Dr. Heidi 🌏📚🎓
@lada90.bsky.social
Failed academic, middle & high school educator, Earth scientist, writer, crazy cat lady, GenX, Borneo indigenous, #decolonize
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Dr. Heidi 🌏📚🎓
@lada90.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Hello new followers!
I am a busy and stressed out middle/school science and math teacher, so I will mostly be reposting.
I mostly repost (and post) Earth science, climate science, social justice, economic justice, science fiction/fantasy, and world indigenous issues.
I am a busy and stressed out middle/school science and math teacher, so I will mostly be reposting.
I mostly repost (and post) Earth science, climate science, social justice, economic justice, science fiction/fantasy, and world indigenous issues.
3 days after a positive COVID test, 2 days after an ER visit & finally getting necessary meds, I feel almost human again. Well, at least my asthma is now responding to meds
I did avoid the virus for 5 years so I knew my luck would run out eventually. I guess no covid shot for a couple months then 🤷🏻♀️
I did avoid the virus for 5 years so I knew my luck would run out eventually. I guess no covid shot for a couple months then 🤷🏻♀️
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
3 days after a positive COVID test, 2 days after an ER visit & finally getting necessary meds, I feel almost human again. Well, at least my asthma is now responding to meds
I did avoid the virus for 5 years so I knew my luck would run out eventually. I guess no covid shot for a couple months then 🤷🏻♀️
I did avoid the virus for 5 years so I knew my luck would run out eventually. I guess no covid shot for a couple months then 🤷🏻♀️
New semester, new campus, but I survived the first week of fall semester! The new campus is taking a little to get used to including working out some HVAC and tech issues, but I’m excited about our new science lab that myself, our lab manager (with some help) set up from scratch!
#edusky #teaching
#edusky #teaching
August 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Biology teachers check out this cool bacteria- what a great example to use when teaching cellular respiration!
#Edusky. 🧬🍎
#Edusky. 🧬🍎
Bacteria from a Yellowstone hot spring do something no other organism has been found to do: breathe oxygen and sulfur at the same time. 🧪 It's both aerobic and anaerobic, a beautiful freaky creature from a beautiful freaky place
The Cells That Breathe Two Ways | Quanta Magazine
In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to do: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time.
www.quantamagazine.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Biology teachers check out this cool bacteria- what a great example to use when teaching cellular respiration!
#Edusky. 🧬🍎
#Edusky. 🧬🍎
June 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My cats are 9 years old! 😻 #cats #crazycatlady
June 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My cats are 9 years old! 😻 #cats #crazycatlady
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As long as I live, I will never understand how “it should be easier for multi-billion-dollar corporations to dump poison in the water my children drink” became popular politics with half the country.
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi... 🌎🧪
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi... 🌎🧪
EPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulations
Lee Zeldin said he will reconsider a list of core EPA policies, including emissions standards for vehicles and the finding that serves as the basis for addressing climate change.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
As long as I live, I will never understand how “it should be easier for multi-billion-dollar corporations to dump poison in the water my children drink” became popular politics with half the country.
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi... 🌎🧪
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi... 🌎🧪
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Wait until you find out that the United States has deported dozens of American citizens in the last decade. 70 between 2015 and 2020. And that was when he wasn’t trying.
Oh and I’m an attorney too. This is just factually incorrect.
Oh and I’m an attorney too. This is just factually incorrect.
December 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Wait until you find out that the United States has deported dozens of American citizens in the last decade. 70 between 2015 and 2020. And that was when he wasn’t trying.
Oh and I’m an attorney too. This is just factually incorrect.
Oh and I’m an attorney too. This is just factually incorrect.
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A US judge blocks the deportation of Palestinian Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil and sets a hearing for Wednesday after his arrest over protests against Israel’s war on Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/gt5ocf
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/gt5ocf
March 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A US judge blocks the deportation of Palestinian Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil and sets a hearing for Wednesday after his arrest over protests against Israel’s war on Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/gt5ocf
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/gt5ocf
The cruelty is the point. This administration DOES NOT CARE about anyone but themselves and wealth. It’s disgusting.
NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom Educator Voice — Hear from teachers on the plans to dismantle the DoE. "It will be like going back in time to the 1960s, when children with learning differences and challenging behavior were not entitled to an education at all" #EduSky #sschat
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bit.ly/41HYHvE
How shutting down the Department of Education would affect teachers and students
Hear from teachers what shutting down the Department of Education would mean for their classrooms
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March 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The cruelty is the point. This administration DOES NOT CARE about anyone but themselves and wealth. It’s disgusting.
In case anyone is wondering why I left the field after getting my PhD.
“And let’s be clear—this isn’t a case of “not being tough enough.” It’s a case of not wanting to endure unnecessary hostility in a field that should be driven by curiosity and collaboration, not gatekeeping.”
“And let’s be clear—this isn’t a case of “not being tough enough.” It’s a case of not wanting to endure unnecessary hostility in a field that should be driven by curiosity and collaboration, not gatekeeping.”
Why Earth and Space Sciences need to dismantle the cis-het-white boys’ club
The Earth and space sciences, like many STEM fields, have long been dominated by a narrow vision of who belongs. But the tide is turning. A 2023 workplace climate survey of Earth and space scientists ...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In case anyone is wondering why I left the field after getting my PhD.
“And let’s be clear—this isn’t a case of “not being tough enough.” It’s a case of not wanting to endure unnecessary hostility in a field that should be driven by curiosity and collaboration, not gatekeeping.”
“And let’s be clear—this isn’t a case of “not being tough enough.” It’s a case of not wanting to endure unnecessary hostility in a field that should be driven by curiosity and collaboration, not gatekeeping.”
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This news truly breaks my heart.
We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line!
abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...
We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line!
abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...
Measles death of unvaccinated child in Texas outbreak is 1st fatality in US in a decade
An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak that has infected more than 100 people.
abcnews.go.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This news truly breaks my heart.
We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line!
abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...
We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line!
abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...
This is not good. 😬 www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is not good. 😬 www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.
February 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.
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Who is ready to bring it?
February 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times, gifs only
February 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times, gifs only
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Young people are constantly confronted by divisive messages, hate and disinformation – and it's on adults to help them build resilience 📣.
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...
February 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Young people are constantly confronted by divisive messages, hate and disinformation – and it's on adults to help them build resilience 📣.
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...
Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...
While I need to keep updated about the state of the country, posts on social are not good for my mental health.
So if I don’t react to something important you posted, it’s not that I don’t care, it’s because I need to protect myself mental health.
(Kitty pic to break up your doomscrolling) 😽💜
So if I don’t react to something important you posted, it’s not that I don’t care, it’s because I need to protect myself mental health.
(Kitty pic to break up your doomscrolling) 😽💜
February 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
While I need to keep updated about the state of the country, posts on social are not good for my mental health.
So if I don’t react to something important you posted, it’s not that I don’t care, it’s because I need to protect myself mental health.
(Kitty pic to break up your doomscrolling) 😽💜
So if I don’t react to something important you posted, it’s not that I don’t care, it’s because I need to protect myself mental health.
(Kitty pic to break up your doomscrolling) 😽💜
Ally is a verb. transequality.org/trans-101/su...
Supporting Transgender People | A4TE
Learning to be an ally to the transgender people in your life, or to transgender people overall, is an ongoing process.
transequality.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Ally is a verb. transequality.org/trans-101/su...
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I always check with stuff like this, and yup. It's listed this way on Maps.
February 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I always check with stuff like this, and yup. It's listed this way on Maps.
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It’s a bias machine , that systemically punishes deviation that’s what it’s designed to do
Microsoft study finds AI makes human cognition “atrophied and unprepared”
🔗 www.404media.co/microsoft-st...
🔗 www.404media.co/microsoft-st...
February 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It’s a bias machine , that systemically punishes deviation that’s what it’s designed to do
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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We’re not just getting to a dystopia. We’ve been in a dystopia. The warnings in all your favorites aren’t about the future. They’ve always been about what we’re doing in the moment, so maybe we’ll actually look at what’s happening instead of just shrugging at the news.
February 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We’re not just getting to a dystopia. We’ve been in a dystopia. The warnings in all your favorites aren’t about the future. They’ve always been about what we’re doing in the moment, so maybe we’ll actually look at what’s happening instead of just shrugging at the news.
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Black History is World History
February 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Black History is World History
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SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...