There was also a large protest presence outside UVillage and in Greenwood. Seattle showed out today to
01.02.2026 01:34 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@dr-katon.bsky.social
Health systems researcher, reproductive justice advocate, PNW born and raised, ambitious gardener, prankster
There was also a large protest presence outside UVillage and in Greenwood. Seattle showed out today to
01.02.2026 01:34 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was fortunate enough to be in Akiβs classroom as a first grader. That this is happening at any school is an outrage, that itβs happening at a school named in her honor π€¬π€¬π€¬
20.01.2026 22:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Two years post-academic exit Iβm starting to see in new ways just how much the system rewards defaulting into unhealthy and dysfunctional work culture and poor leadership.
01.07.2025 13:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Recently I started experiencing what I was 90% sure were symptoms of early perimenopause. Yet my primary care doc kept insisting it couldnβt be. I finally pushed her to consult gyn. Gyn confirmed what I already suspected and had been saying repeatedly: perimenopause. It shouldnβt be thus hard!
01.07.2025 13:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Image: Faux-newspaper front page with headline βBREAKING NEWS: Workers Unite to Expose Political Interference, Censorship, and Rollbacks at Environmental Protection Agency.β Below, smoke billows from a power plant as a photo of EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin appears beside a tilted EPA sign. Subhead reads: βOne bad day at the EPA β Zeldin gets a wake-up call.β
π¨ BREAKING NEWS π¨
At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.
Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldinβs leadership.
Someoneβs week is off to a bad start. (1/5)
Random baking and garden pictures for timeline cleanse and joy
15.06.2025 19:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent presentation on pre-pregnancy health of #womenveterans by Dr Deirdre Quinn. Impact of pain and metabolic conditions on severe maternal morbidity. #ARM25
10.06.2025 14:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Presenting at this mornings #ARM25 poster session on racial disparities in ED use and hospital admissions for uterine fibroids. Black Veterans have more ED visits and hospital admissions for complications of fibroids than white Veterans suggesting inequities in care and treatment of fibroids
08.06.2025 12:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Today I submitted my grant proposal focused on VA gynecology care. Thereβs a feeling of absurd in doing this under the present circumstances. Trying to believe that #PersistenceIsResistance.
05.06.2025 20:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Writing grants in the middle of this chaos is really, really hard. #grateful for my VA colleagues who are in this with me and the opportunity to get out on the water to find moments of calm and joy.
02.05.2025 23:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0As an immunocompromised person I find this so π€¬ I depend on vaccines to stay healthy
02.05.2025 00:16 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0βTheyβre just gone,β said one astonished Amazon employee looking at the blank space they used to be at the companyβs Denny Triangle headquarters.
βI donβt even see a trace of themβitβs as if they were lopped right off or never even existed in the first place.β
Testing first post here. Dipping my toe back into social media. Some of the melon starts Iβve got growing in my garage green house (black watermelon, tiger striped melon, tub Ari king melon
01.05.2025 04:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0