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Kate Hoerster

@katehoerster.bsky.social
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Day: PTSD treatment & recovery. Night: climate, transportation, & public health advocacy. 24 hours: a more just world for my kids & yours. She/her. Views my own.

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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#WeekWithoutDriving starts tomorrow! From Oct. 1–8, try walking, biking, rolling, or taking transit for a trip, a day, or the whole week. Give it a try and pay attention to what makes getting around easy and what gets in the way. Info: weekwithoutdriving.org
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Transit Trekker @transittrekker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To be continued in a bit but while I am here let me invite Pierce and King county folks to JOIN ME this Thursday, Oct. 1, for a transit trek trip audit as part of the #WeekWithoutDriving. Gorgeous hike w/ a big dash of advocacy. Lots of details here transittrekker.com/2026/08/03/w...
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Week Without Driving 2026: Transit Trek with King County Parks
Join me and King County Parks on a Transit Trek to one of my favorite places, Maury Island Natural Area, Marine Park, and Dockton Forest on Thursday, October 1. The outing takes place on the first …
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 27/09/2026
every day feels like humanity needs to collectively stop the world on its axis and ask just take a beat to ask ourselves wtf are we doing here
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Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Beautiful remembrance of our @streetsalliance.bsky.social colleague, KL Shannon. Rest in power.
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‘A great, immeasurable loss’: Seattle social justice organizer dies at 59
Organizer, activist and community leader KL Shannon left a long legacy of fighting for social and racial justice in the Seattle area, writes Naomi Ishisaka.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 22/09/2026
Every person deserves fresh, healthy food. That's why I'm proud to announce $1.7 million in security improvements and technical assistance for local grocery stores across our city.
Seattle launches plan to help urban groceries survive and thrive Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced a $1.7 million initiative this week that will provide expertise, funding, and technical support to help local stores expand and provide security
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
BREAKING: In Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's new proposed city budget being released Tuesday, there is no projected deficit through 2030. Given the state of the projected deficit over the past many years, this is quite an achievement.
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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Whose Streets? Our Streets! memorializes co-founder KL Shannon and urges action to honor her legacy on their homepage. Rest in power, KL. Read the memorial and learn more about WSOS ⬇️ www.our-streets.org
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Whose Streets? Our Streets!
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This was me today crossing multiple times without the light after the train got messed up and I was trying to suss out whether the 106 or a replacement train (which didn't let on passengers) would get me to Lynwood on time. MLK should be 1 car lane each direction.
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If Seattle business leaders really cared about public safety they wouldn’t lobby so hard against the progressive revenue measures that would fund services to get people off the streets and connect them with resources 👀 #seattle #affordability #seattlepolitics
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Last week an old friend died from alcohol-related causes. She was a brilliant researcher trying to reduce alcohol misuse, and even she fell victim. I'm so heartbroken. And I'm so enraged at the alcohol industry. This piece highlights the policy levers we must pull to save lives & reduce suffering.
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m so grateful to have worked with and learned from KL Shannon. KL’s death is a huge, heartbreaking loss. Let us all carry KL’s commitment, clarity, and wisdom forward to make our city and world a more fair and just and joyful place.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 10/09/2026
I am incredibly saddened by the news of KL
Shannon's passing. She led, powered, and grew some of the most important movements in Seattle. KL was a fierce champion for justice who spent her life fighting for a more just Seattle. Our city is better because KL lived, organized, fought, and loved here. KL showed up to demand police accountability, alternatives to incarceration, environmental justice, and immigrant rights. There was no fight that she felt was too hard when injustice was present.
May we honor her by carrying forward the work she carried for so long.
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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I hope that we'll see transportation advocacy orgs represented in this search committee. The top public safety concern for a number of years from Seattle residents is dangerous driving. A new police chief should be able to engage with that reality.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Court documents are stating that there were “at least 3 shooters” at a Seattle food festival over the weekend including a 15 year old. A 15 year old A 15 year old A 15 year old Responsible gun control now.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 22/07/2026
Excellent op-ed from @jessehagopian.bsky.social, a Seattle teacher and community leader, in support of @mayor.seattle.gov Katie Wilson's universal free school meals plan -- which some on the City Council are against
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Guest Rant: Seattle Can't Afford Not to Feed Every Child - The Stranger
Every August, before I thought about lesson plans, I went shopping for snacks. When I taught elementary school in a Washington, DC neighborhood shaped by generations of segregation and concentrated po...
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Well balanced article on MHT in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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I’ve heard menopause hormone therapy fixes everything. Should I take it?
Timely treatment provides relief for menopause symptoms, but expecting it to fix all of them is a set-up for disappointment
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Asher @asher755.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is great news! komonews.com/news/local/s...
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Seattle records first homicide-free June since 1970
For the first time in more than half a century, the city of Seattle went the entire month of June without a single homicide.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I'm working on an article about how Week Without Driving has been useful for disability organizations and advocates. If you've got a story to share, l'd like to talk!
drawing of week without driving nondrivers alliance logo with people walking on sidewalk, rolling, pushing stroller and biking,
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The narrative that Rainier Valley doesn’t want or need scooter and bike infrastructure is so clearly outdated. The status quo is not safe and it’s not meeting the needs of people using micromobility or anyone else who wants to or needs to be able to get places safely outside of a vehicle.
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Op-Ed: Yet Another Deadly Rainier Valley Crash Points to Need for Protected Bike Lanes
The tragic death of elementary school teacher Christian Salyer underscores that the City has neglected the safe bike network in South Seattle too long. It’s time to change that.
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Michael Smith @mesmith35673.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tens of thousands of people risk their lives everyday walking, biking, or driving on Rainier Ave and MLK Way. These streets are overbuilt and dangerous by design. On MLK Way alone, 20 people have been killed and 1,001 people have been injured since 2009.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
So why can't we have people in charge of transit that really truly believe in it? Read my deep dive on what to consider when rethinking transit governance -- and the one change we could make right now to get true transit champions.
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How Do We Get Transit Champions on Transit Boards?
Sound Transit's board is dominated by elected officials who don't use the system they oversee. But it doesn't have to be that way.
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In honor of Juneteenth, I’m donating a day’s wage to a couple of orgs focused on collective liberation, including Black Girls Do Bike and Collective Justice (linked below) www.blackgirlsdobike.org/donate
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BGDB DONATION | BLACK GIRLS DO BIKE
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Summer Stinson @summerstinson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
As a human and voter, I don’t care how many years you lived in seattle or what generation seattleite you are. I care about your values, vision, and compassion.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
If you're a wheelchair user or someone with a disability, come join this inclusive roll event in Seward Park on Sunday! rollingwashington.org/roll-the-par...
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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Our op-ed in the @seattletimes.com today: "If Seattle’s new mayor directs the department to get Vision Zero back on track, what could that look like? It would look like giving the department backing to overhaul our most dangerous streets — not just tinker around the edges."
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Political will, not policies, keeps Seattle streets from being safer | Op-Ed
The solutions to keep Seattleites safe while traveling on our streets are known. The problem has been a lack of political will — at all levels of government.
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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This also applies to public transit, transportation biking, and pedestrianization.
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 28/04/2026
They also created a handy form you can use to send @mayorofseattle.bsky.social and @cmeddielin.bsky.social happy letters supporting the event and expanded schedule: actionnetwork.org/letters/than...
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Thank you for a consistent Bike Weekends schedule!
Hello Bicycle Weekend Enjoyers! First off THANK YOU for all of your advocacy for Bicycle Weekends and for a safer, more accessible Lake Washington Blvd. This summer, every weekend from Memorial Day t...
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 28/04/2026
Bus Lane... or SCANDAL? 😱
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Bus lane... or SCANDAL?
YouTube video by Mayor Katie B. Wilson
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Michael Smith @mesmith35673.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
19 fatalities and 2,772 crashes should be enough to warrant a redesign of MLK Way. But if we need to look at recent average daily traffic data: 7,335 NB vehicles in two lanes on MLK between Andover St and Renton Ave. 9,199 NB vehicles in one lane on Rainier Ave between S Walden St and S Byron St.
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Seattle’s MLK Jr Way is a dangerous “highway” for all who use it—cars, wheels, transit & feet! I shudder when I see kids and elders navigating its complex crossings (e.g., going to the Boys and Girls Club). It‘s time to make it a 2-lane road and transition the other lanes to other uses.
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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Does MLK jr way s need to be four lanes? Seems like there isn't really enough traffic to justify it.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“Having a car should not be a requirement to building a life of one’s choosing” - @mayorofseattle.bsky.social (now in comic form southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...)
Comic of Wilson
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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 29/03/2026
RCT: Among veterans with #PTSD and elevated body mass index, a tailored behavioral weight management program did not improve weight loss or PTSD symptoms compared with the standard Veterans Health Administration MOVE! program. ja.ma/4tfdfhm
RCT: Enhanced Weight Management Program for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Population: 113 Male, 61 Female. Intervention: 174 Participants randomized. Findings: Weight loss at 6 mo, mean (SD) MOVE! group: -7.8 lb, MOVE!+UP group: -8.9 lb.
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
‼️Check out the results from our trial in @jamanetworkopen.com. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Our tailored intervention for #veterans with #ptsd didn‘t outperform a standard program. The good news? Both treatment arms experienced benefit. 🧵
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Enhanced Weight Management for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
This randomized clinical trial examines whether a weight management program designed to address barriers to weight loss unique to veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was more effective ...
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Check out our open access paper led by postdoctoral fellow Liz Koselka. Using qualitative methods, we analyzed interviews with #Veterans and their support people to examine interpersonal dynamics of #diabetes management. @uwsph.bsky.social @hspop.uw.edu @sbm.org www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Support person involvement in dietary self-management for diabetes: Perspectives from veterans and their loved ones
Diabetes self-management often involves dietary modifications, which can be helped or hindered by family and friends. However, limited studies explore…
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Rebecca Hendrickson MD, PhD @hendricksonmd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I was on NPR last week talking about a new publication that is really important to me - part of our larger effort to change the way we think and talk about both mental and physical health, and how they relate to each other, after stress and trauma. www.knkx.org/2026-01-28/u...
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UW study shows possible connection between trauma and long COVID
Some people with long COVID may experience certain symptoms — sudden blood pressure spikes or nausea, for instance — due to stress or trauma.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.
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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
My latest for @truthout.org is an interview w/ @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on her new book, “King Of The North: Martin Luther King’s Life of Struggle Outside the South.” She explains MLK’s challenge to structural racism & Coretta Scott King’s visionary leadership that shaped King & the movement.
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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
I wrote a new piece for @truthout.org looking back at 2025 — a year when educators didn’t just endure repression, they built resistance. ✊🏽📚 Education has never been neutral—It either liberates or subjugates. Here are the stories of those who resisted subjugation. truthout.org/articles/in-...
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In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance.
The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
📣 Excited to share this open access study from our team, led by my mentee Dr. Alex Williams. We explored relationships among neighborhood #walkability, neighborhood features, and depression among treatment-seeking #veterans. 👟 @uwmedicine.bsky.social @uwsph.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
My pal is doing a Halloween fundraiser for our school's families who rely on SNAP. We'll put fliers on our doors and around the neighborhood. Maybe you want to do the same for your local community? Feel free to use the cute canva she put together (linked, editable) 🎃 www.canva.com/design/DAG3H...
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
This (cheesy) voter dialer joke is prompting me to share my phone banking life hack with y’all: I do my physical therapy exercises while I wait for the next voter to answer. 💪🏼 ✅
Voter dialer joke: how does a phone get in shape?   By running out of battery.
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
It's raining, it's pouring. Perfect day to make calls for our brilliant progressive candidate for Seattle mayor Katie Wilson @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! Join me, anytime today! mobilize.us/s/WJMprZ
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GOTV Phonebank on your own time for Katie Wilson · Wilson for Seattle
Join us to make critical calls to known supporters across Seattle who have their ballots in hand. We are calling to make sure they return their ballot and make their voice heard! This is a VIRTUAL ph...
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Kate Hoerster @katehoerster.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Our latest study is out, open access in Preventive Medicine Reports, led by @uwmedicine.bsky.social med student Na'imah Muhammad. We centered Black Veterans to inform efforts to reduce disparities in VA weight management care. Tackling discrimination=healthcare www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Exploring correlates of 6-month weight loss among black United States veterans entering veterans health administration behavioral weight management care
Black United States (U.S.) veterans lose less weight than White veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) MOVE! Weight Management Program. …
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