Heath Haussamen
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Navigating the crumbles with @SarahSilvaNM and our kids. Battling #LongCovid. Still finding joy. Still masking. 😷
Southern New Mexico, USA
Joined January 2009
🧵 I’ve waited awhile to share this news. I wanted to build some confidence that it would last. In March, four years after lockdowns separated me from my gym, I returned. I’d been able to manage my long covid and make some improvements over months, so I decided to try. /1
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(Thread) My kiddo is now in middle school, and she’s leading an elective class in building DIY air purifiers for the entire school. /1
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I replaced the filters today in a #corsirosenthalbox I built earlier this year for someone else. Look at all that stuff they didn’t breathe into their lungs! These DIY air purifiers work!
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I offered to help supervise the students’ building of the filters. “I’ve got this, dad,” Lily told me. And she’s right. She does. /4.
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Here’s my mini #corsirosenthalbox version 2.0. It uses 12x12x1 MERV 13 filters instead of 10” filters. The Black+Decker fan fits inside perfectly. I created a ledge for the fan to sit on using picture frame bumpers and Velcro and sealed it on top with duct tape. /1
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She presented to the class last week about the importance of indoor air filtration and how to build the filters. We donated the supplies for nine #corsirosenthalboxes. We dropped them off Tuesday and the class started construction. /2.
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The filters will reduce the spread of covid and other viruses and will help with allergies and wildfire smoke, too. Should keep more kids healthy and in school. /3.
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Welcome to 2017, when football team owners sound more presidential than the president.
Shad Khan, the Jags owner who stood next to players with their arms interlocked, released this statement:
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This is the United States destroying its own economy voluntarily. Thanks, Trump voters.
Trump announces blanket tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China
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Protesters have shut down the street in front of the federal courthouse in Las Cruces. #ICERaids
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Every school board member who’s not pushing for remote learning should be substitute teaching to help address the staff shortage. Put yourself in one of these superspreader events if you think your students and staff should be there.
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Guys, the pandemic is raging in New Mexico right now, while most of our leaders are gathering indoors for photo ops without masks. Don't follow their lead. Wear high-quality masks indoors.
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🧵 @sarahsilvanm was asked to replace Dr. Jon Hill on the ballot the same day President Biden dropped out. It took Democrats a few weeks to sort things out. By the time @NMforSarah was on the ballot, she had 72 days to win what’s arguably the state’s closest House race. /1
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OK folks, I was slow to do this before, but I'm going to call this race now. @XochforCongress has won the race to replace Steve Pearce in the U.S. House. There aren't enough votes left to change the outcome. #nmpol.
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We said goodbye to Bruno today. Our best boy was surrounded by all four of us and lots of love as he transitioned. He’s not feeling any more pain and I’m grateful for that. /1
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After a year of homeschool teaching about New Mexico’s history of colonization, I agree. This is hard and absolutely necessary.
Whether it's the unearthed remains of indigenous children at a boarding school, or finally a visit to Tulsa by a president 100 years later, one thing is clear: We cannot move forward until we acknowledge the atrocities of the past. We must teach true history, however painful.
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Illegal campaign event happening now at the White House. With a crowd and without masks.
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I’d be livid if this happened in my kids’ classrooms without warning and time to prepare. Good morning to everyone except @GovMLG.
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Protesting the legal dehumanization of half the population while having to navigate unhealthy air caused by climate change AND an ongoing global pandemic is peak apocalypse. Protest anyway. 😷✊🏼.
Abortion rights Protest at federal bldg @ 5pm ABQ has very unhealthy air please wear masks if you show up. it is not much better downtown #ClimateEmergency
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Look folks. New Mexico’s racial and colonizing history is more complex than most of America. I don’t yet know who shot a man during the planned toppling of a statue of Oñate in ABQ tonight. But I can give some context to the environment in which the shooting happened. /1.
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My kiddo has a letter in the @nytimes today about climate change. It’s the culmination of much of her science, language arts and civics studies to date during pandemic homeschooling. /1.
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I’m relieved that this person is in custody. Fucking GOP death cult.
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“COVID tyrants.”. I’m looking forward to Dow getting clobbered in this year’s election.
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BREAKING NEWS: Sarah and I eloped on Thursday!. We found a beautiful spot in an arroyo at the base of the Organ Mountains surrounded by some of Sarah’s favorite colors — the green and orange of moss on granite, the green of cactus and yucca, the browns and grays of winter. /1
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RT if you agree: People who demonize others for political gain and encourage violence with their shameless rhetoric should not be members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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We headed away from Las Cruces last night to get the darkest skies possible. Look what we found near @Spaceport_NM! #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights #solarstorm
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Imagine how much better off we’d be now if our government had admitted that #COVIDisAirborne two years ago and we’d embarked on a massive campaign to improve indoor air filtration in classrooms, business, government buildings, churches, homes, etc. Sigh.
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Baby javelina in the snow!!! (Sound up!). I’ve been meaning to post this video from our land in the mountains for awhile. Today seems like a good day.
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I’m sitting here with #LongCovid in my body, breathing in smoke from a massive wildfire the wind has brought to my city, and with a heart that is breaking for the people of #Uvalde. We can’t keep on like this. None of this can continue. Everything has to change.
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Good morning to everyone except the New Mexico Republicans who’ve been ranting about voter fraud for a long time but were involved in fake electors sending fake ballots to Washington to try to stop the valid election of Joe Biden. Those people are the frauds.
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Abbott and Ducey make me feel grateful for Lujan Grisham. That is all.
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This is so sad. Karen was the superintendent Las Cruces needed so badly and finally, finally got. She was also a really good person. Just devastating.
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The “Wuhan Lujan” signs and shirts are racist. Shame on you. Especially the GOP state representative who wore one. You should lose your office.
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Hugs to everyone in the 505 who is watching the river dry up with a sad heart. I see you. Love from the 575. And thank you for bearing witness. 💙😢✊🏼.
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@margaretforreal I just edited photos of a dozen of my past tests (all negative to the naked eye) and can’t produce the same faint line you did. Wouldn’t be surprised if yours is positive, but from a small viral load as you hypothesized. Sheesh. Thanks for making us aware of this possibility.
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Funny how @Pearce4NM hasn’t tweeted since just after the failed coup. Funny how @RepHerrell hasn’t anything to say about what happened today. Funny.
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So by taking their masks off and pretending everything is back to normal and the pandemic is over, Democrats are actually jeopardizing the work they are responsible for doing on behalf of the American people? . I see.
A trio of positive coronavirus tests scrambled the Senate schedule on Tuesday, as Democrats lost the votes they needed to advance multiple nominees this week in an evenly divided Senate.
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All those people who like to say we’re all Lobos when UNM wins a big game better be feelin’ like Aggies tonight!.
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🧵 I took Bruno, our 110-pound dog, on a hike this morning to kick off my 45th birthday. He’s usually gentle but always powerful, and for more than two years I wasn’t healthy enough to walk him. I’ve gained that strength back only recently. /1
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I woke up really grateful that when Texas and New Mexico joined the United States the boundary settled as we know it today. Originally in the 1830s Texas was to extend all the way to the Rio Grande and today would include Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Santa Fe. #NoThanks.
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Grateful tonight for monsoons. Rained at my house. Rained in the Organs. Hoping rain puts out these fires ASAP. 🙏🏼.
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Police agencies that think they’re the ones being treated unfairly when they killed a kid, and who show public disdain for anyone who questions them, are the fucking problem. So is every elected official in an oversight role. Every. One. Of. Them. Looking at you, Albuquerque. 🖕🏼.
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Well folks, I have shared every report the state has released for two years, but I guess we’re done.
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@JimRosenthal4 Exactly. Not glad, not gloating, and as someone suffering from #longcovid I hope she doesn’t get that. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But she’s a public official who’s given awful advice that has caused folks to get sick and even die. I can be angry about that at the same time.
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Sometimes the clouds open up at the right moment. Sometimes the girls are patient. Sometimes I get the shot. #nmwx
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Devastating news for the nation. @SenJohnMcCain, you have served with honor. You have my respect, sir. Thank you. @MeghanMcCain and the rest of your family have my thoughts and prayers, as do you.
My family is deeply appreciative of all the love and generosity you have shown us during this past year. Thank you for all your continued support and prayers. We could not have made it this far without you - you've given us strength to carry on.
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The United States: Where the difference between the political parties is that one wants to kill me, and the other would prefer I live but is willing to compromise on that point to stay in office. Sigh.
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FYI, the militarized federal checkpoint north of Las Cruces that separates us from other NM communities has had really long lines since the election, the longest in years. A sign of the shift that’s coming, I suspect. Makes me uneasy. Be careful and plan to sit in line awhile. /1.
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Boosted! The @cvspharmacy location at 3011 N. Main in Las Cruces has @Novavax if anyone else is looking for it. The pharmacist wore an N95 while administering our shots. Great experience. I’ll keep you updated on any reaction I have. 30 minutes later I’m feeling just fine. 🤞🏼
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Shoutout to these squealing baby javelina in the snow captured by our trail cam simply because #javelina are trending today.
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We’re heading towards half of known cases in N.M. being Native people. That’s caused by systemic racism, folks. If this isn’t a wake-up call, I don’t know what would be. 😢🤬.
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He’s lying. This is bullshit. Bullshit.
TRUMP: “You know, our doctors get more money if someone dies from COVID, you know that right?”. Beyond reprehensible.
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Tear. Down. The. Wall.
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Absentee ballot requested. Very much looking forward to kicking @RepHerrell out of office by voting for @Gabe_NM and keeping @MarkRonchettiNM out of office by voting for @GovMLG. And keeping my immunocompromised keister safe by voting using this reliable and secure process.
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I’d like to see some of this in New Mexico, por favor.
This Sun, Dec 4, we'll be offering our monthly mask-required hours from 11–1. These hours are offered to better accommodate immunocompromised individuals & those who prefer to visit when everyone is masked. If that's you, we hope you'll stop by! .
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Every time I drag my long COVID-inflicted body and KN95 mask to a store, I see fewer high-quality masks and more faces than the last time. While winter approaches. And NM is already facing one of the worst outbreaks. And another national wave is starting. And, and, and… 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️.
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We opened our door in the middle of the night and listened to the rain. Big, wet, Pacific storm drops that made it all the way to desert. It felt cleansing.
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At a Valero gas station in Las Cruces. This is horrible.
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🧵 In the interest of not burying the lede, I’ll get right to it: I’m feeling better. Not all better. In fact, I’m trying not to compare my current situation to my health before I tested positive for covid 15 months ago. I’m more chronically ill than I was back then. /1
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Good.
Latest edition of our @surveyusa poll in the NM governor’s race shows incumbent Michelle Lujan Grisham with a 16-point lead…up from 12 points earlier in September.
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The border isn’t broken. It’s more secure than ever before. What’s broken is the process for adjudicating the cases of folks who come here seeking a better life. Broken on purpose by the cruelty of the GOP, so they can feed their racist base and keep a wedge issue going. /1.
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@joeyfox85 I thought I’d add the mini I just built to this conversation. I used the Black and Decker fan: And the Filterbuy filters: I had to add some cardboard to seal the filters around one side of the fan, but it worked!
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🧵 Here’s a nice story about a school that cares about indoor air quality and is doing something about it. My daughter Lily convinced her principal and science teacher to let her lead the school in building and placing a #corsirosenthalbox in every classroom and the cafeteria. /1.
Watch Now 📺─ In response to COVID-19, Las Cruces middle schoolers are taking action to improve the air quality of their school .
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Good to see the cult continuing to fail in New Mexico.
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History will remember @RepHerrell’s first official act as an assault on democracy. We won’t forget.
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Good.
The Navajo Nation’s face mask mandate remains in effect in all public places within the Navajo Nation, in accordance with Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-007. The State of New Mexico lifted its indoor mask requirement today, but this does not apply to the Navajo Nation.
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“SCOOP: The White House is planning to announce on Friday that Biden will nominate former Rep. XOCHITL TORRES SMALL (D-N.M.) to be undersecretary of rural development at the Department of Agriculture, according to two sources familiar with the plans.”
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The trail cam we have in the desert east of Las Cruces has helped us study the ways in which the ecosystem there has collapsed over the past 4-5 years due to record heat and drought. /1
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Just picked up some things curbside at the hardware store wearing my mask — yes, even though I’m fully vaccinated. The employee bringing my stuff out is taking a risk working long hours indoors. He’s coming out masked. The least I can do is show him the same care and respect. ✊🏼.
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The @NewMexicoGOP is still promoting the lie that COVID-19 is fake. May @Pearce4NM and the entire party lose all power and influence they have and never regain it. Shame on all of you. Every. Single. One. Of. You. 😷.
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When a tropical storm reaches Southern New Mexico, you’d better believe I’m gonna put on my hiking boots and head into the desert. #TropicalStormHarold #nmwx
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All cops should wear body cams. It protects the public and officers. Transparency is always good. Looking at you, Bernalillo County sheriff.
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Folks, N.M. is heading the way of TX and AZ right now, even with tighter restrictions. None of us like that, but it just is what it is. We may not be on as deadly a trajectory but we’re on an unacceptable trajectory in the same direction. This cannot continue.
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Liking my @flo_mask a ton. Better seal than a 3M Aura N95. No more glasses fogging. Should filter better. More comfortable. Stays in place and is easier to adjust when needed. Less wasteful. And super light — much more reasonable than a P100. 😷
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In my inbox: Las Cruces will close Meerscheidt Recreation Center to the public to temporarily shelter migrants. The move follows the Gospel Rescue Mission and Community of Hope reaching capacity today. About 100 more migrants are scheduled to arrive in Las Cruces Saturday.
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More later, but we visited our land in the mountains today, with the Black Fire approaching. As soon as we arrived, it poured! The rain soaked the ground and took the smoke out of the sky for a bit. Felt hopeful. Coming home with muddy boots. Wanted to share.
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Oh, you mean restrictions work? Patience works? Doing hard things instead of shamelessly pandering for votes in the next gubernatorial election works? Doing the right thing works? Go figure. cc: @Pearce4NM — bro, you have to see this!.
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Today, @SarahSilvaNM and I spent the day working on our land in the mountains. A couple of hummingbirds spent the day agitated by our presence and occasionally dive-bombing us. When we took a selfie before we headed back to Las Cruces, one of them photobombed us, too.
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