Trying to make the real world a better place as a mom of twins and writer. Trying to make the online world a better place via user testing. (she / her)
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Nancy Ross Dribin retweeted
31 Dec 2022
doomscrolling? In 2022? In this economy?
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Nancy Ross Dribin retweeted
29 Nov 2022
My mom grew up picking cotton in the 1950s. Yesterday, she waited in line to once again pick her son to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. We’ve come a long way, but the work isn’t done!
Please vote, Georgia 🗳
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Nancy Ross Dribin retweeted
22 Nov 2022
Today the NIH announced the launch of makemytestcount.org, the first national website for Americans to self-report at-home COVID-19 test results. These data will be shared with local public health systems and researchers.
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19 Nov 2022
I’m a few chapters in to @MaryRobinette’s The Spare Man and very much enjoying how it is unfolding.
19 Nov 2022
Looking at other platforms. Mastodon doesn’t quite do what I want. Interested in Post. post.news/?r=Pe0DR
16 Nov 2022
Now this is a great headline.
BREAKING: Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election and inspired a deadly riot at the Capitol in a desperate attempt to keep himself in power, has filed to run for president again in 2024. n.pr/3THqnJM
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22 Oct 2022
This. Bringing guns to “guard” a voting box is one piece of a larger, very disturbing puzzle. And I feel obliged to point out that it’s a preschool-level puzzle and we can all clearly see the end picture. So maybe let’s treat all of this with some sense of urgency?
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28 Jul 2022
Every time I see a sample of Meta, all I can think is, “Did you actually *read* Snow Crash? Really pay attention? Because you seem to have missed some key plot points.”
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28 Jul 2022
First, not a great future. Is that really the goal? Really? (Okay, I can actually see some at Meta saying, “Yeah! Meta Franchise, sign me up!” So, there’s that.)
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28 Jul 2022
But beyond that, did you skip the part about the importance of faces? Just reading too fast or did you dismiss it because “female character, pffft”? Because that *is* the critical bit if you’re insisting on heading this direction. And the Meta faces…*eye roll*
Nancy Ross Dribin retweeted
17 May 2022
A lot of my friends have just stopped talking to me because they feel guilty talking about their lives while my whole social life, apart from work, has been on hold since March 2020. And that's a whole extra thing to grieve about. 1/7
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13 May 2022
Important thread. Hits a lot of points that are at risk of being downplayed.
Nancy Ross Dribin retweeted
10 May 2022
This is a brilliant thread. Accepting and acknowledging the effect of structural racism on health disparities undermines the message of influencers like @drlucymcbride that individuals are almost solely responsible for their own health and needn't worry much about others.
10 May 2022
For all their avowed interest in disparities, white influencers ignore structural racism. This is strategic. Racism, as a social ill, is at odds with the “personal responsibility” that allows the white influencer solutions without sacrifice. Take, for example,
@drlucymcbride. 🧵
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7 May 2022
There were plenty of warnings that weren’t taken seriously about Roe being overturned, so here we are. There are also plenty of warnings that this decision could lead to overturning Obergefell (and other important precedents). We need to listen. Here’s a good short write up…
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7 May 2022
To all my teacher friends and teachers in general: I appreciate you every single day, but it’s always good to be reminded to say it out loud. Happy teacher appreciation week! What you do matters; thank you for being a teacher.
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7 May 2022
Something for all the tech companies moving to Texas to consider. Note that a good number of men are also unwilling to apply in Texas.
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28 Mar 2022
This is an important point. Regardless of the interaction, at the heart, we should never normalize cruelty. It’s not okay. Everyone involved in crafting and approving that joke should answer for it.
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2 Mar 2022
Interesting quick background on agriculture in the Ukraine, how it impacts current fighting (why Russia has to stick to roads for now), and how devastating it could be to food prices in the region if this conflict is still on when the ground hardens in summer,
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