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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 2h

I watched enough Northeast Louisiana tornado coverage that every time I see a news headline about Delhi, India, my brain goes straight to DELL-high first 😂

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 4h

I always go with Natchitoches for these things, but since I'm not really from Louisiana, let's go with Arab, AL (the letter A + "rab")

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 15h

Here for the replies

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 4d

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 1d

Updating my CV -- typed "Birmingham, LA" and stared at it for a full minute before figuring out why it looked weird

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 2d

I feel personally attacked 🙈

nathanwpyle @nathanwpyle.bsky.social · 2d

there’s always one person in the family who looks at the Doppler radar

5 emotionless people look at one person who is viewing a laptop screen and saying hmmmm

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 2d

What is it this time lol? 🙄

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 3d

Man, I was in too much of a hurry to even check the price tag 😂

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 3d

To be fair, I'm the one who decided to make a pit stop at a gas station in Cullman this morning 😂

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 3d

The grey ratsnake was sitting absolutely frozen still on the trail at first. I thought he was dead 😂 Clearly I have never seen a ratsnake in its prime before.

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 3d

Post-hike lunch in downtown Huntsville - fancy tacos

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 3d

(1) Other Serious Birders (honestly it was interesting to watch them)
(2) Nets set up by Alabama A&M University for research

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 3d

I love them! They're more fun to watch than squirrels.

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 3d

Birding/herping day trip up in Huntsville -- 20 bird species (including several migrants) and a herp I didn't even have to work to find. Ovenbird was cool to see. Also M&F American redstarts, though I think we're in the breeding range.

📍Chapman Mtn Nature Reserve

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 4d

But mainly that's because that was how the textbook we used at ULM presented the evol unit! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 4d

I taught that in Evol class but not in intro bio. My intro lectures covered HWE, mechanisms of evol, evidence (a little history here), speciation, some basic tree thinking, genome evol, evo devo.

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 5d

I know you can't tell but I've been smiling and nodding all morning at your posts here, along with similar posts on FB by another local friend and superfan. I love her but I don't regularly listen to music. But everyone's excitement is making me smile big today.

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 6d

You be you, but also gotta protect your job. I've seen posts on here (not you!!) that are way outside of professional & appropriate, so I don't think "There's worse out here" can safely be our standard.

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 6d

I'll never be able to unsee this

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 6d

Check this out: support.zipgrade.com/hc/en-us/art...

Can I use ZipGrade without a mobile device? Can I use a computer to grade papers?

Teachers can now use a sheet-fed scanner to create a PDF file that can be uploaded to the zipgrade.com website for grading. PDF File SpecificationsHave students use the expected ZipGrade answer she...

support.zipgrade.com

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe! I never tried that. Primarily it's phone app + website, but that would be great if you can hook up a scanner.

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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 7d

The time bottleneck was using my phone to scan in 150 answer sheets lol, but after a while you get into a rhythm. (I've heard some people go fancy and set up an apparatus to hold the phone for scanning)

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 7d

I checked just now and it's still $7/year for unlimited answer sheets! There are different size answer sheets, you can upload multiple keys per test, and it gives you lots of class & question stats.

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 7d

I paid for pro version to handle large classes, but at the time I think it was like $7/year

Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 7d

It's been a few years now but I used Zipgrade and loved it