Heather Howard
@hidingheather.bsky.social
I'm a Hoosier, not a bigot. Associate prof and business librarian. Cats, cooking, travel. she/her
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anyone want to join my war group chat? it's where we plan war
March 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
anyone want to join my war group chat? it's where we plan war
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Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
March 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
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Hot off the presses: Noodle News Feb 25
March 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hot off the presses: Noodle News Feb 25
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"We assure you that eliminating DEI initiatives will have no negative consequences—except for anyone who isn’t already perfectly positioned for leadership."
Starfleet Eliminating All Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
To all Starfleet personnel, It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and i...
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"We assure you that eliminating DEI initiatives will have no negative consequences—except for anyone who isn’t already perfectly positioned for leadership."
Researching international IP for my book and I can't get over the fact that Juan Valdez is a geographical indicator for coffee from Columbia, and not a brand.
March 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Researching international IP for my book and I can't get over the fact that Juan Valdez is a geographical indicator for coffee from Columbia, and not a brand.
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if anyone says the phrase "run the government like a business" within earshot ever again I am going to turn into the Joker
February 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
if anyone says the phrase "run the government like a business" within earshot ever again I am going to turn into the Joker
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Need a white guy to walk confidently into a federal building and delete all the student loans files
So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!
3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records
San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices bef...
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Need a white guy to walk confidently into a federal building and delete all the student loans files
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Begging some hero in the Department of Ed to rename the student loan record file folder "DEI training materials" before unlocking the door for the DOGE bros
February 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Begging some hero in the Department of Ed to rename the student loan record file folder "DEI training materials" before unlocking the door for the DOGE bros
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Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
February 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
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Being a science writer right now is like…
9am - Coffee and constitutional crisis!
10am - Read a neat study on 5000-year-old beads.
11am - US science funding is off/on/off/on!
Noon - Email a researcher about Iron Age skeletons.
Afternoon - More constitutional crises and screaming into the void!
9am - Coffee and constitutional crisis!
10am - Read a neat study on 5000-year-old beads.
11am - US science funding is off/on/off/on!
Noon - Email a researcher about Iron Age skeletons.
Afternoon - More constitutional crises and screaming into the void!
February 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Being a science writer right now is like…
9am - Coffee and constitutional crisis!
10am - Read a neat study on 5000-year-old beads.
11am - US science funding is off/on/off/on!
Noon - Email a researcher about Iron Age skeletons.
Afternoon - More constitutional crises and screaming into the void!
9am - Coffee and constitutional crisis!
10am - Read a neat study on 5000-year-old beads.
11am - US science funding is off/on/off/on!
Noon - Email a researcher about Iron Age skeletons.
Afternoon - More constitutional crises and screaming into the void!
Nothing to see here.
Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon vanish as the Trump administration works to scrap anything that doesn’t his agenda.
www.theverge.com/news/604484/...
www.theverge.com/news/604484/...
Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
Researchers have been archiving government websites for months.
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Nothing to see here.
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I really thought taking over the US Government was more difficult than sending a teenager named Big Balls to demand everyone hand over the keys
Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private.
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
February 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I really thought taking over the US Government was more difficult than sending a teenager named Big Balls to demand everyone hand over the keys
Lasagna Noodle update
January 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Lasagna Noodle update
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two things have been made abundantly clear in the last week:
1. the democrats are terrible, with a handful of exceptions
2. the idea that "both parties are exactly the same" is absolute fucking horseshit
1. the democrats are terrible, with a handful of exceptions
2. the idea that "both parties are exactly the same" is absolute fucking horseshit
January 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
two things have been made abundantly clear in the last week:
1. the democrats are terrible, with a handful of exceptions
2. the idea that "both parties are exactly the same" is absolute fucking horseshit
1. the democrats are terrible, with a handful of exceptions
2. the idea that "both parties are exactly the same" is absolute fucking horseshit
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Starting the four year struggle to stay informed without wallowing.
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Starting the four year struggle to stay informed without wallowing.
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We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
We failed to stop the rise of fascism. What comes next?
How to navigate the future without a map.
shatterzone.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
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this duck has already anticipated your next move
Maria Sibylla Merian, b. 2 Apr 1647, d. #otd 13 Jan 1717. A Merganser duck
(The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
(The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
January 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
this duck has already anticipated your next move
"Pump up the Jam" is easily my favorite running Philomena Cunk joke.
January 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"Pump up the Jam" is easily my favorite running Philomena Cunk joke.
Starting this out with a cat, which is easily the best part of the internet.
January 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Starting this out with a cat, which is easily the best part of the internet.