Kristin Block

@MarsMaven

Spacecraft pro, taiko player, bassist, percussionist. Often invisible disabilities. Miami-Tucson-Bay Area. Not affiliated w/. Opinions mine & queer.

San Jose, CA
Joined June 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    22 Jul 2016

    Super proud to have taken the image of Viking Lander featured here (~5min) for !

    Did you miss the reopening of ? Check this out!
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  2. 4 hours ago

    It's happening. In a full day and a half I've tumbled down the rabbit hole of the cinematic universe. I've called my cats highway maintenance vehicles via song countless times in the past 36 hours. What is this.

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  3. Retweeted
    Nov 12

    Oh, you like vampire weekend? You have vampire unions to thank for that.

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  4. Retweeted
    Nov 12

    Viral triggers are the most common triggers of me/cfs. When I tell ya'll ye really dont want to risk developing a post viral conditions from covid, Im not exagerating.

    A slide titled: Median Quality of Life in ME/CFS. Chart from Hvidberg et al.'s paper: The health-related quality of life for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome. The chart shows the EQ-5D 3L score, a common validated instrument to measure quality of life. The median and mean score on this measure is compared in ME/CFS, from lowest to highest average quality of life: first ME/CFS, then depression, bleeding ulcer, COPH, schizophrenia, sclerosis, chronic renal failure, rheumatoid arthritis, lung cancer, stroke, diabetes (Type II), heart IS, heart angina, colon cancer, diabetes type I, abdominal wall hernia, heart AMI, ingunal hernia, breast cancer, sleep apnea and prostate cancer, followed by the score in the general population. A lower score means lower quality of life.
    ME/CFS is a life-altering diagnosis. People with ME/CFS have the lowest quality of life to any disease to which I am aware it has ever been compared. This is the EQ-5D 3L score, and ME/CFS is at the top left... (1/3)
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  5. Retweeted
    Nov 9

    The whole chronic pain series...wow. This is so truly horrible and harmful for disabled and chronically ill people. They couldn't even contain it to a single piece. It had to be a whole series of victim blaming us, telling us to just think and exercise our pain away.

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  6. Nov 12

    Look at that last picture LOOK AT IT I don't know I'd want this to ride in all the time, but I love that makers are experimenting here.

    HYUNDAI KNOCKED THIS OUT OF THE PARK. i give you the Hyundai Grandeur Heritage EV Concept. and i’m not mincing words, i love everything about it.
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    Nov 12

    h/t for sharing...

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  8. Retweeted
    Nov 8

    Excellent piece regarding of the variety. Great advice for sufferers. I think also short & useful for raising awareness & improving understanding among loved ones & people who care to be disability allies but don't know about this disease.

    My first op-ed is out today in the ! So you've got Long COVID? Here are 5 things you should know (from someone who might look like your future)
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  9. Nov 8

    Every workplace-wide webinar should have captioning offered, this shouldn't need to be said.

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    Nov 4

    “Engracia Figueroa, a fierce advocate for people with disabilities, passed away on Sunday due to complications from injuries she sustained when United Airlines destroyed her custom wheelchair last July.” 1/3

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  11. Nov 5

    Is it my imagination or are *a lot* of folks with chronic illnesses just really struggling right now? Much worse than usual?

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  12. Nov 1

    If you want to follow SCOTUS via live tweeting experts:

    Good morning my fellow law nerds! here taking over the main account this morning to live-tweet the oral arguments in . 25 minutes to go! Don't touch that dial! We'll be right back! Other Gen X sayings!
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  13. Oct 31

    Friendly reminder to check your new followers and don't be afraid to use the block button. Seems like an uptick in newly-created accts with iffy bios.

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  14. Oct 29

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  15. Oct 28

    That's not a halloween thing, that's a power thing. And/or a cruelty thing. Gleefully done.

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  16. Oct 26

    I also hear "It's okay with me if you and your caregiver(s) need to stay inside literally forever, I don't want to be inconvenienced, idc :shrug:"

    when I hear “we’ll just have to live with covid” I really hear “I’m ok with you and your disabled friends dying if it means I can still go to the pub”
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  17. Oct 26

    . and I were chatting about the (now-static) kinetic sculpture hanging above the atrium of Kuiper Building. Just curious...any of you planetary frens have pictures of it from years past? Or at its installation? (...has it moved?)

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  18. Oct 23

    So cool!! I was not expecting Dr in my inbox today with but I opened this email so fast!!

    Screenshot of an email promotional message from West Elm. Pale background with picture of Dr. Raven the Science Maven, a stylishly dressed Black woman smiling at the viewer. Text reads "Netflix ada twist scientist West elm kids science with a twist virtual event" followed by description and "Saturday November 6tg 11-1130am ET"
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  19. Oct 22

    This is legit, and I have found and retrieved a very old apartment security deposit, insurance policy refunds, etc. this way. Search for every state you've lived in. And for your parents as well (even if they are deceased, if you are the beneficiary).

    💰PSA💰: if an entity owes you money and can't find you to give you that money, they are required to surrender the money to the state, who will hold the money for you. but states won't come looking for you if they have your money, you have to ask them if they do. (1/5)
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  20. Oct 21

    Okay, this is very cool (and feels friendly bladerunnery too?)

    2:20
    An entire rocket launch sequence was just projected on Expo Dubai’s Al Wasl Dome to celebrate Space Week. Absolutely incredible. Very well done.
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  21. Oct 14

    If Martians landed a Curiosity Rover on Earth:

    Last week I visited Death Valley and attempted to photograph some of its spots 'in the style of' Curiosity's Navigation cameras. 45x45deg FOV, 1024x1024 pixels and approx 'red' in sensitivity (600-800nm). These are the stitched results...at the south end - the Ashford Mill Ruins
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