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Kara Kane
@karakane.bsky.social
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Unapologetically pragmatic, aggressively cheerful public health PIO. Empathetic human. No book bans. Let's build resilient, loving communities free of hateful acts & words. #publichealth starter pack https://go.bsky.app/JefPybC
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I switched to Fable to track my reading. I'll have to hustle, but my 100 book goal for 2025 is within reach.

If my list of books I'd like to read wasn't 1500+, I'd love to take more recommendations.
Chart showing progress toward 100 book reading goal for 2025. 61/100 in August. Pie chart showing average rating of books read in 2025.
August 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Closeup of lilac bouquet next to a blue ceramic coffee cup
May 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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This...oh this is real.
Screenshot of unqualified doctor
May 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This sucks flag Not usually a sign guy but WTF Empathy is not a sin Equality is not a threat
April 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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These are not my signs but they are my sentiments.
The Constitution is not a suggestion Congress do your job defend democracy You wanted cheap eggs but got measles instead Republicans stand up and fight for us
April 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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HHS killed the Let's Get Real vaccine promotion campaign within the last week.

Are we great, yet?

www.hhs.gov/letsgetreal/

@defendpublichealth.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info
Colorful graphic background with smiling young girl with long brown hair showing a bare upper arm with a purple bandaid.
April 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Buffalo.
Handwritten sign, empathy matters Handwritten sign this is not normal Handwritten sign democracy demands due process Handwritten sign so much wrong so little cardboard
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Infographic showing that New York State received $3.59 billion dollars in National institutes of Health awards funding, which supports 29,298 jobs and $7.97 billion in economic activity.
February 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Iykyk
Animated gif from Doctor Who, Turn Left, Donna's grandfather Wilfred saying the stars are going out.
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Every paragraph of @bindingchaos.bsky.social by @heathermarsh.bsky.social is remarkable. This one stands out. "We do not have human dignity in a system where our basic needs treated not as a right but as a privilege which we must earn...and which a higher parental authority can remove from us."
Screen capture from Binding Chaos book by Heather Marsh: "We do not have human dignity when we are not treated as responsible, intelligent participating members of society...We do not have human dignity in a system where our basic needs treated not as a right but as a privilege which we must earn and be grateful for and which a higher parental authority can remove from us.
January 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Starting my reading year with Calling Bullshit, the Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by @carlbergstrom.com & @jevinwest.bsky.social, & Health Communism as a "carry with me to read" book by @reallandsend.bsky.social & @avierkant.bsky.social.
January 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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36 books for 2024. On to 50 in 2025!
Smart Brevity had the most practical use for me.
All memoirs/autobiographies I read were great - first among equals was Legacy by @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social.
Best historical book: Churchill Girls.
Support libraries. Read banned books. Engage with authors.
Screenshot from Goodreads showing my 2024 Year in books, with 11,429 pages read and 36 books read. Screenshot from the Goodreads app showing nine book covers Screenshot from the Goodreads app showing nine book covers
January 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Coffee mug with vibrant colors with the phrase "out of patience for deeply disappointing men in unmerited positions of authority"
December 28, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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Considering the source for this (clipped from an email message), these words ring so hollow. IYKYK
December 27, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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📚 Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg was a little bit too pop-psychy for my tastes, but it outlined how to improve interpersonal communication with tried and true listening techniques - packaged in a logical way with plenty of solid anecdotal asides.
Cover of Supercommunicators book by Charles Duhigg.
December 20, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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Excited to close out my free reading this year with these two books from @buffalolibrary.bsky.social and Libby.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social
Screenshot from the Lobby library app showing two book covers, one for Call them by their names by Rebecca Solnit and the other of Nothing is true and everything is possible by Peter Pomerantsev.
December 19, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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So pleased to find bluesky's custom feeds feature, with feeds like Mutuals (account relationship-based) and dozens more topic-based feeds. Some even allow you to contribute with a specific hashtag. #bluesky
Screenshot from Bluesky's Feeds tab where users can add custom feeds for easy access to a defined type of bluesky account based on relationship or topic
December 8, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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There has to be another way of describing Pantone's color of 2025 than "Capturing a Global Mood of Connection, Comfort, and Harmony." On which planet is that mood happening?
December 7, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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I felt this all year.
Spotify Wrapped graphic with text June was your Indie Sleeze Synthesizer Electrodash moment
December 7, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Lots of other ways to get Narcan to keep as first aid, too. ⬇️
December 25, 2023 at 5:18 PM