Bridie (EBK)

@emergencybk.bsky.social

Justice, equity, science, peace, LGBTQIA+ ally, dog servant, #Auspol She/her. 
Always was, always will be. On unceded Taungurung Land, Northern Victoria

I’m home, doggos supervising coffee making & nature reserve while catching morning rays☕️☀️ Thanks for kind messages, support+ all appreciated🫂 More rest, recoup. & treatment needed, happy some new options avail. Likely more (scheduled) hospital stays, but renewed hope too…1/2

2 small brown and white dogs sitting on the back top edge of couch to catch morning sunshine rays

Hi lovelies, still in medical care, dogs well looked after, brain's ~30% online (from ~5%) so improving. I shared below elsewhere last week, wanted to share here too, dawned on me similar discussions occurred here. On a month off social media, won't reply to comments, sorry. Love, hugs & thanks B💜

Thread by Bridie (EBK) @EmergencyBK • Jul 5

Been advised to stay off social media, however want to clarify & say a few things.

First, To Jo of Planet Earth,
In addition to my multiple apologies on Monday, again I'm deeply sorry for the harm & trauma you've experienced & continue to, from repulsive, unwanted DM... 1/|

...Also, I'm sorry for my public comments on Mon., worsening the situation & upsetting you further.
I condemn the explicit & vile DM's you received from lan.

I inserted myself where I shouldn't have.
I was wrong.

You were also verbally told my thoughts from..2/

...a person who, 1. Thought I was having private phone call with & 2.
Tone/info. you received was incomplete & inaccurate.

Now also claims to be 'only person knew my address, call 000 & save me' - also misconstrued & incomplete, I appreciate hers & many others.. 3/
... efforts to help me, eternally grateful.

Jo, I wish you a healthy, safe & happy present & future.
With kindness & regret,
Bridie

Monday night -admitted to hospital due severe symptoms of illnesses. Not due anyone on SM.
I was in ICU for a few days as needed & now in... 4/
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Bridie (EBK) @EmergencyBK • Jul 5
... care of another medical unit.
Weds night - I posted from hospital to let ppl know I was ok. 100's of replies, DM's, texts & missed calls, worried for me, wanted to ally fears.
Friday -told by friend a GoFundMe set up for me, was never asked/informed about it by creator...5/

... did not want it, never looked at it.
I posted, demanding it be shut down. Thanks for kindness to anyone who donated, I hope all will be refunded. I've no access to or control over account.

lan, who created the GFM has since posted, lying about why GFM...6/... was shut down 'due ppl trolling me' - this is false.

He's been v. kind & supportive of me in the past, this does not negate recent actions & lies, am ceasing all ties.

To those of you who care, are supportive, concerned, kind, reached out, helped save my life & more....7/

...massive thank-you, appreciative more than words can express.

Also seen ppl stating that because I have mental illnesses/disabilities I shouldn't be on social media, this is a repugnant, ableist take on me & 1 milli+ Australian's with Ml's who are already stigmatised due...8/

... to condition/s & have much to contribute.
There's times when symptomatic I shouldn't be on SM, I've got better last few years at removing myself during these times. This week I failed.
Taking ~month off from all social media.
Best wishes & kindness,
Bridie xx
... 9/

10/ Final Note: I tried on Monday and Saturday this week to reach out privately to Jo to chat/talk and failed.
The fault for this lies completely with me, no-one else.
I didn't want to do this publicly, but wanted it said and clarified, now

I posted elsewhere on Monday I was very unwell, was Ambulance’d to ICU/hospital late that night unconscious, woke up last night, still in ICU being cared for. Sorry for posting/worrying ppl- deeply sorry. Thanks for all who reached out, sent help & kind words. Won’t be posting for a while Take care💜

Today’s my Dad’s 78th b’day but he didn’t get to live 1/2 these years, killed by a drunk driver in his early 30’s, leaving 4 children under 10. I was 7 & remember mum’s blood curdling screams when police came to the door. I still miss him, happy bday Dad💜 Don’t Drink & Drive.

Image of 5 yr old girl holding a fairy tale book, her father beside her, bent over talking to and holding her gently

Settled in for the night, watching Dune (movie 2021), read the book ~30 yrs ago. Dogs gave me serious side eye for taking this pic of them for you🤭 such divas 🤣 Hope you've had lovely weekend and have an even better week ahead 💜👊

2 small brown and white dogs lying on a bed, heads slightly raise, looking dubiously at camera

Moved to a regional town a few months ago, downsized to a unit from acreage. Last week, 5 balaclava'd ppl, armed with knives, tried to break into mine & a number of neighbours homes -we're all ok💜 Security cameras now installed & I've 2 vicious guard dogs, so watch the fuck out!

2 x small brown and white dogs lying on the lap of a person with a green rug covering their legs, not vicious at all. Sarcasm.

I love when you pause a streaming service, in an attempt to read something on the screen (i.e. a text, note etc) and it takes you straight to an add. PS I don't, it's fucked and annoys the shit out of me. PPS Att: 'Splainers, hold your horses, I know how to fix it.

I cant figure it out. Is he paying Iran?. Or is the money going to his going to pay his corporate buddys to do overpriced repairs that he caused…betting his mates are making a shitload..😡. Gee, they wouldn’t do summin unethical , would they ??????? 👿👿👿👿👿

Did Trump really pay Iran $300 billion to stop the war he started with them? Art of the Deal🤭 What a pathetic, nihilistic, genocidal, failure he is. US, seriously sort your shit out, your deficiencies are fucking the rest of the world, as well as yourselves.

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To National Press Club of Australia, Instead of an AFP investigation into a banner, a more suited endeavour would be an internal investigation into Australian's loss of trust in your org. If we believed your club members would ask appropriate questions of speakers would this have occurred? #Auspol

Leaving you for the night lovely people, going back to watching Game of Thrones, saw ii originally when released over 9 year period, 2011 - 2019. Trying to watch it in a time frame that my failing memory can recall all story lines and arcs... Wish me luck 👊⚔️

Shout out to NBNco for making Australia's internet speeds so shitfull, that when streaming a tv show & I tap 'Fast forward by 10secs', it takes ~8secs to load to the new position. Fucking coalition POS. Note: I refuse to pay for neo-nazi, megalomaniac alternative.

Very small story in grand scheme of things but my schadenfreude is delighted by it. Trump's spent $14 mill to make the reflecting pool 'blue' - been green with algae since 1922. Claimed 'victory' last week. This week it's green and the algae blooms🤣 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Algae thwart Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’

Green algae have proliferated amid warm weather after Lincoln Memorial pool renovation turning water green

theguardian.com

It's great Pauline Hanson admits calling women politicians 'witches' (i.e. Gillard, Allan etc) is misogynistic & wrong... Oh no, sorry, only says it's bad if it happened to her, ~decade ago, in an article, nobody can locate, she falsely attributes to a dead person. Got it. #NPC

When adverts are beyond annoying they’re added to my List ‘Never Buy From Them’ I won’t name any as this gives free advertising/reach, but there’s a number at the moment and those businesses can FRO, for ever.

Not at all current take, I'm rewatching Game of Thrones... Still think, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark or Daenerys Targaryen (had she not been killed) all would be better suited & skilled than Bran Stark to be new regent, head of the 7 kingdoms & to sit upon the Iron Throne. I'll die on this hill #GoT

Is there anyone left at the ABC with any brains? FFS what tripe. An 18yo looking to by his first home - an investment property, no less. And he's a "small model train business owner".

Screenshot of ABC bullshit article showing the photo of an 18yo

"Interest rates and tax shake-up see buyer demand weaken in property market"Joshua Goodfellow has been searching for two months for his first home, which he will use as an investment property. 

But a trio of interest rate hikes, Labor's tax reforms and global economic and geopolitical uncertainty has forced the 18-year-old to press pause on house hunting. Mr Goodfellow, a small model train business owner from New South Wales, plans to stay out of the market for at least three months to let the economic climate settle.