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Naomi Salmon

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Teaching & learning in higher ed | Midwest nature enthusiast | genuinely wants to hear stories about your pets | they/she

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This is Summit. He is a friend to pretty much everyone he meets. But has a special soft spot for the little critters who stop long enough for him to say hello. 13/10 (IG: bakerbarnes)

10.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 11528 πŸ” 1518 πŸ’¬ 253 πŸ“Œ 143

can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives

09.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 2172 πŸ” 523 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6


John Ryan
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A nation that can instantly fund war but debates funding healthcare has a values problem, not a budget problem.

John Ryan ... A nation that can instantly fund war but debates funding healthcare has a values problem, not a budget problem.

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04.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 2188 πŸ” 525 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 22
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#Treetops Emit #Ultraviolet Sparkles During #Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

Link for more info and photos: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

03.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 2057 πŸ” 463 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 55

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

03.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 7007 πŸ” 3172 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 48

β€œThe children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

28.02.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 3007 πŸ” 1182 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

State of Florida's new mandate for public college Intro Sociology curriculum:

"The following should not be included in any course content...

"Discussions arguing a causal association between institutional sexism and unequal outcomes between men and women"

Indoctrination, not education nor science

20.02.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 358 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 18

I appreciate how this piece highlights higher ed’s product vs. process economy & its impacts on learning and equity. Cool ideas too! I remain concerned that what AI companies are selling / institutions are buying is efficacy rhetoric: less student engagement vs. more meaningful student engagement.

20.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

Put!

It!

Back!

19.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 2748 πŸ” 394 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 114

If we are required to show a passport in order to vote, doesn’t that make passport fees an illegal poll tax?

12.02.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 2082 πŸ” 436 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 23
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Marmotology (GROUNDHOGS) with Dr. Daniel Blumstein β€” alie ward Tongue twisters. Frosty holidays. Scandals. Big ol’ rodent butts. Let’s talk groundhogs with UCLA conservationist, field biologist, professor and Marmotologist, Dr. Daniel Blumstein. We cover what bro...

WHAT IS A GROUNDHOG?
What's their deal?
Why do they have their own holiday?

Beloved UCLA marmot expert Dr. Dan Blumstein chats large rodents, dens, scandals, butts, parenthood, romantic advice you should *not* take, why their blood boggles science, and aliases.

www.alieward.com/ologies/marm...

14.01.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5