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Helen Parrington, Ph.D.
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She/her, 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦, virologist, SCUBA diver, guinea pig owner
Some smol baby squids I saw while diving in Belize earlier this month!
I forget what kind/s, prob baby reef squid but not sure

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social thought you might appreciate!
June 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Reposted by Helen Parrington, Ph.D.
They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.
www.providencejournal.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
So much for Boston standing up for/protecting immigrants 😑
The headline really sanitizes what they did to this guy. Getting stripped naked, inadequate food, sleep deprivation sounds more like war on terror ear rendition than "interrogation."
March 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bill Lee is keeping his record of being one of America's cruelest governors going strong I see 😞
UPDATE: “DOUBLES DOWN ON THE CRUELTY”

@GovBillLee turned down more than $75 million in federal funding for summer meals for kids— now *replacing it* with $3 million for summer grocery costs in 15 counties🤔

@RepCohen calls it “clearly inadequate”

More: www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
February 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Happy New Year!!
Used this chonkyboi for our in-house ball drop, he had fun mooching for snacks from everyone after and was rewarded handsomely for helping us ring in the new year
January 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Going to use this on my brother who, somewhat judgmentally I may, commented on me buying games I'll probably not play much yesterday
December 20, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Well, this was a depressing read
Any Dem senator who votes for Kennedy needs to be run out of the caucus. If a candidate can't fucking draw a red line at polio, then they're no damn good.
We are going to let so many kids die www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
December 13, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Ngl, kinda hoping the Subway Strangler gets the Brock/Allen Turner treatment by society at the very least
December 10, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Reposted by Helen Parrington, Ph.D.
Regence Blue Cross of Utah is denying chemotherapy to my friend, Raven Haymond. She is scheduled to receive Perjecta, which is the standard of care for HER2+ targeted cancers next week

You can call the ethics hotline: (888) 384-3577

email: eco@cambiahealth.com

We are also seeking media contacts
December 6, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Gave my guinea pig a new paper bag to play in and he's already making renovations! His old bag (2nd pic) was falling to pieces he chewed it so much! This pig has a fleece hidey, a wooden hidey, and a castle with a second floor but the simple paper bag is always his favourite lol 🥰
December 3, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Reminder: there's still time to help make a difference
boardingschoolhealing.org/advocacy/tak..
December 3, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Do you live in the USA & want to do something that will help make this country a bit better?
If so, use the link below to contact your state reps about getting the Truth and Healing Bill passed in the house & senate! /1
boardingschoolhealing.org/advocacy/tak...
Take Action - The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
We are closer than ever to finding truth and healing for Indian boarding school survivors and their descendants. Currently, H.R. 7227 is a bipartisan bill that is endorsed by 80 co-sponsors in the Hou...
boardingschoolhealing.org
November 18, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Buried my Donut today; he passed in Mar but as I was living in 🇦🇺 we waited until after I moved home. He was a goofy little piggy that lived in his own little world. He loved to chase after his fav brother, Tucker, & gave great snuggles when held. Already been missing this little potato so much ❤️
October 28, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Fireworks from the Ekka earlier this week!!
August 20, 2023 at 8:19 AM
I moved to Australia a few weeks ago for my postdoc and today I finally saw the fruit bats/flying foxes out in the wild! It was so amazing!! There were so many of them and they got surprisingly close. I didn't get the best pictures but I'll work on that later 😅
August 9, 2023 at 9:29 AM
3 weeks ago I got my PhD, it was really special as my dad got to be part of the ceremony and hood me along with my PI. My dad had saved his PhD hood from over 30 years ago just for something like this! 🥺
We then celebrated by spending a day at the Georgia Aquarium & diving with the whale sharks!!
June 3, 2023 at 3:34 AM
Celebratory first post with a picture of a snuggly Donut ☺️
May 31, 2023 at 9:31 PM