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she/her; endocrinologist interested in diabetes and obesity
#MedMastodon
equity/justice; vote!
i swear; back of pack runner; mountains; birds; hockey mom; peleton
twitter: @gu_girl
insta: @drjenkirby

Welcome new cville.online users! I'm the primary admin here & thrilled to see #cville peeps creating an awesome community gathering space.

I believe in supporting collective endeavors to navigate through our ongoing climate emergency. If we all pitch together, this could be an awesome place.

My interests include research/teaching about tech (my day job), eBikes, land use, backyard chickens, a neighborhood art gallery, photography, vicarious gardening, and being online

#introduction

The dawning of a new era! 😀 After a week of fighting through a domain suspension, cville.online server is back online
Missed vaccines will be one of the many lingering effects of the pandemic. 40 million kids who should have had #measles #vaccine but haven't-- for the most contagious infection known. https://apnews.com/article/health-pandemics-covid-immunizations-epidemics-6a9d5c57392262ebd74bd2c156cff679
WHO, CDC: A record 40 million kids miss measles vaccine dose

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year.

Associated Press
OK so hi I’m an astrophysicist and a sometimes science writer who spends way too much time on the ~~~other site~~~ so is checking this one out. I enjoy clever word things and science and dogs. #introduction

"Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain."

Jack Kerouac

Another design consideration re: Mastodon is that it works well for ephemeral asynchronous communications, but for many reasons should not be counted on as an archival resource. Media attachments are periodically purged and may not be available after a week, or a month, etc. While some servers may try to preserve content forever, this may be costly and unsustainable. Creators, researchers should treat this as an ephemeral resource and make provisions for self-archiving anything important.
How Toots are Propagated in Mastodon. #TwitterMigration
Give her what she really wants this holiday season. Death to the patriarchy, an ancient tome of curses from the forest witch, the hearts of her enemies, and deep pockets in every dress and pair of pants.
Tara Parker-Pope at The Washington Post wrote a great primer on living with #COVID. As we head into winter, these tips could be a life-saver. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/09/22/coexist-covid-normal-life/
10 tips for co-existing with covid (and living a normal-ish life)

Living with covid can be easy if you take simple, regular precautions.

The Washington Post
Um, I love this place. I didn’t want to lose the med community from the bird site, didn’t realize how important it was to me. This feels like it could be that and more.
#MedMastodon