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Heather Chacon

@wickettred

English professor (c19 American), closed adoptee, lover of the arts who studies public health & literature. Also a friendly neighborhood deadhead.

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The Good Place was mostly right but Cincinnati is not mid.

12.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s almost like power shouldn’t be given all to one person.

12.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh good

12.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A passage from the book I am working with, and the map of where I am now.

12.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🌲

12.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When at a conference for nineteenth-century folks, stay in a nineteenth-century dwelling!

11.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

His dad and uncle were tall so he gets it honest!

11.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*types

11.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do these type of lamps have a name other than β€œtouch lamp?”

11.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit is covering his face with his hands ALT: a man in a suit is covering his face with his hands

Yesssss

11.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
John Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night
John Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night YouTube video by JohnMellencampVEVO

Love it!

Also low key ridiculous how much this video subconsciously shaped my aesthetic (apparently) formatively.

youtu.be/SQMkRzWT8mo

10.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Want to use it for tomatoes and then maybe remove the tent part for some cherry β€œgarage plants” to hang out with.

10.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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For lack of a better way to frame it, were yours like these tubes, or were they panel ones?

10.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Up-potting seedlings in the garage w a beer. John Mellencamp on the radio.

Important for the soul :)

10.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do any of you have a grow light indoor greenhouse set up? I’ve been gifted a green house and would like recs on lights to buy for it, seedling and winter use appreciated.

10.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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He’s 4 years old, healthy, and a 37 pound Sheltie XL.

10.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Beauty in Common Things, black cover with elaborate gold decoration of flowers and foliage.

Beauty in Common Things, black cover with elaborate gold decoration of flowers and foliage.

Book Cover of the Day:

10.03.2026 06:31 πŸ‘ 424 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Every once in a while I recall we could have had a president who danced if not for racism and misogyny.

09.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Lord’s Work

09.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we affirm the rights of students and teachers to refuse to sign up for, prompt, or otherwise use generative AI in the writing classroom."

"BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we affirm the rights of students and teachers to refuse to sign up for, prompt, or otherwise use generative AI in the writing classroom."

College writing teachers have spoken, y'all.

The CCCC resolution affirming students' and teachers' right to refuse generative AI in the writing classroom passed by an overwhelming majority at the #4C26 Annual Business Meeting this past Friday, March 6.

Link to the full resolution below.

09.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 486 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 16
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Nocturnal New Orleans.
Angels are here to help.

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Joseph 'Country Joe' McDonald Dead At 84 Joseph Allen β€œCountry Joe” McDonald has died. The singer/songwriter who fronted counterculture folk-rock icons Country Joe And The Fish passed away last night, according to TMZ. McDonald wrote the Ber...

R.I.P. Joseph β€œCountry Joe” McDonald, frontman of counterculture folk-rock icons Country Joe And The Fish. He wrote the Berkeley band’s most enduring songs including the Vietnam War protest anthem β€œI-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” and β€œNot So Sweet Martha Lorraine,” a Hot 100 hit. McDonald was 84.

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The β€œinnovation” of paying someone to do your groceries or bring you cooked food is more like the 1890s than some advanced future state.

08.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

🩡

08.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Feels lousy for sure

08.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ours have to wait longer to see final grades if they don’t complete them. They are used to determine tenure and promotion (with other data).

08.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I know it happens. Just seems a problem, considering how they’re used.

08.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What sucks is it’s positive feedback. But the amount of times I was described as β€œpassionate” about my subject made me wonder.

08.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

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