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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW

@lovinglife.bsky.social

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Dedicated to ensuring equitable access to resources, opportunities, and support. Passionate about #SocialWork 🌿 #PublicHealth #Wellness #DoingTheNextRightThing #HIVSurvivor [since 1985] 🇬🇷

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · 15h

Been through a tough week with Baylee. She is doing better; however, healing is a process. #DogsOfBluesky #PackLeader 🐾 #Hope #Health

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · 24d

Busy Bee #DragonFruit 🐝 🌱

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · 25d

Exploring Virtual Clinical Simulation-Based Learning with MSW Students: A Mixed-Methods Study: Studies in Clinical Social Work: Transforming Practice, Education and Research 🧪

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Exploring Virtual Clinical simulation-Based Learning with MSW Students: A mixed-Methods Study: Studies in Clinical Social Work: Transforming Practice, Education and Research: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Aug 31

#DragonFruit #Gardening #Florida #GrowYourOwn

More blooms 🌱

Close up of a dragon fruit flower a few hours before it blooms. Green petals wrapped around a puffy White Center

Image taken at night with a dragon fruit plant on a wooden support with three dragon fruit blooms. Flowers are white

Side view of a dragon fruit bloom white petals with green

Dragon fruit bloom a few hours before fully opening puffy white petals with green powder stocks

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Aug 20

Excited to share our new publication!

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Aug 19

I seriously needed to see this. Thank you, back to work I go.

Image for fun. My recent #DragonFruit bloom

Side view of a dragon fruit bloom, with white petals and a blue sky behind just before sunset.

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Aug 19

#DogsofBlueSky my house is full every summer. Pet sitting. I get paid to give love and receive love. #LifeIsGood #PackLeader

Disclaimer a couple of them are mine. 🥰

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Aug 17

Amid all the noise, heartbreak & chaos, I’m reminding myself to pause… to breathe… to find the small places where peace still grows. 🌱 My garden has been that place for me—a reminder that even in difficult seasons, beauty and life push through.

Wishing peace for you & yours, however you find it. 🪴🌼

Red zinnia with a yellow center next to a piece of wood

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yes, but you have to get real close and to smell it

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Aug 7

My newest bloom. #GrowYourOwn 🌱

stapelia gigantea bloom in a rectangular white garden pot

stapelia gigantea bud just before it blooms

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 31

Scruffy wants to know where are we going. #DogsofBlueSky

A tan colored dog sitting in a car he's got a red leash and a brown harness on looking directly at the camera with bright brown eyes and a scruffy furry face ears pointed straight up he's sitting in the passenger seat with the blue cover on the seat

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our first #DragonFruit of the season. She is amazing; she tastes so good. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Florida

Red dragon fruit cut in half with dark red Flesh and black seeds on a stainless cutting board

Close up of a red dragon fruit still on the vine with a fence and fig tree in the background

Clay Bowl in the foreground with a man with a red shirt cutting a red dragon fruit on a stainless steel cutting board. Set in a kitchen with a dark gray countertop

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 14

I just learned Anhingas are not herons; they belong to the Anhingidae family. Both are large, have long necks & are primarily found in aquatic environments, but they represent distinct species with differing evolutionary backgrounds

Growing & learning in beautiful ways everyday

#Backyard beauty

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · Jul 14

East Coast (USA) heron species. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #herons

Nine common heron species found along the US East Coast.

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 10

Mother Nature is absolutely amazing. I am grateful for the gifts she offers.

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 10

#DragonFruit is almost ready. #Gardening #GrowYourOwn 🌱

Ripening red dragon fruit on its cactus stock water in the background

Ripening red dragon fruit on its cactus stock

Ripening red dragon fruit on its cactus stock fence and green grass in the background

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HIV i-Base @hiv-i-base.bsky.social · Jul 9

i-Base reports from #IAS2025. Check back at this link for daily reports from the conference, follow updates here or subscribe by email:

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#HIV #HIVsky #ResearchSky #HIVscience #HIVresearch #HIVtreatment #HIVprevention #ResearchMatters #Kigali #Rwanda @iasociety.bsky.social

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 8

Fantastic picture and I always hope to see more bees!

Imagine a flower that looks like a spiky ball, like a tiny hedgehog. The Globe Thistle has flowerheads that are round and prickly, measuring about 2 inches across. They are typically a vibrant blue, sometimes described as steel blue, dusty lavender, or deep purple-blue, especially in varieties like 'Veitch's Blue'. The surface of the globe is made up of many tiny, star-shaped flowers that give it a spiky or bristly feel. There are several in the picture with a bee feeding on one of them

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 7

Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and other deep-red states are leading the pack in rural hospital closures. This is what happens when you gut Medicaid, reject federal dollars, and treat healthcare like a luxury.

You can’t blame “woke” when there’s no ER for 100 miles.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · Jul 4

Better than human beings

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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dragon Fruit pre and post bloom #GrowYourOwn #Florida #Gardening #DirtyHands 🌱

Two Dragon Fruit pre blooms with a wooden fence and water in the background

Two Dragon Fruit post blooms, white petals yellow fluffy center with a wooden fence and darkness in the background and a bloom paint brush for pollination

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jul 4

Stunning

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing for all.

Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · Jun 26

#DogsofBlueSky Marty and Maggie stayed the week, while their human parents went to the beach.

#PictureWindow

Two small black and white dogs looking at a picture window in a fence the one dog is standing on the window seal looks like she's smiling and has her tongue out