Heather Coates
@iandpangurban.bsky.social
academic data librarian & data steward; lover of absurd humor & mystery stories; walking is magic; in search of more quiet #knitting #nature #LoveDataWeek
View are my own & not that of my employer
View are my own & not that of my employer
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Excellent read on navigating OB/GYN care as a Black woman 🧵:
Talking about menopause because we must.
I had a myomectomy at 31, perimenopause at 39, hysterectomy at 42, and entered menopause @ 47 this year.
I've never been pregnant, but my sisters have 3 kids each. We've had many terrible OB/GYN experiences. And the culture avoids openly talking about this!
I had a myomectomy at 31, perimenopause at 39, hysterectomy at 42, and entered menopause @ 47 this year.
I've never been pregnant, but my sisters have 3 kids each. We've had many terrible OB/GYN experiences. And the culture avoids openly talking about this!
August 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Excellent read on navigating OB/GYN care as a Black woman 🧵:
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“We are going to create a machine that solves all our problems” is a preposterous assertion and should be treated as such. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“We are going to create a machine that solves all our problems” is a preposterous assertion and should be treated as such. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I feel it's no coincidence that a mammogram machine is exceptionally uncomfortable among medical devices, and is a test that's hardly ever experienced by men.
So many small changes could make it more comfortable (rounded platform corners, gel padded edges, heater, something to lean on) but no...😩
So many small changes could make it more comfortable (rounded platform corners, gel padded edges, heater, something to lean on) but no...😩
July 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I feel it's no coincidence that a mammogram machine is exceptionally uncomfortable among medical devices, and is a test that's hardly ever experienced by men.
So many small changes could make it more comfortable (rounded platform corners, gel padded edges, heater, something to lean on) but no...😩
So many small changes could make it more comfortable (rounded platform corners, gel padded edges, heater, something to lean on) but no...😩
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Oh man sounds like a really dangerous tool maybe we should regulate it
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world may be on the precipice of a "fraud crisis" because of how artificial intelligence could enable bad actors to impersonate other people.
Read more: cnn.it/3GVwPg7
Read more: cnn.it/3GVwPg7
July 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Oh man sounds like a really dangerous tool maybe we should regulate it
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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 4:24 AM
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.
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Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target.
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
Valve just updated their Steam rules to ban content that “may violate rules set by payment processors or banks.” Sounds boring. It’s not. It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs
July 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target.
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....
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I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
July 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
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My soror shared this note from a university hiring manager. The market isn’t just wrecked. I don’t think this is just a recessionary pullback. 2,000 applications for one higherEd job is 100% a sign of a structural failure. It’s so horrible. I’m sorry.
July 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My soror shared this note from a university hiring manager. The market isn’t just wrecked. I don’t think this is just a recessionary pullback. 2,000 applications for one higherEd job is 100% a sign of a structural failure. It’s so horrible. I’m sorry.
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Support the arts. Support literature, poetry and the humanities.
If you can, donate to NPR or the National Endowment for the Arts.
Read books.
Think.
Create.
Share.
If you can, donate to NPR or the National Endowment for the Arts.
Read books.
Think.
Create.
Share.
July 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Support the arts. Support literature, poetry and the humanities.
If you can, donate to NPR or the National Endowment for the Arts.
Read books.
Think.
Create.
Share.
If you can, donate to NPR or the National Endowment for the Arts.
Read books.
Think.
Create.
Share.
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"Universities have become increasingly dependent on a proliferation of outsourced services, database providers + info mgmt systems, w/ spiraling costs... Understanding [the uni as an infrastructure stresses] that the tech it chooses to adopt follow a colonial + extractivist model...
CM Vol 25 CfP University as Infrastructure
Culture Machine Vol. 25 Call for Papers: University as Infrastructure Guest-edited by: Alexandra Anikina, Johannes Bruder, Megen de Bruin-Molé, Stephen Cornford, Kwame Phillips & Geoff Cox …
culturemachine.net
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Universities have become increasingly dependent on a proliferation of outsourced services, database providers + info mgmt systems, w/ spiraling costs... Understanding [the uni as an infrastructure stresses] that the tech it chooses to adopt follow a colonial + extractivist model...
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It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
July 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
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Job Opportunity!
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas | H-Net
networks.h-net.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Job Opportunity!
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
City University of New York - Hunter College - Assistant or Associate Professor (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Indigenous History of the Americas
networks.h-net.org/jobs/68860/c...
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Disabled people aren’t expendable.
Disability isn’t a moral failing. It’s not something we can “try harder” our way out of.
We don’t consent to being left by the wayside.
To being stripped of our healthcare and social supports. To being forced to “prove we matter”
Worth isn’t based on health.
Disability isn’t a moral failing. It’s not something we can “try harder” our way out of.
We don’t consent to being left by the wayside.
To being stripped of our healthcare and social supports. To being forced to “prove we matter”
Worth isn’t based on health.
July 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Disabled people aren’t expendable.
Disability isn’t a moral failing. It’s not something we can “try harder” our way out of.
We don’t consent to being left by the wayside.
To being stripped of our healthcare and social supports. To being forced to “prove we matter”
Worth isn’t based on health.
Disability isn’t a moral failing. It’s not something we can “try harder” our way out of.
We don’t consent to being left by the wayside.
To being stripped of our healthcare and social supports. To being forced to “prove we matter”
Worth isn’t based on health.
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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“Public Indiana colleges and universities will eliminate 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
The institutions volunteered to cut, suspend or merge more than 400 programs”
The institutions volunteered to cut, suspend or merge more than 400 programs”
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“Public Indiana colleges and universities will eliminate 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
The institutions volunteered to cut, suspend or merge more than 400 programs”
The institutions volunteered to cut, suspend or merge more than 400 programs”
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I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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Dr. June Almeida was the first to visualize human coronaviruses using her groundbreaking electron microscopy techniques in 1966, she identified the virus's crown-like structure! 🦠🔬 What would global pandemic preparedness look like without her vision? #WomenInSTEM
tinyurl.com/4346amf3
tinyurl.com/4346amf3
June Almeida & The Discovery of the First Human Coronavirus
Almeida’s contributions to the field of virology are immeasurable. Besides her discovery of the coronavirus family, she pioneered and perfected multiple techniques that have resulted in huge strides i...
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June 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dr. June Almeida was the first to visualize human coronaviruses using her groundbreaking electron microscopy techniques in 1966, she identified the virus's crown-like structure! 🦠🔬 What would global pandemic preparedness look like without her vision? #WomenInSTEM
tinyurl.com/4346amf3
tinyurl.com/4346amf3
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In 2021, ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
www.propublica.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
In 2021, ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
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Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.
June 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.