L Bennett 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇦✌🏻#TeamCanada #ElbowsUp
@thatgenxwidower.bsky.social
Widowed at the age of 51. Eastern Canada. Probably neurodivergent, definitely immune compromised. IBD Spoonie. Diabetic. Fur parent. Atheist. Anti-fascist, politics junkie. Read the pinned post. No DMs, DM=block unless I know you offline.
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Today I sat down and emailed my MP and copied the Minister of Immigration.
IRCC.Minister-Ministre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca
My point was simple: the United States is no longer safe for its immigrants nor the 2SLGBTQ+ community and we need to open an asylum stream for the 2SLGBTQ+ community and leave the... 1/2
IRCC.Minister-Ministre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca
My point was simple: the United States is no longer safe for its immigrants nor the 2SLGBTQ+ community and we need to open an asylum stream for the 2SLGBTQ+ community and leave the... 1/2
Daily Spoon Count 6/10
Pain Level 4/10
My insides have been angry the last few days, today is no better. Left side pain is climbing, this might be my fall flare. If you're able to, please get down to a cenotaph and pay your respects. Be a work in progress today #lestweforget #ibd #colitis #spoonie
Pain Level 4/10
My insides have been angry the last few days, today is no better. Left side pain is climbing, this might be my fall flare. If you're able to, please get down to a cenotaph and pay your respects. Be a work in progress today #lestweforget #ibd #colitis #spoonie
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Daily Spoon Count 6/10
Pain Level 4/10
My insides have been angry the last few days, today is no better. Left side pain is climbing, this might be my fall flare. If you're able to, please get down to a cenotaph and pay your respects. Be a work in progress today #lestweforget #ibd #colitis #spoonie
Pain Level 4/10
My insides have been angry the last few days, today is no better. Left side pain is climbing, this might be my fall flare. If you're able to, please get down to a cenotaph and pay your respects. Be a work in progress today #lestweforget #ibd #colitis #spoonie
The Rest of The World: football can't be played in the snow.
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Rest of The World: football can't be played in the snow.
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
Canada: Hold my beer and watch this...
I watched Fantastic 4: First Steps yesterday and can't for the life of me figure out why it was a box office flop. It looked gorgeous, the cast were superb and a few small things here and there sure didn't ruin it for me. It was a fun escape... Am I missing something? #Marvel #Movie
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The article specifically mentions Jeremy Mackenzie, the same Jeremy Mackenzie who has met Pierre Poilievre on a few occasions. Be vigilant. The creeping, white nationalism is growing in Canada. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The article specifically mentions Jeremy Mackenzie, the same Jeremy Mackenzie who has met Pierre Poilievre on a few occasions. Be vigilant. The creeping, white nationalism is growing in Canada. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Daily Spoon Count 6/10
Pain Level 3/10
November is an emotionally dark time of the year for me. I think it's the darkening days, the colder weather bringing Seasonal Affective Disorder. I get introspective in late fall, but not in a good way. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie #grief #widowed
Pain Level 3/10
November is an emotionally dark time of the year for me. I think it's the darkening days, the colder weather bringing Seasonal Affective Disorder. I get introspective in late fall, but not in a good way. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie #grief #widowed
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Jesus Christ! Quiet overt racism is still overt racism.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Jesus Christ! Quiet overt racism is still overt racism.
Daily Spoon Count 6/10
Pain Level 4/10
Grief comes and goes, random memories flood in, triggered by smells, movies, music. No tears, just a deep, dark melancholy. A sense of loss and emptiness as I try to move on with my life. Be a work in progress today and everyday #widowed #grief #spoonie #ibd
Pain Level 4/10
Grief comes and goes, random memories flood in, triggered by smells, movies, music. No tears, just a deep, dark melancholy. A sense of loss and emptiness as I try to move on with my life. Be a work in progress today and everyday #widowed #grief #spoonie #ibd
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Well, I guess the upside for the Conservatives us that the media stopped talking about Poilievre's conspiratorial, slanderous accusations against the RCMP from... last week. #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre #StickAForkInHim #CanadaStrong
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Well, I guess the upside for the Conservatives us that the media stopped talking about Poilievre's conspiratorial, slanderous accusations against the RCMP from... last week. #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre #StickAForkInHim #CanadaStrong
At Costco and as much as there's stuff I need like food n shit, I'd rather go home on my hands and knees than go into Costco anytime between Halloween and Christmas. #old #ewpeople #introvert
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
At Costco and as much as there's stuff I need like food n shit, I'd rather go home on my hands and knees than go into Costco anytime between Halloween and Christmas. #old #ewpeople #introvert
I wouldn't have apologized either, Trump will interpret it as weakness and subservience and he'll treat Carney and Canada accordingly #cdnpoli #tariffs #CanadaStrong
Bolton says Carney made a ‘mistake’ apologizing to Trump for anti-tariff ad
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Bolton says Carney made a ‘mistake’ apologizing to Trump for anti-tariff ad
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Bolton says Carney made a ‘mistake’ apologizing to Trump for anti-tariff ad
A former national security advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump says it was a mistake for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize for the anti-tariff ad that angered Trump and prompted him to termin...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I wouldn't have apologized either, Trump will interpret it as weakness and subservience and he'll treat Carney and Canada accordingly #cdnpoli #tariffs #CanadaStrong
Bolton says Carney made a ‘mistake’ apologizing to Trump for anti-tariff ad
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Bolton says Carney made a ‘mistake’ apologizing to Trump for anti-tariff ad
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Daily Spoon Count 5/10
Pain Level 3/10
Been awake since before 4am, guh, time change. I really don't do well with it and rarely fully adjust. I used to be able to adapt to time changes easily, but since I got sick barely at all. Age? Illness? Dunno. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie #widowed
Pain Level 3/10
Been awake since before 4am, guh, time change. I really don't do well with it and rarely fully adjust. I used to be able to adapt to time changes easily, but since I got sick barely at all. Age? Illness? Dunno. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie #widowed
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is a great article explaining life with an autoimmune disease and what they are #chronicillness #lupus #ibd
Health news: Disease of 1,000 faces shows science's dark side share.google/1IOp3zxyqQbY...
Health news: Disease of 1,000 faces shows science's dark side share.google/1IOp3zxyqQbY...
Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side
Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to sen...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a great article explaining life with an autoimmune disease and what they are #chronicillness #lupus #ibd
Health news: Disease of 1,000 faces shows science's dark side share.google/1IOp3zxyqQbY...
Health news: Disease of 1,000 faces shows science's dark side share.google/1IOp3zxyqQbY...
I think things are pretty good here compared to our southern neighbours. #CanadaStrong
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I think things are pretty good here compared to our southern neighbours. #CanadaStrong
"The same night Jeneroux announced he was leaving, the Conservatives’ first attempt to bring down Carney’s budget (through an amendment confidence vote) failed. A handful of Conservatives abstained."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
In damage control after 2 departures, Conservatives accuse Liberals of 'undemocratic' distractions | CBC News
Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer held a brief media availability Friday morning in an attempt to redirect attention from the Official Opposition's internal crisis to the Liberal Party.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"The same night Jeneroux announced he was leaving, the Conservatives’ first attempt to bring down Carney’s budget (through an amendment confidence vote) failed. A handful of Conservatives abstained."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Conservative MP thinking of crossing floor wakes up with severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed
Conservative MP thinking of crossing floor wakes up with severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed
OTTAWA – Milton Smolyak, a “red tory” who has been rumoured to be mulling over a switch to the Liberal Party, woke up this morning with the severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed. “I wa...
thebeaverton.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Conservative MP thinking of crossing floor wakes up with severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed
If the CPC really wanted to take down the government, that was a good chance.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberal budget clears second confidence hurdle as MPs head into break week | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government survived its second confidence vote in two days after MPs voted down a Bloc amendment calling on the House to reject the Liberals’ budget.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If the CPC really wanted to take down the government, that was a good chance.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
When the CPC are making a statement on the most consequential budget in a generation, and all the questions are about their own Leadership's failure... They're screwed. #cdnpoli #budget2025
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When the CPC are making a statement on the most consequential budget in a generation, and all the questions are about their own Leadership's failure... They're screwed. #cdnpoli #budget2025
I bet if you zoom in, you can see Congress rearranging the deck chairs.
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I bet if you zoom in, you can see Congress rearranging the deck chairs.
Daily Spoon Count 5/10
Pain Level 3/10
My shot yesterday knocked the crap out of me, usually does. Had an appt. w/my new Dr. I gotta get blood work this morning, then we go to work on my blood sugar. We all get older and #disability is usually inevitable. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie
Pain Level 3/10
My shot yesterday knocked the crap out of me, usually does. Had an appt. w/my new Dr. I gotta get blood work this morning, then we go to work on my blood sugar. We all get older and #disability is usually inevitable. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Daily Spoon Count 5/10
Pain Level 3/10
My shot yesterday knocked the crap out of me, usually does. Had an appt. w/my new Dr. I gotta get blood work this morning, then we go to work on my blood sugar. We all get older and #disability is usually inevitable. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie
Pain Level 3/10
My shot yesterday knocked the crap out of me, usually does. Had an appt. w/my new Dr. I gotta get blood work this morning, then we go to work on my blood sugar. We all get older and #disability is usually inevitable. Be a work in progress today #ibd #spoonie
Listening to Bob Fife, I'm beginning to think the CPC just might fracture under Poilievre. #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Listening to Bob Fife, I'm beginning to think the CPC just might fracture under Poilievre. #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre
CPC MP Matt Jeneroux has resigned as an MP. #cdnpoli #budget2025
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
CPC MP Matt Jeneroux has resigned as an MP. #cdnpoli #budget2025