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My mastodon accounts:

• @kjr (Mostly) in English
• @kjr in Hebrew

Fresh IT news from a variety of sources. Public service by @emanuel

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She/her | FM physician interested in helping patients get all the health care they need and none they don't | Surfing Hallyu | Boosts ≠ endorsements - I share what I'm reading, but it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with it | Opinions are mine, not of any organization I'm affiliated with

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Associate Professor UCL & Consultant in Infection UCLH. Interested in immune responses to infections (esp TB) & in making best use of antibiotics. #fedi22 #medicine #science #infectiousdiseases #microbiology #ID #AMR #immunology #tuberculosis #TB #leprosy #UTI #antibiotics

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A non-profit open-access journal for research in the life and biomedical sciences working to improve research culture and communication.

Flipboard's page for news about science including space, climate change and more — from trusted sources. All posts written by human editors, especially for Mastodon.

For more science coverage, follow Flipboard's federated Science Desk (@science).

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Working for open access to research.

#openaccess #openculture #opendata #openeducation #openinfrastructure #openlicenses #openscience #opensource

#scholcomm #copyright #publishing #research #universities #libraries #socialmedia #fedi22

#politics #democracy #philosophy #nomic #climate #maine

Dad of daughters

Actively #antiTrumpist

For #OA news, also follow the Open Access Tracking Project (https://fediscience.org/@oatp). I aim for comprehensive coverage there, not here.

Formerly DonCarlitos@mastodon.lol - Thinker, writer, activist, ally, tech veteran, co-founder Trilobyte Games (the 7th Guest) & Green Econometrics. Former RN & educator. Former OR State Telecommunications Councilor. Amateur ethnomusicologist with a YouTube channel. https://youtube.com/@charliemchenry - he/him AVATAR: older, long-haired nerd with facial hair. Missing are my round glasses. HEADER IMAGE: Oregon’s Rogue Valley, looking south from my back porch. #TwitterRefugee #BLM #PFLAG

Nerd who edits #science stuff. Immigrant to #Japan (#Chiba)

Plays and runs #dnd. #Grammar enthusiast. Posts stupid #jokes and #puns (sorry). He/FoC.

Famichiki Mod :famichiki: :famichiki:

I’ll be much more likely to follow back if you have a full profile and there is human interaction first 🙂

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Boosts do not imply endorsement, but are used to highlight posts we think the community might find interesting.

For much more news, follow Flipboard's federated News Desk (https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk) and Politics Desk (https://flipboard.com/@ElectionCentral).

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I'm a science & medical writer curious about the world. I like to share what I find out. Remember Ask Pippa, science for kids in the Toronto Star? That was me. Also the Medical Post, Medscape, SciAm, Vice and more.

#scicomm #journalism #medicine #science #technology #ScienceFiction #PublicHealth #scifi #vaccine #immunology #oncology #pediatrics #cardiology #diabetes #virus #cancer #epidemiology #Medmastodon #IDmastodon #plastic #climate #biodiversity #space

PhD. Rhetorics of terrorism, media, and AI. Taught at Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, UC Davis. Independent.

Former science reporter at The Washington Post and elsewhere. Disabled by complex chronic post-viral illness. Living on #Kauai #Hawaii. Grew up in Wisconsin. Occasional SCUBA diver.

Holistic Primary Care (DAOM) | PhD Clinical Nutrition | Professor | Author | Black Belt Krav Maga | photog

Click for #RESETFoodPlan posts.

I mainly post on health topics (from a functional medicine perspective), photography, and adventures around Tennessee (no politics).

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#medicine #holistichealth #herbalmedicine #cassonephoto #spiritual #fitness #mowgli #kravmaga #tennessee #fermentedfoods #physicaltherapy #videos #research #science #diabetes #cancer #medicinalfoods #clinicalnutrition #resources #anatomy #physiology #pathology #pharmacology #acupuncture #selfdefense #edc #announcements #linux

Cassone
(pronouced: kuh·so·nee)

#democraticsocialism #LGBTQally #transally #EU #independentScotland #antifascist #SOSNHS #FOSS
Male, retired. Equality for all, regardless of gender, colour or sexual orientation. Society without socialism is not society, but exploitation of the weakest. He/him Lives in Hawick, Scottish Borders bobjmsn@twitter.com
Header is a drone photo of my former home in Shetland.
Avatar is Aurora borealis over Loch of Voe Shetland

The account of AI6YR Ben, on his own server. Also at https://mastodon.radio/@ai6yr (ham radio). Yes, I'm the guy who found that hiker using only the selfie of his feet. If you want to support this server, https://patreon.com/ai6yr

Family Caregiver.
Eco/Social Justice Activist. Disability Advocate. Decolonizer. Accessibility Consultant. Eldercare Liason.
Teochew Chinese. War & Polio Survivor.
Neurodivergent. Nature lover. Cat lover. Photographer. Avid gardener. Water & forest protector. Moss toucher. Tree hugger. Bird watcher. GenX. Anti-capitalist.
Vancouver Island, BC.

https://ko-fi.com/phoenixserenity
http://linktr.ee/msquebanh
https://youtube.com/@PhoenixSerenity

#AsianMastodon #BIPOC #StopEcocide #BeTheChange

Retired researcher living in Nottinghamshire, England.

#Socialist #Politics #Environment #Cats #Gardening #Wildlife #Opera #ClassicalMusic #Refugees #HumanRights #AlcoholFree #WearAMask #NoBridge

She/Her

Avatar: Me, a white woman with short, greying brown hair. Wearing a large pair of red spectacles.

Header: Climate Stripes going from blue on the left to terrifying red on the right.

Asst Prof of Philosophy, Affiliate Faculty for Quantitative Social Science & Institute for AI at Stevens Institute of Technology (in the #NYC metro area).

Using science and technology to understand (and improve) decisions and well-being.

I use this site mostly for work (#CogSci, #Philosophy, #Rationality, #Teaching, #SciComm, and #rStats). I may ignore, unfollow, or even block other stuff.

Profile picture: not Neil Patrick Harris, but I'm told almost daily that I look like him.

Exploring one universe at a time.
Interested in #Nature, #Photography, #NaturePhotography, #Science, #ScienceFiction, #Physics, #Engineering.

I have locked this account. If you would like to follow me, please fill in your Mastodon bio and post at least one toot (a simple introductory toot will do), so I have an idea who you are and that you are a real person, not a robot or a spam account.

A/Prof Anaesthesia, Human Factors and Simulation nerd.
Foster cat dad
Pronouns He/Him/"Hey Anaesthesia"

Here to build a new community

☮ #Film d'auteur and #photography | trying to leave #Russia 🥲 | #twitter / #instagram quite1enough | living with asd #ActuallyAutistic and #arfid

ژن، ژیان، ئازادی

India news, focused mainly on hindutva violence. Until the Scrolls and The Wires decide to show up on the fediverse.

"Blessed are the cracked for they let the light shine in" ~ Spike Milligan.

Pronouns he/him/his. Live near Qld/NSW border, west of the GDR.

In the end, all that matters is:

• how well did you live?
• how well did you love?
• how well did you learn to let go?

#SciFi #Linux #LaTeX #Reading #Photography #Art #LeatherCraft #Permaculture #SolarPower #Motorcycles #Movies

Please look at and buy leather goods to help me survive.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Retired Professor of Political Economy
(Lancaster University, UK - retired 2021)
(also #ProfDJ across the Lune Valley)
Contributor: North West Bylines #NoBridge

Applied and translational sensory scientist. Advocate for bodily autonomy. Nonbinary feminist killjoy.

https://ttpphd.com

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Banner: a person in a denim jacket on a bike with a life sized plastic skeleton attached to the rear carrier.

Author of the Owen Archer, Kate Clifford, & Margaret Kerr medieval mysteries. I am a medievalist & a novelist. Long walks in the woods & along the lake. Tendency to boost toots re York & Yorkshire. Owned by the adorable & formidable feline, The Maggie. Live on Duwamish land.

My photo: talk at the York Library
#amwriting #histodons #books #mysteries #writingcommunity #historicalfiction
#historymystery #medieval #York #bookstodon
#readers #cats #nature #buddhist #dharma #StarTrek #gardens

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Artist, printmaker and marine geophysicist.
Settler in Tkaronto (she/her)

Geek, Cartoonist, Jew, Ace, LGBTQ, SJW, BLM, PC, MST3K

Indian-American gal who likes to make people laugh. #OpenSource entrepreneur, programmer, tech writer and encourager, stand-up comedian, advocate for transparency in government software and data.

New York City #NYC, Changeset Consulting, #RecurseCenter, #WisCon, #MetaFilter, #Python packaging, Geek Feminism, #Dreamwidth, harihareswara.net.

Hope you're having the best possible day.

Semi-retired commercial artist living the life, painting, hiking, biking and spending way too much time on politics.
I post on a lot of different things, but mostly politics.
Ex-Texan.
I don't automatically follow back. There has to be some info on your profile.
hee-haw

Retired professional organizer (the clutter-clearing type); retired editor. Feminist. Cat owner. Jewish atheist. Yimby. Pro-union. Pro-vaccination, masking and ventilation/filtration. Owner/moderator of my local freecycle group.

Header photo: A large black Maine Coon cat looks at a computer screen.

#nobridge

:fediverse: Tomasz, 32, #Poland.
🇵🇱/🇬🇧

Work:
🚌 Chief Constructor @ #NesoBus (#Hydrogen #H2 Buses) @ #PolsatPlus Group

After work:
👧 Participation in the Father of the Year competition
🆓 #FOSS #OpenSource projects
💪 #SelfHosting
✏️ Blogging (thoughts, tutorials etc.)
👨‍💻 #SysAdmin
🕵️ #CyberSecurity #InfoSec
🏎️ #F1 + 🏍️ #Speedway

#Apple #Tech #PHP
#fedi22 tfr

Administrator of gratefuldread.masto.host, Fediverse instance of Grateful Dread Peace Media - Diverse Spectrum of the Left: aggregated LEFTIST news, arts, culture, activism, peace - always monitored #RevolutionaryLove - Natalie Davis, owner/editor

"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world." — Eugene V. Debs

"Way too fine to be this stressed." -- Lizzo

No Threads/Meta

Karl Schwartz,
Advocate for patients | Artist

Advocacy CV:
formerly: patient representative to
FDA (ODAC), president of PAL, CIRB member, NCI Steering Cmt, Vail Methods Workshop faculty.

Full: https://lymphomation.blogspot.com/2022/01/karl-schwartz-advocacy-cv.html

ARTIST CV:
MFA Brooklyn College | BFA Maryland Institute of Art | Artists of Gallows Run - Bucks County PA
http://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html

#skeptic, #scientist, #antitheist, #antifascist, #humanist, #catdaddy. Interested in #decentralization, #SoftwareEngineering, #DataScience, #piano, #hiking, #scrambling, #cycling, #juggling, #photography, previously #paragliding and #sailing.

Geo tags: #UnitedKingdom #Oxford #UnitedStates #Oakland #LasVegas #Hawaii 322PPM

I tell it like I see it, sometimes quite bluntly and sometimes quite wrongly, but I'm reasonable - my interfaces are open for learning but closed to false data.

Interested in building a better world and standing in solidarity with others who share that goal.

For biographical information, please see https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/109539508828689842

"Writing is the way I fight." ~ James Cone

#solidarity #democracy #HumanRights #LGBTQ

Enjoy #Linux, #macOS, #FreeBSD & #Unix like systems? #Opensource software & #programming? Enjoy #Sysadmin & #DevOps work? Follow us to make the most of your geeky IT career. #ActuallyHuman (e/human)

In a fight between delusion and physics, physics may always win but delusion never concedes.

-Electromechanical Synthetic Male
-Preposterous People Personality

#vancouver #twittermigration #politics #science #silly #motorcyclerider

Email: paranoidfactoid@protonmail.com

Level 54 Halfling Ranger. Lawful Neutral. Side quest addict.

Ex-#Google, ZDNet & GigaOM, currently working at #Wawa.

#Software #Developer in training.

Massive fan of #LiverpoolFC and all things #Beatles: Tattooed with both logos. Fighting off clinical #depression one day at a time since 2011.

Also into #SciFi, #LoTR, #Motorcycles, #Linux, #VideoGames and #Minimalism. No tattoos of those (yet). #Buddhist and #Stoic tendencies.

Posts auto-deleted after 90 days.

#Ecology & #Ocean #Scientist now doing Scientific #HPC, #SRE, #DevOps, #PlatformEngineering, and #Supercomputing

I also talk about #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #Linux #PhDLife