Catherine Clase @cmclase@qoto.org

I’m just a geriatrician

Standing in front of the computer

Asking when they are gonna remove Benadryl from the hospital order sets

(And also Colace)

#MedMastodon #MedTwitter #Geriatrics #DontCusate #PolyPharmacy

Hey #Mastodon,

If you like some content, please boost it instead of just favoriting it. Favoriting a post does nothing except give the author a dopamine hit that gets addictive. Boosting makes content much more meaningful by sharing it with a wider audience. To me, that matters much more than how many internet points I get.

#SocialMedia #addiction #content #sharing #knowledge #KnowledgeSharing #education #awareness #InternetPoints #popular #PopuarityContest

Serenity.
Black and white photography emphasizes silence, loneliness, depth.
There is nothing superfluous here.
Just look at this photo.

Photographer: modopix
#photo #blackandwhitephoto #serenity #winter #photo #Sunday #loneliness

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath

Just one of 50 reasons why everyone should want more walkable streets. In Fast Company Magazine.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-reasons-why-everyone-should-want-more-walkable-streets

#cities #urbanism #walking #streets #cars

Higher risk people aren't asking for everyone to be locked down forever. They are asking people to take precautions so higher risk people aren't locked down forever.

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth

"...for profit surgery providers will almost certainly compete for staff, such as nurses, currently employed in hospital operating rooms. These nurses are required to be available on occasional nights and weekends, to look after patients needing emergency surgery."

#Introduction (I guess).

Old.

40 years in #IT, from #soldering #components onto #breadboards to #managing #multi-national #systems. Was fun, then it got boring.

20 years (started late) as a #volunteer #firefighter, from newbie to Group Officer and #educator of #firefighters and the public. Loved it!

15 years of working #sound and #lights for the #stage, from #musicals to #groups. Loved that, too.

#Pyrrhonist - I’m an #unbeliever. In anything. I only trust #sources that have #evidence.

It doesn’t need to be said, but I’m consistently impressed by the level of discourse here on #Mastodon. Thank you all for being thoughtful, kind, and engaged in your posts and your replies. I’m learning so much from all of you. The #Fediverse rules ❤️

#introduction "Late to the party" seems to be my default motto. Just learned of Mastodon today. I'm a retired guy who moved (from Monterey CA) to (Victoria BC) Canada in 2017, and I find I like it here.

Current interests: cooking (including fermenting vegetables and making — I like to make my own mix), blogging (leisureguy.wordpress.com), shaving (seriously — done right, a great way to start the day), old jazz, watching movies, observing, and learning. Strong proponent of the Oxford comma.

them: how was your day

me:

@cmclase
Yeah in general mastodon has approachable people compared to birdsite

Such a cool idea! @natematias & team developed software to run n-of-1 trials in personal tech use. Just like a randomized trial, but you are your own control.

They ran one on whether changing your phone to grayscale reduces phone addiction. You'd get a message on what to set your phone for the day & feed data in: you got your results back, & they analyzed everyone's.

The result of this proof of concept? 14 people did it. (Overall, switching off color didn't reduce time on phones.) ...1/2

Her shameless remarks to a child victim of the Holocaust caught on video, the UK Home Secretary then used her office to pressure an independent organization to remove it. They did not. Also: fuck her.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/suella-braverman-holocaust-survivor-refugees-b2263059.html

I obviously need to pin a post about this again which is forcing me to create a new one.

Nobody on social media owes anyone else an explanation for how and what they post. Nobody needs to roll up and tell people what and how to post.

Nobody owes anyone else an explanation for how they present themselves online, most especially anyone in a marginalized or threatened group. Nobody should have to share or be forced to share any more information about themselves than they want.

People usually come to a social media platform to meet like-minded people and relieve stress, not make new stress. Give people a break.

We have moderation rules. They’re reasonable. We stick to them.

And if you don’t like it, just don’t follow me or anyone on this instance. We don’t care. We’re fine. You don’t need to tell us.

We’re way past explaining it. We’re just going to block you.

The anion gap was not always a thing and we have nephrology legends Robert Narins and Michael Emmett to thank for popularizing it in this amazingly comprehensive manuscript.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/401925/

The most exciting part of the year —work-related, at least for me— is on! From now until April, we will work hard together with colleagues from all over the world. Stay tuned for the announcement of the WCN'23 Social Media Team this Monday!

#ISNWCN #ThisIsISN

@cmclase @Brad_Rosenheim
Here in the U.S., I don’t know if we can achieve kindness. The right wing extremists don’t respond well to kindness. Or logic. Or facts. Of course, the CDC’s failure to present a strong public stance isn’t helping either. I will definitely read your data and use your site. Thank you for taking the time to reply! 💙