Danielle Heichel

Polymer scientist (via @UConn) with chemistry roots (@WestVirginiaU) | National Park Enthusiast | she/her | views are my own

[Mostly WNBA Tweets  @MostlyWNBA]

If you ever needed proof they don't watch. Can't name a 3rd fever teammate...not even Kelsey...not even LEXIE!!

[Conor Lamb @ConorLambPA]

It costs $43.50 for an ID in Pennsylvania. You used to care about how stuff like this impacted the poor.

[Appodlachia @appodlachia]

This has been an ongoing problem crisis across Southern West Virginia for decades. Both parties have utterly failed to deliver clean water.

[That radical social work chick @sandinistaoliva]

If you live in Pittsburgh and have an issue with a Puerto Rican performing at the Super Bowl, you are no longer allowed to reference this King.

[abby @LABBYRlNTH]

reba is from when country used to BE anti maga. against the oppression the government had against the people, when country music used to be anti government calling out their poor treatment of people from the south. she’s REAL country not this fake ass shit these new artists do

[keira @kettlevinyl]

this episode does such a good job at depicting what the social isolation of being the poor person in a group of people feels like. the overspending beyond your means to hide embarrassment.. the general uncomfortableness in conversation because there’s this invisible divide…

[Appodlachia @appodlachia]

In other countries, they can just go to the doctor.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

About one in four college students is both first-generation and from low-income backgrounds. Research shows that low-income and first-generation college students are least likely to finish their degrees.

At Boston College’s Messina College — a new, two-year, fully residential associate's degree program — a wide range of support is helping to change that.

John Yang visited the campus to learn more as part of our ongoing series, Rethinking College.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This college student ended up deported without any further court hearing because when she was a child, unbeknownst to her, she was ordered deported. She had no idea, so she didn’t even know to have a lawyer try to reopen the case before it became a crisis.

[Danielle Heichel @daniellamango]

Lots of positive outcomes last night, but these are getting a little less coverage. Kudos to Coloradans for passing these measures!

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Colorado voters have approved raising taxes on households earning over $300,000 to fund meals for all public school students, raise salaries for school meal staff, and bolster SNAP at the state level.

[WVU Mountaineers · Let’s Go! @WestVirginiaU]

For 50 years, the PRT has connected our campuses with our community. Launched in 1975, it became the first automated people-mover of its kind and a symbol of Mountaineer ingenuity!
💛💙
Read more!
https://t.co/9wWzEM9xno

[antifa🔻girlfriend @lllliatttt]

i can think of no better use for $9 of my tax dollars than a kid whose family receives EBT getting to bring enough treats for the whole class to school on their birthday

[espnW @espnW]

Breaking: NY Liberty assistant Sonia Raman has agreed to a multiyear deal to become the new head coach of the Seattle Storm, sources tell @ShamsCharania.

Raman makes WNBA history as the first person of Indian-origin to be head coach – after being the first Indian-American woman to be NBA assistant.

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

True

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

it cannot be said enough that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do when he went on all these men’s podcasts

[Holly Rowe @sportsiren]

Finals Schedule for your viewing pleasure!!!!!

[j @thearkvi]

Diana Taurasi’s write up on Paige Bueckers introducing her as one of TIME’s world’s most influential rising stars in their 2025 TIMES100 Next

https://t.co/XlnnKviptV

[Kevin McHale @druidDUDE]

This was all in Project 2025, btw.

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

The Department of Education took down the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) payment count tracker.

But we came across a hack that allows you to see that information by following these steps.

This works best in either Firefox or Chrome.

Quick thread.🧵

[Jackie Singh @HackingButLegal]

Guess what else goes with Obergefell?

Interracial marriage