@docbarb.bsky.social
Recently retired IM Hospitalist, w/ a strong interest in Infectious Disease, Public & Global Health. I love animals (esp dogs), science, hiking, music, guitars, & my husband. Voracious reader & progressive democrat. DMs from friends only, please.
Ukiyo celebrates Halloween every day. #HalloweenCat, #Vampirecat
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Ukiyo celebrates Halloween every day. #HalloweenCat, #Vampirecat
Costa Rican morning sky.
May 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Costa Rican morning sky.
Adorable!! Here’s our beautiful girl, Ukiyo. Black cats are the best! ♥️♥️♥️
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Adorable!! Here’s our beautiful girl, Ukiyo. Black cats are the best! ♥️♥️♥️
Ukiyo, our beautiful, still somewhat wild girl.
March 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ukiyo, our beautiful, still somewhat wild girl.
I’m excited to watch this beautiful movie. The main character reminds me of our girl, Ukiyo, who lived by her wits in rural Costa Rica before we adopted her.
March 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’m excited to watch this beautiful movie. The main character reminds me of our girl, Ukiyo, who lived by her wits in rural Costa Rica before we adopted her.
DOGE reminds me of “The Ministry of Plenty” in 1984. The only people who get “plenty” are Musk, Trump, & their billionaire cronies. The rest of us…..as far as DOGE is concerned, can starve.
February 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
DOGE reminds me of “The Ministry of Plenty” in 1984. The only people who get “plenty” are Musk, Trump, & their billionaire cronies. The rest of us…..as far as DOGE is concerned, can starve.
Ukiyo wants to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day.
February 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ukiyo wants to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day.
If you haven’t read Parable of the Sower, and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, I would recommend reading them both. The first book starts in July 2024. There is a politician who promises to “make America great again”. The books, written in the 1990s, are frighteningly prescient.
January 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If you haven’t read Parable of the Sower, and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, I would recommend reading them both. The first book starts in July 2024. There is a politician who promises to “make America great again”. The books, written in the 1990s, are frighteningly prescient.
Entering 2025 with trepidation.
January 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Entering 2025 with trepidation.
I agree. John and I are certainly entering this year with trepidation.
January 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I agree. John and I are certainly entering this year with trepidation.
Sunset last year on Jan 1, 2024.
January 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sunset last year on Jan 1, 2024.
If you normalize fascism, you are complicit. What would you have done in Germany in the late 1930s? I guess we’re about to find out. Please don’t normalize hate, and persecution.
December 17, 2024 at 11:57 AM
If you normalize fascism, you are complicit. What would you have done in Germany in the late 1930s? I guess we’re about to find out. Please don’t normalize hate, and persecution.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a historian, and scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders. I wish more people would have paid attention to her warnings before the election.
November 30, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a historian, and scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders. I wish more people would have paid attention to her warnings before the election.
That about sums it up.
November 23, 2024 at 11:31 PM
That about sums it up.