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Erika

@eheinen.bsky.social
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Mother, daughter, sister, neighbor, friend, former Scoutmaster, former librarian, caregiver. Simultaneously a 1st generation American and a 10th generation American. No easy answers.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Amy Elizabeth @amyelizabeth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the second time this week I have found out there's another new organ. www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
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'Useless' female organ discovered over a century ago may actually be important for fertility
The rete ovarii, a poorly understood structure connected to the ovaries, may be much more essential to ovarian function than scientists initially thought.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.
ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop. Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community. Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered. Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Safety and anti-fraud regulations are what stand between consumers and real harm. Think the companies will protect you out of a sense of moral duty? Think again.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
More than 60 trees have been cut down at the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., raising alarms among preservationists ahead of a planned golf course overhaul backed by President Donald Trump.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Octavia E. Butler’s novel “Parable of the Talents” depicts a dystopian United States run by Christian Nationalists. Their slogan is “Make America Great Again.” Published in 1998, many years before Trump’s political career, but this poem in the book prophesied Trump. (Poem from @zymplex.bsky.social)
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Watch it and share it.
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 25/08/2026
if infrastructure is what connects people, holds them together, serves, supports, and endures, then Dolly Parton was infrastructure.
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Erika @eheinen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I have just finished reading THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026) by @wiswell.bsky.social, and I want everyone to read it. I love a good dragon shifter romance. This is not that. It's loads funnier, more thought-provoking, cooler world building, ... 1/2
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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here. Simple Dem midterm ad. "It's 6 p.m. Do you know what's safe for dinner?"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/08/2026
There are real-life heroes in our midst.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 15/08/2026
It’s no low quality copper, but I have always loved this demonstration that people are still people.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a pleasing factoid: the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is the same size and weight as a T-Rex! Countdown: 15 days to launch! 🚀 AUG 30, 2026 11:26 UTC ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/mission/roma...
A sketch of a T-Rex dinosaur (big feet, tiny hands) next to a sketch of the Roman telescope.
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USMC Vet M-3-7/MarineBarracks, NAS Alameda 🇺🇦 @usmarinevet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@atrupar.com Open Letter to Nassau County Police Department:
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026
DOJ: We want a clean clear order... JUDGE: I've already done that! Do you want me to issue another order saying "I really mean it this time"? 28/
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 31/07/2024
"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze
Man annoying woman on train
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2026
"That's what they give me to read, so what can I tell you? ... I don't know what the hell that means" -- Trump is surprised by the stuff he's straight up reading from the text that was prepared for him
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
of the dodgy odyssey takes, 'odysseus is meant to be a stoic badass unaffected by war' probably winds me up the most. in the text the king of the phaeacians correctly guesses odysseus is a veteran of the trojan war because he keeps bursting into tears whenever anyone mentions it
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 16/07/2026
ICE will keep murdering random people until Democrats stop criticizing them is... well... quite a take.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/07/2026
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/07/2026
I think @govandybeshear.bsky.social should just appoint a Dem to fill McConnell’s seat. It would force proof of life, and the state law that stripped him of that power should be challenged in court. I’m sure Thune would refuse to seat the appointee, but I think it’s a fight worth having. BE BOLD!
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026
The case for impeaching four Supreme Court justices over birthright citizenship
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The case for impeaching four Supreme Court justices over birthright citizenship • Tennessee Lookout
Attorney and constitutional law professor Larry Woods writes that dissenting justices in Trump v. Barbara deserved impeachment.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The founder we should talk more about is Thomas Paine, who will fuck your shit up every time. Here he is in The Rights of Man just ripping into any ideas of "originalism" and that kind of garbage.
Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the people of the present day, or to bind or to controul them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind or controul those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated.
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Jeff Norman @jeff2ffs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Apparently they're being asked to make videos in which they apologize and recognize their wrongs. This article notes "hostage videos"...and if I were a student, I would be quite tempted to make MY video with two other people on either side bearing swords, while I'm knelt down, hooded...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/07/2026
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Sodium-ion batteries, which use abundant salt rather than lithium, copper and graphite, are starting to look like a real challenger for grid storage and commercial vehicles. FT buff.ly/jJO4kem #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
They are arresting U.S. Air Force Officers for free speech and U.S. Olympians for curiosity—but not rich men for raping children with Jeffrey Epstein.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Four years ago, a coordinated right-wing smear campaign condemned Monticello for "going woke." Bridget Gillespie was working there at the time, and she gives this revelatory inside account of the harassment staff endured and ultimately how the institution buckled. Amazing piece.
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What Broke Monticello - The American Prospect
How a right-wing smear campaign tried to silence the reality of Thomas Jefferson’s life, and in some ways succeeded.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Senile Satan belongs in an assisted living facility. He really believes he’s talking with Teddy Roosevelt, who’s been dead for over one hundred years.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Am I being over-sensitive here or does the term “side effects” have an inherent negative connotation and therefore this headline is sci-comm malpractice? The “side effects” are reduced risk of serious cardiac complications and reduced risk of all-cause cardiac events. Benefits. That’s the word.
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COVID Vaccine Linked to New Side Effect, Especially in Older Adults
The COVID vaccine was linked to a new side effect for older adults.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The forefathers would like to take a paternity test.
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Maine Antique Digest @maineantiquedigest.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
On Jan. 1, Peter Pap Rugs announced the sale of "Sørover (Southward)," a 1903 tapestry by Norwegian textile artist Frida Hansen (1855-1931) to the Christen Sveaas’ Art Foundation for $750,000. The 12'2" x 10'2" tapestry had disappeared for the last 90 years www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/out-...
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Buttons (Ashley) 🏴‍☠️#OFMDForLife🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I really want some knock offs of these medieval socks from Egypt (12th century CE?) at the GWU Textile Museum. collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collectio...
Cotton sock with white background and blue patterns. The Textile Museum 73.698.Cotton sock with white background, blue patterns, and woven Arabic text. The Textile Museum 73.696.Cotton sock with white background, blue patterns, and animal designs. The Textile Museum 73.700.Cotton sock with white background, blue bands of woven Arabic text. The Textile Museum 73.699.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 13/06/2026
It's Title IX month. Learn more about the fight for gender equality in the Civil Rights Era and the continued need for vigilance today. Read Long Lead's latest feature TITLE WAVES today: title-waves.longlead.com
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"It's for the girls behind us." Inside Hawaii's Title IX reckoning
When a high school water polo team was denied pool access, they sued. How a 6-year, game-changing legal fight bolstered gender equality across the US.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
1. Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.” A Popular Information investigaiton reveals that it's a GOP front group. Following along for receipts. 🧵
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Progressive Champions PAC is a GOP front
Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.” On Friday, according to FCC records,…
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
WE DON’T NEED A FUCKING TREATMENT WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT IS 97% EFFECTIVE AND COULD ERADICATE THE DISEASE IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ANTIVAX GRIFTERS LEADING US 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
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With Measles Roaring Back, the Search for a Treatment is On
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Dr. Conevery Bolton Valencius recounts the New Madrid earthquakes which reshaped the landscape, displaced Indigenous Americans, and prompted America's first disaster relief legislation. #WeAreAmerica250
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J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I'm reading through Ammianus Marcellinus to prep for maybe writing some historical fiction on the later Roman Empire. It's fascinating how he makes no distinction between Roman soldiers with Latin names and those with obviously barbarian names (Charietto, Dagalaifus). They're all just soldiers.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Members of the American Diabetes Association were forcibly removed from the annual meeting for distributing an editorial critical of Trumpian policy. 😳
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 01/06/2026
Trump administration shuts down deep-sea instruments that monitored climate change for a decade. “By dismantling such a system, we push the United States back yet again into a rear seat in global scientific leadership,” said a former official. Story by @eniiler.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4voqmxP
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Friends...it's the start of Pride Month, so I'd like you to meet the amazing ribbon eel. Ribbon eels (likely) all start out male & then all become female later in life. And they rock both ways.
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Strangely Satisfying Ribbon Eel
ALT: Strangely Satisfying Ribbon Eel
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 31/05/2026
Millionaire migration? Not according to the data... www.amny.com/opinion/econ...
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Op-Ed | Economists set the record straight on millionaire tax migration in New York | amNewYork
For many weeks, a high profile debate over the economic impacts of millionaire tax migration on New York has played out in the realm of public opinion: When
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2026
Dear media, You don't have to say "E Jean Carroll accused Trump of defamation and rape." You can say "Trump defamed and raped E Jean Carroll." It's been adjudicated. Thank you
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