love&peace, heidi 🦋
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Philosopher. Writer. Becker Fellow. Tea. It's never too late to do the right thing.
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Wondering if this is still on the table at Davos
Denmark, do you have a minute?
Asking for a vast land mass that would like to become a nation.
Asking for a vast land mass that would like to become a nation.
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Wondering if this is still on the table at Davos
Hoping we can get a Barbara Johns statue in Roanoke, VA.
We have a lovely statue of Henrietta Lacks in the garden across from the municipal building and the courthouse.
Might take my lunch down there around 2pm today and contemplate the power of a #walkout.
We have a lovely statue of Henrietta Lacks in the garden across from the municipal building and the courthouse.
Might take my lunch down there around 2pm today and contemplate the power of a #walkout.
Barbara Rose Johns, just 16 years old in 1951, led a student walkout at R.R. Moton High School in Virginia to protest segregated schools. Her courageous stand helped spark the lawsuit that became part of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision,
U.S. Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot
Johns was 16 years old in 1951 when she led a student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. She died at 56 in 1991.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Hoping we can get a Barbara Johns statue in Roanoke, VA.
We have a lovely statue of Henrietta Lacks in the garden across from the municipal building and the courthouse.
Might take my lunch down there around 2pm today and contemplate the power of a #walkout.
We have a lovely statue of Henrietta Lacks in the garden across from the municipal building and the courthouse.
Might take my lunch down there around 2pm today and contemplate the power of a #walkout.
Looking forward to the 2026 mashup of Black Panthers and Quakers.
Social problems require social solutions.
Public policy can improve lives; therefore it should.
Social problems require social solutions.
Public policy can improve lives; therefore it should.
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Looking forward to the 2026 mashup of Black Panthers and Quakers.
Social problems require social solutions.
Public policy can improve lives; therefore it should.
Social problems require social solutions.
Public policy can improve lives; therefore it should.
This is going to replace me at the bakery
Atlas has 56 degrees of freedom, fully rotational joints, a reach extending to 2.3M (7.5 ft), and the strength to lift up to 50 kg (110 lbs). The robot is also extremely water-resistant and can operate at diverse temperature ranges from -20° to 40° C
bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-...
bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-...
Boston Dynamics Unveils New Atlas Robot to Revolutionize Industry | Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics will manufacture the product version of its humanoid robot immediately with deployments scheduled at Hyundai and Google DeepMind.
bostondynamics.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This is going to replace me at the bakery
This is a three alarm fire.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 2:17 AM
This is a three alarm fire.
Did not have barber-surgeons on my 2026 bingo card.
It's going to be a Whole Year, isn't it?
It's going to be a Whole Year, isn't it?
Data point #42345652 that shows how borked existing radicalization frameworks are:
Over Christmas I was talking to my brother who lives in Seattle, and he told me about a guy that goes to his gym who doesn't believe in vaccines but won't shut up about the peptide injections he buys from his barber.
Over Christmas I was talking to my brother who lives in Seattle, and he told me about a guy that goes to his gym who doesn't believe in vaccines but won't shut up about the peptide injections he buys from his barber.
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Did not have barber-surgeons on my 2026 bingo card.
It's going to be a Whole Year, isn't it?
It's going to be a Whole Year, isn't it?
Was missing baking as my hand heals, and the 14 yo was missing baguettes,so we tag-teamed.
Our first-ever batch of baguettes in the home oven turned out to be amazing, actually.
Our first-ever batch of baguettes in the home oven turned out to be amazing, actually.
January 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Was missing baking as my hand heals, and the 14 yo was missing baguettes,so we tag-teamed.
Our first-ever batch of baguettes in the home oven turned out to be amazing, actually.
Our first-ever batch of baguettes in the home oven turned out to be amazing, actually.
I'm definitely a HiyaHiya sharps devotee.
I have a wide variety of interchangeable tips and cables.
I use the rockets when I need DPNs.
Second favorite: I keep a set of KnitPro Zings in fixed 16 inch cables and adore that they are color coded by size.
#knitting
I have a wide variety of interchangeable tips and cables.
I use the rockets when I need DPNs.
Second favorite: I keep a set of KnitPro Zings in fixed 16 inch cables and adore that they are color coded by size.
#knitting
What are your favorite needles or hooks?
Mine are the Chiagoo and Knitter's Pride's Mindful Collection. I am definitely a warm metal gal, with the occasional woods from KP.
#Dye #SpinningYarn #Knitting #knitting #knitters #crocheters #KnitAndCrochet #YarnDyers #HandDyed
Mine are the Chiagoo and Knitter's Pride's Mindful Collection. I am definitely a warm metal gal, with the occasional woods from KP.
#Dye #SpinningYarn #Knitting #knitting #knitters #crocheters #KnitAndCrochet #YarnDyers #HandDyed
January 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I'm definitely a HiyaHiya sharps devotee.
I have a wide variety of interchangeable tips and cables.
I use the rockets when I need DPNs.
Second favorite: I keep a set of KnitPro Zings in fixed 16 inch cables and adore that they are color coded by size.
#knitting
I have a wide variety of interchangeable tips and cables.
I use the rockets when I need DPNs.
Second favorite: I keep a set of KnitPro Zings in fixed 16 inch cables and adore that they are color coded by size.
#knitting
My winter-hearty lunch is packed with protein and fiber goodness:
French lentils and diced potato, steamed together in broth (or water) until tender (about 35 minutes).
Makes a great post-workout dish.
Set it up in the steamer, go work out, and it's ready when you come back.
French lentils and diced potato, steamed together in broth (or water) until tender (about 35 minutes).
Makes a great post-workout dish.
Set it up in the steamer, go work out, and it's ready when you come back.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
My winter-hearty lunch is packed with protein and fiber goodness:
French lentils and diced potato, steamed together in broth (or water) until tender (about 35 minutes).
Makes a great post-workout dish.
Set it up in the steamer, go work out, and it's ready when you come back.
French lentils and diced potato, steamed together in broth (or water) until tender (about 35 minutes).
Makes a great post-workout dish.
Set it up in the steamer, go work out, and it's ready when you come back.
What were your favorite reads in 2025?
These reached out and saved me along the way
-The River Has Roots, El-Mohtar
-The Song of Achilles, Miller
-Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Zevin
-I Who Have Never Known Men, Harpman
-Gargoyle, Davidson*
*Reread, and I almost never reread
#booksky
These reached out and saved me along the way
-The River Has Roots, El-Mohtar
-The Song of Achilles, Miller
-Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Zevin
-I Who Have Never Known Men, Harpman
-Gargoyle, Davidson*
*Reread, and I almost never reread
#booksky
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
What were your favorite reads in 2025?
These reached out and saved me along the way
-The River Has Roots, El-Mohtar
-The Song of Achilles, Miller
-Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Zevin
-I Who Have Never Known Men, Harpman
-Gargoyle, Davidson*
*Reread, and I almost never reread
#booksky
These reached out and saved me along the way
-The River Has Roots, El-Mohtar
-The Song of Achilles, Miller
-Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Zevin
-I Who Have Never Known Men, Harpman
-Gargoyle, Davidson*
*Reread, and I almost never reread
#booksky
Yesterday at the new (to me) location, the department manager spent from 5-7am "helping" me, which really was just him standing between me and the work while explaining how amazing our current president is.
This is going to be an interesting assignment.
This is going to be an interesting assignment.
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Yesterday at the new (to me) location, the department manager spent from 5-7am "helping" me, which really was just him standing between me and the work while explaining how amazing our current president is.
This is going to be an interesting assignment.
This is going to be an interesting assignment.
Q4 usually has so many jobs added for seasonal positions that its impact has to be modified.
Seeing such low numbers in the fourth quarter is an alarm.
Seeing such low numbers in the fourth quarter is an alarm.
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Q4 usually has so many jobs added for seasonal positions that its impact has to be modified.
Seeing such low numbers in the fourth quarter is an alarm.
Seeing such low numbers in the fourth quarter is an alarm.
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I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.
Who are my US demographic gurus?
I need some reliable data on population impacts and trends for the intersection of mortality and fertility.
I need some reliable data on population impacts and trends for the intersection of mortality and fertility.
Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Who are my US demographic gurus?
I need some reliable data on population impacts and trends for the intersection of mortality and fertility.
I need some reliable data on population impacts and trends for the intersection of mortality and fertility.
Serious question: What would you be doing differently if we were heading into another Great Depression?
Makes me think of WW2, 1941, and the American govt running out of money barely recovering from the depression and trying to go to war and the blitz on the public to buy ‘war bonds’
But sure the economy’s doing great.
But sure the economy’s doing great.
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Serious question: What would you be doing differently if we were heading into another Great Depression?
This is the content I'm here for today.
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is the content I'm here for today.
14 yo pressed The Cruel Prince into my hands at the library last night, saying with a serious face, "You have to read it."
So I'm reading it and I can stretch my acceptance of the fantastic pretty far, but no, I cannot accept "Autumn solstice."
Just no.
So I'm reading it and I can stretch my acceptance of the fantastic pretty far, but no, I cannot accept "Autumn solstice."
Just no.
a picture of a woman with the words dramatic druid stare written on it
Alt: dramatic druid stare
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
14 yo pressed The Cruel Prince into my hands at the library last night, saying with a serious face, "You have to read it."
So I'm reading it and I can stretch my acceptance of the fantastic pretty far, but no, I cannot accept "Autumn solstice."
Just no.
So I'm reading it and I can stretch my acceptance of the fantastic pretty far, but no, I cannot accept "Autumn solstice."
Just no.
Snow day tomorrow, so the 14 yo and I high-tailed it to the library to get the next book in their dark fantasy series.
Stay warm and dry, y'all.
❄️
Stay warm and dry, y'all.
❄️
a woman is reading a book called a pilgrim 's journey by joseph crackstone
ALT: a woman is reading a book called a pilgrim 's journey by joseph crackstone
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Snow day tomorrow, so the 14 yo and I high-tailed it to the library to get the next book in their dark fantasy series.
Stay warm and dry, y'all.
❄️
Stay warm and dry, y'all.
❄️
Art saves lives.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Art saves lives.
100 pages into The God of the Woods.
The writing reminds me of Peter Behrens, in all the best ways, so far.
The writing reminds me of Peter Behrens, in all the best ways, so far.
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
100 pages into The God of the Woods.
The writing reminds me of Peter Behrens, in all the best ways, so far.
The writing reminds me of Peter Behrens, in all the best ways, so far.
Continuing my long-standing tradition of spending Black Friday reading, lounging with the dog and the family, and drinking an amazing cup of tea.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Continuing my long-standing tradition of spending Black Friday reading, lounging with the dog and the family, and drinking an amazing cup of tea.
Randomly started a new book from my TBR stack, knowing nothing about it and wow.
I'm halfway through The Poppy War and it's like the Universe said "Read this. Read this right now."
I'm halfway through The Poppy War and it's like the Universe said "Read this. Read this right now."
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Randomly started a new book from my TBR stack, knowing nothing about it and wow.
I'm halfway through The Poppy War and it's like the Universe said "Read this. Read this right now."
I'm halfway through The Poppy War and it's like the Universe said "Read this. Read this right now."
Spending the morning reading with a cracking cup of tea.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Spending the morning reading with a cracking cup of tea.
Just now catching The Little Drummer Girl from 2018 and wow. It's brilliant.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just now catching The Little Drummer Girl from 2018 and wow. It's brilliant.