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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.

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Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · 19h ago

"...talking about ending corporal punishment in schools feels like some indictment of the way that they were raised or what was passed down in their own families." It IS an indictment. The way WE were raised was bad & needs to change.

15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools. Here's where, and why

There is broad consensus among psychologists that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, but the U.S. has no federal laws banning it in public schools.

npr.org

still in Pittsburgh@pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · yesterday

"On paper, Republicans went into the race with a daunting registration advantage: The GOP outnumbers voters there by nearly two-to-one margins..But Democrats have seen gains in prosperous suburbs ...and been having luck in special elections particularly" www.wesanews.org/politics-gov....

Democrats declare victory in razor-close Butler County state House special election

Democrats aimed to increase their lead in the state House while Republicans hoped to maintain their grip on the 12th District.

wesanews.org

Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · yesterday

How disrespected was she? I never heard of her, but I sure AF heard of Vindman & got to watch his goofy ass (& his wife) act a fool on my screen. Good for her!

ashley 🌹@clearlyashley.bsky.social · yesterday

Nixon was disrespected in this primary. Alex Vindman acted as if she didn’t exist. refused to debate her. made racist comments about her appearance and clothing choices. and she handled that with grace as Black women sadly always have to do. more power to her.

Heather Chirdon@heatherchirdon.bsky.social · 3d 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 · 5d 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 · 5d 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 · 5d 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 · 5d 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 · 6d 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 · last wk.

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 · last wk.

“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 · 2w ago

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 · 2w ago

‘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 · last wk.

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.