Amber BK
@aklarabk.bsky.social
Primary Care Doc. Activist. Researcher focused on improving the lives of people with serious mental illness. 📚🤓💪 Avid knitter, reader, gardener, and home chef.
#showmeyourknits Bright colors! Finished in time to gift for Christmas!
December 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
#showmeyourknits Bright colors! Finished in time to gift for Christmas!
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Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt
Busy finishing up gifts. Most recently completed this lovely cowl - Rivulet by Louise Zass-Bangham in super bulky Malabrigo Rios. Not sure the color way, lost the tag. 🧶
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Busy finishing up gifts. Most recently completed this lovely cowl - Rivulet by Louise Zass-Bangham in super bulky Malabrigo Rios. Not sure the color way, lost the tag. 🧶
#showmeyourknits finished this Xmas knit for a work friend. Red, white and green Plymouth Encore worsted weight yarn in chevron stitch. She was pleased!
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#showmeyourknits finished this Xmas knit for a work friend. Red, white and green Plymouth Encore worsted weight yarn in chevron stitch. She was pleased!
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Great day to lazily do chores around the house and knit while listening to a silly holiday romance ❤️🧶🎄
Hopefully will finish this Christmas scarf in chevron stitch for a friend in Plymouth Encore worsted weight.
Hopefully will finish this Christmas scarf in chevron stitch for a friend in Plymouth Encore worsted weight.
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Great day to lazily do chores around the house and knit while listening to a silly holiday romance ❤️🧶🎄
Hopefully will finish this Christmas scarf in chevron stitch for a friend in Plymouth Encore worsted weight.
Hopefully will finish this Christmas scarf in chevron stitch for a friend in Plymouth Encore worsted weight.
#showmeyourknits
Yarn: Daydream by Indie Dyer Evergreen Yarn Studio (one of my favorites 😻)
Pattern: Mara by Audrey Borrego
Will be gifted to my niece for Xmas. 🧶
Yarn: Daydream by Indie Dyer Evergreen Yarn Studio (one of my favorites 😻)
Pattern: Mara by Audrey Borrego
Will be gifted to my niece for Xmas. 🧶
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#showmeyourknits
Yarn: Daydream by Indie Dyer Evergreen Yarn Studio (one of my favorites 😻)
Pattern: Mara by Audrey Borrego
Will be gifted to my niece for Xmas. 🧶
Yarn: Daydream by Indie Dyer Evergreen Yarn Studio (one of my favorites 😻)
Pattern: Mara by Audrey Borrego
Will be gifted to my niece for Xmas. 🧶
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November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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“As long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
Developing Indigenous-Centered Healing, Health, and Wellness Frameworks to Strengthen Indigenous Health Systems, Decolonize Public Health, and Achieve Health Equity | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 5
Over the past 20 years, national and global health initiatives have increasingly used resources, implemented tools, and proposed policies to change the social determinants of health contributing to he...
ajph.aphapublications.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“As long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1978
This paper on bringing Indigenous perspectives and practices into SDOH frameworks for greater health equity is a good read.
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In response to the changes, Dr. Frank Han, a pediatrician and cardiologist and scientific advisor to @accountabilityji.bsky.social, told me “The CDC has fully turned into the antivaccine personal mouthpiece of RFK Jr and can no longer be trusted.“
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In response to the changes, Dr. Frank Han, a pediatrician and cardiologist and scientific advisor to @accountabilityji.bsky.social, told me “The CDC has fully turned into the antivaccine personal mouthpiece of RFK Jr and can no longer be trusted.“
#showmeyourknits 🧶
Two active wips on my needles.
Two active wips on my needles.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
#showmeyourknits 🧶
Two active wips on my needles.
Two active wips on my needles.
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correct.
Caving now means they literally did it for nothing and caused harm to people for nothing. Just absolute failure on every level.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
correct.
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6/6
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
6/6
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
We see you, Admiral Levine.
We remember your name.
And we remember what it meant -- what it still means -- to see someone like you reflected in the halls of power. 🌈
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Today is the inspiration. Tomorrow is the fight.
October 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Today is the inspiration. Tomorrow is the fight.
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Help your friends stay digitally safe today
activistchecklist.org/flyer/
#NoKings
#NoKingsDay
#WeWillPrevail
#DemocracyRocks
activistchecklist.org/flyer/
#NoKings
#NoKingsDay
#WeWillPrevail
#DemocracyRocks
Flyer (Printable) | Digital Security Checklists for Activists
We keep us safe. ...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Help your friends stay digitally safe today
activistchecklist.org/flyer/
#NoKings
#NoKingsDay
#WeWillPrevail
#DemocracyRocks
activistchecklist.org/flyer/
#NoKings
#NoKingsDay
#WeWillPrevail
#DemocracyRocks
Peaceful start to my day. 🧶🫖☕️
October 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Peaceful start to my day. 🧶🫖☕️
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Assata Shakur
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Assata Shakur
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I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
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Chicagoans: Attend this virtual Rapid Response training on Wed 10/14 at 4pm to learn how to help protect our neighbors during this occupation. zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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October 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Chicagoans: Attend this virtual Rapid Response training on Wed 10/14 at 4pm to learn how to help protect our neighbors during this occupation. zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#showmeyourknits #wipwednesday
Making progress on my first sock.
Westknits Simple Socks in Adriafil sock yarn #153 🧶😁
Making progress on my first sock.
Westknits Simple Socks in Adriafil sock yarn #153 🧶😁
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
#showmeyourknits #wipwednesday
Making progress on my first sock.
Westknits Simple Socks in Adriafil sock yarn #153 🧶😁
Making progress on my first sock.
Westknits Simple Socks in Adriafil sock yarn #153 🧶😁
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9/ Want the in-depth answers to these questions?
Click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/routine-va...
Plus, gain access to a PDF version of the top 14 FAQs on routine vaccinations by upgrading to a paid newsletter subscriber!
Love,
The YLE Team & @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
Click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/routine-va...
Plus, gain access to a PDF version of the top 14 FAQs on routine vaccinations by upgrading to a paid newsletter subscriber!
Love,
The YLE Team & @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
Routine vaccinations, sanitation, and a look back at history
Sanitation vs. vaccine impact, requirements, universal recommendations, Hep B and more
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
9/ Want the in-depth answers to these questions?
Click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/routine-va...
Plus, gain access to a PDF version of the top 14 FAQs on routine vaccinations by upgrading to a paid newsletter subscriber!
Love,
The YLE Team & @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
Click here 👉 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/routine-va...
Plus, gain access to a PDF version of the top 14 FAQs on routine vaccinations by upgrading to a paid newsletter subscriber!
Love,
The YLE Team & @kmpanthagani.bsky.social
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Mississippi’s infant mortality rate just hit a 10-year high — nearly double the national average.
Now, thanks to the shutdown, funding for Medicaid + nutrition programs is on the chopping block.
Babies’ lives are at stake. #ProtectMedicaid #HealthJustice #Shutdown2025
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Now, thanks to the shutdown, funding for Medicaid + nutrition programs is on the chopping block.
Babies’ lives are at stake. #ProtectMedicaid #HealthJustice #Shutdown2025
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts
Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.
www.npr.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Mississippi’s infant mortality rate just hit a 10-year high — nearly double the national average.
Now, thanks to the shutdown, funding for Medicaid + nutrition programs is on the chopping block.
Babies’ lives are at stake. #ProtectMedicaid #HealthJustice #Shutdown2025
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Now, thanks to the shutdown, funding for Medicaid + nutrition programs is on the chopping block.
Babies’ lives are at stake. #ProtectMedicaid #HealthJustice #Shutdown2025
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
#showmeyourknits Knitting multicolored rainbow yarn into socks with my ancient cat snuggled up close after a very long exhausting day brings me joy. 🧶🧶🧘
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
#showmeyourknits Knitting multicolored rainbow yarn into socks with my ancient cat snuggled up close after a very long exhausting day brings me joy. 🧶🧶🧘
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New at FFP: Omaha’s car-centered layout makes traversing the city on foot difficult and sometimes dangerous. Members of a group called Strong Towns want to change that — one intersection at a time. 🔗 buff.ly/ZOS5JIw
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New at FFP: Omaha’s car-centered layout makes traversing the city on foot difficult and sometimes dangerous. Members of a group called Strong Towns want to change that — one intersection at a time. 🔗 buff.ly/ZOS5JIw