Dr. Laura Calloway
@lkcalloway.bsky.social
Computer scientist and tech (health tech, public health) privacy and security PhD. Dislike: waffle charts (can't eat 'em) and sprinkles (why eat 'em). Like: fashion history and procrastibaking.
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I really want to find more information on the history of different movements and fashion. I think this is something that my students will really be into.
Anybody have any other resources?
Anybody have any other resources?
August 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I really want to find more information on the history of different movements and fashion. I think this is something that my students will really be into.
Anybody have any other resources?
Anybody have any other resources?
Never post here anymore but I added a couple new letters to my name (finally)!
April 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Never post here anymore but I added a couple new letters to my name (finally)!
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An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I’m a health researcher. NIH’s pause on research grants could have a devastating cost.
This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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there is no "safe driving" on ice when you live in a state with almost no plows, no gravel trucks, no salt trucks... no infrastructure
I learned to drive in Minnesota in March, and my ass doesn't leave the house when there's ice down here in Alabama
I learned to drive in Minnesota in March, and my ass doesn't leave the house when there's ice down here in Alabama
PSA (as a Mainer here) to my Alabama peeps: There will be a shit-ton of ice Friday AM. Do NOT attempt to drive. Buy Ice Cream Rock salt to melt the ice on your stairs so you can leave your house safely. We don't know yet how much snow we'll get in Bhm... could be nothing, could be 6 inches w ice
January 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
there is no "safe driving" on ice when you live in a state with almost no plows, no gravel trucks, no salt trucks... no infrastructure
I learned to drive in Minnesota in March, and my ass doesn't leave the house when there's ice down here in Alabama
I learned to drive in Minnesota in March, and my ass doesn't leave the house when there's ice down here in Alabama
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A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life...
December 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM
A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life...
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It's really important in general (but especially this time of year, with lots of gatherings) to make sure you have *good* options for guests who don't drink.
It's not just great for those I'm recovery- it also includes those who don't drink for medical or religious reasons, or just don't want to.
It's not just great for those I'm recovery- it also includes those who don't drink for medical or religious reasons, or just don't want to.
December 21, 2024 at 10:53 PM
It's really important in general (but especially this time of year, with lots of gatherings) to make sure you have *good* options for guests who don't drink.
It's not just great for those I'm recovery- it also includes those who don't drink for medical or religious reasons, or just don't want to.
It's not just great for those I'm recovery- it also includes those who don't drink for medical or religious reasons, or just don't want to.
this! but also you don't even have to be old(er). needless changes can make using tech incredibly frustrating to people with chronic illness & disabilities (the likelihood of having one or both of these increases with age).
certain changes can make tech impossible to use for a variety of users.
certain changes can make tech impossible to use for a variety of users.
This whole thread is great, but one thing I want to add: tech should stay usable by people as they get old.
My mother is legally blind but can see just well enough to navigate as long as she has a vague idea where to find things. When software changes menus for no reason, she struggles.
My mother is legally blind but can see just well enough to navigate as long as she has a vague idea where to find things. When software changes menus for no reason, she struggles.
I must say this as clearly as possible: if you have, in the last ten years, thought "I just don't get tech" or that you're "getting old" or "you're not technical," you are the victim - so much of the tech industry is now oriented around making you do stuff rather than doing stuff for you.
November 29, 2024 at 11:07 PM
this! but also you don't even have to be old(er). needless changes can make using tech incredibly frustrating to people with chronic illness & disabilities (the likelihood of having one or both of these increases with age).
certain changes can make tech impossible to use for a variety of users.
certain changes can make tech impossible to use for a variety of users.
This X 100.
My people…please use alt text. I want to share your memes but I can’t because blind and visually impaired users can’t enjoy any of it!
November 22, 2024 at 8:42 PM
This X 100.
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Check your carrots. The CDC warns of a bad E. coli outbreak across at least 18 states with one death identified so far.
E. coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots
Page describes an outbreak of E. coli linked to organic carrots.
www.cdc.gov
November 17, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Check your carrots. The CDC warns of a bad E. coli outbreak across at least 18 states with one death identified so far.
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Re-sharing a thread before I delete it from x because I think it’s a useful one:
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
November 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Re-sharing a thread before I delete it from x because I think it’s a useful one:
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
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Hey, if you want to do historical research, let me suggest to you:
(a) looking for historical newspaper archives--many are free, and some have low monthly costs which is great if you can fit your research needs in a month, and
(b) doing date-restricted searches on Google Books.
(a) looking for historical newspaper archives--many are free, and some have low monthly costs which is great if you can fit your research needs in a month, and
(b) doing date-restricted searches on Google Books.
December 10, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Hey, if you want to do historical research, let me suggest to you:
(a) looking for historical newspaper archives--many are free, and some have low monthly costs which is great if you can fit your research needs in a month, and
(b) doing date-restricted searches on Google Books.
(a) looking for historical newspaper archives--many are free, and some have low monthly costs which is great if you can fit your research needs in a month, and
(b) doing date-restricted searches on Google Books.
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I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist.
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
Opinion | Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist
Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often caricatured to be.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2023 at 3:06 PM
I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist.
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
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Ever community moderator/ thinker you know is head in hands
So apparently, there’s now Twitter Bots specifically to snatch up BlueSky codes. I posted these on the TL and they got snatched within milliseconds of posting.
Never forget when Elon said he’d get rid of all the bots and ended up making them worse!
Never forget when Elon said he’d get rid of all the bots and ended up making them worse!
October 19, 2023 at 1:02 PM
Ever community moderator/ thinker you know is head in hands
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I created a form to be shared with contacts at Black owned bookstores to request an invite to bluesky. I chose the model of the form for invites to the disability community cuz it seemed like I have a lot of people already willing to donate that we can quickly get codes to places that want them.
October 14, 2023 at 8:27 PM
I created a form to be shared with contacts at Black owned bookstores to request an invite to bluesky. I chose the model of the form for invites to the disability community cuz it seemed like I have a lot of people already willing to donate that we can quickly get codes to places that want them.
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Powerful front page of tomorrow's edition of The Daily Tar Heel, UNC's student newspaper. From text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday.
August 30, 2023 at 12:59 AM
Powerful front page of tomorrow's edition of The Daily Tar Heel, UNC's student newspaper. From text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday.
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We have done such a disastrous job really communicating that investment in public health EXPANDS freedoms rather than LIMITS them, or at least the trade-off of expansions to limits can be hugely favorable given appropriate public health investment and action. #bioethics #LawSky #PHLaw #PHEthx
The thing I get hung up on is why does anyone think promising never to close schools again is enough to keep schools open when teachers & staff are underpaid & underprotected? Want to keep schools open? You’ve got to commit resources!
August 27, 2023 at 6:53 PM
We have done such a disastrous job really communicating that investment in public health EXPANDS freedoms rather than LIMITS them, or at least the trade-off of expansions to limits can be hugely favorable given appropriate public health investment and action. #bioethics #LawSky #PHLaw #PHEthx
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If you share Trump’s mugshot today please share that the Fulton County Jail where it was taken, is at 3x it’s capacity, infested with bugs, holding 87% Black people, most of whom haven’t even been convicted of a crime.
6 people have died in custody this year alone. Fuck cops, shut down jails.
6 people have died in custody this year alone. Fuck cops, shut down jails.
August 24, 2023 at 12:21 PM
If you share Trump’s mugshot today please share that the Fulton County Jail where it was taken, is at 3x it’s capacity, infested with bugs, holding 87% Black people, most of whom haven’t even been convicted of a crime.
6 people have died in custody this year alone. Fuck cops, shut down jails.
6 people have died in custody this year alone. Fuck cops, shut down jails.
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It's August, which means PhD admissions season kicking off! If you or someone you know is applying for #PhD programs (especially in U.S. & STEM fields), I have a YouTube playlist trying to help demystify the hidden curriculum. Overview: https://cfiesler.medium.com/phd-admissions-advice-b7a44f97417a
PhD Admissions Advice
Sorry about the hidden curriculum. :(
cfiesler.medium.com
August 4, 2023 at 4:43 PM
It's August, which means PhD admissions season kicking off! If you or someone you know is applying for #PhD programs (especially in U.S. & STEM fields), I have a YouTube playlist trying to help demystify the hidden curriculum. Overview: https://cfiesler.medium.com/phd-admissions-advice-b7a44f97417a
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The collapse of twitter has made it much harder to publicize Skype a Scientist.
Very open to any ideas on how to get the word out to teachers about our program.
It has to be either free or very low-cost (twitter collapsing has also made fundraising harder lolololol).
Very open to any ideas on how to get the word out to teachers about our program.
It has to be either free or very low-cost (twitter collapsing has also made fundraising harder lolololol).
August 2, 2023 at 3:25 PM
The collapse of twitter has made it much harder to publicize Skype a Scientist.
Very open to any ideas on how to get the word out to teachers about our program.
It has to be either free or very low-cost (twitter collapsing has also made fundraising harder lolololol).
Very open to any ideas on how to get the word out to teachers about our program.
It has to be either free or very low-cost (twitter collapsing has also made fundraising harder lolololol).
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This Go Fund Me is to support an incredible young woman, who our family loves deeply - and who has been through so much.
I hope you will donate, or please amplify. She deserves all the support in the world.
I hope you will donate, or please amplify. She deserves all the support in the world.
Helping Avery Get Through University, organized by Martha Crawford
Hi,
This is Martha Crawford LCSW, and I am asking for help in supporting an … Martha Crawford needs your support for Helping Avery Get Through University
www.gofundme.com
July 7, 2023 at 10:20 PM
This Go Fund Me is to support an incredible young woman, who our family loves deeply - and who has been through so much.
I hope you will donate, or please amplify. She deserves all the support in the world.
I hope you will donate, or please amplify. She deserves all the support in the world.
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reskeeting for the new folks - please make a concerted effort to make your content here accessible by adding alt text. don’t know how to write good alt text, or what it is, or why it’s needed? read the quoted thread below!
A SIMPLE GUIDE TO PROVIDING USEFUL ALT ON BLUESKY
1/ ALT's sole function on Bluesky is to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it & read it, I should be able to feel or hear it without leaving Bluesky
1/ ALT's sole function on Bluesky is to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it & read it, I should be able to feel or hear it without leaving Bluesky
July 3, 2023 at 7:25 PM
reskeeting for the new folks - please make a concerted effort to make your content here accessible by adding alt text. don’t know how to write good alt text, or what it is, or why it’s needed? read the quoted thread below!