Robin Charb

Mom. Survivor. Educator. Counsellor.

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

Cognitive Dissonance

For the past few days, I've been posting a lot of stats showing that pediatric suicides have NOT INCREASED but likely DECREASED (🇦🇺🇨🇦🇺🇸) during the pandemic. Many of the contrary replies are people who are saying some version of "nuh-uh."

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[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

🧵Suicidology (🇨🇦)
Suicide Since the Pandemic

We have a new @StatCan_eng data release, and can now report on suicides to 2022.

Suicides are MASSIVELY down during the pandemic, and from 2020-2022 we had ~2,759 fewer suicides than expected.

Let's look at age breakdowns.

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[Henrik Blix @henrikontheweb]

Travis Kelce is single-handedly shifting the bro narrative. For years we’ve only talked about shitty bros and ignored an entire demographic of friendly dudes who love play sports with their friends, feed squirrels and laugh

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

I can see why you’re all so torn. /s

[Bowinn Ma @BowinnMa]

Sounds like you could step up a lot more in supporting her.

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

Wow. @Pink has this exactly right.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

MAGA Logic:
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Drag shows: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-Public Schools: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black or LGBTQ authors: Ban it
-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU SNOWFLAKES
#Lewiston

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

“Cars kill people too,” say the gun extremists?

Okay let’s play this game:

— Drivers must carry insurance
— Drivers must pass safety/skill tests
— Each car has a unique vehicle identification number (VIN) that allows it to be tracked

So let’s pass all the same rules for guns

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

With yet another deadly mass shooting in America, it’s worth re-watching Jon Stewart completely dismantle a Republican MAGA extremist on the issue.

[Brett Meiselas @BMeiselas]

This may be the most dystopian, disturbing clip I’ve ever seen in my life. Far more horrifying than anything out of the Handmaid’s Tale. This is what a dangerous, fascist cult looks like.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.

[Clay Thompson. @harryt59_harry]

He denies climate change.
He wants to bring back rapid firing weapons.
He wants to cancel rebates,childcare & dental.
He supports Trump, Orban, & Netanyahu.
He's an anti-vaxer.
Pro Life.
Anti LGBTQ.
Seriously. Why would anyone with any common sense vote for Pierre Poilievre

[Sara Spector @Miriam2626]

I don’t understand why it’s ok to regulate a woman’s body to save a fetus, but it’s not ok to regulate the sale of guns to save the life of a child. #MassShooting

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨🚨🚨MAINE SHOOTING UPDATE: A video still of the shooters gun in the Maine shooting appears to be an AR-15-style rifle.

The SAME gun more than 30 law enforcement officers were AFRAID to confront in Uvalde that left 19 children dead.

The SAME gun that’s been
the weapon of choice in many of the most horrific mass shootings in recent memory, including the Covenant school shooting in Nashville just two weeks ago.

The SAME gun brandished by Republican radicals like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.

The SAME gun worn as a pin on the lapels of disgusting GOP lawmakers.

This is what we need to scream everywhere:

If 30 armed officers wearing full tactical gear with ballistic shields are too afraid to confront a single gunman with an AR-15, they SHOULD NOT be in the hands of civilians.

We have the answer. It’s the guns.

BAN ASSAULT RIFLES NOW.

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

The people claiming Palestinians are at fault for not removing Hamas’s terrorist leadership seem to forget that we haven’t even been able to remove or impose consequences on the lawmakers in our own government who incited a terrorist attack on our own Capitol on January 6th.

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

It’s striking how many family members of Israelis who were murdered or kidnapped are asking the government not to use their grief to kill more people. It seems to me that if in the worst days of their lives they can keep their humanity, the rest of us can follow their example.

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

The order to evacuate 1.1 million people from northern Gaza defies the rules of war and basic humanity.

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

I’ve heard people claim that “safer supply is creating a new wave of addiction.” Addiction is not a new issue. It’s been persistent and long-ignored. Why don’t those same people ever point to the main factors causing addiction, like trauma, undiagnosed learning disabilities and mental health issues, poverty and homelessness?

[Luke Fevin @According2Luke]

Why is it the same people that demand the freedom to decorate their trucks with large "Fuck Trudeau" decals are the same people that dont think a hockey player should have the freedom to choose the colour or pattern of their hockey tape?
#Pridetape