strawbi

mom. weeb. lab rat. sometimes plays games.

[strawbi @aylachu]

hiii! this is my personal twitter, so i decided to make one purely for the stream so i don't spam ya'll. follow @strawbiTV for stream stuff!

[Janis Irwin @JanisIrwin]

Thousands and thousands of workers united in the fight for better for all.

This is the province I love.

Solidarity forever.

💜✊

#ableg

[CTV News @CTVNews]

This radioactive gas is a leading cause of lung cancer. Here's how to check if it's in your home https://t.co/q5xJYL40cY

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

There’s now a Suicide Crisis Helpline in Canada. You can call it for free anytime, from anywhere. 9-8-8.

Please share. We never know who needs it. #WorldMentalHealthDay

[strawbi @aylachu]

@yegwave What is going on in Fort Sask. wasn’t that long ago 2 dead puppies were found 🤔 https://t.co/7HSJfADJ0y

[strawbi @aylachu]

Just another case of Alberta moving backwards, not forwards. Mayor Gale Katchur is a psychopath plain and simple, she should not be in a position of influence.

[YEGWAVE @yegwave]

Mayor of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, advocating for people to deal with feral cats themselves, then laughing about throwing them into the river in bags or putting them on exhaust pipes. Thoughts?

[cm @cmcalgary]

it just doesn't make any sense why all these people moved to Alberta

#abpoli

[pussyツ @psychic_pussy69]

has anyone else ever gotten to the point where you realize you’ve been so passively suicidal your entire life that you never planned your future and now it’s time to act on your future and you have no fucking idea what to do

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

Did you hear Danielle Smith wants to privatize your local hospital?

She wants to take hospitals away from AHS and hand them over to other people to run. Maybe Covenant Health, maybe someone else. Nobody knows.

Remember, the UCP privatized lab services in 2020 and it was a disaster. Endless waits to get an appointment, even longer waits to get results, and doctors sounding the alarm about mistakes in tests. Eventually the UCP had to reverse the whole thing at a massive cost.

It was a dangerous and expensive failure, and that’s what Smith wants to try with hospitals.

Let me tell you why I'm concerned.

The Premier doesn’t understand healthcare, hospitals, or how competition works. She’s barely said a word about her plans for AHS since announcing that she's going to break it up. Instead, we hear these drips and drabs at members-only meetings in the lead-up to Smith’s UCP leadership review.

Second, she said she wants a health care system that is ruled by “competition and fear.” This is bizarre, and it’s not going to work. Systems that are based on fear will inevitably collapse and those incentives don’t work in public service delivery.

The folks at Covenant Health do amazing work right across the province every day, but we must recognize that Covenant facilities do not offer the full range of healthcare that Albertans expect, particularly in reproductive health and end of life issues.

And despite what the Premier said, Covenant has been forced to shutter some of their emergency rooms, just as AHS has, because they have the same problem – a UCP government that is hostile to healthcare professionals. Changing the sign outside doesn’t create new doctors. Even if Tyler Shandro is on the board.

Maybe Smith is just musing and saying the first thing that she thinks will please the person she’s talking to. Again. The problem is when you’re Premier, people work to turn your musings into reality.

I’m concerned Smith is taking us down a path she hasn’t thought through at all.

We need a government that is competent. That is not ideological, that does not make up its plans on the fly to save itself. We need better, and that’s what Alberta’s New Democrats promise.

[🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇯🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @YYCCowboy]

*NEW* Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (Edmonton) has CLOSED all 10 Pediatric Brain Injury Unit Beds and 4 Outpatient Day beds due to No Physicians. Closure went into effect Aug 24th and is scheduled to continue until August 31st. /11

[CTV Edmonton @ctvedmonton]

UPDATED: Drones interfere with wildfire operations near Fort McMurray, Saprae Creek Estates under evacuation alert https://t.co/0pbvMA417O

[Creepy.org @creepydotorg]

A Brazilian woman prayed to a figurine of Saint Anthony for years, only to discover it was an action figure of the elf Elrond from the "Lord of the Rings" films.

[Enii 🌻 COMMS OPEN 🌻 @Enii_draws]

Everyday, my best looks different💕

[Janis Irwin @JanisIrwin]

Without even knowing the specifics, the UCP have already decided they’ll opt out of the pharmacare program that includes coverage for contraceptives and diabetes medication.

Imagine being so ideological that you’d choose owning the Libs over the healthcare of your citizens.

[Takeshino @takeshi_no_uta]

I put in way too much effort on this...