Hank
@hankify.bsky.social
Living in Indy and Chapel Hill. '80s: bond sales in London and NYC. '90s: journalism in Budapest. 2000s: Quizlab, Blogads, Twiangulate, Pullquote, Racery, and AdBiblio. (Formally @hc on X.)
It's no coincidence that almost everyone driving the Administration's racist campaign -- Trump, Miller, Pirro, Bondi, Bovino, Patel -- would have been excluded by US racial purity legislation of 1924. They're all race washing. timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's no coincidence that almost everyone driving the Administration's racist campaign -- Trump, Miller, Pirro, Bondi, Bovino, Patel -- would have been excluded by US racial purity legislation of 1924. They're all race washing. timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
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If you’re interested in how the racist immigration regime was overturned, Jia Lynn Yang wrote a great & accessible history—>
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
Winner of the Zócalo Book Prize<br />Shortlisted for the Arthur Ross Book Award<br />Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence<br />A <em>New York Times</em> Book Review Editors’ C...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you’re interested in how the racist immigration regime was overturned, Jia Lynn Yang wrote a great & accessible history—>
And the 20s were peak KKK
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And the 20s were peak KKK
Larry Summers has reached out offering mentorship
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Larry Summers has reached out offering mentorship
On the other hand, smoking DMT does lead to megalomaniacal delusions
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On the other hand, smoking DMT does lead to megalomaniacal delusions
Zero. (The number, not the newsletter.)
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Zero. (The number, not the newsletter.)
"Share of Americans who feel...?" If so, remarkable that so many Americans aren't aware of inflation.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Share of Americans who feel...?" If so, remarkable that so many Americans aren't aware of inflation.
On DMT, the psychoactive molecule in ayahuasca, anything you say becomes true for you and for anyone with a loose rudder. The God molecule. Smoke it enough times and you implode.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On DMT, the psychoactive molecule in ayahuasca, anything you say becomes true for you and for anyone with a loose rudder. The God molecule. Smoke it enough times and you implode.
Simpler still: more sellers than buyers.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Simpler still: more sellers than buyers.
I think this is because newspapers have editors, a cadre of workers who exist to determine what's most important. To surrender control of the front page would be to surrender their status and, ultimately, their jobs.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I think this is because newspapers have editors, a cadre of workers who exist to determine what's most important. To surrender control of the front page would be to surrender their status and, ultimately, their jobs.
I fear that for MTG, "other countries" means Israel
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I fear that for MTG, "other countries" means Israel