Sue VanHattum
@suevanh.bsky.social
Math enthusiast, teacher, writer, parent, lesbian. Covid-cautious. Wondering how we build community for collapse.
Is facebook doing this to others?
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is facebook doing this to others?
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Alt text: ICE agent arrested for pulling gun on Southern California teen, lawyer says.
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Alt text: ICE agent arrested for pulling gun on Southern California teen, lawyer says.
facebook says they have suspended my account for violation of community guidelines. I have absolutely no idea what they decided to object to.
Friends, please post to my timeline to tell others. I don't have the energy for this nonsense. I hope some fb alternative becomes available soon.
Friends, please post to my timeline to tell others. I don't have the energy for this nonsense. I hope some fb alternative becomes available soon.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
facebook says they have suspended my account for violation of community guidelines. I have absolutely no idea what they decided to object to.
Friends, please post to my timeline to tell others. I don't have the energy for this nonsense. I hope some fb alternative becomes available soon.
Friends, please post to my timeline to tell others. I don't have the energy for this nonsense. I hope some fb alternative becomes available soon.
New blog post. Would you like to write a simple story for Math Storytelling Day?
mathmamawrites.blogspot.com/2025/09/math...
mathmamawrites.blogspot.com/2025/09/math...
Math Storytelling (Playful Math Carnival #182)
O nce upon a time … What do you feel when you read that? Are you eager to hear a story? Well, once upon a time people shared important kn...
mathmamawrites.blogspot.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New blog post. Would you like to write a simple story for Math Storytelling Day?
mathmamawrites.blogspot.com/2025/09/math...
mathmamawrites.blogspot.com/2025/09/math...
I have created a course. It's "A bit of Geometry, a bit of Trig", and it uses the soon-to-be-published Althea and the Mysteries of Triangles, Circles, and Pi (along with an activity book) as its curriculum.
If you know anyone who might be interested, let them know.
sites.google.com/view/mathwit...
If you know anyone who might be interested, let them know.
sites.google.com/view/mathwit...
Math with Althea
Welcome to class.
I'm Sue VanHattum, and I'll be your guide as we explore geometry and trigonometry along with Althea and her friends. Please take a moment to watch my video. And then explore the re...
sites.google.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I have created a course. It's "A bit of Geometry, a bit of Trig", and it uses the soon-to-be-published Althea and the Mysteries of Triangles, Circles, and Pi (along with an activity book) as its curriculum.
If you know anyone who might be interested, let them know.
sites.google.com/view/mathwit...
If you know anyone who might be interested, let them know.
sites.google.com/view/mathwit...
Starting work on Playful Math Carnival #182, to post later in the month. The theme will be math storytelling. If you have blog posts (or other online offerings) that would fit this theme, send me a link!
Here's #181:
naturestudyaustralia.com.au/playful-math...
Here's #181:
naturestudyaustralia.com.au/playful-math...
Playful Math Carnival #161
Needing a little spot of peace in the crazy end of year rush? Typically, the Playful Math Education Blog Carnival is SO chock full of amazing blogs and information that I can’t get through a carnival ...
naturestudyaustralia.com.au
August 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Starting work on Playful Math Carnival #182, to post later in the month. The theme will be math storytelling. If you have blog posts (or other online offerings) that would fit this theme, send me a link!
Here's #181:
naturestudyaustralia.com.au/playful-math...
Here's #181:
naturestudyaustralia.com.au/playful-math...
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As a former Billionaires for Bush street theater performer, allow me to translate:
"I really wanted Lander, who stands for everything Cuomo's against. So I gave Cuomo $250K to fuel his disinformation efforts bec fuck my ethics and fuck NYC, buying politicians for quid pro quo favors is the move."
"I really wanted Lander, who stands for everything Cuomo's against. So I gave Cuomo $250K to fuel his disinformation efforts bec fuck my ethics and fuck NYC, buying politicians for quid pro quo favors is the move."
Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.
June 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As a former Billionaires for Bush street theater performer, allow me to translate:
"I really wanted Lander, who stands for everything Cuomo's against. So I gave Cuomo $250K to fuel his disinformation efforts bec fuck my ethics and fuck NYC, buying politicians for quid pro quo favors is the move."
"I really wanted Lander, who stands for everything Cuomo's against. So I gave Cuomo $250K to fuel his disinformation efforts bec fuck my ethics and fuck NYC, buying politicians for quid pro quo favors is the move."
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This is actually a quote from an article called - Concerning the Violent Peace-Police
davidgraeber.org/articles/con...
davidgraeber.org/articles/con...
Concerning the Violent Peace-Police
David: “activist piece from N+1”
davidgraeber.org
June 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is actually a quote from an article called - Concerning the Violent Peace-Police
davidgraeber.org/articles/con...
davidgraeber.org/articles/con...
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
@aoc.bsky.social I get donation requests by email that don't actually tell me what you're doing. (I delete those.) You were reposted on fb from a meaty post here. Donating now.
March 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
@aoc.bsky.social I get donation requests by email that don't actually tell me what you're doing. (I delete those.) You were reposted on fb from a meaty post here. Donating now.
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Yes to all of this!
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes to all of this!
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
I just blocked someone who called masking virtue signaling.
So silly. Masking keeps the virus out of my body. I was novid until this September. (Not careful enough while traveling.)
I have a healthy fear of cognitive decline, and hope that my one experience with covid is my only one.
So silly. Masking keeps the virus out of my body. I was novid until this September. (Not careful enough while traveling.)
I have a healthy fear of cognitive decline, and hope that my one experience with covid is my only one.
November 23, 2024 at 6:13 AM
I just blocked someone who called masking virtue signaling.
So silly. Masking keeps the virus out of my body. I was novid until this September. (Not careful enough while traveling.)
I have a healthy fear of cognitive decline, and hope that my one experience with covid is my only one.
So silly. Masking keeps the virus out of my body. I was novid until this September. (Not careful enough while traveling.)
I have a healthy fear of cognitive decline, and hope that my one experience with covid is my only one.
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The issuing of the warrants means that the Israeli officials could be arrested if they stepped foot in countries that are party to the ICC statute and that would comply with the warrant. Practically, this means that Netanyahu and Gallant will avoid certain countries when traveling abroad.
November 21, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The issuing of the warrants means that the Israeli officials could be arrested if they stepped foot in countries that are party to the ICC statute and that would comply with the warrant. Practically, this means that Netanyahu and Gallant will avoid certain countries when traveling abroad.
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the U.S. press does not require that Republicans take real ownership of unpopular and harmful policy
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
www.yahoo.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
the U.S. press does not require that Republicans take real ownership of unpopular and harmful policy
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
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As an emergency physician from day 1 of the pandemic, who was offered a COVID vaccine the first week it was available, I had watched young, healthy people die in alarming ways, but I was worried about sticking this stuff into my arm that was approved under an emergency authorization. 1/
Today’s class session in my introductory public health class is going to be entirely devoted to an overview of how vaccines work and how they are researched and regulated. I believe it is my responsibility as a public health professor to share this information and be available to discuss questions.
November 21, 2024 at 1:54 PM
As an emergency physician from day 1 of the pandemic, who was offered a COVID vaccine the first week it was available, I had watched young, healthy people die in alarming ways, but I was worried about sticking this stuff into my arm that was approved under an emergency authorization. 1/
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In the wake of the election, many people have asked me why tragic stories of abortion denial, some of which resulted in death, weren’t enough to swing the presidential race, often evoking the case of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/11/21/a...
Analysis: The Limits of a Tragic Story
Savita Halappanavar's death is widely seen as a catalyst for Ireland's abortion reform, but the truth is more nuanced—and offers important lessons for the U.S.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:46 PM
In the wake of the election, many people have asked me why tragic stories of abortion denial, some of which resulted in death, weren’t enough to swing the presidential race, often evoking the case of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/11/21/a...
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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
The first really new (to me) thing I've learned from A People's History of Science (starting on page 41) is about Polynesian navigation. For thousands of years, people have traveled thousands of miles between islands in the Pacific.
November 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
The first really new (to me) thing I've learned from A People's History of Science (starting on page 41) is about Polynesian navigation. For thousands of years, people have traveled thousands of miles between islands in the Pacific.
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National Archives opens portal to the investigative files of Civil Rights Cold Cases. It’s a work in progress but contains some amazing and moving records of Jim Crow injustice… (h/t @clancyny.bsky.social)
www.archives.gov/press/press-...
www.archives.gov/press/press-...
National Archives Announces Portal for Civil Rights Cold Case Records Access
The National Archives announced the launch of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Portal today. This portal serves as both a subject guide and an index for the Civil Rights Cold Case Records...
www.archives.gov
November 19, 2024 at 9:08 PM
National Archives opens portal to the investigative files of Civil Rights Cold Cases. It’s a work in progress but contains some amazing and moving records of Jim Crow injustice… (h/t @clancyny.bsky.social)
www.archives.gov/press/press-...
www.archives.gov/press/press-...
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No one thinks McBride is a threat to anyone. Pulling this shit only further confirms that the anti-trans stuff was never about safety. It’s performative cruelty to dehumanize and humiliate trans people.
Some updates on the attacks on Rep-elect Sarah McBride and on Trans women in general.
November 19, 2024 at 5:56 PM
No one thinks McBride is a threat to anyone. Pulling this shit only further confirms that the anti-trans stuff was never about safety. It’s performative cruelty to dehumanize and humiliate trans people.
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Massive Energy Needs of AI & Cryptocurrencies Lead Amazon, Google & Microsoft to Embrace Nuclear Power
Energy Needs of AI & Cryptocurrencies Lead Big Tech to Embrace Nuclear Power
Tech companies are turning to nuclear to fulfill the skyrocketing energy needs of artificial intelligence, with major corporations like Amazon, Google and Microsoft announcing plans to invest in…
www.democracynow.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Massive Energy Needs of AI & Cryptocurrencies Lead Amazon, Google & Microsoft to Embrace Nuclear Power
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When I go away and come back, I'd sure like my scrolling to start below the things I've already scrolled by, instead of showing me the same things over again.
When I go away and come back, I'd sure like my scrolling to start below the things I've already scrolled by, instead of showing me the same things over again.
November 19, 2024 at 7:14 PM
@bsky.app
When I go away and come back, I'd sure like my scrolling to start below the things I've already scrolled by, instead of showing me the same things over again.
When I go away and come back, I'd sure like my scrolling to start below the things I've already scrolled by, instead of showing me the same things over again.
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Nuclear is “not carbon-free,” says Diné organizer Leona Morgan, who highlights the fuel costs and environmental contamination — particularly within and around Indigenous communities in the Southwest United States — of the uranium mining required to produce nuclear power.
Diné Activist Warns Against New Uranium Mining Amid Renewed Nuclear Energy Push
Organizer Leona Morgan highlights the risks of the uranium mining required to produce nuclear power.
truthout.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Nuclear is “not carbon-free,” says Diné organizer Leona Morgan, who highlights the fuel costs and environmental contamination — particularly within and around Indigenous communities in the Southwest United States — of the uranium mining required to produce nuclear power.