Hannah
@rueserpente.bsky.social
Historian. Stargazer.
Pfp: Rabbit from a 15th c Flemish tapestry
Background photo: low relief sculpture of lotuses and lilies
Pfp: Rabbit from a 15th c Flemish tapestry
Background photo: low relief sculpture of lotuses and lilies
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My body constantly surprises me, but not in a good way
December 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
My body constantly surprises me, but not in a good way
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Kentucky has lost three babies to pertussis, or whooping cough, along with two in Louisiana and two in Texas. The pertussis vaccine, given in combination with vaccines against diphtheria and tetanus, is safe and lifesaving.
PAHO warns of whooping cough vaccination gap
Pertussis vaccination coverage dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 87% coverage in the region for the first dose.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Pertussis vaccination coverage dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 87% coverage in the region for the first dose.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Kentucky has lost three babies to pertussis, or whooping cough, along with two in Louisiana and two in Texas. The pertussis vaccine, given in combination with vaccines against diphtheria and tetanus, is safe and lifesaving.
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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For more book sales perspective, I sold 1000 copies of THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP in *one store* in St Louis the week it came out. With far less PR and, like the poster below, a much smaller advance. On the plus side, I didn't have sex with RFK Jr!
I’ve coverd more of the book sales waterfront than most, bestsellers & tiny sellers, popular works & deliberately fringe works. But i feel confident of 2 truths: her advance was more than that of my 8 books together, & yet every one of them outsold this. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Much-Hyped Book—With RFK Revelation—Sells Just Over 1,000 Copies
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For more book sales perspective, I sold 1000 copies of THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP in *one store* in St Louis the week it came out. With far less PR and, like the poster below, a much smaller advance. On the plus side, I didn't have sex with RFK Jr!
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Leave it to Jimmy Fallon to sell and normalize the worst things possible
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Leave it to Jimmy Fallon to sell and normalize the worst things possible
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This is such brilliant archaeology. There's a bit of a persistent story that Britain was somehow culturally separate from europe in the Roman empire when it was so intertwined and connected by people and goods travelling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare mosaic in Rutland reveals forgotten Trojan War tale - BBC News
A paper by experts at the University of Leicester has been described as a "fascinating development".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is such brilliant archaeology. There's a bit of a persistent story that Britain was somehow culturally separate from europe in the Roman empire when it was so intertwined and connected by people and goods travelling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Not going to lie, this week’s SNL cold open might piss you off, but watch this clip till the end. 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not going to lie, this week’s SNL cold open might piss you off, but watch this clip till the end. 🤣
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12 FTE positions in the subject will be eliminated, and the students and communities of Nebraska will be worse off for losing these amazing experts.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
12 FTE positions in the subject will be eliminated, and the students and communities of Nebraska will be worse off for losing these amazing experts.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
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The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
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The notion that lonely terminally online people are a big part of our path towards fascism is what scares me about all of these institutions; governments, universities, etc; just digitizing everything and discounting human connection. We are social beings man, we need to interact with each other.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The notion that lonely terminally online people are a big part of our path towards fascism is what scares me about all of these institutions; governments, universities, etc; just digitizing everything and discounting human connection. We are social beings man, we need to interact with each other.
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What you ignore you empower and now the US has a Murderer in Chief attacking all both at home and abroad .
#Uspoli #Cdnpoli #EU #BoyCottUSA
#Uspoli #Cdnpoli #EU #BoyCottUSA
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
What you ignore you empower and now the US has a Murderer in Chief attacking all both at home and abroad .
#Uspoli #Cdnpoli #EU #BoyCottUSA
#Uspoli #Cdnpoli #EU #BoyCottUSA
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For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses.
Medical Leaders Decry Kennedy Panel's Pullback on Support for Hepatitis B Shots for Babies
Medical leaders are criticizing a federal vaccine advisory committee pulling support for hepatitis B vaccines for babies on the day they’re born.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job - NYT Editorial Board
On Monday, “the court hears a challenge to Mr. Trump’s power to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission — an action that flew in the face of a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
On Monday, “the court hears a challenge to Mr. Trump’s power to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission — an action that flew in the face of a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job - NYT Editorial Board
On Monday, “the court hears a challenge to Mr. Trump’s power to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission — an action that flew in the face of a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
On Monday, “the court hears a challenge to Mr. Trump’s power to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission — an action that flew in the face of a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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Yeah. It's almost like they're on board with the president being able to execute brown people for existing just like they were when Obama did it.
Both parties are not the same, but they both endorse American imperial violence.
Both parties are not the same, but they both endorse American imperial violence.
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Yeah. It's almost like they're on board with the president being able to execute brown people for existing just like they were when Obama did it.
Both parties are not the same, but they both endorse American imperial violence.
Both parties are not the same, but they both endorse American imperial violence.
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“Delaying the shot from birth to 2 months, one of the potential votes for the committee, would lead to at least 1,400 infections, 300 cases of liver cancer, and 480 deaths every year – all preventable by vaccination…It would also result in more than $222m in additional healthcare costs every year.”
Once again, sheer incompetence is saving us from the worst possible outcomes
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CDC advisers delay vote on restricting infant hepatitis B vaccinations in tense meeting
From 1990 to 2019, reported cases of acute hepatitis B among kids declined by 99% due to infant immunization
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Delaying the shot from birth to 2 months, one of the potential votes for the committee, would lead to at least 1,400 infections, 300 cases of liver cancer, and 480 deaths every year – all preventable by vaccination…It would also result in more than $222m in additional healthcare costs every year.”
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ICYMI: Historian Hannah Durkin has won the £50,000 Wolfson History Prize for her book Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (William Collins) 👇 #BookSky
Wolfson History Prize: Historian Hannah Durkin wins £50,000
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December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
ICYMI: Historian Hannah Durkin has won the £50,000 Wolfson History Prize for her book Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (William Collins) 👇 #BookSky
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RIP Claude
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
RIP Claude