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Heidi Altman, Ph.D.

@heidialtman.bsky.social

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🔵Linguistic and applied Anthro, Ph.D. Happily married to my favorite husband, mom to 2 good people, dog person. Maternal health advocate. 🔵 🚫evil (un)elected fascists 🚫 bullshit gamomsproject.org https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-4996 .. more

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · 6d

He’s my former gov and now chancellor of our university system. 😬

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · 6d

Up to Men at Arms in my Discworld read through. Everyone knows Vimes “Boots” theory, but he had a lot to say about kings too.
#discworld #menatarms #terrypratchett

An excerpt from Terry Pratchett’s Men At Arms:
“Yes? And then what? Royalty pollutes people’s minds, boy. Honest men start bowing and bobbing just because someone’s granddad was a bigger murdering bastard than theirs was. Listen! We probably had good kings, once! But kings breed other kings! And blood tells, and you end up with a bunch of arrogant murdering bastards! Chopping off queens’ heads and fighting their cousins every five minutes! And we had centuries of that! And then one day a man said, ‘No more kings!’ And we rose up and we fought the bloody nobles and we dragged the king of his throne and we dragged him into Sator Square and we chopped his bloody head off! Job well done!

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Divider Decider👩🏻‍⚖️🌊⚖️(Let me officiate) @dividerdecider.bsky.social · 10d

Uniter
@aoc.bsky.social: “They are weaker than they look…. They rely on that perception of inevitability and power.”

…Is Min Ldr Schumer taking notes?
#TrumpsShutdown #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ResistanceUnited via @allinwithchris.bsky.social @msnbc.com www.instagram.com/reel/DPP-wd6...

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · 27d

I was fortunate to get to spend a few days on Sapelo Island this week for work. The cultural and natural resources there are like nowhere else. I am extremely grateful to do what I do and for the respite of this trip during these days. Here are some pictures of the beach, butterflies and birds.

An orange gulf fritillary butterfly on a colorful lantana flower.

A sunset viewed over the island from the Atlantic Ocean. The sky is streaked with vivid oranges, pinks and grays over a dune.

A great blue heron on the bank of a salt marsh looking to the right over a creek.

Sun and clouds over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from a pristine beach.

Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you. ❤️ we’re ok, but some of our family members are not. It will be ok.

Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 10

Agreed

Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 10

My family has had a rough year, and I am finding it hard to concentrate on my own work. So, I decided to re-read the discworld books in order to give myself some respite. It has been probably 15 years since I read them, but jeez are they timely now. It’s almost too much. #discworld #terrypratchett

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Watching the US Open Final award ceremony I was sure the 🍊💩 would jump over Ivan Lendl and snatch the Tiffany’s trophy and platter…

Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 7

My senator.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 6

This part.

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 7

Well, of course you use salt against ice. Perfect.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chicago Mayor Deploys Salt Trucks as Mobile Barricades to Block ICE Operations

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chicago Mayor Deploys Salt Trucks as Mobile Barricades to Block ICE Operations

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 6

This part.

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 6

I wonder if the fact that the Bryan County Hyundai plant is producing all their EVs for North America and outcompeting
T*$£@ has anything to do with the raid…

Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 6

And a news story about the Hyundai plant raid.

Forbes @forbes.com · Sep 5

U.S. immigration authorities detained around 450 people from a Hyundai EV battery plant in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals.

South Korea Raises Concern After Hundreds Are Detained In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Battery Plant In Georgia

U.S. immigration authorities detained around 450 people from a Hyundai EV battery plant in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals.

www.forbes.com

Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Sep 6

This happened down the road from my house. Word is they also detained Hyundai executives, South Korean nationals. Georgia has spent years building relationships with Hyundai to build this EV plant (for all of N America) and this one escapade has put everything in jeopardy.

MrWtr0102.bsky.social @mrwtr0102.bsky.social · Sep 5

#ICEWatch

#ICEList: icelist.is

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MrWtr0102.bsky.social @mrwtr0102.bsky.social · Sep 5

#ICEWatch

#ICEList: icelist.is

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Forbes @forbes.com · Sep 5

U.S. immigration authorities detained around 450 people from a Hyundai EV battery plant in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals.

South Korea Raises Concern After Hundreds Are Detained In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Battery Plant In Georgia

U.S. immigration authorities detained around 450 people from a Hyundai EV battery plant in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals.

www.forbes.com

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Aug 7

Yesterday I went down a little musical rabbit hole and listened to a bunch of political punk rock music from my youth. The lyrics are even more relevant today. As bad as we thought Reagan and Thatcher were, we need that kind of energy now among young people. Introduce a Gen Z-er to punk rock today!

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · Aug 2

Skyline cleanse.. his name is Emmanuel Savary…🔥🔥🔥

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · Jul 30

Dead Kennedys recording Nazi Punks Fuck Off in 1981.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Feb 27

NEW:

“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”

newrepublic.com/post/192059/...

RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.

newrepublic.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Mar 5

Ha! The internet remembers everything. 🤣🤣

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🌊🌊TsalagiWarrior🌊🌊 @cherokeewarrior.bsky.social · Mar 13

💯🎯💯🎯💯

DEMS' SUPPORTING REPUBLICAN BUDGET BILL WILL NOT GAIN MAGA VOTES
BUT WILL DEFINITELY LOSE DEMOCRAT VOTERS

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Mar 13

For the democrats saying “we can’t let the govt shut down” you’ve already lost. It’s not on you.

Republicans control everything, didn’t come to you for anything except your vote. Where else can you force changes? You can’t… you’re a willing participant in Republican majority

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · Mar 13

The entire conversation around government funding is Washington at its worst. I cannot in good conscience vote for a bill that increases costs for Georgians, defunds care for servicemembers, and slashes investments in education and health care.

I am voting NO on the partisan funding bill.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · Mar 14

Here’s why I’ll be voting NO on the partisan funding bill.

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♣️TotsAndPears🍌 @herrari.bsky.social · Mar 31

substack.com/@raylutz/not...

Convincing evidence of likely manipulation of 2024 Presidential votes in Nevada

It seems that D-Party votes were artificially limited to 45% turnout.

substack.com

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ᴠᴏʀʜᴇᴇꜱ @vorheesmusic.com · Apr 27

David Thomas (Pere Ubu) NY Times obit *gift article*

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/a...

David Thomas, Leader of the Band Pere Ubu, Dies at 71 (Gift Article)

As a singer and songwriter, he pushed the boundaries of punk and art-rock, producing a half century of music, writings and performances and always upending expectations.

www.nytimes.com

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · May 9

Data from Medicare, Medicaid, insurance records, electronic medical records and wearable devices (smart watches, etc) will be collected by HHS to study autism and other diagnoses.
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

www.npr.org

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Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Jul 9

She was an icon!

Heidi Altman, Ph.D. @heidialtman.bsky.social · Jun 28

My invite must have been lost in the mail… 🙄