After 12 years and over 16,000 tweets on the platform, I have left Twitter. The deciding factors were recent developments concerning privacy and a growing weariness with the platform in general. I will not be joining any alternative social media sites, and have instead decided to dedicate the time I would have spent on social media, to being social with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m still active on LinkedIn and ResearchGate for now if you’re looking for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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