Heartless Birch
@heartlessbirch.bsky.social
Roller Derby | Nature Nerd | Trail Builder |Maine | Cats | Witchy Cross Stitch
Always fond of cocooning on the couch with a cozy book.
Always fond of cocooning on the couch with a cozy book.
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May the right fire burn within me.
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
May the right fire burn within me.
Just little Portland critters.
September 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just little Portland critters.
The Druid is here. 🐈⬛ 🍃
February 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Druid is here. 🐈⬛ 🍃
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Tomorrow is Cat-erday!
January 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Tomorrow is Cat-erday!
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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re: neil gaiman vulture article.
text: "be on the lookout for smear campaigns against the sources and/or the journalist, Lila Shapiro, in the coming weeks and months." p1
remember how depp's team smeared amber heard. remember how the same team smeared blake lively. be extremely skeptical.
text: "be on the lookout for smear campaigns against the sources and/or the journalist, Lila Shapiro, in the coming weeks and months." p1
remember how depp's team smeared amber heard. remember how the same team smeared blake lively. be extremely skeptical.
January 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
re: neil gaiman vulture article.
text: "be on the lookout for smear campaigns against the sources and/or the journalist, Lila Shapiro, in the coming weeks and months." p1
remember how depp's team smeared amber heard. remember how the same team smeared blake lively. be extremely skeptical.
text: "be on the lookout for smear campaigns against the sources and/or the journalist, Lila Shapiro, in the coming weeks and months." p1
remember how depp's team smeared amber heard. remember how the same team smeared blake lively. be extremely skeptical.
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A seed fern fossil (Alethopteris?) from the Upper Carboniferous in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. #FossilFriday #Fossils 🧪 ⚒️
January 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A seed fern fossil (Alethopteris?) from the Upper Carboniferous in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. #FossilFriday #Fossils 🧪 ⚒️
“Separate the art from the artist” feels like a weak justification to avoid seriously thinking about the context your favorite art exists in. Literary scholars also study the author’s life and time period because it informs the novels they wrote.
Neil’s work does not exist in a vacuum.
#neilgaimen
Neil’s work does not exist in a vacuum.
#neilgaimen
January 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“Separate the art from the artist” feels like a weak justification to avoid seriously thinking about the context your favorite art exists in. Literary scholars also study the author’s life and time period because it informs the novels they wrote.
Neil’s work does not exist in a vacuum.
#neilgaimen
Neil’s work does not exist in a vacuum.
#neilgaimen
Flashback to Lilith “helping” with the roller derby MVP awards. 🛼🏆🐈⬛
January 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Flashback to Lilith “helping” with the roller derby MVP awards. 🛼🏆🐈⬛
Be cautious, it is an upsetting and explicit read.
Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
There Is No Safe Word
Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Be cautious, it is an upsetting and explicit read.
New skates! Holding on tight through the break in period. 🍌
January 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New skates! Holding on tight through the break in period. 🍌
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The always insightful @hcrichardson.bsky.social has a particularly good post today.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 24, 2024
Since the night of the November 5, election, Trump and his allies have insisted that he won what Trump called “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” But as the numbers have continued to come in, it’...
open.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:50 AM
The always insightful @hcrichardson.bsky.social has a particularly good post today.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
A cat and her cat tree. A love story.
November 25, 2024 at 8:19 PM
A cat and her cat tree. A love story.