Sadie Otte
@sadiecatherine.bsky.social
Organic chemist, teaching and learning
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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[a short thread]
Many years ago, a general goal in higher ed was helping out struggling student populations.
Seems like something everyone can agree on – helping out students who aren't doing well.
1/n
Many years ago, a general goal in higher ed was helping out struggling student populations.
Seems like something everyone can agree on – helping out students who aren't doing well.
1/n
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
[a short thread]
Many years ago, a general goal in higher ed was helping out struggling student populations.
Seems like something everyone can agree on – helping out students who aren't doing well.
1/n
Many years ago, a general goal in higher ed was helping out struggling student populations.
Seems like something everyone can agree on – helping out students who aren't doing well.
1/n
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Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’
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Experts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world.
The affected platforms included Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations including its main retail site and the Ring doorbell company. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.
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We went from the customer is always right to the customer is always ripe for the picking.
fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...
fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...
Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket
The airline touted a partnership with an AI-enabled revenue system as a step on the road to fully personalized ticket pricing, part of its goal to raise profit margins long-term.
fortune.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We went from the customer is always right to the customer is always ripe for the picking.
fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...
fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...
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NEW: With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.
“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say
Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.
www.propublica.org
July 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.
“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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I dunno, my dad had polio and apart from never being able to run or walk really fast for his entire adolescence and adult life and also general muscle stiffness and aches for the last 60 years of his life, he recovered just fine.
December 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
I dunno, my dad had polio and apart from never being able to run or walk really fast for his entire adolescence and adult life and also general muscle stiffness and aches for the last 60 years of his life, he recovered just fine.
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It made me physically ill following updates from the Supreme Court today. Sending love to trans people, trans kids especially, and their families because… whew. Enduring this kind of hostility is an experience us cisgender will never fully understand.
December 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM
It made me physically ill following updates from the Supreme Court today. Sending love to trans people, trans kids especially, and their families because… whew. Enduring this kind of hostility is an experience us cisgender will never fully understand.
Interesting replies. It seems we need better data about the impacts of various kinds of AI use
After #POD24, I'm really curious about this: to those who are active users of AI and, particularly, those who are promoting AI in the classroom, how are you accounting for the environmental impact of AI? Shouldn't we address the harms before we widely embrace this in education?
November 17, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Interesting replies. It seems we need better data about the impacts of various kinds of AI use
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I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
November 15, 2024 at 11:20 AM
I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
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In 28 states, more than 1 in 10 adults say they are skipping needed medical care over cost
Texas remains state with worst rate of residents skipping doctor's visits at 18.3%
Per new CDC BRFSS figures uploaded overnight for 2023
www.cdc.gov/brfss/data_t...
Texas remains state with worst rate of residents skipping doctor's visits at 18.3%
Per new CDC BRFSS figures uploaded overnight for 2023
www.cdc.gov/brfss/data_t...
September 24, 2024 at 2:22 PM
In 28 states, more than 1 in 10 adults say they are skipping needed medical care over cost
Texas remains state with worst rate of residents skipping doctor's visits at 18.3%
Per new CDC BRFSS figures uploaded overnight for 2023
www.cdc.gov/brfss/data_t...
Texas remains state with worst rate of residents skipping doctor's visits at 18.3%
Per new CDC BRFSS figures uploaded overnight for 2023
www.cdc.gov/brfss/data_t...
Post a Calvin & Hobbes that lives rent-free in your head.
August 1, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Post a Calvin & Hobbes that lives rent-free in your head.
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Read the article. Read it twice. Absorb the psychological journey of the protagonist, and recognize it, deep in your own psyche. We need to change the way we teach the subject.
www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
May 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Read the article. Read it twice. Absorb the psychological journey of the protagonist, and recognize it, deep in your own psyche. We need to change the way we teach the subject.
www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
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One way we know that Republicans will come for your birth control is that... Republicans are already coming for your birth control.
www.fox23.com/news/new-abo...
Now leading at the www.erlywrm.com
www.fox23.com/news/new-abo...
Now leading at the www.erlywrm.com
February 16, 2024 at 11:43 AM
One way we know that Republicans will come for your birth control is that... Republicans are already coming for your birth control.
www.fox23.com/news/new-abo...
Now leading at the www.erlywrm.com
www.fox23.com/news/new-abo...
Now leading at the www.erlywrm.com
The quotes in this article say it all.
Breaking news that should surprise nobody but infuriate us all: service work ion academic spaces is extremely gendered and massively undervalued (so women generally take on the burden) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 30, 2024 at 8:51 PM
The quotes in this article say it all.
Nothing like a good slowdown on Canvas/Gradescope to mess up your day
December 11, 2023 at 10:01 PM
Nothing like a good slowdown on Canvas/Gradescope to mess up your day
I am all about project-based learning in my work as an educator, but my actual son is allergic to school projects and would rather do 100 worksheets than put more than the bare minimum into a project. The projects are cool and not graded. He’s in 1st grade.
November 7, 2023 at 3:58 PM
I am all about project-based learning in my work as an educator, but my actual son is allergic to school projects and would rather do 100 worksheets than put more than the bare minimum into a project. The projects are cool and not graded. He’s in 1st grade.
Placed one straightforward order and within one minute received eight emails about it.
October 30, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Placed one straightforward order and within one minute received eight emails about it.
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Y’all, I’m begging you. Don’t drive in the evenings for the next few nights unless you absolutely have to. If you do have to drive, drive extra slow and be super focused, especially in neighborhoods.
October 28, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Y’all, I’m begging you. Don’t drive in the evenings for the next few nights unless you absolutely have to. If you do have to drive, drive extra slow and be super focused, especially in neighborhoods.
Living life on the edge by having a tea at 4pm
October 9, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Living life on the edge by having a tea at 4pm
Taylor Swift is officially the most popular lab music among organic TAs
September 27, 2023 at 11:45 PM
Taylor Swift is officially the most popular lab music among organic TAs
Decided to ask students whether they actually want me to give them feedback on writing conventions, or just stick to their ideas, understanding, and clarity of communication.
September 26, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Decided to ask students whether they actually want me to give them feedback on writing conventions, or just stick to their ideas, understanding, and clarity of communication.