Karen E. Lund 💙💛 @Karen5Lund@mastodon.social

Updated #Introduction, part 2.

I am a fan of most #sports, especially #Mets #baseball and #Isles #hockey.

Other interests include #walking, especially #nature walks, #parks, #photography, #museums, #cooking, #transportation and #pedestrian #safety, and #HistoricPreservation.

I am not here for dating or sex. You will be muted or blocked.

It's Spring Cleaning season, and there seem to be many new users joining the Fediverse, so it's time to update my pinned #introduction toots, which go back to 2018 when I joined Mastodon.

I have a BA in #English and enjoy #writing and #editing. I #blog, do a little #freelance writing, and enjoy #reading #nonfiction.

My professional career has been spent providing #administrative support to #nonprofits. I am also a serial #volunteer.

@Joshi I just don't care.

Anatomically I'm a woman.

I was born late in the Baby Boom (early 1960s) and commonly refer to all people as "guys."

I've been called "dude" by a Gen X woman and "mami" by a Hispanic woman. I was once introduced to someone as my brother's brother, which puzzled but did not offend me.

I've thought about using "it."

The only gender word that ever offended me was when someone called me "sir."

I've put that in my bio: Please don't call me "sir."

#Mosstodon

I'm told this #research project is still recruiting participants.

"This study will be a phase-1, open-label, placebo-controlled, evaluation of two-dosages of a live, recombinant Newcastle disease virus expressing the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19]."

It is taking place at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05181709

Our Wednesday morning #bird walk was not as successful as we hoped. But we did see this mother #duck in a stream with her adorable little ducklings.

This morning on the bus a man was wearing a KN95 mask hanging off one ear. I was wearing a two-layer cloth mask covering my mouth and nose.

Tell me again why (K)N95 masks are always better.

It seems to me that something I'll actually wear beats one that is theoretically better but maybe too uncomfortable to wear.

PS: Masks are still "required" on transit here, though it is not enforced.

Watch “A scholar at risk; Dr Djalali on death row in Iran.” His execution is scheduled for May 21.

Watch on #Vimeo and take action via #ScholarsAtRisk: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/ahmadreza-djalali-iran/

https://vimeo.com/411435897?ref=tw-share