Tamara Aschenbrenner

Writer, Feminist, Peanut butter enthusiast
She/her

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

Me, unaborted, taking my daily depression meds: ah, life

[venturecommunist.bsky.social @venturecommunis]

just a reminder that united healthcare and other health insurers are not "healthcare" companies. they are financial services companies created to generate profits by limiting patients' access to care.

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

Haven't been on Twitter for so long but had to come back to say that cops are disgusting. They just tear down vulnerable people and commit crimes under the guise of public protection.

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

"recovered" four generators is a fun way to say you stole their stuff. You're disgusting.

[Edmonton Police @edmontonpolice]

Police say it is one of most elaborate encampments they have ever seen, with a mini-power grid, including solar panels, and multiple home appliances.

The encampment was discovered last week by the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Police Service joint response encampment team. It was almost completely camouflaged and included four multi-level structures surrounded by a fence made of trees and broken branches.

The structures had been built without nails or other forms of support and were at risk of collapse. Inside, police and park rangers found fire-stoves with lit fires, a stone fireplace, stone/marble flooring, a working fridge and washing machine, and live electrical wires strung haphazardly.

Power was supplied by four generators, with solar panels powering a chop shop for stolen bikes.

15 weapons, including three guns, and about $8000 worth of stolen goods were recovered. Police have so far returned 2 backpack blowers and 1 mountain bike to their rightful owners.

20 violation tickets were written, and 10 warrants executed.

The encampment caused significant environmental damage to the trees and root systems, and the nearby creek was dammed in multiple places to provide running water to one of the structures.

The encampment has since been dismantled. Those living in it were offered access to services and supports, which they refused.

[reb @rebmasel]

“what radicalized you?” probably my basic human empathy

[CBC Pitchbot (Satire) @CBCPitchbot]

Canada is deeply concerned by reports of an Israeli genocide on the Palestinian people supplied with Canadian weapons, but not enough to do literally anything about it

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel told a million Palestinian civilians to seek refuge in Rafah, the designated ‘safe place’.

Israel is now intensely bombing Rafah through air, land and sea, in the middle of the night.

This is a genocide.

[Lilith Fair @LilithFairYYC]

Cis identified queer and hetero allies to queer causes... THIS is what the Alberta trans community is currently facing. Our government is enforcing dangerous restrictions to life-saving gender affirming care for trans youth. SPEAK OUT! We need your support now more than ever!

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

I almost went on medical leave last year due to burnout and now I'm laid off so I guess what I'm saying is always take your breaks and remember that every company has a bottom line and it isn't you

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

Did @ABDanielleSmith's mother approve her name change from Marlaina? Let us see signatures.

[Emma Jackson @EmmaJackson57]

Wow it's almost as if housing people instead of spending millions criminalizing them, works.

cc: @edmontonpolice @CityofEdmonton
https://t.co/3KSBUytxMt

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

Is "getting laid off the day before a trip" too mild for a villain origin story?

[Tianna, the Writer @tiannathewriter]

I'm hyper aware that there are less Palestinians online sharing their experiences and real time news and it's not because they're tired and overwhelmed (which they have the right to be) but because they are dead. They're dead. They are dead.

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

Love planting smooches on my female pals for no reason other than friendship

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

Realizing the shop you're in is selling Nazi paraphernalia #yeg

[Mapmaker @mapmakerdavid]

Beware of the colonial narrative that equates decolonisation with terrorism.

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

It's hard to care about this work TikTok when there are simultaneous genocides happening right now

[Tamara Aschenbrenner @taschenb]

@JustinTrudeau @GiorgiaMeloni Defending themselves from the fish in the barrel?

[Sydney Battle @SydneyBattle]

i’ve seen people saying “well if you give THEM their land back then what’s next?? are you gonna say that _______ (indigenous group) should get their land back too?!” and like…. lmao yessss girl that’s the whole point, i am pro-slippery slope

[trash jones @jzux]

i love getting vaccines. my little software updates