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Anna Marie
@thatannamarie.bsky.social
Western MA 🌈
Educator, Organizer, Creator 📝
Weekly essays on Substack 📨
Views are my own & do not reflect my employer
www.ThatAnnaMarie.com 💻
Semester starts next week
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trying to show the YouTube AI that I’m over the age of 18
August 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚨 I need just a few more students to enroll in my online summer class on plastics! The course can be taken by anybody, anywhere. Please consider sharing with people who may be interested!

Enroll by June 30th and learn more at this new page of my website: www.thatannamarie.com/plastic
June 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m excited for the Switch 2, but more than that I’m excited for the inevitable Switch 2 drama 😈

One week away!!
May 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Who even needs a Switch 2?
April 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Well Firefox sucks now so guess I’m switching again!

It’s worth remembering that privacy is not a product, it’s a practice. You can’t just download a certain software and be done thinking about your security, you have to constantly behave a certain way online (and regularly review these practices!)
March 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The last big job is transitioning my personal website from Squarespace (which is expensive and uses Google workspace integration) to a different CMS. Ghost, maybe?

I’m still looking for something that can host/send my weekly newsletter, but also make it so the site looks like it’s from the 90s:
February 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I wrote a comprehensive guide for how gender allies can help trans people in these dark times. It’s organized by time commitment and level of experience with trans issues, so it should be accessible to anyone wanting to get involved.

Give it a read here! www.thatannamarie.com/help
February 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m glad we can all agree on this non-ideological, scientifically objective description of biological sex! Right guys??

Source: www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo... #biology #trans #intersex #science
January 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I was VERY pleased to have a @umasschemeng.bsky.social alum back on campus last night!

Anshula was one of my very first students when I started here back in Fall 2022, and she graciously returned to give a lecture to my Green Chemical Engineering class about her work with Phoenix Tailings.
December 6, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Shown: the face of someone who, within the span of 24 hours, presented four lectures on four completely different topics:

~feedforward & cascade control systems
~male mental health & feminism in STEM
~industrial ecology
~bioplastic life cycle analysis

#Academia #TransInSTEM
November 20, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Entering my prepper era

(but in a leftist way where I’m making sure my whole community is ok instead of pretending like I can succeed as an individual)
November 15, 2024 at 1:24 PM
I know that we're all caught up in the election right now, but people in Gaza are facing famine right now.

This is my friend Ghazal, she organizes events for the children of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp and has been a positive force for her community. You can help her today!
November 3, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I had my Thermodynamics II students make Thermo-themed Valentines and they turned out better than I possibly could have imagined! 🌹

#Thermodynamics #ValentinesDay #ChemE #EngineeringEducation #STEMEducation
February 14, 2024 at 5:18 PM
It was only a matter of time: I was posted to a LibsofTikTok-esque hate account. My workplace was tagged, but not me, so thankfully I haven't gotten any hateful messages.

Remember that these accounts specifically exist to direct bigots to harass people, usually teachers, for being LGBTQ-inclusive.
January 16, 2024 at 7:23 PM
What are some scientific images that make conservatives go feral? I'll go first...

1. literally acknowledging intersex existence (Scientific American)
2. a terminated pregnancy at five & nine weeks (MYA Network)
3. male & female genitals are basically the same (source unknown)
December 30, 2023 at 7:32 PM
🚨🚨 TENURE TRACK JOB POSTING 🚨🚨

The UMass Amherst Department of Chemical Engineering is accepting applications for two tenure track faculty positions!! Come be a part of our great department culture 🥰

For more information, and to apply, look for the URL on our Linktree: linktr.ee/umassche
October 27, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Me after giving the keynote speech at Suffield CT Pride 2023 🥰🌈

Quote skeet this with a picture of you doing not-science. 🧪
August 27, 2023 at 2:26 PM
I taught about eco-ableism in my plastics class this summer, specifically with regard to plastic straw bans, and this just some of what my students had to say about it 💖 #SuckItAbleism

Actual comments in a thread below b/c it's too much for alt text!
August 7, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Halloween 2023??? 👩‍⚕️
August 5, 2023 at 12:47 AM
Ptown 2 ⚧️
July 31, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Ptown 🌈
July 31, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Apple please I will never ever set up face ID!! Please let me get rid of this red dot 😩
July 31, 2023 at 11:24 AM
YOU were the one who sent me an invite. How dare you!!
July 15, 2023 at 1:30 AM