for governments elected on the back of rural voters but whose provinces are driven economically by those urban centres.

[Jen The Feisty Librarian @Feisty_Waters]

Multiple covid infections are bad, they do not boost your immunity, they can cause so much damage, we’re gonna be stuck in the pandemicene forever at this rate. I’m so tired.

[ReSisters @TheReSisters2]

https://t.co/yWAB66k64W

[ABResistance @AB_Resistance]

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