Ellen Kuwana, MS, Science Writer/Editor
@EllenKuwana
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Science communications expert, national speaker, writer/editor, mentor/coach. #PlainLanguage and #APA style guidelines expert. @ellenkuwana .bsky.social
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Honored to be a two-time awardee of a
@ScienceWriters
Girshman Idea Grant! Stay tuned for recruitment info for a paid mentorship 5-wk program in Jan 2025. We'll be looking for early-career
#Journalism
faculty to mentor
#SciComm
undergrads who are
#FirstGen
.
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I barely got sentences of explanation out and owner of Taste of India calmly stopped me and said, “What do you need? I will donate it all.” My eyes welled up. As they did when I picked up all the amazing, hot food for
@UWVirology
tonight so staff and volunteers could eat 1/3)
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sincere thanks. I love this restaurant. THANKS!!
#COVID19seattle
#WeGotThisSeattle
Check out my Facebook page if you’d like to donate funds to help feed healthcare workers, janitorial staff at hospitals, and lab workers processing the kits. Thanks! (end)
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before an 8-hr shift. They are processing
#COVID19
tests 24/7. My car was filled, trunk, back seat and rice in passenger seat! They have the best butter chicken, you all. My car smelled amazing. “Don’t thank me. We are doing fine,” Mohammed said. But good deeds deserve a (2/3)
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#SfN24
attendees—pls help me identify who this neuroscientist is & who took this video of
#SfNPigeon
—who is now a much smarter bird when it comes to the dorsal dentate gyrus! Is this poster V19?
@SfNTweets
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A fantastic final day at Society of Neuroscience topped off by this delightful video! Meet Billy Wade, an undergraduate (junior) in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Grella (
@S_Grella
)
@LoyolaChicago
, with the best cross-species poster presentation at
#SfN24
!
#SfNPigeon
now better
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I can’t help but think that if there had been a Black doctor, especially a FEMALE Black nurse or doctor helping her, they would have kept her in the hospital to do this and medicated her some for pain and anxiety.
@uche_blackstock
?
#gorillagluegirl
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@dgonzales1990
@latifajackson
@UWVirology
I keep reading it & tearing up! He was so compassionate. I think he could hear the emotion in my voice. I'm shameless at asking for donations (public school auctions/fundraisers for nonprofits) & always try to think "what is the benefit to them"--but that isn't why he said yes.
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#Culp
can’t be bothered to do the few mins of work to get info into the state voter pamphlet? Did he graduate high school? Submit that. I can’t trust this person w my life and my kids’ lives.
#VoteInslee
#WashingtonState
#WAElex
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Ah, the joys of air travel. Hardly a mask in sight. I’m masked! But it’s like one person in a pair having a life preserver in the ocean…a lot less effective. Measles is an increasing problem and
#CovidIsntOver
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@AudraGM
@UWVirology
I am also happy to try to coordinate food or coffee donations at Evergreen if you know of a point person there, Audra. How did you hear about Royal India donating? That is wonderful. Will put it on my list of restaurants to visit later when the
#COVID19Seattle
situation improves!
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OMG they are so color coordinated! As if this could be any MORE pleasing?!
@IjeomaOluo
talking with
@mPinoe
. "Part of healing is finding 'what have I learned this year?'...Where does community stand, where are systems failing..."--Oluo comments. Thanks,
@ElliottBayBooks
for this.
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@MollyJongFast
And teach children not to care about others OR the environment. They could have donated those masks. But burning them? The stupidity and selfishness has no end...
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@fauvescraper
@burritojustice
@UWVirology
My friend
@hollyktabor
at Stanford University is doing this in Palo Alto. Know anyone there who might want to donate food?
@knutson_brain
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@jchenwriter
It’s awful. My dad was born in 1931 in rural Idaho, Japanese-American on a potato farm. Amazing what he accomplished despite deep racism. We must all speak up—society needs to change.
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@GgSkleeners
@washingtonpost
1600 people sick w a potentially deadly disease, not “cases.” In a country with the oldest population. Tokyo is dense and people use mass transit (trains). Can’t fathom why people should die for a sporting event to happen. How callous and greedy have we become?
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@ByTheHomeWorld
@uche_blackstock
I hope it was more related to that than the alternative, which is a lack of understanding (studies show many healthcare providers don’t believe pain reports from people of color) or lack of empathy (not realizing how painful her scalp is now & how painful acetone on it will be).
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They call considerate people who wear masks “sheeple”—I will gladly be a sheeple rather than a lemming, following the ass of another lemming over the cliff to death.
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Excited to deliver lunch today to
@UWVirology
@UW
. They are working around the clock to do
#COVID
ー19 testing, not just for
#Seattle
but anywhere in US tests are sent from. Huge shout out to
@pagliaccipizza
for donating tasty pizzas and salad (vegan/gluten-free too)!
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@sciencewithtyus
@zarqawiyyah
Exactly what I was going to say…even better if they are external consultants that you pay 3x more than anyone at the institution…
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@ncampos84
@Theresa_Chapple
All I cared about was my kids not getting sick. Education? They can make up coursework/catch up on academic skills.
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I had tiny sewing scissors confiscated by airport security. They almost made me take my knitting off the knitting needles! I almost pointed out that a pen was also dangerous (pointy! Remember Grosse Pointe Blank?). But 18-yr-olds can buy multiple assault weapons and >300 bullets.
I had a tweezer confiscated at the airport. But kids can buy assault weapons. Cool cool.
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Some amazing artwork going up in Chinatown-International District (CID) in
#Seattle
! The artist, Mari, is painting Breonna Taylor.
#SayHerName
#BLM
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I have the same question—where is info on when
#Novavax
will be approved? I want to get another vaccine ASAP, but I want Novavax. Schools are starting. My 82-yr-old mom is going on a trip. Why hasn’t
@US_FDA
approved Novavax? What is with the radio silence?
@AmyMaxmen
, do you
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I truly love the Twitter biology community. It’s diverse (in terms of subject/topic/interests and also people of all backgrounds and training level) and supportive.
Being a city girl in graduate biology means that lots of my experiences in nature are firsts.
Thanks to my BOMB PROFESSORS (follow them👇🏾) I got to see my FIRST EVER PINE SAVANNAH, and it’s amazing!!!!
These cones are from Longleaf, Slash, and Loblolly pine trees (L to R).
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Just learned Culp is now out of a job.
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LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL FACES. THIS IS OUR FRONTLINE. Acute care & Ortho trauma nurses. Respiratory therapists. Emergency med physicians. These are the faces your loved one might see if they get sick. How can we say thanks? With Midnightcookieco COOKIES. And by
#StayingAtHome
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Nice start to the day! (I got teary-eyed at the announcement.) Congrats to
@carmendrahl
for her volunteer work!
@ScienceWriters
#freelancer
chats offered a strong sense of community during the pandemic and always boosted my spirits!
#SciComm
#Journalism
#Writing
#Editing
ANNOUNCEMENT: The National Association of
@ScienceWriters
bestows its 2022 Diane McGurgan Volunteer Service Award on
@carmendrahl
and
@EllenKuwana
for their respective efforts keeping NASW members virtually connected during the pandemic:
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Thanks for making my calendar (and hair) look neater than it does in real life,
@seattlesketcher
@seattletimes
! Truly appreciate the spotlight on & our effort to feed the frontline during
#COVID19
. (Donations are tax deductible.)
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We are taught not to quit, but at what price? I have NEVER regretted quitting a job. Yea, it takes confidence that you will find another job, but there’s an opportunity cost to staying in a job—you aren’t open to other (possibly better) jobs!
#thegreatresignation
#PrinceHarry
In 2017 I quit a job that destroyed my mental health. It's one of the best decisions I ever made. I spoke to Prince Harry about his work as Chief Impact Officer at
@BetterUp
and why quitting is sometimes the right thing to do.
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For a night about music, the audio for the
#GRAMMYS
broadcast is awful. All these amazing artists and I’ve been to middle school band performances with better sound quality. What is going on?!
@RecordingAcad
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@JulieKlam
I laughed at someone’s post saying you will come out of pandemic a chunk, hunk, monk or drunk (although the mental health effects and ways people coped are no joke).
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"Please thank Zaika for us, the food is amazing! We're so grateful, it's just incredibly generous! It not only helps to have one thing (a meal) that we don’t have to worry about, but more importantly we feel appreciated & supported by our community! from
@UWVirology
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@arghavan_salles
Whoa, what! I quit my job in April. Work, family, volunteer work, aging parents in lockdown, anxiety of keeping everyone safe…it was all together too much in a pandemic. Many work sites not understanding. Work and stress takes a physical toll. I hurt, literally. Hugs.
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Find people on LinkedIn & ask to connect. Retweet what resonates w/ you to amplify others' info/messages. Be generous w/ your time & expertise. Remember, many people helped you get where you are in your career--What can you do to help someone else?
#AAJA20
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@arghavan_salles
The nonchalance of so many to avoid getting
#COVID
when it can have lifelong detrimental effects (greater chance of developing diabetes, blood clots, fatigue, joint pain) boggles my mind. Impt for people to share their stories!
#JournalismMatters
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Look at that smile! Staff
@UWMedicine
Northwest Hospital were touched to get donated
@Starbucks
today! It brightened the day of staff in geropsychiatry and the emergency department! I also bought 4 doz
@Toppot
donuts and got Gatorade for the ER.
#WeGotThisSeattle
#COVID19Seattle
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We live in a beautiful city!
#SeattleWinter
When it snows in Seattle, you bust out the boards and hit the Pike Place Market 🏂
#SeattleWinter
#snowboarding
#snow
#seattle
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I understand people’s reactions (karma, hoax, etc.) but all I can think of is that he and Melania and everyone else who could have worn masks and not held large events...this development puts MORE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT RISK.
#TrumpHasCovid
#VoteBlue2020
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@Nicolemens
This is me at 48! Keep practicing but be safe. I don’t do this often so therefore pull muscles way more easily!
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Please verify me,
@TwitterSupport
. I am a science writer who worked
@UWMedicine
for 15yrs and Seattle Children’s Research Institute in Bioethics for 7. I am trying to amplify scientists
@UWVirology
and healthcare workers to post facts about
#COVID19
.
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@shebelb
@eemoin
Just spent 14 days in hospital w my dad (he was the patient, nonCOVID). I was replacing trash can liners, cleaning urinal, taking trays so meal delivery didn’t have to come in room, helping RNs, CNAs, housekeeping as much as I could. Staff is BUSY!
#GetVaccinated
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@bansidhewail
@Mikel_Jollett
If I ever start a band, I am naming it Obligatory Tchotchkes. It won’t be very successful.
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@LeonardRaymundo
Of course! I want to support the International District, also!
#COVID19Seattle
We go to Jade Garden, Bamboo Garden, Fuji Sushi, Maneki's, Uwajimaya (my dad is Japanese and my mom used to teach Chinese cooking at Ohio State back in the 80s). A meal wasn't a meal without rice!
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OMG,
@SeattleChoc
sent me a box (or two) of chocolate to donate to our
#Seattle
frontline. 💜 Granted, I am not tall...but wow,
@MellWhiteCusack
. Some chocolatey goodness coming your way!
@UWVirology
@Swedish
@UWMedicine
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“Respectful of others”
#JaredSchmeck
#WinemaElectric
will you treat your son (employee) different than any other employee? Never too late to teach manners and consequences for actions!
#WinemaElectric
It looks like one of your employees broke the company code of conduct. It's time to part ways with
#JaredSchmeck
.
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Sad news. The more people who get vaccinated, the more we protect children, older adults, pregnant women, etc.
12 y.o. Ryland Daic from Dayton, Texas died August 10, 2021 after testing positive for COVID while visiting relatives. "He went downhill so fast, just horrendously fast," said his mom
#SoulsLostToCovid
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People really don’t have a concept of 6ft, do they? Maybe we all need to make these pool noodle hats!?
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Amazing Christmas morning to wake up next to
#BillGates
in the
@seattletimes
, drawn by Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist
@davidhorsey
. has taken 800+ hrs of my time & fed/caffeinated >20,000
#frontlineWorkers
. Donations are tax deductible.
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Hey
#Seattle
, can you help me welcome Zaika restaurant to Twitter? They cooked a beautiful hot meal for
@UWVirology
to show appreciation for the long hours they’re putting in processing
#COVID19
tests. I would be thankful if you would show Zaika some love, share any Twitter tips?
"Please thank Zaika for us, the food is amazing! We're so grateful, it's just incredibly generous! It not only helps to have one thing (a meal) that we don’t have to worry about, but more importantly we feel appreciated & supported by our community! from
@UWVirology
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Any one else have NO attention span?
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@WisDems
@robreiner
Idea: For $20 donation, people can access the recording (you did record this, right?!). My husband had work and a family ZOOM call interrupt this, and he's a huge fan. Probably many frontline workers who couldn't make it IRL today, too!
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So excited to announce a website for my effort to feed the frontline in
#Seattle
! Big thanks to
@MellWhiteCusack
and
@justingough
! Also thx
@andrewswright
,
@shendure
. See
#COVID19Seattle
@GovInslee
@MayorJenny
@UWVirology
@Swedish
@pagliaccipizza
Truly an amazing effort by the wonderful
@EllenKuwana
. A model effort for all communities. Donate: +
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This represents most women today.
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Honored to be
@UCSF
Graduate Division's Alumni of the year. It's truly the people that make a place special, and UCSF is the best of the best.
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Off to pick up donated Starbuck's coffee and deliver it to healthcare workers in
#Seattle
. Thanks to area businesses for stepping up!
#COVID19Seattle
Going to hand it off with some
@SeattleChoc
!
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@BlondeBlur07
Hugs from Seattle...we got this. Thanks for sharing such a real, raw moment. The trauma and pain is real, as is the hope and sense of relief as we move toward positive change.
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This gofundme page is for Indian restaurant East of Seattle feeding people at hospitals. I picked up donated food from Taste of India in Seattle and delivered it to Univ of Washington workers. Similar efforts, but restaurant and workers pictured here are from Taste of India. Thx!
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@nursekelsey
A friend had a “camping” sleepover and got each kiddo a small camping lantern instead of a gift bag of small, plastic things! Also cute: a pot w dirt and seeds to plant. Or craft supplies maybe? Hot chocolate mix in a mug kids can draw on w markers you then back in oven to set?
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@DrWinkfield
@AmericanAir
People who won’t wear masks (and wear them properly) on flights should be treated as if they have a knife or gun—arrested, fined, and banned for life from flying ALL airlines. It inconveniences and endangers everyone.
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Going to pick dinner up for
@UWVirology
from a newer restaurant co-owned by a young professor at UW in the sciences. Chef has asked me to wait a few days to do a proper shout out so he can set up gift cards via their website.
#WeGotThisSeattle
#FeedingTheFrontline
#COVID19Seattle
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@LabLerit
@Ariela_Lupi88
@drsnowflack
@AcademicChatter
In theory, yes, but often they are ineffective and can’t do much.
#TitleIX
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This got knowing laughs. The different time scales of academics and most journalists/news cycle. From
@MaggieConvo
#sciwri19
#sciwriPIO
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@timothykeyes
I was thinking back on my college experience and thinking I didn’t go out much (ie didn’t have that much fun) bc I didn’t have extra money to spend going out…whereas most of my friends went out a lot. Different experience, for sure. I was working 2 jobs plus full load of courses
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Also, healthcare professionals getting infected creates staffing issues in hospitals, etc. and puts their families at risk, too. After the almost 2 yrs of working so hard and seeing more death than ever before.
#MaskUp
,
#GetVaccinated
Just got off the phone with a doctor who is the only member of his medical team who isn't currently infected with COVID.
He was also the only one wearing an N-95 instead of a surgical mask.
It pays to mask properly 😷
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@choo_ek
My daughter at 4 or 5: Do you know what happens when someone dies?Me (not religious): Well, some people believe that when you die you go to heaven. Other people believe...
Daughter interrupts: No! They bury you and you get eaten by worms.
Me: Oh. [She wasn’t asking!]
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@DGlaucomflecken
Coherent sentences. With a beginning, middle, and end. One following the other.
#BidenHarris
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I really advocate for more scientists to be on social media. If you aren't in the conversation, you aren't influencing the discussion.
Despite the professional benefits associated with
#SocialMedia
use, few academic scientists currently use SoMe
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@sooatwoo
@CarmineSabia
@MailOnline
They are free to not wear masks, not wear life jackets...and free to sink. Then out emergency responders at risk of catching
#COVID
bc they can’t be bothered with common courtesy, common sense, and safety measures.
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And in
#Seattle
/
#Washington
#insect
news...First U.S. sighting of one of the world’s largest moths in Bellevue puzzles officials via
@seattletimes
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Read this thread. Allow it to sink on. Pause. Reflect. If you don’t get it/understand, read it again.
“Only once did she mention race. There was no anger or finger-pointing.” was part of the “positive feedback” I got after a recent keynote. Yikes.
1) someone assumed I was an angry Black woman stereotype
2) Y’all want to hear our voices only if we cater to your white fragility
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Thank you
@HarmitMalik
for helping to make this happen!
Excited to deliver lunch today to
@UWVirology
@UW
. They are working around the clock to do
#COVID
ー19 testing, not just for
#Seattle
but anywhere in US tests are sent from. Huge shout out to
@pagliaccipizza
for donating tasty pizzas and salad (vegan/gluten-free too)!
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Ok
#Seattle
peeps, I have a hospital NICU that needs hand sanitizer for the parents visiting their little babies. Any leads?? We need this quickly! For right in Seattle. Any distilleries?!
#COVID19Seattle
@shendure
any connections?
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My business cards arrived today! Also celebrating that I gave a national talk today online that 181 people signed up for about
#SciComm
.
#Freelance
#AmEditing
#ScienceWriting
#Careers
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@SaraMcAlister3
@lindy2350
Exactly. These bills often hit at times of crises and stress when people don’t have time or energy reserves to fight insurance. And it all has to happen btwn 9am and 5pm Mon thru Friday.
#HealthInsurance
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And “fecal blast zone” has made its debut in a major newspaper, not surprisingly, in an article about
#Trump
’s
#bathroom
. Hey,
#Journalists
don’t earn that much, have to work fast, see bad stuff & don’t get paid enough. Having some fun w words should be allowed!
@everywhereist
I wrote a piece for the
@washingtonpost
about the thing that was on all our mind's last week: the chandelier that was hanging in Trump's Mar-a-Lago bathroom where classified documents were found.
Bonus: I used the phrase "poo particles."
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@Jimmy_3_Tech
What is he? 4? 5? Oh, he’s an adult? Hard to tell. Who are these people who expect their actions to have no repercussions?
#NoFly
#NoFlyList
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We have fed and caffeinated more than 2,000 people since March 13 and raised almost $24,000! Help me feed our frontline at 15 clinical sites. And
#StayHomeSaveLives
#WeGotThisSeattle
#COVID19Seattle
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I hope
@UCLA
/other universities have air purifiers on in every classroom. I was impressed when I gave talks on
#SciComm
careers and science writing at
@KUbiology
@
@KUChemistry
&
@KUJournalism
that there were air purifiers in every lecture hall! Bravo
#Jayhawks
!
#CovidIsAirborne
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@DGlaucomflecken
I misread this as EEG NOG and was trying to figure out what medical test/medical term that was!
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@3Haggis
@jane_c_hu
@sohri
Yes, usually the press and medical personnel do get to move about safely. It is in everyone’s interest to allow that.
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Got so sad about my dad being gone…I was at grocery store and had to leave and come home and cry.
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@rachel_fairbank
Another reason we need more women (and more parents) as elected officials. Not old white men (in general) who has wives who raised the kids and *poof* it is totally easy to have a career and kids.
#WeAllNeedAWife
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When you are on an online conference & your college-age daughter wordlessly sets breakfast next to you before going back up to her room for her online summer class. 💜 It gets easier, working parents!
#parenting
#WorkingMoms
#WFH
#COVID19
#AAJA20
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Just heard from a friend that her father-in-law died of COVID. In her grief, she contacted me to ask my help coordinating a meal for the hospital staff who took such good care of him. What an honor. Please continue to
#StayAtHome
#COVID19Seattle
#WeGotThisSeattle
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@HiroshiSasak1
Suspending H-1B
#visas
will hurt scientific
#research
, including that for a
#COVID19
#vaccine
.
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I try to do this for readability, but will do it for
#Accessibility
now that I know!
@hollyktabor
@choo_ek
@aaronecarroll
@DrJenGunter
@SarahMackAttack
@SarahEMyhre
@jamesian
@edyong209
This is your random reminder that capitalizing each word in a hashtag means screen-readers can parse the words correctly for sight-impaired Tweeps.
#AccessibilityIsPrettyCool
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When my dad died, many people asked how old he was. He was 90, but Japanese 90, I'd try to explain: trim, walking faster unassisted than I did before the
#pandemic
. 100% still there mentally. Why is it ok for older people to die?
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I just did the US equivalent in
#Seattle
. 2. Mint tea. 4. The plants really needed this. 5. Had brought in the patio cushions. 6.Ate half a bar of chocolate.
#Rain
#IsItFallAlready
?
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According to my highly scientific calculations, we have fed 1,187 people
@UWVirology
,
@UWMedicine
, and 10 other hospitals in and around
#Seattle
!
#WeGotThisSeattle
#COVID19Seattle
! I started this March 13. Pretty amazing. Let’s show our frontline our appreciation!
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