Wrote a long thread on twitter about the state of affairs in NE and SE Ukraine. A follower suggested i toot a copy of thread reader on here, so I'm giving it a try:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1596929670632869888.html
Looks like Xi Jinping and the CCP have a lot on their hands. Protests continue to spread to other cities. The Zero #CoVID policy is being blamed on the deaths of more than 10 people trapped in an apartment building.
THE LORDโS PRAYER 5.0:
Our Father on Mastodon,
Harold be thy name.
Thy follows come,
Thy toots be done,
On the Fediverse as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily boosts,
And forgive us our replies as we also have forgiven those who have replied against us,
Lead us not into Twitter,
But deliver us from the evil one, Elon Musk.
For the kingdom, the power and the favorites are yours forever,
Amen ๐
Iโve been so lucky to see the Northern Lights in Iceland. These are from two different trips https://www.dansantillo.com/gallery/astrophotography/ #photography #aurora #northernlights #iceland #icelandic #astrophotography #astro #stars #auroraborealis
Elon Musk is now LITERALLY welcoming the Neo Nazis from The Daily Stormer back on Twitter who threatened to kill me. I sued these Neo Nazis in court and won $4.1 million dollars in damages (on paper.) Musk is a scumbag to allow these people on Twitter. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/neo-nazi-website-hit-4-1-million-defamation-penalty-n1016886
Mark Rober, the ultimate nerd and former NASA engineer turned YouTuber, takes the typical engineering student's challenge to the next level - how to drop an egg from a certain height without breaking it. This time from space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVZh5kqaFg
Obviously, his video's screen shot is photoshopped. But the video is entertaining anyway.
Once I recovered from the brief shock of this Kazakh eagle hunter deciding to plant himself next to me as I photographed the other eagle hunters, he let me take a few photos and this video. Yes, I got a selfie.
This was taken during the #GoldenEagleFestival at the base of the Altai Mountains, just outside Bayan-Ulgii, #Mongolia, about 100 miles/160 km from the nearly intersecting borders of #Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China. October 8, 2019
I spent an afternoon at an eagle hunter ger camp. The lead/elder hunter told me that they capture their eagles in the surrounding mountains, care, feed and train them to hunt small game. Each eagle is released back to the wild after five years of captivity.
@EricCarroll The only thing Iโm missing about Twitter right now are all the epidemiologists I followed who kept me up to date on more scientifically-accurate pandemic news. That, and the wonderful community built up around my dogโs twitter. That Iโll miss.
But addicted? Nope. Happy & excited to build something new here.
I love long exposure photography, I am new on this platform keen to find follow photographers. #photograhy #blackandwhite #monochrome
Reposting my (long) #introduction since Iโve migrated to a new instance.
My career at BJC HealthCare / BJH included #antimicrobialstewardship; #infectiousdiseases #pharmacotherapy; #vaccines; #medicationsafety; #patientcare; #teaching; research; lots of administrative stuff.
Former editor BJH Tool Book on the #Dorsata platform.
Still doing human research review with the #IRB and #genetherapy studies review with the #IBC at #WUSM.
In addition to science, I believe in democracy, the important role of journalism, and a round Earth.
My language learning journey started in jr. high school with #Esperanto, attempting to self-learn it from a public library book and short-wave radio. My #Russian and #Spanish are passable. My #French and #Italian are fading. Still a beginner at #Japanese. #Kanji is a slow death for me, but #bushido / budo and #Zen culture keeps me engaged. Putinโs war crimes convinced me to start learning #Ukrainian.
Russian sparked my interest in #ColdWar history and to volunteer for the St. Louis-Samara #SisterCities Committee, for which Iโve hosted Russian medical and cultural delegates in my home.
#Travel
In 2010, my language and Cold War interests combined with my hospitalโs changing ETO retention policy got me to travel more internationally. In 2015, I completed my original travel goal of going to the last 5 Communist countries. In order of visit: #China, #NorthKorea, #Vietnam, #Laos, #Cuba.
My country count so far is only 33. Hoping to grow that during retirement. My 3 most remote places: Pyongyang and the DMZ, #DPRK; the Eastern Highlands of #PapuaNewGuinea; and Bayan-Ulgii, #Mongolia. Still need to visit 2 more continents - Antarctica and Africa. Iโve been to 42 US states, including AK and HI.
I became a photographer early in my travels. My kit is a #Canon 5DM3, EF 16-35 mm; f2.8, and EF 70-200 mm f2.8 and #iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Currently, drawn to international #festivals. Iโve hauled my heavy glass to photograph the #Goroka Sing Sing (PNG); Kazakh golden eagle hunters (Mongolia), Aboriginal singers at the #DesertMob Festival (Alice Springs, #Australia) and Yabusame / mounted archers (Nikko, #Japan).
If you got this far, thanks for reading all of this. Here to learn, be social and feed my wide variety of interests.
Photo:
This #Kazakh #eagle hunter surprised the hell out of me by standing next to me as I photographed the competitors at the 20th anniversary of the Golden Eagle Festival. Taken at the base of the Altai Mountains, just outside Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia, about 100 miles/160 km from the nearly intersecting borders of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China. October 8, 2019
Recently retired infectious diseases specialist (PharmD, BCPS), IRB consultant. World citizen living in St. Louis. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐. Traveler, photographer, language learner (๐ท๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ซ๐ท), drone pilot wannabe. Toots are my own. I apologize since I can't smell them. ๐