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Dr. Jess Hebert
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HEE-bert | Assistant Professor, OHSU | Kidney/Repro/DOHaD scientist | #TeamPlacenta | The PDX Broadsides chanteuse | Mama | 85% Muppet by volume | https://jesshebert.carrd.co/
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Hi, new followers! I'm Dr. Jess, a kidney and pregnancy researcher in Portland, OR. Teacher, mama, musician, emcee. Pro-science, vax, LGBTQ, freedom of existing, kindness, and democracy. Antifascist, anti racist, anti anything that impedes the above. Glad to meet you. ❤️
It's this. It's this stuff that makes me just cry and cry and exhaustedly cry.
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
We say #NoKings and nothing changes. The news gets worse and worse. We're approaching winter, SNAP benefits are about to disappear, the world is at war, kids are suffering, and I feel helpless all the time. I'm constantly emotionally exhausted and I don't know how anyone is operating normally.
I had a call with a friend and collaborator. After business, he asked how I was doing. Work is great. The science is great. I love my department. @royalpdx.bsky.social remains my favorite person, Huds is 3 and incredible. Then I burst into tears.

Pockets of right in a sea of wrong.
Congratulations to Australia's Phil Gore for being the Last Runner Standing at the Big Dog Backyard Ultra, having run 475 miles, 114 laps on the hour every hour for 114 hours. 20 national records were set by 75 runners, and a new world women's record at 95 laps. Incredible. #marathon #running
I fell in love with keeping tabs on Backyard Ultras this summer. As a kidney physiologist, my mind BOGGLES. They are superhuman. 4 people are on lap 109 right now. A 4.167 mile loop is a lap, every hour, on the hour, 109 times in a row. Tune in. Get inspired. #running #marathon
Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra 2025 Individual World Championship begins tomorrow morning at 0700 Central Time (US). You can follow along on YouTube, Facebook, Insta; links are at bigsbackyardultra.com. I’ll post the live tracking link tomorrow morning. #bigdogultra #backyardultra
Frankly I'd love to be Supergrover, bring it on, you crazy blue Muppet
he who fights with the monster at the end of this book might take care lest he thereby become the monster at the end of this book
YES! Barkley, the race that eats its young! He's so cool and watching him ring the 3, 2, 1 minute bells EVERY LAP, he's legend.
One more thing: one of the runners, Harvey Lewis, is raising money to help Haitian friend and race pacer David Merey sustain a business to feed his family. Awesome cause if you have a couple bucks, they're close to goal! www.run4water.net/bigs-fundrai...
I fell in love with keeping tabs on Backyard Ultras this summer. As a kidney physiologist, my mind BOGGLES. They are superhuman. 4 people are on lap 109 right now. A 4.167 mile loop is a lap, every hour, on the hour, 109 times in a row. Tune in. Get inspired. #running #marathon
Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra 2025 Individual World Championship begins tomorrow morning at 0700 Central Time (US). You can follow along on YouTube, Facebook, Insta; links are at bigsbackyardultra.com. I’ll post the live tracking link tomorrow morning. #bigdogultra #backyardultra
Big's Backyard Ultra
There is no finish
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The only way to solve arts cuts is to cut into the ART and STEAL IT and pawn it to make money for the ARTS
aaaaaaaand it turns out the answer to "how TF did some guys with a ladder steal the French crown jewels" is "cuts to arts funding mean the Louvre is massively understaffed"
I was really glad that someone finally called out the audience members on doing "bits" though. I'm still mad about the hurdy gurdy player asking "what do YOU think it is?" a couple eps ago. No. No you don't get to do that.
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This ep is about a species without gender, so pronouns inevitably come up. Riker makes a mistake and gets corrected. He apologizes, asks what pronouns Soren prefers, and then says he will do his best to be better going forward.

If Riker could figure this out in 1992, your MAGA uncle has no excuse.
Ditto. Like everything is buzzing but I can't grab onto something solid.
I haven't figured out if it's boned/padded that way for an intentional silhouette, or if the fabric is actually pulling up under her ribcage, but I am pretty sure it's the former. It's a conversation starter for sure, but I just can't unsee Zoidberg.
He's literally the answer to nothing good.
My friend Sersh could use some help as she continues her transition journey. Every bit helps. ❤️ #mutualaid
Hey frens, I put together a GoFundMe to help pay for some gender care items for the next 9 months. If you're able to donate a little, that would be fabulous, even just boosting or sharing it helps. 💜
gofund.me/77b7b3d23
Donate to Help Saoirse's gender journey!, organized by Saoirse Mareneck
Introduction Hello, I'm Saoirse! I'm a trans woman in Portland, OR, and I've been liv… Saoirse Mareneck needs your support for Help Saoirse's gender journey!
gofund.me
On her part? Probably not. On mine? Never, ever.
Yeah yeah yeah it's Paul's Not A Fed Secret Fence For Jewels, it's right in front of the Subway on Powell next to the pack of squad cars