Heather M. Ross 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
@mctoonish.bsky.social
She/Her Writer, podcaster, educator, & mom. Ed developer at USask. Host of Better Me Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-me/id1504135456 VIEWS ALL MINE AND DO NOT REFLECT MY EMPLOYER
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EP 180 - Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green).
Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
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Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
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EP 180 Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green)
Podcast Episode · Better Me · 2025-11-10 · 22m
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November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
EP 180 - Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green).
Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
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Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
EP 180 - Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green).
Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
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EP 180 Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green)
Podcast Episode · Better Me · 2025-11-10 · 22m
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November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
EP 180 - Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green).
Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
Julie M. Green joined me to talk about her experience as a mom with autism and how her own diagnosis helped her to better understand and care for herself. #motherhood #books #autism @ecwpress.bsky.social
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Just as porn creates unrealistic views and expectations for sex, AI chatbots will create unrealistic views and expectations for relationships overall.
adamgrant.substack.com/p/what-ai-co...
adamgrant.substack.com/p/what-ai-co...
What AI Companions Are Missing
Meaningful relationships are about giving, not only receiving.
adamgrant.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just as porn creates unrealistic views and expectations for sex, AI chatbots will create unrealistic views and expectations for relationships overall.
adamgrant.substack.com/p/what-ai-co...
adamgrant.substack.com/p/what-ai-co...
Dr. Brittany Penner, an author and practicing family physician in Manitoba, joined me to talk about her new memoir, "Children Like Us: A Métis Woman's Memoir of Family, Identity and Walking Herself Home." #podcast #betterme #adoption #Métis
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EP 178 Adoption, Culture, and Identity (with guest Dr. Brittany Penner)
Podcast Episode · Better Me · 2025-10-13 · 19m
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October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dr. Brittany Penner, an author and practicing family physician in Manitoba, joined me to talk about her new memoir, "Children Like Us: A Métis Woman's Memoir of Family, Identity and Walking Herself Home." #podcast #betterme #adoption #Métis
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I actually don't really care if AI is useful/interesting/good for some things in education actually - it is besides these things clearly a big problem already that maybe need listing yet again:
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I actually don't really care if AI is useful/interesting/good for some things in education actually - it is besides these things clearly a big problem already that maybe need listing yet again:
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Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.
Author Ashley Herring Blake joined me to talk about her writing process and what it's like to have her books banned. #authors #podcast #lgbtq+
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EP 177 Writing for the LGBTQ+ Community and Having Your Books Banned
Podcast Episode · Better Me · 2025-09-29 · 30m
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October 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Author Ashley Herring Blake joined me to talk about her writing process and what it's like to have her books banned. #authors #podcast #lgbtq+
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9/11
The rising rate of autism diagnoses over the past decades is not a mystery. It's the result of two main factors:
👉 A broader, more accurate medical definition of autism.
👉 Greatly improved screening and greater public awareness.
The rising rate of autism diagnoses over the past decades is not a mystery. It's the result of two main factors:
👉 A broader, more accurate medical definition of autism.
👉 Greatly improved screening and greater public awareness.
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
9/11
The rising rate of autism diagnoses over the past decades is not a mystery. It's the result of two main factors:
👉 A broader, more accurate medical definition of autism.
👉 Greatly improved screening and greater public awareness.
The rising rate of autism diagnoses over the past decades is not a mystery. It's the result of two main factors:
👉 A broader, more accurate medical definition of autism.
👉 Greatly improved screening and greater public awareness.
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It's not about the money, this costs $1 million a year.
It's because the Trump admin is filled with malicious eugenicists. This brings them joy.
It's because the Trump admin is filled with malicious eugenicists. This brings them joy.
Ed Dept has pulled funding for programs in eight states aimed at supporting students who have hearing & vision loss. They got caught in Trump admin’s attacks on DEI, with Ed Dept spokesperson citing concerns about “divisive concepts” and “fairness” in acknowledging decision to withhold the funding.
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's not about the money, this costs $1 million a year.
It's because the Trump admin is filled with malicious eugenicists. This brings them joy.
It's because the Trump admin is filled with malicious eugenicists. This brings them joy.
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As John Mayer warned: “When they own the information, they can bend it all they want.”
September 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As John Mayer warned: “When they own the information, they can bend it all they want.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know her opponent’s name. That’s how desperate she is to keep her seat.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
September 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know her opponent’s name. That’s how desperate she is to keep her seat.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
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“It is simply easier for some people to believe that the United States government has concocted a vast conspiracy to take away all of our guns than it is to believe that it is too easy for a mentally ill person to acquire one and shoot anyone they want.”
Ten years ago yesterday, I wrote a story that changed the next decade of my life.
I hate that it matters more today — I mean specifically, today — than it ever has before. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.
But here it is.
www.thedailybeast.com/what-do-you-...
I hate that it matters more today — I mean specifically, today — than it ever has before. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.
But here it is.
www.thedailybeast.com/what-do-you-...
What Do You Say to a Roanoke Truther?
Trolls told Chris Hurst his grief over losing his girlfriend in the murders was a lie. But I’ve known him for years. Maybe, I thought, I could get them to listen.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“It is simply easier for some people to believe that the United States government has concocted a vast conspiracy to take away all of our guns than it is to believe that it is too easy for a mentally ill person to acquire one and shoot anyone they want.”
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Is she talking to Groypers? Because dems just want her to have good health care.
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Is she talking to Groypers? Because dems just want her to have good health care.
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An apology is insufficient. Everyone email foxfeedback@foxnews.com and tell them Kilmeade must be fired immediately. #GoodTrouble
“I apologize for that extremely callous remark”
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying “just kill them” with “involuntary lethal injection” re: mentally ill homeless people
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying “just kill them” with “involuntary lethal injection” re: mentally ill homeless people
September 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
An apology is insufficient. Everyone email foxfeedback@foxnews.com and tell them Kilmeade must be fired immediately. #GoodTrouble
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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This 👉
There are plenty of academics, unfortunately, who also believe that AI will not damage the critical thinking skills of students.
They've got a surprise coming.
AI will not damage & even be useful to those who already have sufficient critical thinking skills. It will damage everyone else.
There are plenty of academics, unfortunately, who also believe that AI will not damage the critical thinking skills of students.
They've got a surprise coming.
AI will not damage & even be useful to those who already have sufficient critical thinking skills. It will damage everyone else.
I enjoyed it when the student said it doesn't damage her critical thinking skills, and then 2 paragraphs later says she uses it to summarise difficult topics.
Students don't know how much this is going to ruin the key skills they're paying a premium at University to develop.
Students don't know how much this is going to ruin the key skills they're paying a premium at University to develop.
Vacuous, generic and scattershot advice for incoming 1st years on the use of AI at university. Especially liking 'Chin recommends giving it class notes and asking it to generate practice exam questions.' Surely we can't be the only programme that supplies students with past & practice exams?
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This 👉
There are plenty of academics, unfortunately, who also believe that AI will not damage the critical thinking skills of students.
They've got a surprise coming.
AI will not damage & even be useful to those who already have sufficient critical thinking skills. It will damage everyone else.
There are plenty of academics, unfortunately, who also believe that AI will not damage the critical thinking skills of students.
They've got a surprise coming.
AI will not damage & even be useful to those who already have sufficient critical thinking skills. It will damage everyone else.
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A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
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Billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk owns X.
Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison.
Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.
Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison.
Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.
September 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk owns X.
Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison.
Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.
Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison.
Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.
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Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
September 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
It really seems like this season has had a lot more broken bats, catcher interference, and stops in play to fix the pitching mound. #mlb
September 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It really seems like this season has had a lot more broken bats, catcher interference, and stops in play to fix the pitching mound. #mlb