Tessera
Folgen

Heather Chirdon

@heatherchirdon.bsky.social

She/her Early modern global history student, stroke survivor, yinzer, atheist, skeptic, cynic, proficient in profanity, not known for good behavior. Annoyed to have to include credentials in her bio, but men be mennin'. I don't accept follows from randos.

3938 Posts498 Follower196 Folgt
Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · 5h ago

Pitt's cyber security training pre-semester is trying to tell me how to properly write an AI prompt so's not to run ethically afoul. It isn't listening as I shout at the screen, "THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!"

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3d ago

With respect to Cofnas, why is nobody talking about this in the MSM? > We find it [improbably] that [he] was the best out of 14 candidates for this job[. His boss] repeatedly stated in the press that [he] published in highly ranked journals and had been affiliated with leading institutions. 1/n

Pieter T. L. Beck@ptrbck.bsky.social · 3d ago

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/t47r5... Statement of the department. Has been taken offline due to complaint of the prof who hired Cofnas

Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · 2d ago

I only ~very recently~ told my husband about my suicidal ideation, & yes, he panicked a bit at first. I explained that there is literally not a single morning I don't wake up & ask if today's a good day to die. So far I'm 2-ish/19,162. That stat put him more at ease. -->

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 2d ago

TW: Suicide If you tell people you have SI, many are likely to suggest you call 988 or text the suicide lifeline. These are good resources *if you need to be kept physically safe;* they are not as helpful if your ideations are passive. Allow me to share some things that have helped me. /1

Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · 3d ago

Currently being dragged on another social media site over whether a child's inability to sleep at a popular local campsite may be due to paranormal activity. I'll give you 3 guesses what my opinion is on the matter, first 2 don't count.

Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · 6d ago

I do laundry: sort, wash, dry, fold, &, for 2/3 of us, put away. It's an entire day, & for me that day includes time to exercise, to listen to podcasts, to chat with Dearly Beloved across the hall. I can see what needs mending or replacing, & what's been forgotten @ the bottom of a drawer. -->

Prism@prismreports.org · 6d ago

“The traditionally feminized practice of care is set apart from the hypermasculinized notions of disruption that dominate places such as Silicon Valley, where creation & destruction are one & the same.” Adrienne Brown pushes back against corporations selling us a future free from mundane tasks.

Dr Francis Young@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m intrigued by the idea of the Sámi rendering vast quantities of whale, walrus and seal blubber for export to the Romans

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.

‘Over the past two generations, the boundaries of the classical world have been stretched to the steppe frontier of China, the Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia. But Scandinavia and the Baltic have remained stubbornly invisible.’ Michael Kulikowski on Roman Scandinavia: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · 7d ago

Don't trust The Guardian piece about the diverted cable. The area in question was already protected. The framing of the article does double duty; it fluffs JKR, & it makes the project manager seem less like a POS, when he actually put the thing somewhere just as bad.

Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · last wk.

☑️Local event? ☑️Locally-designed, NON-ai shirts? ☑️Freakin alt-text ON POINT?! That gets a boost, baby! GET ON YA BIKES AN RIDE!

Bike Pittsburgh@bikepgh.bsky.social · last wk.

🚲 PedalPGH shirts are here! Locally designed by Brady Lanzendorfer. Register now for UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH to get yours: PedalPGH.org/register 📍 Packet Pickup will be Thurs. August 27 + Fri. August 28 at the BikePGH office: Details will be emailed to all registered riders!

A group of 5 smiling people standing outside and wearing maroon t-shirts that say "PedalPGH '26" and have an artful depiction of Pittsburgh skyline from The Point, and a bicycle in a cool line drawing style with aqua, yellow, and orange colors.
Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · last wk.

If you are a lawyer barred in Minnesota, I will personally sponsor your admission to the District Minnesota (you need one other person as well) and teach you how to do habeas cases. It's going to be all hands on deck.

Mara Abolish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · last wk.

A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnes