The Genius Behind @OKWildlifeDept’s Most Viral Tweets Is Signing Off (wired.com)

There are ways of making science and government cool. “Southerland announced that she’d made her final post. It was about not feeding doughnuts to wildlife. ‘For the past four years, it’s been my job—nay, my PLEASURE—to be the tweeter behind the @OKWildlifeDept account,’ she wrote. ‘It’s been my absolute honor to roast and ratio some of you into the ground in the name of science.'” I had to look up “ratio” on urbandictionary. 🙁

I love this person. Brilliant.

https://www.wired.com/story/oklahoma-department-wildlife-conservation-social-media-legacy

During the pandemic, a new voice on twitter and later on tiktok took up the standard Oklahoma Wildlife twitter account and made it cool. Here’s the backstory on the person behind the account.

We could use such a person in medical informatics. Just sayin’.

Author: CT Lin

CMIO, UCHealth (Colorado); Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine

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