Heather Comfort
@heathercomfort.bsky.social
I teach, write, collage, and play in my garden. Sometimes I discover blooms, sometimes I don’t.
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At Oklahoma University “it is now university policy to give paid suspension to any faculty member against whom a student has filed a complaint.”
OU Faculty Senate raises concerns with policy suspending faculty members who receive student complaints
Emails reveal OU Faculty Senate is working to challenge the formalization of a policy by university leadership to suspend any faculty member who receives a student complaint.
www.oudaily.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
At Oklahoma University “it is now university policy to give paid suspension to any faculty member against whom a student has filed a complaint.”
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I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Enlightenment
Transformation
Healing
(All extremely welcomed)
Transformation
Healing
(All extremely welcomed)
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Enlightenment
Transformation
Healing
(All extremely welcomed)
Transformation
Healing
(All extremely welcomed)
Clarity
Opportunities
Tasgaglome
Opportunities
Tasgaglome
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Clarity
Opportunities
Tasgaglome
Opportunities
Tasgaglome
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Is this anything?
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Is this anything?
“Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’”
Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’”
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They spoke, the fifth day,
of silence.
of silence.
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
They spoke, the fifth day,
of silence.
of silence.
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Bus drivers, shelf stockers,
code writers, machinists, accountants,
lab techs, cellists kept speaking.
code writers, machinists, accountants,
lab techs, cellists kept speaking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Bus drivers, shelf stockers,
code writers, machinists, accountants,
lab techs, cellists kept speaking.
code writers, machinists, accountants,
lab techs, cellists kept speaking.
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The silence spoke loudly of silence,
and the rivers kept speaking
of rivers, of boulders and air.
Bound to gravity, earless and tongueless,
the untested rivers kept speaking.
and the rivers kept speaking
of rivers, of boulders and air.
Bound to gravity, earless and tongueless,
the untested rivers kept speaking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The silence spoke loudly of silence,
and the rivers kept speaking
of rivers, of boulders and air.
Bound to gravity, earless and tongueless,
the untested rivers kept speaking.
and the rivers kept speaking
of rivers, of boulders and air.
Bound to gravity, earless and tongueless,
the untested rivers kept speaking.
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The facts, surprised to be taken, were silent.
Now it was only the rivers
that spoke of the rivers,
and only the wind that spoke of its bees,
while the unpausing factual buds of the fruit
trees
continued to move toward their fruit.
Now it was only the rivers
that spoke of the rivers,
and only the wind that spoke of its bees,
while the unpausing factual buds of the fruit
trees
continued to move toward their fruit.
October 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The facts, surprised to be taken, were silent.
Now it was only the rivers
that spoke of the rivers,
and only the wind that spoke of its bees,
while the unpausing factual buds of the fruit
trees
continued to move toward their fruit.
Now it was only the rivers
that spoke of the rivers,
and only the wind that spoke of its bees,
while the unpausing factual buds of the fruit
trees
continued to move toward their fruit.
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Someone, from deep in the Badlands,
began posting facts.
The facts were told not to speak
and were taken away.
began posting facts.
The facts were told not to speak
and were taken away.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Someone, from deep in the Badlands,
began posting facts.
The facts were told not to speak
and were taken away.
began posting facts.
The facts were told not to speak
and were taken away.
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and the ones who worked for the bees.
October 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
and the ones who worked for the bees.
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On the Fifth Day
by Jane Hirshfield
by Jane Hirshfield
On the Fifth Day
On the fifth day the scientists who studied the rivers were forbidden to speak or to study the rivers. The silence spoke loudly of silence, and the rivers kept speaking of rivers, of boulders and air.
www.poetryfoundation.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
On the Fifth Day
by Jane Hirshfield
by Jane Hirshfield
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The scientists who studied the air
were told not to speak of the air,
and the ones who worked for the farmers
were silenced,
were told not to speak of the air,
and the ones who worked for the farmers
were silenced,
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The scientists who studied the air
were told not to speak of the air,
and the ones who worked for the farmers
were silenced,
were told not to speak of the air,
and the ones who worked for the farmers
were silenced,
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On the fifth day
the scientists who studied the rivers
were forbidden to speak
or to study the rivers.
the scientists who studied the rivers
were forbidden to speak
or to study the rivers.
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
On the fifth day
the scientists who studied the rivers
were forbidden to speak
or to study the rivers.
the scientists who studied the rivers
were forbidden to speak
or to study the rivers.
“Our findings show that women are rated significantly lower as they age from younger to middle age, with their lowest teaching ratings emerging at age 47. Men do not experience this drop in ratings.”
Ratings and bias against women, over time
Two new studies show how bias against women in student ratings operates over time, worsening with critical feedback and instructor age.
www.insidehighered.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Our findings show that women are rated significantly lower as they age from younger to middle age, with their lowest teaching ratings emerging at age 47. Men do not experience this drop in ratings.”
On the Fifth Day
by Jane Hirshfield
by Jane Hirshfield
On the Fifth Day
On the fifth day the scientists who studied the rivers were forbidden to speak or to study the rivers. The silence spoke loudly of silence, and the rivers kept speaking of rivers, of boulders and air.
www.poetryfoundation.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
On the Fifth Day
by Jane Hirshfield
by Jane Hirshfield
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Rubin Observatory is going to be a game-changer for studies of the Milky Way, galaxy evolution, and cosmology
We come with receipts🧾
Tidal tails are cosmic “receipts” of galactic drama, showing who collided with whom. Rubin's camera is sharp enough to catch wind of even the faintest intergalactic tea.
No need to worry about "pics or it didn't happen" with Rubin keeping a close eye 😎 🔭🧪
Tidal tails are cosmic “receipts” of galactic drama, showing who collided with whom. Rubin's camera is sharp enough to catch wind of even the faintest intergalactic tea.
No need to worry about "pics or it didn't happen" with Rubin keeping a close eye 😎 🔭🧪
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Rubin Observatory is going to be a game-changer for studies of the Milky Way, galaxy evolution, and cosmology
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"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
October 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
“Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?”
The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect
Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?
www.scientificamerican.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?”
Growing up I listened to so many family stories about life before vaccines and penicillin from my late grandmother.
I cannot comprehend the relief she must have felt when her grandchildren began to receive regularly scheduled vaccinations after they were born.
I cannot comprehend the relief she must have felt when her grandchildren began to receive regularly scheduled vaccinations after they were born.
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
September 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Growing up I listened to so many family stories about life before vaccines and penicillin from my late grandmother.
I cannot comprehend the relief she must have felt when her grandchildren began to receive regularly scheduled vaccinations after they were born.
I cannot comprehend the relief she must have felt when her grandchildren began to receive regularly scheduled vaccinations after they were born.