Nora Heaphy
@noraceae.bsky.social
PhD student at UVM. hybridization, tree genetics, and climate adaptation. also disability justice, Arabic language weirdness. she/her 🌈 😷🌲
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Still thinking about this quote from a writer at NYT who said she "can't quite say [Trump's attacks on trans people are] exactly consequential, since so few lives are materially affected."
There are an estimated 1.3 million trans adults in the U.S.
That's equal to the population of Dallas, TX.
There are an estimated 1.3 million trans adults in the U.S.
That's equal to the population of Dallas, TX.
March 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Still thinking about this quote from a writer at NYT who said she "can't quite say [Trump's attacks on trans people are] exactly consequential, since so few lives are materially affected."
There are an estimated 1.3 million trans adults in the U.S.
That's equal to the population of Dallas, TX.
There are an estimated 1.3 million trans adults in the U.S.
That's equal to the population of Dallas, TX.
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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
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this is the thing not to lose sight of.
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
Yes, but... Remember that they don't care about truth, or science, or biology. Science alone won't win political battles. Being right doesn't mean we get to control the narrative. I recommend that scientists say things like "You're wrong about the biology, but also trans rights are human rights."
January 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
this is the thing not to lose sight of.
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
yes, the biology of sex is complex and fascinating, with nearly endless diversity.
but also we don't use biology to decide who gets human rights. like, historically speaking that has not led to good places!
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Keep your eyes on Palestine, from the river to the sea.
Israel launches major offensive in Jenin days after Gaza ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-launches-major-iron-wall-assault-jenin-days-after-gaza-ceasefire
Israel launches major offensive in Jenin days after Gaza ceasefire
Large-scale incursion into West Bank city, dubbed operation ‘Iron Wall’, begins with deadly air strikes
www.middleeasteye.net
January 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Keep your eyes on Palestine, from the river to the sea.
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Hugely important paper reflecting on the material reality of biodiversity research in low-resource settings, versus the (often colonial) narrative of 'unexplored' parts of the world: peerj.com/articles/185...
What ‘unexplored’ means: mapping regions with digitized natural history records to look for ‘biodiversity blindspots’
We examined global records of accessible natural history voucher collections (with publicly available data and reliable locality data) for terrestrial and freshwater vascular plants, fungi, freshwater...
peerj.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hugely important paper reflecting on the material reality of biodiversity research in low-resource settings, versus the (often colonial) narrative of 'unexplored' parts of the world: peerj.com/articles/185...
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This is sobering.
USC is advising foreign students to return to campus from winter break BEFORE Trump takes office.
USC is advising foreign students to return to campus from winter break BEFORE Trump takes office.
December 5, 2024 at 9:44 PM
This is sobering.
USC is advising foreign students to return to campus from winter break BEFORE Trump takes office.
USC is advising foreign students to return to campus from winter break BEFORE Trump takes office.
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perhaps the most cogent installment of the "I'm a famous person/athlete who got ME/CFS from covid" interview I've seen
love that he's done the reading, and that he draws the links between fatphobia/exercise supremacy, eugenics, and medical mistreatment of long covid
and flomasks! in the guardian!!
love that he's done the reading, and that he draws the links between fatphobia/exercise supremacy, eugenics, and medical mistreatment of long covid
and flomasks! in the guardian!!
“As able-bodied person, you trust your doctor is going to steer ship if something pops up. if I were to wait for them & not be proactive, my health would have continued to decline”
Excellent article by Matt McGorry about stigma of Long Covid, difficulty getting care & learning from disabled people
Excellent article by Matt McGorry about stigma of Long Covid, difficulty getting care & learning from disabled people
‘I was in denial about it’: actor Matt McGorry on having long Covid
Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star speaks about the disease and another way of looking at health
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:17 AM
perhaps the most cogent installment of the "I'm a famous person/athlete who got ME/CFS from covid" interview I've seen
love that he's done the reading, and that he draws the links between fatphobia/exercise supremacy, eugenics, and medical mistreatment of long covid
and flomasks! in the guardian!!
love that he's done the reading, and that he draws the links between fatphobia/exercise supremacy, eugenics, and medical mistreatment of long covid
and flomasks! in the guardian!!
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Read this please, it is so important that we think about what tactics are effective and not simply show up in the streets and let the police beat, arrest, and jail us for no real political gain.
Taking both tactics and strategy seriously means being willing to adapt when conditions change.
Taking both tactics and strategy seriously means being willing to adapt when conditions change.
My piece about the need to rethink our approach to direct action and protest under a second Trump administration, reprinted in @truthout.bsky.social.
How Must We Reorient Our Movements Under a Second Trump Administration?
It is crucial that we rethink our approach to direct action in a potentially authoritarian, dictatorial context.
truthout.org
November 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Read this please, it is so important that we think about what tactics are effective and not simply show up in the streets and let the police beat, arrest, and jail us for no real political gain.
Taking both tactics and strategy seriously means being willing to adapt when conditions change.
Taking both tactics and strategy seriously means being willing to adapt when conditions change.
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The New York Times is obsessing about campus protestors, and ignores what they’re protesting.
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/w...
With Schools in Ruins, Education in Gaza Will Be Hobbled for Years
Most of Gaza’s schools, including all of its universities, have severe damage that makes them unusable, which could harm an entire generation, the United Nations and others say.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2024 at 1:11 PM
The New York Times is obsessing about campus protestors, and ignores what they’re protesting.
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/w...
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👇Courageous academics have gone on the record about how #LongCovid impacts their work. The majority interviewed spoke under anonymity though, showing you the stigma associated with this new disability.👩🔬🧪
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Four years on: the career costs for scientists battling long COVID
Many with the condition have found ways around their health problems, but they say more employer support is needed. Many with the condition have found ways around their health problems, but they say m...
www.nature.com
March 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
👇Courageous academics have gone on the record about how #LongCovid impacts their work. The majority interviewed spoke under anonymity though, showing you the stigma associated with this new disability.👩🔬🧪
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gotta read all the way to the bottom to get to the comparison that people will truly understand: "Medical organizations supporting mifepristone’s availability say the drug’s safety — given the rate of deaths — compares to “ibuprofen, which more than 30 million Americans take in any given day.”
Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?
Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone.
apnews.com
March 24, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Gotta read all the way to the bottom to get to the comparison that people will truly understand: "Medical organizations supporting mifepristone’s availability say the drug’s safety — given the rate of deaths — compares to “ibuprofen, which more than 30 million Americans take in any given day.”
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If you take a sturdy 4WD vehicle southwest from Cairo and drive hours into the desert, across shifting sands, you might arrive at Wadi Al-Hitan, the 'Valley of the Whales'.
This UNESCO site is the best preserved fossil bed for representing whale evolution millions of years ago.
This UNESCO site is the best preserved fossil bed for representing whale evolution millions of years ago.
February 15, 2024 at 12:21 AM
If you take a sturdy 4WD vehicle southwest from Cairo and drive hours into the desert, across shifting sands, you might arrive at Wadi Al-Hitan, the 'Valley of the Whales'.
This UNESCO site is the best preserved fossil bed for representing whale evolution millions of years ago.
This UNESCO site is the best preserved fossil bed for representing whale evolution millions of years ago.
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I'm trying to avoid sharing NYT links, particularly regarding Palestine, but this topic is pretty important.
alternative archive link: archive.ph/DH1EI
alternative archive link: archive.ph/DH1EI
Gift link: Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza
"The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others." www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/t...
"The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others." www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/t...
Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza
The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I'm trying to avoid sharing NYT links, particularly regarding Palestine, but this topic is pretty important.
alternative archive link: archive.ph/DH1EI
alternative archive link: archive.ph/DH1EI
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Yes, this brings the CDC guidelines for COVID into line with guidelines for RSV and influenza.
It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.
It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.
C.D.C. Considers Ending 5-Day Isolation Period for Covid
Americans may be advised that it’s safe to return to regular routines after one day without a fever.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Yes, this brings the CDC guidelines for COVID into line with guidelines for RSV and influenza.
It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.
It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.
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Palestinian-American student Kinnan Abdalhamid was on a walk with his childhood friends, Tahseen Ali Ahmad and Hisham Awartani, wearing kuffiyehs when they were shot at in Nov '23 in VT. Hisham is now paralyzed from the waist down.
Kinnan writes @teenvogue.bsky.social to call for a ceasefire.
Kinnan writes @teenvogue.bsky.social to call for a ceasefire.
I'm One of the Palestinian Students Shot in Vermont. A Ceasefire in Gaza is the Route to Healing.
"There is a moral imperative for anyone in a position of influence to take a stand against Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza."
www.teenvogue.com
February 5, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Palestinian-American student Kinnan Abdalhamid was on a walk with his childhood friends, Tahseen Ali Ahmad and Hisham Awartani, wearing kuffiyehs when they were shot at in Nov '23 in VT. Hisham is now paralyzed from the waist down.
Kinnan writes @teenvogue.bsky.social to call for a ceasefire.
Kinnan writes @teenvogue.bsky.social to call for a ceasefire.
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This is the last day to comment on this and it’s really important. Changing the way we measure disability will radically reduce the size of the disability population overnight. It will make it impossible to compare year-over-year trends. It will affect dissemination of benefits. Please take a moment
December 19, 2023 at 3:53 PM
This is the last day to comment on this and it’s really important. Changing the way we measure disability will radically reduce the size of the disability population overnight. It will make it impossible to compare year-over-year trends. It will affect dissemination of benefits. Please take a moment
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Public Service Announcement:
"A popular and incorrect view on the evolution of virulence, frequently expressed in the context of SARS-CoV-2, is that in the long run, pathogens will tend to evolve to be decreasingly virulent"
From www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"A popular and incorrect view on the evolution of virulence, frequently expressed in the context of SARS-CoV-2, is that in the long run, pathogens will tend to evolve to be decreasingly virulent"
From www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Markov, Katzourakis and colleagues explore the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 at different scales, the phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, factors that drive the evolution of the virus, theories...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2023 at 7:22 AM
Public Service Announcement:
"A popular and incorrect view on the evolution of virulence, frequently expressed in the context of SARS-CoV-2, is that in the long run, pathogens will tend to evolve to be decreasingly virulent"
From www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"A popular and incorrect view on the evolution of virulence, frequently expressed in the context of SARS-CoV-2, is that in the long run, pathogens will tend to evolve to be decreasingly virulent"
From www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A family friend died over the weekend because she worked as a receptionist of a place where her husband worked, a client came in with active COVID, they both got it, he got better and she didn’t.
Nothing unusual about this story, just a reminder that it is still happening, every day.
Nothing unusual about this story, just a reminder that it is still happening, every day.
If you want to know how bad things are with COVID right now, just be aware that the CDC Director is recommending that people wear masks in public again.
December 11, 2023 at 3:39 PM
A family friend died over the weekend because she worked as a receptionist of a place where her husband worked, a client came in with active COVID, they both got it, he got better and she didn’t.
Nothing unusual about this story, just a reminder that it is still happening, every day.
Nothing unusual about this story, just a reminder that it is still happening, every day.
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“I witnessed almost every publication that I once held in esteem become complicit in normalizing a level of death once billed as incalculable.”
I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist.
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
Opinion | Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist
Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often caricatured to be.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2023 at 5:40 PM
“I witnessed almost every publication that I once held in esteem become complicit in normalizing a level of death once billed as incalculable.”
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If your holiday plans are important to you, now and the next few weeks would be a really good time to be extra careful when indoors around others. Covid rates are high and rising and flu and RSV are up there too.
First COVID wastewater data after Thanksgiving shows a significant increase in infections post-holiday.
Per @jpweiland.bsky.social, the number of new infections a day has increased by ~40%, and the number of people currently infected has jumped to 1 in every 39.
Per @jpweiland.bsky.social, the number of new infections a day has increased by ~40%, and the number of people currently infected has jumped to 1 in every 39.
December 5, 2023 at 4:21 AM
If your holiday plans are important to you, now and the next few weeks would be a really good time to be extra careful when indoors around others. Covid rates are high and rising and flu and RSV are up there too.
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We at Hammer and Hope spoke with Mohammed Nabulsi, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, and Radhika Sainath, a senior staff attorney at Palestine Legal a few weeks ago about USA and Palestine, edited transcript here
hammerandhope.org/article/pale...
hammerandhope.org/article/pale...
This Is America’s War on Palestinians as Much as Israel’s
A discussion of political repression, resistance strategies, and a mass antiwar movement.
hammerandhope.org
November 26, 2023 at 3:39 PM
We at Hammer and Hope spoke with Mohammed Nabulsi, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, and Radhika Sainath, a senior staff attorney at Palestine Legal a few weeks ago about USA and Palestine, edited transcript here
hammerandhope.org/article/pale...
hammerandhope.org/article/pale...
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These are the three Palestinian university students who were shot yesterday near the University of Vermont. Academics, journalists, and politicians are responsible for contributing to the dehumanizing rhetoric against Palestinians.
November 26, 2023 at 3:05 PM
These are the three Palestinian university students who were shot yesterday near the University of Vermont. Academics, journalists, and politicians are responsible for contributing to the dehumanizing rhetoric against Palestinians.
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how do you "make off" with a "network of subterranean fortifications"?
The purported Hamas base under Al Shifa Hospital does not seem to be materializing (or, at best, was so mobile and transient that Hamas was able to sneak the evidence of it out the back door). www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11...
November 16, 2023 at 2:28 PM
how do you "make off" with a "network of subterranean fortifications"?