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Heather Wylie

@unxpctdisvry.bsky.social

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Artist. Family historian. M.A. English. Storyteller. Coffee lover. M.A. History. Book fondler. Writer. Clean air lover. Climate concerned. She/her. More: https://www.hwylieart.com/welcome

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · Jul 7

I'm Heather. I'm a Texas-based artist and illustrator. I primarily work with acrylic and digital mediums. I love working with animals and animal imagery. You can find my available art, prints, and books on my website: www.hwylieart.com

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 3h

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Truly 😭

Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 3h

I understand! This one is the easiest for me because it’s specific Fridays (usually after kid bedtime)!

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 5h

Grief group this morning. If you need me, I'll be crying for the next hour.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 5h

I dont think I have actually ever encountered more Bond villain like figures in real life like the lot of these technofascists hoping AI will eradicate the "unworthy" from the planet--Musk, Andreessen, Thiel, Zuckerberg, the lot of them, and all the acolytes licking their boots in Silicon Valley

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 5h

For REAL 😩 I can’t believe this

Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 5h

My in-laws have totally bought this crap and there is absolutely no reasoning with them about it

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 5h

I love all of that so much. So, so much.

Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve been thinking about this one a lot.

Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

As we waited
for the meeting to start
my work-friend confided
that he kind of misses the days
when meetings were online
as that way at least
he could see people’s cats,
and as I watched a coworker
across the room
coughing open-mouthed,
I sighed and said:
I miss those days too.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 23h

I know, I know,
of course, I know,
that in these dark times
there is too much bad news
to keep track of it all,
but amidst all that bad news
you should know
a new study has found
“SARS-CoV-2 infection
heightens the risk
of developing HPV-related
carcinoma in situ and cancer.”

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 8h

Arrested? How? My grandma has been dead for over twenty years!

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 8h

Tomorrow!! #Genchat is always fun, so if you're interested in family history this is a great and casual group to talk to!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 18h

Friday’s #genchat should be interesting!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 12d

Well, we're winding down for the evening. Thanks for all your stories, shares, questions, etc. tonight. Next time (October 10) we'll be chatting about the Allen County Public Library. I'm really curious about it! #genchat

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#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 18h

Friday’s #genchat should be interesting!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 12d

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 8h

Great picture!

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8h

While Trump falsely blames Tylenol for autism, he’s been taking millions from companies producing PFAs that cause birth defects, liver damage, and cancer — then weakening regulations and withholding reports on their danger.

His corruption is killing us.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 8h

My dad was allergic to peanuts and he did the same thing, so I have no advice or solution 😅

Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 8h

I just finished The Berry Pickers (Peters) and am about to start either The Starving Saints (Starling) or The Correspondent (Evans). I've started logging my books on Fable and am loving that app!

fable.co/company

Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 8h

What a dreamy dress! So lovely!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 21h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you for sharing!

Heather Wylie @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 21h

I'm having a sale on all of my physical paintings. You can find them by clicking the link below. I don't usually have sales, so this is a great opportunity to click the link and check out some original artwork.

www.hwylieart.com/store/c2/Ava...

Available Art

Art by Texas Artist Heather Wylie

www.hwylieart.com

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 2d

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

Shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball, just for fun.
There was absolutely no threat here.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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