Kathy Rainbird
kathyrainbird.bsky.social
Kathy Rainbird
@kathyrainbird.bsky.social
Digital health reformer. Passionate about systems thinking, technology to improve health care, & 😷clean air. LGBTQIA+ ally 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ She/her
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️‍⚧️

Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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New Correspondence - Wang et al - Pathogens don’t respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health

https://buff.ly/4hsVANG

#MedSky #IDSky #GastroSky #HepSky @pippa-matt.bsky.social
@suwang88.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.

But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
February 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I just sent an email to @RogerCookMLA @ReeceWhitby to stop the prescribed burning of old growth Tingle forest in Walpole-Nornalup National Park, and instead adopt and fund rapid suppression. Write one here using @waforests template actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-t…#DontTorchTheTingleses
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-t…
January 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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The 2024 Lancet Countdown report warns that climate change is posing "record-breaking threats" to people's health and could be the cause of over 3 million deaths annually by 2100. Today is Health Day at #COP29- the #climate crisis is a #health crisis, and our world leaders must address it as such.
Five ways that climate change threatens human health
Everyone working in health needs to prepare for and be equipped to respond to the health consequences of the climate crisis.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:56 AM
A much cuter and way less crazy little orange creature for you all

#puppy #doxie #dachshund #floofears
November 15, 2024 at 4:37 AM