Meghan Wilson Duff

UMaine System switching to Anthem health insurance About 15 percent of employees in the University of Maine System rely on Northern Light Health for at least one medical service.

(Sarcasm)

So this will be fun paying for healthcare that we can't use since Northern Light is about 35% of the providers in my region, oh, and by the way there is a 1 year long+ waitlist for openings with a GP for an adult this is including Northern Light providers. Make it make sense.

Chekov's sun-dried tomato 😹

It's very underrated right now. Especially now given all this (gesturing at the dumpster fire that is the rising fascist obsession with manly man man maness)

Gonna need a single for on repeat on car rides with the kid

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a cartoon character with glowing eyes and a red hat Alt: a cartoon character with glowing eyes in armor. It's elio's dad from the Pixar movie Elio

Watching Elio again and the clash between Hylurgian culture's focus on dominance and the dad's ultimate willingness to shed his armor on behalf of his child that didn't want to take the armor on ✨

Don’t Just “Protect” Trans Youth, Actually Support Them A right-wing “parents’ rights” movement is sweeping the country, and its ramifications for young people and LGBTQ people have already proven disastrous. So why are so many on the left repeating their ...

"far too many who see themselves as progressive LGBTQ 'allies' have been far too fearful of further offending the perpetually offended 'parents’ rights' crowd to prove themselves proactive advocates for these vulnerable and oppressed young people."

www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-ju...

A mauve stinger #jellyfish in front of an avenue of yellow #seaweed. This from last autumn when we had huge blooms of these jellyfish - by contrast I’ve not seen a single one this year.
#CornishWildlife #MarineLife #UnderwaterPhotography

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Saturday marks two years since Maine mass shootings A number of events are planned throughout the weekend to help honor community members affected by the shootings.

Just got a young guy at my door with pro-voter suppression and anti-reg flag laws materials for the upcoming election.

It's weird how few people are saying Lewiston out loud
despite the two year anniversary of the shooting

Glad I didn't answer the door (as usual). That would have been awkward.

He is quite literally trying to destroy stuff. And higher ed, research, education, and inquiry is barrier to he and his buddies' we'll-control-them-all-by-surrounding-them-with-bullshit-so-they-can't-figure-out-which-way-is-up-while-we-make-a-lot-of-money-doing-it plan

Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...

@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump

“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”

www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...

right. given the numbers, “how to win back the working class” should be as much about care and service workers as hard hats. and yet.

Mine is like a pocket made of electric blanket. It cools down really fast when you unplug it.

I broke down and bought a two sided electric foot warmer, because once the cold gets in the battle is to warm them again before the socks will work. And I wear house shoes too.

Crew members from the Audubon Seabird Institute have worked to cull laughing gulls as part of an effort to protect breeding #puffins and terns. Contributing writer Derrick Z. Jackson showcases their efforts in his latest essay. Read more below.

themainemonitor.org/eastern-egg-...

"who deserves rights in a post-human world"
I think the TESCREAL folks take literally but I was reading scifi thinking those stories were about how we dehumanize others NOW & justify it. That we're petty & full of cruelty and don't even realize it. It's bad now. Not all humans get human rights.

Announcing our 14th Annual Science Without Borders® Challenge Art Contest! This year’s theme is Microscopic Marine Life - Living Oceans Foundation The Living Oceans Foundation is proud to announce the theme of this year's Science Without Borders® Challenge student art contest: Microscopic Marine Life.

🖌️ The 2026 Science Without Borders® Challenge is open! 🌊
Student artists ages 11–19 are invited to create artwork that reveals the beauty and importance of microscopic marine life.
📅 Deadline: March 2, 2026
💰 Prizes: Up to $500!
💻 Learn more: www.livingoceansfoundation.org/announcing-o...

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Taking away absent ballots is a voter suppression strategy. That is the point. It is not about "security."

Also, it is advising time for next term & the time in fall where one of the kids inevitably ends up home sick. Fun times.

I took on an overload class this term because I am desperate to see people again and not just talk to my computer (to record presentations) & write my 89 student pen pals.

But now I have a request for full manuscript and another sub opp and I do not have the time to work on them. 😹😿

I hate it.

1) that's highly illegal. 2) there's no proof the people in those boats are involved in the drug trade 3) in a bunch of cases those boats are not headed for the US 4) it's murder regardless.

I actually tell students that the one rule for questions is I can't answer best/worst/favorite/the most questions. It's hard to take concepts like health and reduce it that far and have the answer be meaningful. And asking what my favorite book or animal is just jams up my brain.

Sir, is it a mistake?