Kat
@kathryngibb.bsky.social
(she/her) based in Oakland, CA. Epidemiologist with an interest in worker health and climate change. MPH from Mailman, views my own
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Waymo’s robotaxis keep blocking bike lanes.
It’s emblematic of a bigger problem. When passenger convenience and public safety conflict, robotaxi companies will favor the former.
🧵 about my guest essay in @driverlessdigest.bsky.social
It’s emblematic of a bigger problem. When passenger convenience and public safety conflict, robotaxi companies will favor the former.
🧵 about my guest essay in @driverlessdigest.bsky.social
Why Are Waymos Still Blocking Bike Lanes?
Waymo's robotaxis are marketed as dramatically safer than human drivers. But persistent bike lane incursions reveal an uncomfortable tradeoff: when safety and convenience collide, which one wins?
www.thedriverlessdigest.com
July 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Waymo’s robotaxis keep blocking bike lanes.
It’s emblematic of a bigger problem. When passenger convenience and public safety conflict, robotaxi companies will favor the former.
🧵 about my guest essay in @driverlessdigest.bsky.social
It’s emblematic of a bigger problem. When passenger convenience and public safety conflict, robotaxi companies will favor the former.
🧵 about my guest essay in @driverlessdigest.bsky.social
Reading the news about Cesar Chavez is deeply disappointing. Grateful for the women who spoke up and shared their truth. Women’s leadership has always been at the heart of movements for justice. It’s time to rename Cesar Chavez Day to Dolores Huerta Day.
March 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Reading the news about Cesar Chavez is deeply disappointing. Grateful for the women who spoke up and shared their truth. Women’s leadership has always been at the heart of movements for justice. It’s time to rename Cesar Chavez Day to Dolores Huerta Day.
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Every single time a new outlet feels compelled to interview an unremarkable billionaire they should pause and ask themselves if there isn't an under-represented artist, scientist, activist, engineer, or academic actually doing useful/interesting things that's more deserving of your readership's time
March 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Every single time a new outlet feels compelled to interview an unremarkable billionaire they should pause and ask themselves if there isn't an under-represented artist, scientist, activist, engineer, or academic actually doing useful/interesting things that's more deserving of your readership's time
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So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
March 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
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A traffic violence story doesn't get more American than this.
A man whose wife was killed crossing the street advocated for a signal and was later killed at the same intersection himself.
Neighbors have been asking for a traffic signal there for 40(!) years.
A man whose wife was killed crossing the street advocated for a signal and was later killed at the same intersection himself.
Neighbors have been asking for a traffic signal there for 40(!) years.
it's really understated how horrific car killings are
Colorado man advocating for traffic light dies in crash at same intersection where wife was killed
A man who spent two years pushing for a traffic light at the Cherry Hills–Greenwood Village intersection where his wife was killed in 2024 died Monday in a two‑vehicle crash at the same location.
www.denver7.com
March 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A traffic violence story doesn't get more American than this.
A man whose wife was killed crossing the street advocated for a signal and was later killed at the same intersection himself.
Neighbors have been asking for a traffic signal there for 40(!) years.
A man whose wife was killed crossing the street advocated for a signal and was later killed at the same intersection himself.
Neighbors have been asking for a traffic signal there for 40(!) years.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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When will it be enough for you, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? When will you be moved? You should be standing in the streets of Minneapolis. You should be shouting from the rooftops. What a pathetic pair of cowards.
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
When will it be enough for you, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? When will you be moved? You should be standing in the streets of Minneapolis. You should be shouting from the rooftops. What a pathetic pair of cowards.
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I am doing my best to respond to this without a string of expletives. But let's be very clear. What just happened in Minnesota was cold blooded murder of a civilian by out of control federal agents, aided and abetted by the entire Trump administration and their fascist enablers.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I am doing my best to respond to this without a string of expletives. But let's be very clear. What just happened in Minnesota was cold blooded murder of a civilian by out of control federal agents, aided and abetted by the entire Trump administration and their fascist enablers.
hey @nytimes.com learn how to write a fucking headline. An ICE agent murdered an innocent woman in Minneapolis and Kristi Noem lied to make sure no one is held accountable. This aren’t two-sides to this story.
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
hey @nytimes.com learn how to write a fucking headline. An ICE agent murdered an innocent woman in Minneapolis and Kristi Noem lied to make sure no one is held accountable. This aren’t two-sides to this story.
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Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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Congestion pricing is working: it's not only lowering traffic and generating valuable funds for transit, but as a recent study out of Cornell shows, it's reduced air pollution by a whopping 22% in the zone, with significant improvements also seen across the city (8%) & region.
tinyurl.com/rb6xk3h7
tinyurl.com/rb6xk3h7
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Congestion pricing is working: it's not only lowering traffic and generating valuable funds for transit, but as a recent study out of Cornell shows, it's reduced air pollution by a whopping 22% in the zone, with significant improvements also seen across the city (8%) & region.
tinyurl.com/rb6xk3h7
tinyurl.com/rb6xk3h7
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The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened. Patients with scarred lungs worry about what's next.
Near old Montana mine, special clinic for asbestos-related illness fights to survive
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened. Patients with scarred lungs worry about what's next.
n.pr
July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened. Patients with scarred lungs worry about what's next.
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The #ICE #budget will be bigger than FBI, Bureau of Prisons, DEA & others COMBINED. $150 BILLION over 4 years. Bigger than most countries’ militaries. Let that sink in.
The police state just got its backing with money that could have been used to build healthy and safe communities for everyone.
The police state just got its backing with money that could have been used to build healthy and safe communities for everyone.
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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In one fell swoop, they destroyed access to health care, shut down hospitals, upended clean energy, massively expanded their secret police force & took food away from kids.
All to cut taxes for the rich & corporations.
It’s one of the biggest betrayals of Americans in the history of our country.
All to cut taxes for the rich & corporations.
It’s one of the biggest betrayals of Americans in the history of our country.
July 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In one fell swoop, they destroyed access to health care, shut down hospitals, upended clean energy, massively expanded their secret police force & took food away from kids.
All to cut taxes for the rich & corporations.
It’s one of the biggest betrayals of Americans in the history of our country.
All to cut taxes for the rich & corporations.
It’s one of the biggest betrayals of Americans in the history of our country.
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Workers across the country are dying horribly from heat stroke as #OSHA continues hearing over issuing a strong heat standard
These deaths could have been prevented with a strong OSHA heat standard. Will the Trump administration continue to let workers die?
1/3
www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...
These deaths could have been prevented with a strong OSHA heat standard. Will the Trump administration continue to let workers die?
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www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...
Dallas postal worker collapses, dies while on the job
A Dallas letter carrier collapsed and died while on the job over the weekend. The tragedy has many local postal workers remembering the 2023 heat-related death of Eugene Gates.
www.fox4news.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Workers across the country are dying horribly from heat stroke as #OSHA continues hearing over issuing a strong heat standard
These deaths could have been prevented with a strong OSHA heat standard. Will the Trump administration continue to let workers die?
1/3
www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...
These deaths could have been prevented with a strong OSHA heat standard. Will the Trump administration continue to let workers die?
1/3
www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...
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Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.
Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate
Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
www.motherjones.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.
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"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
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It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
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America was built BY WORKERS who paid with their health and lives.
By enslaved people stripped of all human rights, women in wartime factories, miners in company towns, and immigrants seeking better lives.
Not by billionaires. Not by kings.
We aren't going back.
#saveNIOSH #altGov #NoKings
By enslaved people stripped of all human rights, women in wartime factories, miners in company towns, and immigrants seeking better lives.
Not by billionaires. Not by kings.
We aren't going back.
#saveNIOSH #altGov #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
America was built BY WORKERS who paid with their health and lives.
By enslaved people stripped of all human rights, women in wartime factories, miners in company towns, and immigrants seeking better lives.
Not by billionaires. Not by kings.
We aren't going back.
#saveNIOSH #altGov #NoKings
By enslaved people stripped of all human rights, women in wartime factories, miners in company towns, and immigrants seeking better lives.
Not by billionaires. Not by kings.
We aren't going back.
#saveNIOSH #altGov #NoKings
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This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
