Julie (she/her)

3/3 vaccinated. Moss and wetland lover, tea enthusiast, and science nerd. Tweets are mine.

[@[email protected] @AutSciPerson]

I did not think that I would have to face ableism when going to the vet today for the cats.

Vet told us that we "have a broken product" (the cat with a disability), then got out the abled cat and was oo-ing and aw-ing over it. It was like watching phrenology in pets.

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[Shira Lurie @ShiraLurie]

If you’re a progressive and you’re no longer masking actually you’re not.

[Julie (she/her) @jtrus3]

@grxcecxtherine Hard wah! Ugh my heart, that is just the most adorable thing.

[Sara Anne Willette ♿️🌈👩🏻‍💻𓅆 @amethystarlight]

My husband is now leaving our house because his current university mandates he teach in-person with few/no precautions to protect either himself or his immunocompromised wife. He will instead be risking my 72yo mother’s health because she’s lower risk for severe SARS2 than I am.

[Ivriniel @Ivriniel]

Found out this afternoon that my student who has cancer went home today after finding out the kid who sits next to her in class has COVID. School called her Mom who came and got her right away.

The girl with cancer is the only kid in her class that masks. Other than her SNA (who

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

A supermarket in Illinois has to pay about $400,000 after they stole wages from 49 of their workers. Nobody will go to jail for this theft and nobody in the media gives a shit. This is the real crime wave in the US.

[D. King, MD @doctorORbust]

To all people who evaluate medstudents and residents:

- shy ≠ incompetence or disinterest
- quiet ≠ incompetence or disinterest
- introverted ≠ incompetence or disinterest

If we’re going to ask people to be themselves, and if they’re not jerks, then let them be themselves.

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

So sad: After 73 years of marriage, an Ottawa couple has been forced to live in separate long-term care homes for 19 months.

Why? Because the Ontario government has brought in changes which make it virtually impossible to unite couples in long-term care.

The system is broken.

[Ruth Brooker @erbrooker]

Had a new sofa arrive yesterday. I explained (outside) to the two delivery men that my little boy is in cancer treatment, could you please wear masks inside.

They refused.

BOTH of them are exempt. Apparently.

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

In long-term care, do you think that only 1 nurse & 2 PSWs caring for 30+ frail elders who need assistance with bathing, feeding, toileting, dressing, taking meds AND monitoring in case of decline in health...is acceptable?

How do we as a society still allow this to happen?

[Housing 4 All is Hot @ahouse4all]

We tried to get a DV victim into a shelter today. All women's sheters were full so we tried using the "emergency winter shelter system" and all those beds were full. This is the same system that thrives on calling people "service resistant" while there is no services available.

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Diversifying the police force doesn’t end racism because racism is inherent to the organization of the institution & its daily operation. Racism is what policing is

[Attorney Carson (they/them) @OctaviaViento]

My friend got shot at by cops the other day in ATL and police said it was because her headlights weren’t and bc she didn’t stop immediately.

She is a lawyer with a BMW, the headlights are on auto, and she pulled over as soon as it was safe 😤

I’m livid!! I’m f-ing pissed.

[Julie (she/her) @jtrus3]

@OctaviaViento This is HORRIFYING.

[Jeremy, Writer & Dad & Collector of Parks @JeremyWingert79]

My hot take is that most of us have not adequately processed the trauma of the pandemic. And our sprawling, unprocessed trauma chews away at our brains in myriad ways that make us anxious about why we can’t seem to live our lives as instinctively or as joyously as we did in 2019.

[Julie (she/her) @jtrus3]

@queenofpeat Awe so fun!!