Mickey Richards, PhD
@mickey18385.bsky.social
She/her. Technical writer, chemist, runner. Views my own.
2024 is the year of crocheting cephalopods.
2024 is the year of crocheting cephalopods.
This entire thread is 🔥, but the like "You do not get structural outcomes without structural causes" made me pause. Very true!
6/ If merit were truly neutral, we would not see the same demographic patterns reproduce themselves generation after generation across Canadian universities.
You do not get structural outcomes without structural causes.
You do not get structural outcomes without structural causes.
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This entire thread is 🔥, but the like "You do not get structural outcomes without structural causes" made me pause. Very true!
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Lots of stress right now, so I spent yesterday crocheting. This blanket took 8 skeins of yarn, and when I started yesterday there I had only finished one skein. The kid loves it.
February 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Lots of stress right now, so I spent yesterday crocheting. This blanket took 8 skeins of yarn, and when I started yesterday there I had only finished one skein. The kid loves it.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
It's the weekend before Halloween, so of course I'm making last-minute alterations for X's costume. Hemming an A-line robe is not the easiest.
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's the weekend before Halloween, so of course I'm making last-minute alterations for X's costume. Hemming an A-line robe is not the easiest.
"To meet the demands of a changing energy landscape, Alberta must act now. Expanding engineering education is a strategic investment in the workforce, in innovation and in the province’s prosperity."
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Alberta faces increasing demand for energy sector engineers
Alberta faces an anticipated shortage of 10,000 engineers by 2030, so we must train and retain top talent.
edmontonjournal.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"To meet the demands of a changing energy landscape, Alberta must act now. Expanding engineering education is a strategic investment in the workforce, in innovation and in the province’s prosperity."
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Dear NDP.
Now is when you say that if elected, you will cap class sizes at 25 over an 3 year period to allow for the required capacity buildout.
That’s all you have to do here.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
Now is when you say that if elected, you will cap class sizes at 25 over an 3 year period to allow for the required capacity buildout.
That’s all you have to do here.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
a man in a suit and tie is wearing a watch with the letter c on the wrist
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is wearing a watch with the letter c on the wrist
media.tenor.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The roses in the backyard have exploded into bloom. I wish you could smell this picture.
June 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The roses in the backyard have exploded into bloom. I wish you could smell this picture.
Air quality improved enough for me to take Sasha-bear on her walk. She's been with us for 8 years, and I've never seen her decide to chew on a stick.... Unlike her sister.
June 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Air quality improved enough for me to take Sasha-bear on her walk. She's been with us for 8 years, and I've never seen her decide to chew on a stick.... Unlike her sister.
Thanks for the heads up. Excellent article.
I’m going to have to re-read this because there’s a lot - so many good points and arguments, chockablock with references
Resisting AI Mania in Schools - Part I nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/resisting-ai...
Resisting AI Mania in Schools - Part I nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/resisting-ai...
Resisting AI Mania in Schools - Part I
Here are the messages to push back on
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
May 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thanks for the heads up. Excellent article.
Just a picture of a peaceful Sasha-bear
May 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Just a picture of a peaceful Sasha-bear
I think it's almost harder to see your child grieving than to grieve yourself. 😭
May 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I think it's almost harder to see your child grieving than to grieve yourself. 😭
13 years wasn't enough time. 💔
April 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
13 years wasn't enough time. 💔
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I'm starting to realize... It's always sugars.
February 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm starting to realize... It's always sugars.
Two couch wolves in their natural habitat. They are very happy with the weather change.
February 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Two couch wolves in their natural habitat. They are very happy with the weather change.
Everything is terrible right now, but I'll be damned if I don't try to make things a bit better for my kid.
In that spirit, see his Valentine's card and gift this year.
My crocheting cephalopods continues. Now he needs a nautilus. Gotta collect them all!🐙🦑
In that spirit, see his Valentine's card and gift this year.
My crocheting cephalopods continues. Now he needs a nautilus. Gotta collect them all!🐙🦑
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Everything is terrible right now, but I'll be damned if I don't try to make things a bit better for my kid.
In that spirit, see his Valentine's card and gift this year.
My crocheting cephalopods continues. Now he needs a nautilus. Gotta collect them all!🐙🦑
In that spirit, see his Valentine's card and gift this year.
My crocheting cephalopods continues. Now he needs a nautilus. Gotta collect them all!🐙🦑
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A request - are there any suggestions of papers on EDI & access to instrumentation/facilities in Universities/Major Facilities - especially with things concerning barriers and/or approaches to improve access with an EDI-lens in mind?
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January 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A request - are there any suggestions of papers on EDI & access to instrumentation/facilities in Universities/Major Facilities - especially with things concerning barriers and/or approaches to improve access with an EDI-lens in mind?
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Our husky-mixes, Hayley and Sasha, are older girls and appreciate their solstice sweaters, especially when our furnace is (once again) having issues.
January 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Our husky-mixes, Hayley and Sasha, are older girls and appreciate their solstice sweaters, especially when our furnace is (once again) having issues.
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Don't use red and green data lines/surfaces in the same panel please #chemsky. It can be difficult for some colorblind readers to differentiate them. I've accepted (in principle) 2 papers today, and both sets of authors were asked to remove red/green colour contrasts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness
Images can be made more accessible by choosing hues, shapes and textures carefully.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Don't use red and green data lines/surfaces in the same panel please #chemsky. It can be difficult for some colorblind readers to differentiate them. I've accepted (in principle) 2 papers today, and both sets of authors were asked to remove red/green colour contrasts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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If you get so sick that you can’t work anymore, you should have health insurance. If you are disabled, you should have health insurance. If you need a break and you save up so you can have six months off, you should have health insurance.
December 5, 2024 at 1:36 PM
If you get so sick that you can’t work anymore, you should have health insurance. If you are disabled, you should have health insurance. If you need a break and you save up so you can have six months off, you should have health insurance.
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You should be able to be self-employed. You should be able to quit your job if it sucks without worrying about if you’ll be able to keep your doctor.
We should have single payer.
We should have single payer.
December 5, 2024 at 1:29 PM
You should be able to be self-employed. You should be able to quit your job if it sucks without worrying about if you’ll be able to keep your doctor.
We should have single payer.
We should have single payer.
Took us a bit, but @cairolab.bsky.social and I figured out how to disable the stupid "reading assistant" on Elsevier sites.
Using Adblock Plus, go to settings, and an enable the filters shown below (and described in the alt text). #ChemSky
Using Adblock Plus, go to settings, and an enable the filters shown below (and described in the alt text). #ChemSky
December 5, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Took us a bit, but @cairolab.bsky.social and I figured out how to disable the stupid "reading assistant" on Elsevier sites.
Using Adblock Plus, go to settings, and an enable the filters shown below (and described in the alt text). #ChemSky
Using Adblock Plus, go to settings, and an enable the filters shown below (and described in the alt text). #ChemSky
I cannot even with this cuteness.
November 29, 2024 at 8:48 PM
I cannot even with this cuteness.