@heatherfreeman.bsky.social
Host of 'Magic in the United States' and 'Familiar Shapes.' Technologist, artist, educator, magical practitioner, creepies, crawlies, etc. https://linktr.ee/heatherdfreeman Ideas expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
A new policy went into effect at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill : the University can record a class without the permission or knowledge of the instructor.
"Students will self-censor if they know that their words in class can be recorded by administrators.”
—UNC - Chapel Hill AAUP
If this has changed and it's system-wide now, please link to the source.
17.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Please be extra vigilant about accuracy! This policy is in effect for UNC Chapel Hill, *not* the entire system. That doesn't make this less disturbing, but we need to keep the information space clear.
17.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0*waves from North Carolina*
01.02.2026 02:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm still doing my weekly accountability podcast, 'No New Projects', where I invariably have a new project, usually involving 3D game engines, knitting, and cosmic creatrix spider queen deities.
youtu.be/kwePVXBIngY
Ugh, I wish it was a "running towards" rather than "running away from" when it comes to social media platforms.... But here we both are. 😔
But hey! Here we all are! 🤗🎉
Oldie, goodie:
03.01.2026 13:42 — 👍 140 🔁 67 💬 1 📌 1
3/3
Suggested topics include:
• connections between historical or contemporary practices and beliefs
• creative disciplines and ways of knowing
• technology and current understandings of consciousness and creative practices
• cross-disciplinary discourse in ways of knowing and creative practices
2/3
We invite proposals from scholars and creative practitioners alike considering creative and aesthetic practices broadly:
visual arts, design, digital technologies, crafts, music, dance, performance, poetry, architecture, and more.
1/1 Artists, Occultists, and everyone in that Ven diagram!
Please share this CFP for "Creative Practices and Bridging the Invisible, an online conference October 15-17, 2026.
CFP - Bridging the Invisible
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Submission Form
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Check out Rat Milk: A Grimly Absurd Level 1 Adventure for Shadowdark by Hamilton Ward on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/727...
17.12.2025 19:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RAT MILK.
(Also OOUX and a tarot draw.)
youtu.be/XatuWUD21Jc?...
Friends: please consider adding your name to this @ncaaup.bsky.social petition. UNC System administrators want to create a single, searchable repository of all university and college syllabi -- a move that invites political actors to attack the free inquiry on our campuses.
09.12.2025 00:27 — 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 3
Hail Venus, Friday night videos!
I've starting a weekly accountability vlog/podcast. The first episode is post-'Magic in the United States' life, 2026 projects, and a tarot card draw.
I'm at youtube.com/@heatherfree... and the first episode of 'No New Projects' is: youtu.be/w73kfUL4fAQ?...
Thanks!
02.12.2025 00:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Badge with a multi-colored Post-it notes, that says 'Certified OOUX strategist.'
I took the course, passed the exam, and am now a Certified OOUX Strategist!
Giant thanks to @jake.cosmic.plumbing over at @cosmic.plumbing who inspired me to take Sophia Prater's course. Hooked.
Now I'm OOUX-ing websites, games, podcasts.... ask me how if you want some über nerd.
🩵💛❤️💚
A male Anna’s hummingbird at the door. So nosy! 🤣
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
Charlotte, NC #Resist
17.11.2025 16:40 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1I may have to step back from the socials because I'm blind with rage, and that's not a good state for useful information sharing.
16.11.2025 02:44 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yeah, almost twice the distance from any land border.
16.11.2025 02:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bovino is taking part in CBP detentions in Charlotte. dickfc_w_l on TikTok.
16.11.2025 01:51 — 👍 519 🔁 225 💬 15 📌 55
More on ICE/CBP trespassing at a church to abduct a father in front of his family while the congregation did landscaping work, from an eyewitness. Reporting by @charlotteobserver.com
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
@tres.cosmic.plumbing thank you so much for this cleansing spray, it really gets the ne'er-do-wells out quick! Can you send me another bottle big enough for all of my beloved #Charlotte? We got some crud from Chicago that needs to get rid of. Thanks! 🫶
15.11.2025 18:45 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Running around in the woods at night with my grrrlz, worshipping strange gods.
Oh. Wait.
(and I'm just going to leave typos as forms of scrying at this point)
01.11.2025 04:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A dark, quiet porch in north Carolina, lot only by the candles before many photos and prints and notes for the beloved dead.
Also, Charlotte, though: Care and humbleness for the Dead.
My love to all my Dead
My love to b all your Dead.
Who are also all Our Dead.
@wolvendamien.bsky.social wishing y'all were here for silent disco!
31.10.2025 23:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Green cat skull with blue headphones
Meanwhile. This is also Charlotte NC.
31.10.2025 23:43 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A little ~ 1.5" tarantula on a cards against humanity card. What does the other side of the card say, you ask? Nipple blades. Now you know.
Happy Halloween! Here's a pic of my teenager's pet spider Azimuth for those who need a spider this morning. 🖤🕷️🖤
31.10.2025 12:53 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
... most benefic empress of Arts and Artes and the Amicable -- bless us in these [x] times and guide us stalwart into the future days ; you're the reason the grass we touch is green.
❤️🔥💚❤️🔥