Doctor Gnome
@doctorgnome.bsky.social
Indigenization. Post-secondary.
Gitxaała | Git Lax M’oon | Irish/English. Academic, gymrat, knitter, SUPer, Kawasaki z400.
Beagle mama. Auntie-on-call.
Former feral female. Tattooed mama.
She/Her 🏳️⚧️Safe with me🏳️🌈
Opinions are my own. Be Kind.
🐶⛰️🏕️🛶 🏍️ 💍
Gitxaała | Git Lax M’oon | Irish/English. Academic, gymrat, knitter, SUPer, Kawasaki z400.
Beagle mama. Auntie-on-call.
Former feral female. Tattooed mama.
She/Her 🏳️⚧️Safe with me🏳️🌈
Opinions are my own. Be Kind.
🐶⛰️🏕️🛶 🏍️ 💍
If you see someone on the street, not doing well… stop and offer something if you feel safe.
As a kid, my Gramma fell downtown in our small city, Prince Rupert. Broke her wrist and looked disoriented.
No one stopped to help her. I found her, bloody, broken wrists.
It takes 2 minutes.
As a kid, my Gramma fell downtown in our small city, Prince Rupert. Broke her wrist and looked disoriented.
No one stopped to help her. I found her, bloody, broken wrists.
It takes 2 minutes.
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If you see someone on the street, not doing well… stop and offer something if you feel safe.
As a kid, my Gramma fell downtown in our small city, Prince Rupert. Broke her wrist and looked disoriented.
No one stopped to help her. I found her, bloody, broken wrists.
It takes 2 minutes.
As a kid, my Gramma fell downtown in our small city, Prince Rupert. Broke her wrist and looked disoriented.
No one stopped to help her. I found her, bloody, broken wrists.
It takes 2 minutes.
My favourite thing about growing up Indigenous is automatically seeing the beauty or opportunity in something or an event. It’s a message… a teaching, whether we like it or not, we take meaning from it and let it guide us. Everything has a purpose, a reason, and a lesson.
With a side of humour 🪶
With a side of humour 🪶
September 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My favourite thing about growing up Indigenous is automatically seeing the beauty or opportunity in something or an event. It’s a message… a teaching, whether we like it or not, we take meaning from it and let it guide us. Everything has a purpose, a reason, and a lesson.
With a side of humour 🪶
With a side of humour 🪶
I have a Saturday routine. Reading, tea, errands, gym, and occasionally a donair to treat myself.
I order the same donair and the same person always finishes my order with “cucumbers and pineapple as usual <insert my name>?”
Creature of habit to the end.
I order the same donair and the same person always finishes my order with “cucumbers and pineapple as usual <insert my name>?”
Creature of habit to the end.
August 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I have a Saturday routine. Reading, tea, errands, gym, and occasionally a donair to treat myself.
I order the same donair and the same person always finishes my order with “cucumbers and pineapple as usual <insert my name>?”
Creature of habit to the end.
I order the same donair and the same person always finishes my order with “cucumbers and pineapple as usual <insert my name>?”
Creature of habit to the end.
Camping with my kids this week. Had a beautiful yellow dragonfly find a peaceful spot on my hand next to my daisy ring.
Little girl at the beach:
“Mama! Look at the pretty lady with tattoos and her pet dragon-fwii”
😭
That was my Disney princess moment 👑
Little girl at the beach:
“Mama! Look at the pretty lady with tattoos and her pet dragon-fwii”
😭
That was my Disney princess moment 👑
August 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Camping with my kids this week. Had a beautiful yellow dragonfly find a peaceful spot on my hand next to my daisy ring.
Little girl at the beach:
“Mama! Look at the pretty lady with tattoos and her pet dragon-fwii”
😭
That was my Disney princess moment 👑
Little girl at the beach:
“Mama! Look at the pretty lady with tattoos and her pet dragon-fwii”
😭
That was my Disney princess moment 👑
I’m surprising someone by making a ribbon skirt. Practicing to help my team with Ribbon skirt workshops in the fall as well.
Every time I hear the sewing machine, I think of my Dad. His upholstery shop was my summer camp as a kid.
I miss him 💜
Every time I hear the sewing machine, I think of my Dad. His upholstery shop was my summer camp as a kid.
I miss him 💜
July 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m surprising someone by making a ribbon skirt. Practicing to help my team with Ribbon skirt workshops in the fall as well.
Every time I hear the sewing machine, I think of my Dad. His upholstery shop was my summer camp as a kid.
I miss him 💜
Every time I hear the sewing machine, I think of my Dad. His upholstery shop was my summer camp as a kid.
I miss him 💜
Nothing is more powerful than an Indigenous woman who has remained grounded through a ten year long storm of loss, messy change, and starting over.
Always remember you are the children you ancestors prayed for. The reason they stood tall. You are the living memory of their lives 🪶
Always remember you are the children you ancestors prayed for. The reason they stood tall. You are the living memory of their lives 🪶
July 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nothing is more powerful than an Indigenous woman who has remained grounded through a ten year long storm of loss, messy change, and starting over.
Always remember you are the children you ancestors prayed for. The reason they stood tall. You are the living memory of their lives 🪶
Always remember you are the children you ancestors prayed for. The reason they stood tall. You are the living memory of their lives 🪶
Think of how amazed your ancestors are at where you are now. Guaranteed, we are the wishes and hopes they held on to so dearly.
You are the result of their love and dedication. You are the culmination of their dreams 🌙
You are the result of their love and dedication. You are the culmination of their dreams 🌙
July 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Think of how amazed your ancestors are at where you are now. Guaranteed, we are the wishes and hopes they held on to so dearly.
You are the result of their love and dedication. You are the culmination of their dreams 🌙
You are the result of their love and dedication. You are the culmination of their dreams 🌙
Back from a week of adventures with my kids. At 8 and 11… they’re still my babies and also co-pilots. We’ve been on our own for 6yrs.
Seek out new things, take risks, phone down, savour the moments.
I can’t wait to see what they do on their own knowing that each summer we took off on adventures.
Seek out new things, take risks, phone down, savour the moments.
I can’t wait to see what they do on their own knowing that each summer we took off on adventures.
July 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Back from a week of adventures with my kids. At 8 and 11… they’re still my babies and also co-pilots. We’ve been on our own for 6yrs.
Seek out new things, take risks, phone down, savour the moments.
I can’t wait to see what they do on their own knowing that each summer we took off on adventures.
Seek out new things, take risks, phone down, savour the moments.
I can’t wait to see what they do on their own knowing that each summer we took off on adventures.
5yrs ago I bought a dress on sale in winter. It fit but just a tad snug on top. Hit some road bumps in my health, gained weight, lost it again recently while building some epic muscle.
Now the dress doesn’t fit on the bottom and it’s the first physical evidence I have of too many legs days 🤦🏽♀️ 🏋️♀️
Now the dress doesn’t fit on the bottom and it’s the first physical evidence I have of too many legs days 🤦🏽♀️ 🏋️♀️
July 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
5yrs ago I bought a dress on sale in winter. It fit but just a tad snug on top. Hit some road bumps in my health, gained weight, lost it again recently while building some epic muscle.
Now the dress doesn’t fit on the bottom and it’s the first physical evidence I have of too many legs days 🤦🏽♀️ 🏋️♀️
Now the dress doesn’t fit on the bottom and it’s the first physical evidence I have of too many legs days 🤦🏽♀️ 🏋️♀️
If I had a loonie for every person who’s asked me to help them figure out their spirit animal, I’d have enough to be covered in tattoos.
If you are curious, bring me a loonie and a tea and we’ll talk. No guarantees you will walk away with a spirit animal but at least one of us gets something 🪶
If you are curious, bring me a loonie and a tea and we’ll talk. No guarantees you will walk away with a spirit animal but at least one of us gets something 🪶
July 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If I had a loonie for every person who’s asked me to help them figure out their spirit animal, I’d have enough to be covered in tattoos.
If you are curious, bring me a loonie and a tea and we’ll talk. No guarantees you will walk away with a spirit animal but at least one of us gets something 🪶
If you are curious, bring me a loonie and a tea and we’ll talk. No guarantees you will walk away with a spirit animal but at least one of us gets something 🪶
Two cute pups, that hated being touched 18months ago, to pause your doom scroll.
Love is all you need 🩷
Love is all you need 🩷
July 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Two cute pups, that hated being touched 18months ago, to pause your doom scroll.
Love is all you need 🩷
Love is all you need 🩷
My kids were talking about Pride and an experience they had with homophobia came up.
8yo: Phobia means you’re afraid of something. Like, I don’t like spiders so I have a phobia maybe.
11yo: But why is homophobia a word?
8yo: It’s okay to be afraid but I don’t like that word, that’s just hate.
8yo: Phobia means you’re afraid of something. Like, I don’t like spiders so I have a phobia maybe.
11yo: But why is homophobia a word?
8yo: It’s okay to be afraid but I don’t like that word, that’s just hate.
July 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
My kids were talking about Pride and an experience they had with homophobia came up.
8yo: Phobia means you’re afraid of something. Like, I don’t like spiders so I have a phobia maybe.
11yo: But why is homophobia a word?
8yo: It’s okay to be afraid but I don’t like that word, that’s just hate.
8yo: Phobia means you’re afraid of something. Like, I don’t like spiders so I have a phobia maybe.
11yo: But why is homophobia a word?
8yo: It’s okay to be afraid but I don’t like that word, that’s just hate.
Did a thing today and filled up the last remaining large space of my heal and grow 90s sticker book sleeve 🩷
Im calling the elbow banger an anti-phoenix peony as a reminder that we need the darkness to really appreciate the light 🌺
Im calling the elbow banger an anti-phoenix peony as a reminder that we need the darkness to really appreciate the light 🌺
June 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Did a thing today and filled up the last remaining large space of my heal and grow 90s sticker book sleeve 🩷
Im calling the elbow banger an anti-phoenix peony as a reminder that we need the darkness to really appreciate the light 🌺
Im calling the elbow banger an anti-phoenix peony as a reminder that we need the darkness to really appreciate the light 🌺
Reposted by Doctor Gnome
Na’kuset is well-known in Montreal for her contributions to Indigenous people experiencing homelessness.
Due to her work, she was nominated for the King Charles III Coronation Medal – but she is declining the award.
Due to her work, she was nominated for the King Charles III Coronation Medal – but she is declining the award.
Na’kuset declines King Charles III Coronation Medal | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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June 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Na’kuset is well-known in Montreal for her contributions to Indigenous people experiencing homelessness.
Due to her work, she was nominated for the King Charles III Coronation Medal – but she is declining the award.
Due to her work, she was nominated for the King Charles III Coronation Medal – but she is declining the award.
Reposted by Doctor Gnome
In Vancouver, APTN's Tina House caught up with an entrepreneur who created a business that's giving back to the community in a big way.
Entrepreneur creates business that’s giving back to the Indigenous community | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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June 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In Vancouver, APTN's Tina House caught up with an entrepreneur who created a business that's giving back to the community in a big way.
Give this example of gross injustice 10 minutes of your time to read and learn about. Think about the life lost, never to be regained, and for what reason?
Racism. Colonialism. Power. Privilege.
Racism. Colonialism. Power. Privilege.
A Saulteaux woman waiting to hear if her 1994 murder conviction in Saskatchewan was a miscarriage of justice is now fighting a $100 fine for allegedly breaching her bail.
Sister again fighting Sask. court
Saulteaux woman waiting to hear if 1994 murder conviction a miscarriage of justice now fighting $100 fine for allegedly breaching bail.
www.aptnnews.ca
June 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Give this example of gross injustice 10 minutes of your time to read and learn about. Think about the life lost, never to be regained, and for what reason?
Racism. Colonialism. Power. Privilege.
Racism. Colonialism. Power. Privilege.
Happy Indigenous People’s day.
It was a good day to be Indigenous on the water with my paddle!
Wishing you all peace, community, and love on this first day of summer. Gather stories, be with your loved ones, and make some rad memories 🪶
It was a good day to be Indigenous on the water with my paddle!
Wishing you all peace, community, and love on this first day of summer. Gather stories, be with your loved ones, and make some rad memories 🪶
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy Indigenous People’s day.
It was a good day to be Indigenous on the water with my paddle!
Wishing you all peace, community, and love on this first day of summer. Gather stories, be with your loved ones, and make some rad memories 🪶
It was a good day to be Indigenous on the water with my paddle!
Wishing you all peace, community, and love on this first day of summer. Gather stories, be with your loved ones, and make some rad memories 🪶
Teenagers egged the cars on my street last night, including mine and up inside my grill.
Then someone hit my truck while I was at the skatepark with my kids and took off.
Well played, Tuesday…
Then someone hit my truck while I was at the skatepark with my kids and took off.
Well played, Tuesday…
June 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Teenagers egged the cars on my street last night, including mine and up inside my grill.
Then someone hit my truck while I was at the skatepark with my kids and took off.
Well played, Tuesday…
Then someone hit my truck while I was at the skatepark with my kids and took off.
Well played, Tuesday…
Lighting a smudge for a friend and her family today. Lighting it for the wars raging, for the hatred spewing around the world.
A smudge for peace and light… to let our hearts rest. A smudge for empathy, compassion, humanity 🙏 🪶
A smudge for peace and light… to let our hearts rest. A smudge for empathy, compassion, humanity 🙏 🪶
June 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Lighting a smudge for a friend and her family today. Lighting it for the wars raging, for the hatred spewing around the world.
A smudge for peace and light… to let our hearts rest. A smudge for empathy, compassion, humanity 🙏 🪶
A smudge for peace and light… to let our hearts rest. A smudge for empathy, compassion, humanity 🙏 🪶
Let it be known that May 30th was the day my ex-husband apologized for the first time in history. Also the day he decided to believe we’ve been divorced for 4yrs.
Miracles do happen 💫
Miracles do happen 💫
June 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Let it be known that May 30th was the day my ex-husband apologized for the first time in history. Also the day he decided to believe we’ve been divorced for 4yrs.
Miracles do happen 💫
Miracles do happen 💫
I’ve had a weighted vest for three days. Walked 15km so far.
10km in which I wore the silly thing upside down. Plenty of signs it was upside down including the brand name, buckles not fitting right, d-rings to hang things at the bottom sitting on my shoulders.
To think, I earned a PhD 🤔
10km in which I wore the silly thing upside down. Plenty of signs it was upside down including the brand name, buckles not fitting right, d-rings to hang things at the bottom sitting on my shoulders.
To think, I earned a PhD 🤔
May 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’ve had a weighted vest for three days. Walked 15km so far.
10km in which I wore the silly thing upside down. Plenty of signs it was upside down including the brand name, buckles not fitting right, d-rings to hang things at the bottom sitting on my shoulders.
To think, I earned a PhD 🤔
10km in which I wore the silly thing upside down. Plenty of signs it was upside down including the brand name, buckles not fitting right, d-rings to hang things at the bottom sitting on my shoulders.
To think, I earned a PhD 🤔
Convocation season. Celebrate your accomplishments, let your loved ones hold you up. Through good times, bad times, challenging times… you made it through a system that wasn’t built for all to succeed in 🙏
You are the result of the dreams of your ancestors… you are the seeds they planted 🌱
You are the result of the dreams of your ancestors… you are the seeds they planted 🌱
May 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Convocation season. Celebrate your accomplishments, let your loved ones hold you up. Through good times, bad times, challenging times… you made it through a system that wasn’t built for all to succeed in 🙏
You are the result of the dreams of your ancestors… you are the seeds they planted 🌱
You are the result of the dreams of your ancestors… you are the seeds they planted 🌱
Reposted by Doctor Gnome
“As a surgeon I cannot treat a genocide, as doctors we cannot stop a famine so we demand that the Canadian government take meaningful action to enact a ceasefire, enforce a complete two way arms embargo…”
May 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“As a surgeon I cannot treat a genocide, as doctors we cannot stop a famine so we demand that the Canadian government take meaningful action to enact a ceasefire, enforce a complete two way arms embargo…”
The most annoying experience is helping your partner learn to ride a motorcycle and they immediately want a street bike with a displacement reserved for being an organ donor in the first year of riding.
Please send help - patience, chocolate, and anything that calms male insecurity over 250cc bikes
Please send help - patience, chocolate, and anything that calms male insecurity over 250cc bikes
May 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The most annoying experience is helping your partner learn to ride a motorcycle and they immediately want a street bike with a displacement reserved for being an organ donor in the first year of riding.
Please send help - patience, chocolate, and anything that calms male insecurity over 250cc bikes
Please send help - patience, chocolate, and anything that calms male insecurity over 250cc bikes