Lauren
@renkate.bsky.social
Creating a safer, healthier, better world for my kids & yours through medicine, advocacy, policy, & parenting. Pediatric hospitalist, writer, mama, & human.
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Lauren
@renkate.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Someone Should Do Something | Substack
Creating a safer, healthier, better world for my kids & yours through medicine, advocacy, policy, & parenting. Pediatrician, writer, mama, & human.
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I turn 40 this month and I am SO JAZZED. Here are 40 things I know.
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I turn 40 this month and I am SO JAZZED. Here are 40 things I know.
A mother always knows when something is wrong with her child— and also with the world.
The best thing a pediatrician can do is trust her.
The best thing any of us can do is trust her.
The best thing a pediatrician can do is trust her.
The best thing any of us can do is trust her.
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A mother always knows when something is wrong with her child— and also with the world.
The best thing a pediatrician can do is trust her.
The best thing any of us can do is trust her.
The best thing a pediatrician can do is trust her.
The best thing any of us can do is trust her.
My home security camera system saves videos for 30 days.
It’s been 31 days since I had to say goodbye to the very best cat.
The last grainy video of her is officially gone 😥
It’s been 31 days since I had to say goodbye to the very best cat.
The last grainy video of her is officially gone 😥
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My home security camera system saves videos for 30 days.
It’s been 31 days since I had to say goodbye to the very best cat.
The last grainy video of her is officially gone 😥
It’s been 31 days since I had to say goodbye to the very best cat.
The last grainy video of her is officially gone 😥
How and where we spend our money is incredibly powerful—and political.
Here is my Gift Guide with an Agenda - A shopping list that makes the world better.
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Here is my Gift Guide with an Agenda - A shopping list that makes the world better.
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Gift Guide with an Agenda
A shopping list that makes the world better.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
How and where we spend our money is incredibly powerful—and political.
Here is my Gift Guide with an Agenda - A shopping list that makes the world better.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Here is my Gift Guide with an Agenda - A shopping list that makes the world better.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Five things that give me hope:
1. Solutions journalism
2. Robin
3. Restricting maps ruling
4. Small wins in November
5. Scabies
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1. Solutions journalism
2. Robin
3. Restricting maps ruling
4. Small wins in November
5. Scabies
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We will figure it out. We always do
Five things that give me hope right now.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Five things that give me hope:
1. Solutions journalism
2. Robin
3. Restricting maps ruling
4. Small wins in November
5. Scabies
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1. Solutions journalism
2. Robin
3. Restricting maps ruling
4. Small wins in November
5. Scabies
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Sometimes the things we are already doing are exactly the things that need to be done.
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Do Something: small actions, big impact.
Sometimes the same thing we have always done, is enough
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sometimes the things we are already doing are exactly the things that need to be done.
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Sometimes the things we are already doing are exactly the things that need to be done.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Do Something: small actions, big impact.
Sometimes the same thing we have always done, is enough
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sometimes the things we are already doing are exactly the things that need to be done.
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Lauren Gambill, MD, MPA (@someoneshoulddosomething)
Grief is love looking for a place to land ❤️
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November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My favorite kind of festival
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My favorite kind of festival
Lauren Gambill, MD, MPA (@someoneshoulddosomething)
Grief is love looking for a place to land ❤️
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November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Five things that give me hope this month.
1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
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1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
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We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope right now.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Five things that give me hope this month.
1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
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1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Five things that give me hope this month.
1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope right now.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Five things that give me hope this month.
1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland
Read more here:
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
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Seasons of Democracy
The sun has shifted, and so must we.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Seasons of Democracy
The sun has shifted, and so must we.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I’m trying something new!
Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
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Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
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Do Something: Small actions, big impact.
I’m Trying Something New
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October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m trying something new!
Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
I’m trying something new!
Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Do Something: Small actions, big impact.
I’m Trying Something New
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m trying something new!
Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
Small actions, big impact.
Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”
open.substack.com/pub/laurenga...
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Sometimes activists use megaphones… but sometimes they make bracelets.
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sometimes activists use megaphones… but sometimes they make bracelets.
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We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sometimes activists use megaphones… but sometimes they make bracelets.
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sometimes activists use megaphones… but sometimes they make bracelets.
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We can’t stay silent
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We can’t stay silent
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
We can’t stay silent
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We can’t stay silent
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
attempting not to rock the boat
when the ship is sinking.
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School shootings are optional.
But we have to work together to end them.
One step you can take today
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But we have to work together to end them.
One step you can take today
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School shootings are optional
But preventing them is a choice we all must make.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
School shootings are optional.
But we have to work together to end them.
One step you can take today
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But we have to work together to end them.
One step you can take today
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