Public health professional, communications nerd, and nature enthusiast. Health equity, wildlife, fungi, anti-authoritarianism, berries, lichen, slime molds, pikas, anti-racism, and fighting climate collapse. Also, kittens.https://bsky.app/profile/debsgardner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/debsgardner.bsky.social/post/3mehfdyzcnk2aThanks to the @wsdot.wa.gov employee who helped me out when I had an emergency with an overheated engine on Saturday on I-5 and had to pull over. He helped me get safely off the road to a weigh station to call a tow. Turns out a poor bird had gotten into a coolant hose somehow and died there.09 Feb 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:4c466ff6bjgez6xerzphpww3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehfdyzcnk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/debsgardner.bsky.social/post/3mdxywj2vo22lIt’s not fair that Icelandic gets letters like ð and þ AND has amazing words like this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:4c466ff6bjgez6xerzphpww3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxywj2vo22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/debsgardner.bsky.social/post/3mdvbndmec22oHappy Marmot Day! Maybe someday the Washington State Legislature will make the switch from Groundhog Day official, like Alaska did. #marmotday #marmot02 Feb 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:4c466ff6bjgez6xerzphpww3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvbndmec22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/debsgardner.bsky.social/post/3mde2cadnic23Great op-ed by a member of our Washington State Maternal Mortality Review Panel. #mmrc https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jan/23/dr-leizl-sapico-state-must-put-data-plans-into-act/26 Jan 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:4c466ff6bjgez6xerzphpww3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mde2cadnic23https://bsky.app/profile/debsgardner.bsky.social/post/3md72wd63ac2gICU nurse and researcher asking a woman if she was ok. Murdered by ICE. So utterly sickening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:4c466ff6bjgez6xerzphpww3/app.bsky.feed.post/3md72wd63ac2g