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Dreamer for a better world. Soñadora de un mundo mejor. #DataScience #SocialPolicies #LATAM #SDGs #PublicHealth #NCDs #GME #IPC #ClimateChange #UrbanHealth
Call me old fashioned, but I prefer seeing the leaders of public health agencies keeping us updated on the status of disease outbreaks, rather than how full their parking lots are.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent

12th c. Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.

Note: Women do not appear climbing the stairs or falling from them, because we go directly to heaven! period.

If Jesus was born in 2022, what gift would you bring Him?
The fist song I learned in my elementary school when we moved to Florida was #kumbaya and it touched me in many ways.
Now, “Kumbaya" is used "irrespective of its derivation." Kumbaya is used to sarcastically disparage consensus "that allegedly does not examine the issues or is revelatory of cockeyed optimism."
Why our politicos are invoking a sincere, melodic popular American folk song in a disparaging manner?
https://www.npr.org/2012/01/13/145059502/when-did-kumbaya-become-such-a-bad-thing
When Did 'Kumbaya' Become Such A Bad Thing?

The soulful folk song, born in the low country of South Carolina, has migrated from representing strength and power in togetherness to reflecting weakness and wimpiness. Somehow, it's morphed into a cynical code word.

NPR
@Stellanavarro @ZulmaCucunuba Mastodon me ha hecho recordar mi adolescencia:
llegar a una fiesta donde se supone que tus conocidos van a estar y no estan.
Esperar pacientemente que lleguen mirando hacia la puerta, y nada.
Ya he empezado a contar el numero de hojas de la planta que esta a mi lado, el numero de baldosas que componen el piso de la sala, los escalones de la escalera que esta a mi derecha… que me falta?