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Exploring Google Search Trends Over Time and by Country Using the GtrendsR Package [R, via RStudio]
![Exploring Google Search Trends Over Time and by Country Using the GtrendsR Package [R, via RStudio]](https://medsocionwheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GtrendsDisability1722_Cover2.png)
The “gtrends” package allows you to query search hits for up to 5 keywords. Let’s look at search hits for terms related to disability and chronic illness.
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The Breaking Period: View from My Wheelchair
To everyone who has ever had to say “no, I really can’t use the stairs.” I don’t know what our path forward is, but I am secure knowing our community has only gotten tighter during COVID.
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Landscape Series – View from My Drive Home, Autumn
oil pastel landscape (digital). This painting is based on a sharp curve I used to pass on my commute. It depicts the empty blacktop pavement curving almost 90 degrees to the left, surrounded by falling orange, red, and yellow leaves.
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#IMaskBecause Networking Matters, but Not More than Safety.
Based on part 1 of the Twitter series of the same name: I mask because networking matters, but not more than safety – digital self portrait of me, a red headed white woman, posing for a photo with my spouse, Jake, a bald white man. We are dressed in N95 respirators and “holiday” attire for…
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Mountain Landscape at Sunset – Digital Oil on Canvas
View my process:
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#IMaskBecause COVID is Not Over
Want to view my process? Watch Here: Where it all started: Find the #IMaskBecause series on my Twitter @MedSociOnWheels. This portrait is based on post 2 of the series, shown below. Feeling inspired by all of the angry anti-mask trolls. May start a daily “I mask because” post 😏 Today’s: #IMaskBecause anti-mask ableist bullies don’t…
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Final Exam Week Coffee Break
Digital painting of a white woman with short red hair and glasses drinking coffee from a to-go cup
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”Are You Sure You Shouldn’t Extend Another Semester?”
Grappling with the disappointments of graduate school as a disabled student during the COVID-19 pandemic As we slide into our third summer dealing with COVID-19, I cannot stop thinking about privileged people’s approach to problem solving. I find myself surrounded by people who seem to seriously believe that if they ignore the problem, it will…
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Sunday Sunset
Sunday morning painting session: A snowy sunset landscape showing a cabin by a lake surrounded by woods with mountains in the background
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Navigating higher education as someone at high risk for COVID-19 hospitalization/death #WeAreHopkinsToo
Image DescriptionDigital painting of a white woman with shoulder-length red hair sitting in front of a laptop computer in two poses. On the left, the woman looks at the computer screen that reads “you’re invited! Teaching awards. Masks OPTIONAL.” On the right, the woman glares to the side, her whole face is visible and she…
Medical Sociology on Wheels
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