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Dr. Heck - DVM 🐾🩺
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She/They, Gray Ace Veterinarian, Biologist, CWR - & TTRPG nerd! https://lnk.bio/sirheckalot
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Hello friends! I noticed a bunch more folks rolling in and thought I'd reintroduce myself! I'm Heck, a soon-to-be DVM, TTRPG GM/Player/Designer, & graphic designer/video trailer editor.

You can find me all over the place at SirHeckaLot: lnk.bio/sirheckalot
Whatever is going on in baseball tonight has revealed that a significant portion of folks I follow on here watch baseball 💀
Oh hey that's me! 🔪

👀 Anyone up for a game with me this spooky season?
New to the #SoloRPG List: Final Girl Simulator: Haunted Mansion Edition by @sirheckalot.bsky.social
The villain of the mansion vs the Final Girl: who will survive the night? 2-player #Slasher #TTRPG
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...
Switching over to Tidal today - there's even 3rd party apps that will transfer all your playlists for you! Left a very strongly worded explanation for why I'm no longer using Spotify in the comment box.
Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.
This was such an underrated joke 💀
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day 🤎

Land back.
Free Palestine.
Free Sudan.
Free The Congo.
Decolonize Puerto Rico.
Ooo okay good info! I wonder if I could do more of a topic rounds type deal instead of more freeform so some would be less sad by design.
So, hypothetically, what kind of interest would there be to hear about the wild things I do for my job in a Twitch stream/podcast type format? Hypothetically.
Just some stream memes from the call-show broadcast lmao
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New graphic for Doc's vet bills. Please consider buying art of anything at all! My little dude needs surgery asap. Feel free to share this graphic far and wide!
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Cocco-Channel Project!!! Chef's kiss. 🤌
🌊🔬 Looking for a postdoc to join our team!
Cocco-Channel project ➡️ studying coccolithophore phycospheres and their role in ocean carbon cycling.
✔️ Plus if you bring experience in microbial ecology, molecular/microscopy tools & fieldwork
👉 More info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/375178
#protistsonsky
I'll think more on specific things I do or think, but I realize a lot of this is not the most tangible advice 😂
I feel grief for seeing wildlife in such a state because I want them to succeed out there. So then the thought process I go to next is "How do I help the others succeed then?" I saw another comment mention how to mitigate human-caused wildlife deaths, which I think is a great idea.
That said, I think it's also important to acknowledge those feelings and direct them towards the cause we're so passionate about rather than suppressing them. That's what always brings me back to the 'Why' I do this.
I've noticed that in the members of the public who bring this wildlife in, they're very excited about helping the wildlife around them - you can just tell this is a story they're telling everybody they know too. And I think it's hard for them not to get attached to the animal(s) they've brought in.
I think having an outlet is really important, like how you mentioned artwork. I like to write and tell stories a lot - and in a way, despite how some of the stories I tell don't always have a happy ending, these animals live on in the stories I tell, in a way.
WE'RE LIVE NOW!! LET'S FIGHT TIAMAT
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A multi-year level 1-20 campaign comes to a head. Join All Hail The Queen - our Tyranny of Dragons campaign - as we take on Tiamat’s Temple at the Well of Dragons. Live tonight at 8 pm ET! #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg
They often have really good insights I didn't think about and help me back to the ground again. I also have to remind myself that while encountering negative experiences like this is obviously not ideal, the work we do is important and will help so many other individuals of a species and ecosystem.
Hi! Not exactly a scientist, but wildlife vet here in a high-capacity/high-intake wildlife facility and my job comes with unfortunately euthanasia/dealing with wildlife death often. When it starts getting overwhelming, I usually need time to decompress/talk it out to my non-vetmed/science friends.
Never thought I'd be doing a neurological exam on an invertebrate in my career, but here we are!
Moments before disaster (she fell in; don't worry she's fine and dry again now) 😭
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Remember show and tell in school?

Imagine you want bring a pair of wooden shisa dogs carved by a grandparent, gifted to you. You're so excited to bring 'em because they mean something to you, plus the lore and cultural significance is hella neat. You got 'em in your cubby, just gotta wait your turn