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Day job: Therapist in L.A. Sometimes United Nations & Red Cross Disaster Responder. Learning to play guitar with my daughter. Transplant recipient ❤️ Recovered academic @DrKristie at the other place. Seems I have 5 raccoons. Happy to be here.
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Best view in Los Angeles. 💦 🌧️

I’m hoping this is the place that stays the place ❤️

Today, I’m focusing on my neighborhood and what I can do here. Currently deployed locally with the Red Cross while tracking erratic air quality and awaiting next round of wind. #lafires

Breaking news: Largest of L.A. fires is creeping closer to the 405 freeway, triggering a new wave of alarm as flames spread. Follow our live coverage here:

If you’re not the adult-coloring book type, you can catch a similar zen by contributing to mapping projects that help responders on the ground. @openstreetmap.bsky.social

PSA: United Healthcare’s Optum buys Change Healthcare for $13B, now a massive data breach exposing our most sensitive info. We're racing to put Al in healthcare but can't secure patient data? +7 month delay in notification .

What happens when you accidentally label your own post with a caution? I can’t figure out how to remove it @bsky.app 😆

Patients often don’t know what care they’re entitled to under state law. One survey found 86% of people with insurance don’t know which government agency to call for help. Knowing how to navigate the system can make all the difference.

Wait, what is with the 15% off “Black Friday deals”?

When everything is cleaned up 🧹.

Anyone else fake tree fluffing for the holidays today?

It would be interesting to see the data on those of us that are still “officially” there but disengaged. Average time spent now vs Pre-X. Not quite Zombie accounts, but nearly. It may be a bigger problem for X than outright departures.

Do authors really write whole books together that aren’t textbooks?

I may have made a mistake replying to a couple of unhinged posts at the old place-trying to “do my part” for balance but I’m not sure it’s actual humans behind the interaction? Like auto-reply attacks. Even boring factual, non inflammatory statements.