Angela H.
@angelah.bsky.social
Comparativist who fell into the long 18th-c and decided to stick around. I’m Bartleby-the-scrivner-ing LLMs and their inevitability. Louise Dupin’s Work on Women: Selections (New Histories of Philosophy @OUP). Views expressed are mine alone.
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Around #BurnsNight our website is the most popular poetry website in the world. 100,000+ hits on Address To A Haggis page alone. (Extra bandwidth required).
Our website has resources for anyone planning a haggis, whisky & poetry happening + much more.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/burns-night/
Our website has resources for anyone planning a haggis, whisky & poetry happening + much more.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/burns-night/
Robert Burns by Greg Moodie
A page dedicated to Burns Night, Robert Burns's poems and contemporary responses to the life and work of Scotland's national poet.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Around #BurnsNight our website is the most popular poetry website in the world. 100,000+ hits on Address To A Haggis page alone. (Extra bandwidth required).
Our website has resources for anyone planning a haggis, whisky & poetry happening + much more.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/burns-night/
Our website has resources for anyone planning a haggis, whisky & poetry happening + much more.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/burns-night/
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As always, I recommend revisiting the Letter from a Birmingham Jail. He’s an audio recording of MLK reading the text
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
Martin Luther King, Jr reads his Letter from a Birmingham Jail
YouTube video by Beverly F. Horton
m.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
As always, I recommend revisiting the Letter from a Birmingham Jail. He’s an audio recording of MLK reading the text
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
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Now that I’ve had rotator cuff surgery I need money. So if you’re feeling like it, this is my Etsy shop. There is a 25% off sale till the end of the month. Buy 2 items, get an extra 15% off.
I hate asking, but could you please Repost to your followers.
shadytomatostudio.etsy.com
I hate asking, but could you please Repost to your followers.
shadytomatostudio.etsy.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Now that I’ve had rotator cuff surgery I need money. So if you’re feeling like it, this is my Etsy shop. There is a 25% off sale till the end of the month. Buy 2 items, get an extra 15% off.
I hate asking, but could you please Repost to your followers.
shadytomatostudio.etsy.com
I hate asking, but could you please Repost to your followers.
shadytomatostudio.etsy.com
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"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
My fave passage about the past has long been John Berger’s “the past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying”; but I’m teaching Zadie Smith’s NW this semester, and find myself haunted by something a character thinks about her mother’s recitation of the places she has lived. +
January 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
My fave passage about the past has long been John Berger’s “the past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying”; but I’m teaching Zadie Smith’s NW this semester, and find myself haunted by something a character thinks about her mother’s recitation of the places she has lived. +
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From @theinformation.com -- "Websites created through coding tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, Replit and Devin have security flaws, new research shows."
These flaws are astounding, e.g., entering negative quantities on ecommerce sites and crediting back cash to customers.
These flaws are astounding, e.g., entering negative quantities on ecommerce sites and crediting back cash to customers.
January 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
From @theinformation.com -- "Websites created through coding tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, Replit and Devin have security flaws, new research shows."
These flaws are astounding, e.g., entering negative quantities on ecommerce sites and crediting back cash to customers.
These flaws are astounding, e.g., entering negative quantities on ecommerce sites and crediting back cash to customers.
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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It is beyond shameful and senseless that the National Endowment for the Humanities is third on this list. And for what? No reduction in budget, just mass grant terminations and staff layoffs.
(And yes, we see the Institute of Museum and Library Services there at #5. Also shameful). #IMLS #NEH
(And yes, we see the Institute of Museum and Library Services there at #5. Also shameful). #IMLS #NEH
For some agencies, the cuts have hollowed out decades-old functions of the federal government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency (Gift Article)
New data offers the first clear view of the impact of the buyouts and firings.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Verses in multiple languages inscribed on discreet, transient (yet present) remnants of nature, scattered at random; found, translated, patched together, then adapted into English narrative unity. Our author has lost a singular “companion” but created a singular narrative in their stead. #LastMan200
January 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Verses in multiple languages inscribed on discreet, transient (yet present) remnants of nature, scattered at random; found, translated, patched together, then adapted into English narrative unity. Our author has lost a singular “companion” but created a singular narrative in their stead. #LastMan200
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Isn't there a word for a leader who thinks there are no meaningful legal constraints on his or her power and that "My own morality. My own mind" is "the only thing that can stop me"?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Isn't there a word for a leader who thinks there are no meaningful legal constraints on his or her power and that "My own morality. My own mind" is "the only thing that can stop me"?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
That wave of peace which passes over you when you finally, finally decide on all of the readings for a new class. Ah. Then the assignments you haven’t yet decided on are immediately like:
a woman from schitts creek says " uh ummm " in front of a green wall
ALT: a woman from schitts creek says " uh ummm " in front of a green wall
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
That wave of peace which passes over you when you finally, finally decide on all of the readings for a new class. Ah. Then the assignments you haven’t yet decided on are immediately like:
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
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This is a catastrophe.
1. Devices are as important to regulate as pharmaceuticals.
2. The market is notoriously bad at determining safety, accuracy, and which technologies are in the public interest.
3. Even when the market does tell us when a tech is bad, it does so *after it has caused harm*.
1. Devices are as important to regulate as pharmaceuticals.
2. The market is notoriously bad at determining safety, accuracy, and which technologies are in the public interest.
3. Even when the market does tell us when a tech is bad, it does so *after it has caused harm*.
“FDA Commissioner Marty Makary indicated that one of the agency’s priorities is fostering an environment that’s good for investors… The new approach appears to open the door to the unregulated use of generative AI products for certain medical tasks, such as summarizing a radiologist’s findings.”
FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices
The FDA will ease regulation of digital health products, aiming to deregulate AI and promote its widespread use.
www.statnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is a catastrophe.
1. Devices are as important to regulate as pharmaceuticals.
2. The market is notoriously bad at determining safety, accuracy, and which technologies are in the public interest.
3. Even when the market does tell us when a tech is bad, it does so *after it has caused harm*.
1. Devices are as important to regulate as pharmaceuticals.
2. The market is notoriously bad at determining safety, accuracy, and which technologies are in the public interest.
3. Even when the market does tell us when a tech is bad, it does so *after it has caused harm*.
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😳 Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment founder Nick Solheim led a 2024 talk about colonizing Greenland. Gibson wrote yesterday that someone shld “pitch Rubio on building a charter city in Venezuela…” In reply, his colleague tagged an American Moment alum IN THE STATE DEPT. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
😳 Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment founder Nick Solheim led a 2024 talk about colonizing Greenland. Gibson wrote yesterday that someone shld “pitch Rubio on building a charter city in Venezuela…” In reply, his colleague tagged an American Moment alum IN THE STATE DEPT. 1/
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
Oof, I have a final exam slot at 8am on the last day of finals for one of my classes!!! (It’s an award show class finale type exam, but still, I don’t foresee students loving the idea of doing the Littys at 8am when their brains are already fried from other exams, papers, projects.)
January 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Oof, I have a final exam slot at 8am on the last day of finals for one of my classes!!! (It’s an award show class finale type exam, but still, I don’t foresee students loving the idea of doing the Littys at 8am when their brains are already fried from other exams, papers, projects.)
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Terrible take. Literally every FIFA Peace Prize winner has done this.
No FIFA Peace Prize winner has ever done this before
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Terrible take. Literally every FIFA Peace Prize winner has done this.
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In light of this dynamic, it is essential that universities claim and maintain their own autonomous sphere for knowledge-making, thinking, critique. As educational institutions, we should rigorously defend our realm, especially as regards teaching, against the pressures of tech sector shell games.
From @davidgerard.co.uk, who helped get a direct quote from a VC that essentially gives the game away - they don't care about logistics, because the point is not to achieve, it's to not be left holding the bag at the end of the line pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/31/f...
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
In light of this dynamic, it is essential that universities claim and maintain their own autonomous sphere for knowledge-making, thinking, critique. As educational institutions, we should rigorously defend our realm, especially as regards teaching, against the pressures of tech sector shell games.
"And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; 1/2
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
"And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; 1/2
Haven’t done a group online read since Clarissa (on twitter). Looking forward to this!
Hey friends! I’m psyched that so many folks want to read Mary Shelley’s prescient climate/pandemic apocalypse novel, THE LAST MAN, in community, in this, its bicentennial year.
#LastMan200
#LastMan200
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Haven’t done a group online read since Clarissa (on twitter). Looking forward to this!
