Kayla Crabtree🌿
@kaylacrabtree.bsky.social
📚 Social Work Student | SSW
🦀Raising kind & curious kids with my partner
📍#HamOnt
🪴Co-founder of @sopenhamilton
🦀Raising kind & curious kids with my partner
📍#HamOnt
🪴Co-founder of @sopenhamilton
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Here's my quick advice on refuting garbage today:
July 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here's my quick advice on refuting garbage today:
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this is a good article by @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social but I want to add more context:
the safest place to use unregulated drugs is at a safe consumption site.
the next safest place is in public view.
the least safest is indoors alone.
furthermore, “problematic” to whom? and YIKES
the safest place to use unregulated drugs is at a safe consumption site.
the next safest place is in public view.
the least safest is indoors alone.
furthermore, “problematic” to whom? and YIKES
July 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
this is a good article by @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social but I want to add more context:
the safest place to use unregulated drugs is at a safe consumption site.
the next safest place is in public view.
the least safest is indoors alone.
furthermore, “problematic” to whom? and YIKES
the safest place to use unregulated drugs is at a safe consumption site.
the next safest place is in public view.
the least safest is indoors alone.
furthermore, “problematic” to whom? and YIKES
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Damn! I’m so sorry @matthewgreen.bsky.social. The NDP ran a far better campaign & ground game in Hamilton Centre over any other party, yet the two ghost candidates who don’t even live in Hamilton overwhelming received more votes. Neither of whom even bothered to show up for the Cable 14 debate. /1
April 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Damn! I’m so sorry @matthewgreen.bsky.social. The NDP ran a far better campaign & ground game in Hamilton Centre over any other party, yet the two ghost candidates who don’t even live in Hamilton overwhelming received more votes. Neither of whom even bothered to show up for the Cable 14 debate. /1
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There is nothing wrong with being woke.
Republicans/Conservatives have co-opted the word and made it into something “bad”…
If we care about racism, misogyny, hate toward LGBTQ, we’re “woke” which is somehow a negative. Vote wisely 🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Republicans/Conservatives have co-opted the word and made it into something “bad”…
If we care about racism, misogyny, hate toward LGBTQ, we’re “woke” which is somehow a negative. Vote wisely 🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Pierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that means
Pierre Poilievre is vowing to eliminate “woke ideology” from the public service, federal funding for university research and military culture.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
There is nothing wrong with being woke.
Republicans/Conservatives have co-opted the word and made it into something “bad”…
If we care about racism, misogyny, hate toward LGBTQ, we’re “woke” which is somehow a negative. Vote wisely 🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Republicans/Conservatives have co-opted the word and made it into something “bad”…
If we care about racism, misogyny, hate toward LGBTQ, we’re “woke” which is somehow a negative. Vote wisely 🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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This will be today’s thread for live-updates from the courthouse in the Charter Challenge to the Ontario law that will force many safe consumption sites in the province to close by the end of this month.
#SaveOurSites #CTSontario #CTSsavesLives #CTScourtchallenge #SaveCTS #Ontario #ONpoli
#SaveOurSites #CTSontario #CTSsavesLives #CTScourtchallenge #SaveCTS #Ontario #ONpoli
March 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This will be today’s thread for live-updates from the courthouse in the Charter Challenge to the Ontario law that will force many safe consumption sites in the province to close by the end of this month.
#SaveOurSites #CTSontario #CTSsavesLives #CTScourtchallenge #SaveCTS #Ontario #ONpoli
#SaveOurSites #CTSontario #CTSsavesLives #CTScourtchallenge #SaveCTS #Ontario #ONpoli
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Marcie McIlveen hated health care after negative experiences in treatment programs. Now, she’s spearheading a pilot at St. Joe’s in #HamOnt where people who’ve experienced addiction offer peer support to patients.
Peer supporters at Hamilton hospital help people in substance use program with what they need for comfort | CBC News
Marcie McIlveen hated health care after negative experiences in treatment programs. Now, she’s spearheading a pilot at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton where people who’ve experienced addiction...
buff.ly
March 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Marcie McIlveen hated health care after negative experiences in treatment programs. Now, she’s spearheading a pilot at St. Joe’s in #HamOnt where people who’ve experienced addiction offer peer support to patients.
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Court Support Continues: Tuesday, and Wednesday! Update: the Courthouse was over capacity today. Thank you to everyone that showed up for Hamilton’s unhoused folks. The Judge instructed the court to find a bigger room for tomorrow. Let’s let the system know that no room is big enough.
December 16, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Court Support Continues: Tuesday, and Wednesday! Update: the Courthouse was over capacity today. Thank you to everyone that showed up for Hamilton’s unhoused folks. The Judge instructed the court to find a bigger room for tomorrow. Let’s let the system know that no room is big enough.
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Years ago I quit my job at the Sally to write an affidavit in support of encampment residents exposing the harms the shelter system causes to people use drugs, people who have disabilities and people with mental illness. Please show up 💕
Urgent Court Support: On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Encampment Residents are taking Hamilton to court to defend their Charter Rights. Come out to support your neighbours!
Room info may change, but on the Daily Court List: 10 AM in Courtroom 702,
45 Main St E, Hamilton
Room info may change, but on the Daily Court List: 10 AM in Courtroom 702,
45 Main St E, Hamilton
December 14, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Years ago I quit my job at the Sally to write an affidavit in support of encampment residents exposing the harms the shelter system causes to people use drugs, people who have disabilities and people with mental illness. Please show up 💕
My favourite way to spend a cold Tuesday night? Listening to the sounds of my oldest practicing reading with his dad! 📚💛
December 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM
My favourite way to spend a cold Tuesday night? Listening to the sounds of my oldest practicing reading with his dad! 📚💛
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On International Day for Persons with Disabilities, come join our team and share together tonight at 6 PM so we can challenge things at the intersection of Medical Racism and Ableism. Register here tinyurl.com/36pyfh2p or contact koubra@djno.ca and sabreina@djno.ca
December 3, 2024 at 6:20 PM
On International Day for Persons with Disabilities, come join our team and share together tonight at 6 PM so we can challenge things at the intersection of Medical Racism and Ableism. Register here tinyurl.com/36pyfh2p or contact koubra@djno.ca and sabreina@djno.ca
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On #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities, we recognize the unique challenges faced by women and gender-diverse individuals with disabilities.
We stand in solidarity with those advocating for accessible, inclusive spaces that respect both disability and gender.
We stand in solidarity with those advocating for accessible, inclusive spaces that respect both disability and gender.
December 3, 2024 at 8:04 PM
On #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities, we recognize the unique challenges faced by women and gender-diverse individuals with disabilities.
We stand in solidarity with those advocating for accessible, inclusive spaces that respect both disability and gender.
We stand in solidarity with those advocating for accessible, inclusive spaces that respect both disability and gender.
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I am the mother of three sons.
I would sell my soul to the devil to save each of them.
Especially if I recognized the devil.
I would sell my soul to the devil to save each of them.
Especially if I recognized the devil.
December 3, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I am the mother of three sons.
I would sell my soul to the devil to save each of them.
Especially if I recognized the devil.
I would sell my soul to the devil to save each of them.
Especially if I recognized the devil.
Officially deleted Twitter tonight and wow it felt nice! 🎉
November 28, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Officially deleted Twitter tonight and wow it felt nice! 🎉
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NDP Leader Marit Stiles: "They want to get out of here as fast as they can — they don't want to hear from the experts, they don't want to hear from the people who actually are on the front line, and they don't want to hear from the people who are most impacted."
Ontario proposes fast-tracking drug-consumption-site bill, skipping public hearings
TORONTO - The Ontario government is proposing to push through a bill that would close 10 supervised consumption sites without holding any public hearings, a move advocates and opposition critics
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
NDP Leader Marit Stiles: "They want to get out of here as fast as they can — they don't want to hear from the experts, they don't want to hear from the people who actually are on the front line, and they don't want to hear from the people who are most impacted."
@kingcrab2.bsky.social Hello King of my Crab Castle! 💖🦀
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
@kingcrab2.bsky.social Hello King of my Crab Castle! 💖🦀
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Recovery isn't found in the absence of drugs...
Recovery is found in the access to housing security, the healing of therapy, employment, connection, and the safety of a supportive community; it's found in a new life where it's easier not to use!
Recovery is found in the access to housing security, the healing of therapy, employment, connection, and the safety of a supportive community; it's found in a new life where it's easier not to use!
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Recovery isn't found in the absence of drugs...
Recovery is found in the access to housing security, the healing of therapy, employment, connection, and the safety of a supportive community; it's found in a new life where it's easier not to use!
Recovery is found in the access to housing security, the healing of therapy, employment, connection, and the safety of a supportive community; it's found in a new life where it's easier not to use!
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Ordinary tax-paying hard-working Hamiltonian families have a right to use our local parks without buildings owned by negligent multi-millionaire property speculators falling into them
Oh nevermind we only talk about marginalized folks that way #HamOnt
Oh nevermind we only talk about marginalized folks that way #HamOnt
November 19, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Ordinary tax-paying hard-working Hamiltonian families have a right to use our local parks without buildings owned by negligent multi-millionaire property speculators falling into them
Oh nevermind we only talk about marginalized folks that way #HamOnt
Oh nevermind we only talk about marginalized folks that way #HamOnt
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Two temporary overdose prevention sites run by independent doctors and supported by harm reduction organizations have opened this week just outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
Doctors Open Two Pop-up Overdose Prevention Sites at Island Hospitals | The Tyee
The solution to patients using illicit drugs in unsafe ways is to offer safer alternatives, advocates say.
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Two temporary overdose prevention sites run by independent doctors and supported by harm reduction organizations have opened this week just outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
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Sights & sounds from tonight’s Rally & March in #HamiltonON in support of #ErixonKabera who was shot and killed by Hamilton Police in his home on the weekend. Hundreds took to the streets in the rain demanding justice! ✊
#Justice4Erixon
#NoJusticeNoPeace
#Justice4Erixon
#NoJusticeNoPeace
November 15, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Sights & sounds from tonight’s Rally & March in #HamiltonON in support of #ErixonKabera who was shot and killed by Hamilton Police in his home on the weekend. Hundreds took to the streets in the rain demanding justice! ✊
#Justice4Erixon
#NoJusticeNoPeace
#Justice4Erixon
#NoJusticeNoPeace
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Hundreds of Hamiltonians gathered tonight to honour Erixon Kabera and to support his grieving family. The message was clear as we marched from City Hall to the central police station - we want answers and we want justice. Support if you can - gofund.me/94a0cfb5. ✊🏻 #HamOnt
November 15, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Hundreds of Hamiltonians gathered tonight to honour Erixon Kabera and to support his grieving family. The message was clear as we marched from City Hall to the central police station - we want answers and we want justice. Support if you can - gofund.me/94a0cfb5. ✊🏻 #HamOnt
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I loved Twitter in its heyday and this *gestures around wildly* this makes me so happy.
November 10, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I loved Twitter in its heyday and this *gestures around wildly* this makes me so happy.