Sally Hudson
@sallylhudson.bsky.social
economist // former Charlottesville state rep 🏛️ // UVa prof // election reform 🇺🇸 // I write about bright lights for democracy ✨
This lede is such an academic flex. Arts & sciences ftw.
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This lede is such an academic flex. Arts & sciences ftw.
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Spare me the self-driving cars and robot servants.
Sci fi promised we would all be wearing smartwool long johns as our daily fit by now and that's why I feel cheated.
Sci fi promised we would all be wearing smartwool long johns as our daily fit by now and that's why I feel cheated.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Spare me the self-driving cars and robot servants.
Sci fi promised we would all be wearing smartwool long johns as our daily fit by now and that's why I feel cheated.
Sci fi promised we would all be wearing smartwool long johns as our daily fit by now and that's why I feel cheated.
Apology accepted.
I wasn’t implying that anyone was stupid. I was saying “I can’t give this full attention right now but the details are easy enough to find if you’d like.”
Passing an amendment is a whole multi-cycle thing here and they just got the first step in before the election.
I wasn’t implying that anyone was stupid. I was saying “I can’t give this full attention right now but the details are easy enough to find if you’d like.”
Passing an amendment is a whole multi-cycle thing here and they just got the first step in before the election.
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Apology accepted.
I wasn’t implying that anyone was stupid. I was saying “I can’t give this full attention right now but the details are easy enough to find if you’d like.”
Passing an amendment is a whole multi-cycle thing here and they just got the first step in before the election.
I wasn’t implying that anyone was stupid. I was saying “I can’t give this full attention right now but the details are easy enough to find if you’d like.”
Passing an amendment is a whole multi-cycle thing here and they just got the first step in before the election.
Jeepers! I was firing off a note on a Zoom. Deep breaths, yall.
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Jeepers! I was firing off a note on a Zoom. Deep breaths, yall.
Read a little press and you’ll figure it out. The window for changing the text is already gone.
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Read a little press and you’ll figure it out. The window for changing the text is already gone.
They can’t redraw the GA maps. Only Congress.
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
They can’t redraw the GA maps. Only Congress.
Well it looks like I have a new side quest.
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Well it looks like I have a new side quest.
And like — swiffer-style wand with wipies? One of the rectangle spongey mops? I assume not the old school ropey ones?
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And like — swiffer-style wand with wipies? One of the rectangle spongey mops? I assume not the old school ropey ones?
Yeah rookie question:
What … is up there? Like kitchen grease?
What … is up there? Like kitchen grease?
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yeah rookie question:
What … is up there? Like kitchen grease?
What … is up there? Like kitchen grease?
Yeah I don't mean to make too much of a casual burn that fell out of a 12 year old's mouth but it record-scratched my brain.
If teachers had the (time, resources, latitude) to lean into it, we might actual entice kids to learn. There's nothing kids like more than poking holes in grown-up myths.
If teachers had the (time, resources, latitude) to lean into it, we might actual entice kids to learn. There's nothing kids like more than poking holes in grown-up myths.
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yeah I don't mean to make too much of a casual burn that fell out of a 12 year old's mouth but it record-scratched my brain.
If teachers had the (time, resources, latitude) to lean into it, we might actual entice kids to learn. There's nothing kids like more than poking holes in grown-up myths.
If teachers had the (time, resources, latitude) to lean into it, we might actual entice kids to learn. There's nothing kids like more than poking holes in grown-up myths.
This post from @jamellebouie.net takes up more and more space in my brain every day.
i need to pitch my “a history of america told in scams and frauds” book
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This post from @jamellebouie.net takes up more and more space in my brain every day.