Nancy Ross Dribin

Trying to make the real world a better place as a mom of twins and writer. Trying to make the online world a better place via user testing. (she / her)

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

@Ebonyteach If anyone is looking for a good read on how current laws support practices that further inequities, I recommend The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein. Sounds like a history book, but makes the connection to today.

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

@Suw Since I owe you for all the Ada Lovelace resources my daughter is using (and properly citing) for a math book report, here’s an especially cute picture…

[Doomscrolling Reminder Bot @doomscroll_bot]

doomscrolling? In 2022? In this economy?

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

My mom grew up picking cotton in the 1950s. Yesterday, she waited in line to once again pick her son to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. We’ve come a long way, but the work isn’t done!

Please vote, Georgia 🗳

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

@ReporterOG I believe you meant to tag @NDRinfo instead of me.

[Benjy Renton @bhrenton]

Today the NIH announced the launch of https://t.co/EbYwkVBUVm, the first national website for Americans to self-report at-home COVID-19 test results. These data will be shared with local public health systems and researchers.

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

I’m a few chapters in to @MaryRobinette’s The Spare Man and very much enjoying how it is unfolding.

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

Looking at other platforms. Mastodon doesn’t quite do what I want. Interested in Post. https://t.co/je6UelYu6m

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

Now this is a great headline.

[NPR @NPR]

BREAKING: Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election and inspired a deadly riot at the Capitol in a desperate attempt to keep himself in power, has filed to run for president again in 2024. https://t.co/iqIcaN3SZA

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

This. Bringing guns to “guard” a voting box is one piece of a larger, very disturbing puzzle. And I feel obliged to point out that it’s a preschool-level puzzle and we can all clearly see the end picture. So maybe let’s treat all of this with some sense of urgency?

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

@pickoffwhite @dansinker Me, too!

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

@NaomiKritzer This is a pretty good summary of what I look for to determine how long corn has been sitting around: https://t.co/e4P6HhHLRO

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

But beyond that, did you skip the part about the importance of faces? Just reading too fast or did you dismiss it because “female character, pffft”? Because that *is* the critical bit if you’re insisting on heading this direction. And the Meta faces…*eye roll*

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

Every time I see a sample of Meta, all I can think is, “Did you actually *read* Snow Crash? Really pay attention? Because you seem to have missed some key plot points.”

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

First, not a great future. Is that really the goal? Really? (Okay, I can actually see some at Meta saying, “Yeah! Meta Franchise, sign me up!” So, there’s that.)

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

Oooooh! Nice job, Apple.

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

@WarriorCare This is such an important resource, I want to make sure credit and questions go to the right place @NRDgov — thank you for supporting our service members and their families

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

A lot of my friends have just stopped talking to me because they feel guilty talking about their lives while my whole social life, apart from work, has been on hold since March 2020. And that's a whole extra thing to grieve about. 1/7

[Nancy Ross Dribin @nrd]

@ddribin Oh, the irony… 🤣❤️