Heidi Altman, Ph.D.
@heidialtman.bsky.social
🔵Linguistic and applied Anthro, Ph.D. Happily married to my favorite husband, mom to 2 good people, dog person. Maternal health advocate. 🔵
🚫evil (un)elected fascists 🚫 bullshit
gamomsproject.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-4996
🚫evil (un)elected fascists 🚫 bullshit
gamomsproject.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-4996
In the course of two days I have had two young men, one I don’t know at all and one I know well, ask to speak to me after class. Both are struggling with significant mental health crises and had no one else to talk to. We need to do better by this generation of young people. 💔💔💔
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In the course of two days I have had two young men, one I don’t know at all and one I know well, ask to speak to me after class. Both are struggling with significant mental health crises and had no one else to talk to. We need to do better by this generation of young people. 💔💔💔
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
I learned today that my former graduate student, who makes about $1000 a month as a GA in a doctoral program and has had a health insurance policy through the ACA, will see her premiums go from $16/mo to >$600/mo at the start of the year. How are people supposed to live?
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I learned today that my former graduate student, who makes about $1000 a month as a GA in a doctoral program and has had a health insurance policy through the ACA, will see her premiums go from $16/mo to >$600/mo at the start of the year. How are people supposed to live?
The millions of dollars worth of nutrition supplements (protein paste from peanuts) that USAID destroyed rather than distribute may have really come in handy here in the next few months. Also, without SNAP the whole grocery industry is in danger of collapse. Also #Epsteinfiles
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The millions of dollars worth of nutrition supplements (protein paste from peanuts) that USAID destroyed rather than distribute may have really come in handy here in the next few months. Also, without SNAP the whole grocery industry is in danger of collapse. Also #Epsteinfiles
Up to Men at Arms in my Discworld read through. Everyone knows Vimes “Boots” theory, but he had a lot to say about kings too.
#discworld #menatarms #terrypratchett
#discworld #menatarms #terrypratchett
October 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Up to Men at Arms in my Discworld read through. Everyone knows Vimes “Boots” theory, but he had a lot to say about kings too.
#discworld #menatarms #terrypratchett
#discworld #menatarms #terrypratchett
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Uniter
@aoc.bsky.social: “They are weaker than they look…. They rely on that perception of inevitability and power.”
…Is Min Ldr Schumer taking notes?
#TrumpsShutdown #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ResistanceUnited via @allinwithchris.bsky.social @msnbc.com www.instagram.com/reel/DPP-wd6...
@aoc.bsky.social: “They are weaker than they look…. They rely on that perception of inevitability and power.”
…Is Min Ldr Schumer taking notes?
#TrumpsShutdown #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ResistanceUnited via @allinwithchris.bsky.social @msnbc.com www.instagram.com/reel/DPP-wd6...
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Uniter
@aoc.bsky.social: “They are weaker than they look…. They rely on that perception of inevitability and power.”
…Is Min Ldr Schumer taking notes?
#TrumpsShutdown #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ResistanceUnited via @allinwithchris.bsky.social @msnbc.com www.instagram.com/reel/DPP-wd6...
@aoc.bsky.social: “They are weaker than they look…. They rely on that perception of inevitability and power.”
…Is Min Ldr Schumer taking notes?
#TrumpsShutdown #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ResistanceUnited via @allinwithchris.bsky.social @msnbc.com www.instagram.com/reel/DPP-wd6...
I was fortunate to get to spend a few days on Sapelo Island this week for work. The cultural and natural resources there are like nowhere else. I am extremely grateful to do what I do and for the respite of this trip during these days. Here are some pictures of the beach, butterflies and birds.
September 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I was fortunate to get to spend a few days on Sapelo Island this week for work. The cultural and natural resources there are like nowhere else. I am extremely grateful to do what I do and for the respite of this trip during these days. Here are some pictures of the beach, butterflies and birds.
My family has had a rough year, and I am finding it hard to concentrate on my own work. So, I decided to re-read the discworld books in order to give myself some respite. It has been probably 15 years since I read them, but jeez are they timely now. It’s almost too much. #discworld #terrypratchett
September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My family has had a rough year, and I am finding it hard to concentrate on my own work. So, I decided to re-read the discworld books in order to give myself some respite. It has been probably 15 years since I read them, but jeez are they timely now. It’s almost too much. #discworld #terrypratchett
Watching the US Open Final award ceremony I was sure the 🍊💩 would jump over Ivan Lendl and snatch the Tiffany’s trophy and platter…
September 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Watching the US Open Final award ceremony I was sure the 🍊💩 would jump over Ivan Lendl and snatch the Tiffany’s trophy and platter…
My senator.
September 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My senator.
Well, of course you use salt against ice. Perfect.
Chicago Mayor Deploys Salt Trucks as Mobile Barricades to Block ICE Operations
September 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Well, of course you use salt against ice. Perfect.
I wonder if the fact that the Bryan County Hyundai plant is producing all their EVs for North America and outcompeting
T*$£@ has anything to do with the raid…
T*$£@ has anything to do with the raid…
September 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I wonder if the fact that the Bryan County Hyundai plant is producing all their EVs for North America and outcompeting
T*$£@ has anything to do with the raid…
T*$£@ has anything to do with the raid…
And a news story about the Hyundai plant raid.
U.S. immigration authorities detained around 450 people from a Hyundai EV battery plant in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals.
South Korea Raises Concern After Hundreds Are Detained In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Battery Plant In Georgia
U.S. immigration authorities detained around 450 people from a Hyundai EV battery plant in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals.
www.forbes.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
And a news story about the Hyundai plant raid.
This happened down the road from my house. Word is they also detained Hyundai executives, South Korean nationals. Georgia has spent years building relationships with Hyundai to build this EV plant (for all of N America) and this one escapade has put everything in jeopardy.
September 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This happened down the road from my house. Word is they also detained Hyundai executives, South Korean nationals. Georgia has spent years building relationships with Hyundai to build this EV plant (for all of N America) and this one escapade has put everything in jeopardy.
Yesterday I went down a little musical rabbit hole and listened to a bunch of political punk rock music from my youth. The lyrics are even more relevant today. As bad as we thought Reagan and Thatcher were, we need that kind of energy now among young people. Introduce a Gen Z-er to punk rock today!
August 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yesterday I went down a little musical rabbit hole and listened to a bunch of political punk rock music from my youth. The lyrics are even more relevant today. As bad as we thought Reagan and Thatcher were, we need that kind of energy now among young people. Introduce a Gen Z-er to punk rock today!
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This quite unexpectedly left me with tears streaming down my face.
Sound up. There is still so much beauty in the world, and human beings are amazing.
Let people be free.
Sound up. There is still so much beauty in the world, and human beings are amazing.
Let people be free.
August 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This quite unexpectedly left me with tears streaming down my face.
Sound up. There is still so much beauty in the world, and human beings are amazing.
Let people be free.
Sound up. There is still so much beauty in the world, and human beings are amazing.
Let people be free.
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American culture and heritage right here
July 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
American culture and heritage right here
GOPers who say they don’t read the Hideous Murder Bill reflect their constituents who say I didn’t vote for all the shit being implemented from Project 2025. Read. Read before you vote. If it’s too much ask someone to give you the bullet points etc. READ.
June 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
GOPers who say they don’t read the Hideous Murder Bill reflect their constituents who say I didn’t vote for all the shit being implemented from Project 2025. Read. Read before you vote. If it’s too much ask someone to give you the bullet points etc. READ.
I watched Mountainhead on HBO yesterday and I hate billionaires even more if that’s possible. It was really almost too on the nose to stomach.
June 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I watched Mountainhead on HBO yesterday and I hate billionaires even more if that’s possible. It was really almost too on the nose to stomach.
It’s literally raining cats and dog here. I just found this poor little baby under my front porch in a pouring rainstorm. We live out in the country so I have no idea where he came from.
June 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It’s literally raining cats and dog here. I just found this poor little baby under my front porch in a pouring rainstorm. We live out in the country so I have no idea where he came from.
The older I get the more I feel like I am a solid rock that holds up other people in my life. You could not have made me believe this when I was a young chaotic emotional mess. Experience teaches that most things pass, hard times call us together, and together we can can survive.
May 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The older I get the more I feel like I am a solid rock that holds up other people in my life. You could not have made me believe this when I was a young chaotic emotional mess. Experience teaches that most things pass, hard times call us together, and together we can can survive.
Yet another reason to dump apps and devices that report your health data to a 3rd party.
Data from Medicare, Medicaid, insurance records, electronic medical records and wearable devices (smart watches, etc) will be collected by HHS to study autism and other diagnoses.
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yet another reason to dump apps and devices that report your health data to a 3rd party.
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Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Source: The Guardian
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Source: The Guardian
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Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says - NewsBreak
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
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May 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Source: The Guardian
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Source: The Guardian
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