Catherine McGeehin Heilferty
@cheech-phd.bsky.social
Website: https://youngestofseven.com/
Friend. Wife. Mama. GrandmaCheech. Nurse-Scientist. Nurse-Faculty. Patient Revolution Fellow. Craftivist. Artist.
Friend. Wife. Mama. GrandmaCheech. Nurse-Scientist. Nurse-Faculty. Patient Revolution Fellow. Craftivist. Artist.
“But what motivates me sometimes, Ina, is watching really dumb people do things.”
—Amy Poehler, goddess
From Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Ina Garten, Nov 25, 2025
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—Amy Poehler, goddess
From Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Ina Garten, Nov 25, 2025
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Ina Garten
Podcast Episode · Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 11/25/2025 · 1h 11m
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November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“But what motivates me sometimes, Ina, is watching really dumb people do things.”
—Amy Poehler, goddess
From Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Ina Garten, Nov 25, 2025
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
This material may be protected by copyright.
—Amy Poehler, goddess
From Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Ina Garten, Nov 25, 2025
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
This material may be protected by copyright.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Direct link explaining Fall of Freedom and how to participate www.falloffreedom.com
Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.
www.falloffreedom.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Direct link explaining Fall of Freedom and how to participate www.falloffreedom.com
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Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
Artists respond to a cultural squeeze during the 'Fall of Freedom'
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
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Huey Lewis is an objectively good name for a cat
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Huey Lewis is an objectively good name for a cat
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roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
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Pretty sure that's Henry James on that chair..
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Pretty sure that's Henry James on that chair..
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November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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I was reflecting this morning on why I love the cartographic community so much:
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I was reflecting this morning on why I love the cartographic community so much:
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
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Our essay on flooding the zone with AI:
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Our essay on flooding the zone with AI:
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
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well I can't access Canvas but I sure do have a fun new example of the harms of consolidation for my public policy class
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
well I can't access Canvas but I sure do have a fun new example of the harms of consolidation for my public policy class
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Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
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'On Top of Mount Champlain' (2022) -- Looking North-East Across Frenchman's Bay With Several of the Porcupine Islands in the Middle Distance, Acadia National Park, ME
It's Friday!! 🤩 Time for #SCAPE ✨ & #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
It's Friday!! 🤩 Time for #SCAPE ✨ & #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
October 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
'On Top of Mount Champlain' (2022) -- Looking North-East Across Frenchman's Bay With Several of the Porcupine Islands in the Middle Distance, Acadia National Park, ME
It's Friday!! 🤩 Time for #SCAPE ✨ & #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
It's Friday!! 🤩 Time for #SCAPE ✨ & #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
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On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
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My least favourite words that I wish we could put into room 101 are
#Attendance #resilience both have been weaponised against vulnerable people as the priority over health and mental well being. We are not failing by taking care of ourselves, the government is.
#Attendance #resilience both have been weaponised against vulnerable people as the priority over health and mental well being. We are not failing by taking care of ourselves, the government is.
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
My least favourite words that I wish we could put into room 101 are
#Attendance #resilience both have been weaponised against vulnerable people as the priority over health and mental well being. We are not failing by taking care of ourselves, the government is.
#Attendance #resilience both have been weaponised against vulnerable people as the priority over health and mental well being. We are not failing by taking care of ourselves, the government is.
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There really are only two groups of people who are against some kind of universal/socialized health care. People who have never experienced it or people who profit from the existing system.
October 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There really are only two groups of people who are against some kind of universal/socialized health care. People who have never experienced it or people who profit from the existing system.
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Water broke at 3:55am, contractions commenced and then immediately slowed down so now it's a long, slow, epidural grind waiting for baby to show!
Anyway give the Maine Med nurses everything they ask for in their union contract
Anyway give the Maine Med nurses everything they ask for in their union contract
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Water broke at 3:55am, contractions commenced and then immediately slowed down so now it's a long, slow, epidural grind waiting for baby to show!
Anyway give the Maine Med nurses everything they ask for in their union contract
Anyway give the Maine Med nurses everything they ask for in their union contract
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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When I was young
I thought I’d help
this world
by writing novels.
But I grew up,
and when I was older
I thought I’d help
this world
by educating others.
But I grew up,
and now, even older
I think I don’t know
how to help this world
so I’ll wear a mask
until I figure that out.
I thought I’d help
this world
by writing novels.
But I grew up,
and when I was older
I thought I’d help
this world
by educating others.
But I grew up,
and now, even older
I think I don’t know
how to help this world
so I’ll wear a mask
until I figure that out.
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
When I was young
I thought I’d help
this world
by writing novels.
But I grew up,
and when I was older
I thought I’d help
this world
by educating others.
But I grew up,
and now, even older
I think I don’t know
how to help this world
so I’ll wear a mask
until I figure that out.
I thought I’d help
this world
by writing novels.
But I grew up,
and when I was older
I thought I’d help
this world
by educating others.
But I grew up,
and now, even older
I think I don’t know
how to help this world
so I’ll wear a mask
until I figure that out.
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"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
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Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.
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Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.
— Howard Zinn
#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerReport
#BloomScrolling
— Howard Zinn
#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerReport
#BloomScrolling
October 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.
— Howard Zinn
#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerReport
#BloomScrolling
— Howard Zinn
#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerReport
#BloomScrolling