Heather Barnett
@hover2pie.bsky.social
Finally migrating over from Tw*tter. PM&R/Rehab Medicine. Tweets(?) are my own.
Please please please get your vaccines.
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Please please please get your vaccines.
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Mamdani decries anti-semitism and Islamophobia in the same sentence and it’s fine and good because normal people can handle that combo
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Mamdani decries anti-semitism and Islamophobia in the same sentence and it’s fine and good because normal people can handle that combo
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
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RFK Jr. poses a danger to the health and safety of all Americans. From cutting critical cancer research to spreading lies about Tylenol, it’s very clear RFK Jr. is not fit to serve.
That’s why I’m drafting articles of impeachment to remove him from office.
That’s why I’m drafting articles of impeachment to remove him from office.
September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
RFK Jr. poses a danger to the health and safety of all Americans. From cutting critical cancer research to spreading lies about Tylenol, it’s very clear RFK Jr. is not fit to serve.
That’s why I’m drafting articles of impeachment to remove him from office.
That’s why I’m drafting articles of impeachment to remove him from office.
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Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.
September 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.
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If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
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Remember when COVID vaccines were first available? Remember how they saved lives and helped us move toward normalcy? Remember how relieved and grateful we were? Remember how amazing our healthcare workers were? Remember how science rescued us?
August 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Remember when COVID vaccines were first available? Remember how they saved lives and helped us move toward normalcy? Remember how relieved and grateful we were? Remember how amazing our healthcare workers were? Remember how science rescued us?
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We simply do not have to live this way.
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We simply do not have to live this way.
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As @neillewisjr.bsky.social said (bsky.app/profile/neil...), this is not sustainable, & we will have to do less. Academia is already rife with unpaid labor.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
And, if you work in higher education and your department somehow survives this, you will be expected to do as much or more with much less
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As @neillewisjr.bsky.social said (bsky.app/profile/neil...), this is not sustainable, & we will have to do less. Academia is already rife with unpaid labor.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
Again, the same courses/labs/degree programs simply will not exist, & the quality of what's left will decline. You can't have it without $.
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The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations
The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
wapo.st
August 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
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For ICE detainees w/disabilities, it's “mismanagement bordering on medical neglect” - Amy Zeidan, rschr at Emory University
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@juliametraux.bsky.social @tomaskenn.bsky.social @kathleenbush.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@juliametraux.bsky.social @tomaskenn.bsky.social @kathleenbush.bsky.social
Georgia detainee with prosthetic legs who objected to flooded cell sent to solitary
Rodney Taylor placed in ‘restrictive unit’ for refusing to enter flooded cell because his prosthetic legs can’t get wet
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
For ICE detainees w/disabilities, it's “mismanagement bordering on medical neglect” - Amy Zeidan, rschr at Emory University
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@juliametraux.bsky.social @tomaskenn.bsky.social @kathleenbush.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@juliametraux.bsky.social @tomaskenn.bsky.social @kathleenbush.bsky.social
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Much appreciated. Give some of these folks a follow
go.bsky.app/LQZYUdE
go.bsky.app/LQZYUdE
July 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Much appreciated. Give some of these folks a follow
go.bsky.app/LQZYUdE
go.bsky.app/LQZYUdE
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Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).
July 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).
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I’ve been teaching the histories of eugenics for over a decade and I honestly never thought I would be able to use an American Eagle ad in a lecture to demonstrate how dangerously normalized eugenics has become in 2025. A lot of it is the global ascendancy of far right fascism but also the pandemic.
July 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I’ve been teaching the histories of eugenics for over a decade and I honestly never thought I would be able to use an American Eagle ad in a lecture to demonstrate how dangerously normalized eugenics has become in 2025. A lot of it is the global ascendancy of far right fascism but also the pandemic.
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I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
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I’m obviously deeply worried and invested in the existential threat to science, but there won’t be any science if we don’t have a functioning federal government
I talked to a NOAA colleague yesterday who told me that 75% of the federal employees of his division have left and he’s worried about their ability to get work done even if Congress funds NOAA at some level. The devastation to science will be felt for generations.
July 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I’m obviously deeply worried and invested in the existential threat to science, but there won’t be any science if we don’t have a functioning federal government
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WATCH: “I saw cowards— obeying to authoritarianism that was out of line, pissing on the constitution.”
NYC baseball coach who stood up to ICE was disappointed others didn’t step in to help protect the kids from Trump’s Gestapo.
NYC baseball coach who stood up to ICE was disappointed others didn’t step in to help protect the kids from Trump’s Gestapo.
July 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
WATCH: “I saw cowards— obeying to authoritarianism that was out of line, pissing on the constitution.”
NYC baseball coach who stood up to ICE was disappointed others didn’t step in to help protect the kids from Trump’s Gestapo.
NYC baseball coach who stood up to ICE was disappointed others didn’t step in to help protect the kids from Trump’s Gestapo.
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"Reply all" really should require multi-factor authentication.
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Reply all" really should require multi-factor authentication.
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This is worth reading and I'm grateful for it
Robert Barton has a message for the mayor and D.C. Council: Violence interrupters do crucial work in this city. They deserve to be supported.
51st.news/opinion-dc-c...
51st.news/opinion-dc-c...
Opinion: The D.C. Council must not cut an effective violence interrupter program
Violence interrupters do crucial work in this city. They deserve to be supported.
51st.news
July 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is worth reading and I'm grateful for it
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Apparently Texas sends mass “Blue Alerts” to phones every time a cop is in danger.
And a lot of people are so understandably sick of it that they’ve *turned emergency alerts off entirely*, meaning that they aren’t getting actually-useful notifications.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/f...
And a lot of people are so understandably sick of it that they’ve *turned emergency alerts off entirely*, meaning that they aren’t getting actually-useful notifications.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/f...
July 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Apparently Texas sends mass “Blue Alerts” to phones every time a cop is in danger.
And a lot of people are so understandably sick of it that they’ve *turned emergency alerts off entirely*, meaning that they aren’t getting actually-useful notifications.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/f...
And a lot of people are so understandably sick of it that they’ve *turned emergency alerts off entirely*, meaning that they aren’t getting actually-useful notifications.
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/f...
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If you have limited internet access or phone service, here's a version of our guide that's easier to load: texastribune.org/text/hQ22z4et/
July 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you have limited internet access or phone service, here's a version of our guide that's easier to load: texastribune.org/text/hQ22z4et/
Particularly given the barriers to voting. Texas is one of the most difficult states to vote in. Having moved from TX to WA (where mail in voting is almost universal), people really don't seem to take the differences in state voting policy into account
Honestly think about the faith and commitment of people in places like Texas who know that the GOP have the electoral college in the bag and go vote anyway, to say they dissent, to say they want better.
And millions of Texans do that every election year
And millions of Texans do that every election year
July 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Particularly given the barriers to voting. Texas is one of the most difficult states to vote in. Having moved from TX to WA (where mail in voting is almost universal), people really don't seem to take the differences in state voting policy into account
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Don't let them sell the idea that they didn't know what would happen.
They knew, and they didn't care.
Party lines were more important people's lives.
They knew, and they didn't care.
Party lines were more important people's lives.
You can't make it up
MAGA Congressman Derrick Van Orden-a huge supporter of the Big Ugly Bill
Who published this repugnant post cheering the fact that the law would gut Medicaid and SNAP
Is now BEGGING the Democratic governor of his state
To save the very hospitals that he just voted to close
MAGA Congressman Derrick Van Orden-a huge supporter of the Big Ugly Bill
Who published this repugnant post cheering the fact that the law would gut Medicaid and SNAP
Is now BEGGING the Democratic governor of his state
To save the very hospitals that he just voted to close
July 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Don't let them sell the idea that they didn't know what would happen.
They knew, and they didn't care.
Party lines were more important people's lives.
They knew, and they didn't care.
Party lines were more important people's lives.