Mary Orpen she/her/hers
@morpen14.bsky.social
Looking for the light and energy while raising dragon slayers!
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We need those who claim to be “left” to stop punching down on the disabled, covid cautious and immune compromised.
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We need those who claim to be “left” to stop punching down on the disabled, covid cautious and immune compromised.
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
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Overnight ER closures coming to B.C. hospital due to staffing challenge
From Dec. 29 to Jan. 6, Mission Memorial Hospital will be closed between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From Dec. 29 to Jan. 6, Mission Memorial Hospital will be closed between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Overnight ER closures coming to B.C. hospital — for the 7th time this year — due to staffing challenge | CBC News
Mission Memorial Hospital in B.C.'s Fraser Valley is closing its emergency department during overnight hours from from Dec. 29 to Jan. 6 due to staffing challenges.
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Overnight ER closures coming to B.C. hospital due to staffing challenge
From Dec. 29 to Jan. 6, Mission Memorial Hospital will be closed between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From Dec. 29 to Jan. 6, Mission Memorial Hospital will be closed between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The flu continues to wreak havoc across the northern hemisphere. In Canada, we've had at least two dozen deaths so far, including among small children, over a handful of days. Here are some things you need to know:
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December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The flu continues to wreak havoc across the northern hemisphere. In Canada, we've had at least two dozen deaths so far, including among small children, over a handful of days. Here are some things you need to know:
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Well worth the brief watch…shared indoor air is an accessibility barrier in learning environments!! ⤵️
Here's a recording of my 10-minute presentation about addressing shared indoor air as an accessibility barrier in our learning environments.
Feel free to share!
youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8
Feel free to share!
youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Well worth the brief watch…shared indoor air is an accessibility barrier in learning environments!! ⤵️
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🧵Most people have a very poor understanding of source control.
Want to help them gain a better grasp of it? Go to work or school or a hospital or any other place you have to be that doesn't have universal masking in place.
Then take a shit on the floor. (1/10)
Want to help them gain a better grasp of it? Go to work or school or a hospital or any other place you have to be that doesn't have universal masking in place.
Then take a shit on the floor. (1/10)
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🧵Most people have a very poor understanding of source control.
Want to help them gain a better grasp of it? Go to work or school or a hospital or any other place you have to be that doesn't have universal masking in place.
Then take a shit on the floor. (1/10)
Want to help them gain a better grasp of it? Go to work or school or a hospital or any other place you have to be that doesn't have universal masking in place.
Then take a shit on the floor. (1/10)
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.
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Every Canadian woman should be screaming at the top of their lungs about this but because it is Alberta and Albertan women don’t apparently care, no one is hearing about it.
According to provincial documents, if someone wants to challenge an athlete’s gender, they can do so.
Alberta’s new policy is forcing girls—cis and trans—out of school sports | Xtra Magazine
Gender forms mandated by Bill 29 are forcing families into tough decisions around whether to put their daughters in sports
xtramagazine.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Every Canadian woman should be screaming at the top of their lungs about this but because it is Alberta and Albertan women don’t apparently care, no one is hearing about it.
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You actually don’t have to hand it to Donald Trump. You don’t have to give him credit for anything. He’s a horrible human being who has never known a day of suffering in his life. Nor does he care an ounce about the suffering of anybody else. Hope that helps.
October 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You actually don’t have to hand it to Donald Trump. You don’t have to give him credit for anything. He’s a horrible human being who has never known a day of suffering in his life. Nor does he care an ounce about the suffering of anybody else. Hope that helps.
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67% increase in cervical cancer, 131% in vaginal cancer, 98% in vulvar cancer, 92% in anal cancer, and 78% in oropharyngeal cancer. Similar trends were observed for carcinoma in situ…
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
67% increase in cervical cancer, 131% in vaginal cancer, 98% in vulvar cancer, 92% in anal cancer, and 78% in oropharyngeal cancer. Similar trends were observed for carcinoma in situ…
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Honor Greta, Palestinians, and the global movement for liberation by deciding today not to hang out or celebrate any of the upcoming holidays with authoritarians who do not care about the survival of the planet or of our species.
“I urge everyone to join the global uprising for justice, freedom, and equality. And to apply real pressure on our governments and institutions to fulfill their legal obligations to ensure human rights for everyone. We have truth, morale, international law, justice, love, history, solidarity with...
October 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Honor Greta, Palestinians, and the global movement for liberation by deciding today not to hang out or celebrate any of the upcoming holidays with authoritarians who do not care about the survival of the planet or of our species.
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Children are being zip tied and dragged from their homes.
Children are being zip tied and dragged from their homes.
This cannot be allowed to continue.
No one should be treated this way, but allowing it to happen to children must be the final straw.
Keep resisting Chicago, we're with you.
Children are being zip tied and dragged from their homes.
This cannot be allowed to continue.
No one should be treated this way, but allowing it to happen to children must be the final straw.
Keep resisting Chicago, we're with you.
October 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Children are being zip tied and dragged from their homes.
Children are being zip tied and dragged from their homes.
This cannot be allowed to continue.
No one should be treated this way, but allowing it to happen to children must be the final straw.
Keep resisting Chicago, we're with you.
Children are being zip tied and dragged from their homes.
This cannot be allowed to continue.
No one should be treated this way, but allowing it to happen to children must be the final straw.
Keep resisting Chicago, we're with you.
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⚠️ A growing number of US adults report cognitive disability, with a doubling of reported cognitive impairment in young adults aged 18-39.
(The study doesn’t mention COVID, but one hopes that the impact of COVID infection will be a focus of future research.)
news.yale.edu/2025/09/24/g...
(The study doesn’t mention COVID, but one hopes that the impact of COVID infection will be a focus of future research.)
news.yale.edu/2025/09/24/g...
September 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
⚠️ A growing number of US adults report cognitive disability, with a doubling of reported cognitive impairment in young adults aged 18-39.
(The study doesn’t mention COVID, but one hopes that the impact of COVID infection will be a focus of future research.)
news.yale.edu/2025/09/24/g...
(The study doesn’t mention COVID, but one hopes that the impact of COVID infection will be a focus of future research.)
news.yale.edu/2025/09/24/g...
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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Masking up and advocating for clean air at #UNGA w/ Violet Affleck and @myrabatchelder.bsky.social!
September 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Masking up and advocating for clean air at #UNGA w/ Violet Affleck and @myrabatchelder.bsky.social!
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“I think I can say there’s certain groups of people who take no vaccines and no pills who have no autism. Does that tell you something?”
Trump at his “big autism announcement”
This is the Wellness movement on steroids.
They’re going to blame & shame people for their disabilities.
Eugenics.
Trump at his “big autism announcement”
This is the Wellness movement on steroids.
They’re going to blame & shame people for their disabilities.
Eugenics.
September 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“I think I can say there’s certain groups of people who take no vaccines and no pills who have no autism. Does that tell you something?”
Trump at his “big autism announcement”
This is the Wellness movement on steroids.
They’re going to blame & shame people for their disabilities.
Eugenics.
Trump at his “big autism announcement”
This is the Wellness movement on steroids.
They’re going to blame & shame people for their disabilities.
Eugenics.
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To counter Trump’s statement about Tylenol and pregnancy, this from Canada ⬇️
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association
Ontario Pharmacists Association VP Jen Belcher responds to the Trump administration's claim linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
To counter Trump’s statement about Tylenol and pregnancy, this from Canada ⬇️
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
Pregnant women ‘should not feel guilty’ about using Tylenol: Ontario Pharmacists Association - there is no link to autism #Canada
Trump is an idiot!!
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...
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The real way to help children with autism and neurodivergence is to FUND SCHOOLS. Fund the welfare state. Create opportunities for parents to have an education and well paying jobs. More EAs in school, more doctors.
Our society is anti-child, and this is why so many children are in burnout.
Our society is anti-child, and this is why so many children are in burnout.
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The real way to help children with autism and neurodivergence is to FUND SCHOOLS. Fund the welfare state. Create opportunities for parents to have an education and well paying jobs. More EAs in school, more doctors.
Our society is anti-child, and this is why so many children are in burnout.
Our society is anti-child, and this is why so many children are in burnout.
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There’s an obscene amount of time, energy and resources going into the Charlie Kirk memorial and the broader attempt to turn him into a martyr.
If even a fraction of those resources were devoted towards tackling gun violence and school shootings, we might actually save lives.
If even a fraction of those resources were devoted towards tackling gun violence and school shootings, we might actually save lives.
September 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
There’s an obscene amount of time, energy and resources going into the Charlie Kirk memorial and the broader attempt to turn him into a martyr.
If even a fraction of those resources were devoted towards tackling gun violence and school shootings, we might actually save lives.
If even a fraction of those resources were devoted towards tackling gun violence and school shootings, we might actually save lives.
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I called on the 🇨🇦 govt to guarantee, no-cost access to COVID-19 vaccines, including for every child under 12.
Under the Canada Health Act, every Canadian deserves equal access to care no matter where they live, or how badly their provincial gov’t ignores science, health guidelines & their citizens.
Under the Canada Health Act, every Canadian deserves equal access to care no matter where they live, or how badly their provincial gov’t ignores science, health guidelines & their citizens.
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I called on the 🇨🇦 govt to guarantee, no-cost access to COVID-19 vaccines, including for every child under 12.
Under the Canada Health Act, every Canadian deserves equal access to care no matter where they live, or how badly their provincial gov’t ignores science, health guidelines & their citizens.
Under the Canada Health Act, every Canadian deserves equal access to care no matter where they live, or how badly their provincial gov’t ignores science, health guidelines & their citizens.
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Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
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If we truly cared about children, we would
- ensure they had easy access to lifesaving vaccines
- enact policies to control guns
- protect them in conflicts and wars
- tackle climate change which jeopardizes their future
Adults are failing on all the above
- ensure they had easy access to lifesaving vaccines
- enact policies to control guns
- protect them in conflicts and wars
- tackle climate change which jeopardizes their future
Adults are failing on all the above
September 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If we truly cared about children, we would
- ensure they had easy access to lifesaving vaccines
- enact policies to control guns
- protect them in conflicts and wars
- tackle climate change which jeopardizes their future
Adults are failing on all the above
- ensure they had easy access to lifesaving vaccines
- enact policies to control guns
- protect them in conflicts and wars
- tackle climate change which jeopardizes their future
Adults are failing on all the above
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Let's address one of the most common clapbacks I get from anti-vaxxers: "If you want a jab, just get one. What does that have to do with me?"
Let's begin. And let's use measles as an example....
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Let's begin. And let's use measles as an example....
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September 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let's address one of the most common clapbacks I get from anti-vaxxers: "If you want a jab, just get one. What does that have to do with me?"
Let's begin. And let's use measles as an example....
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Let's begin. And let's use measles as an example....
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