Alyssa
@alyssaleann.bsky.social
Interior Designer. Professional amateur. Purveyor of beauty. Aspiring renaissance woman. Has never had an original thought. Occasionally blogging at alyssahakanson.com
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I'd much rather have a society where racists feel the need to use dog whistles than one where they don't. That doesn't mean I'm fooled by the dog whistles or am defending the whistling racists, it means I want a society where racism is seen as shameful.
October 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I'd much rather have a society where racists feel the need to use dog whistles than one where they don't. That doesn't mean I'm fooled by the dog whistles or am defending the whistling racists, it means I want a society where racism is seen as shameful.
I’m on a work trip right now, which means I’m going to have to admit to my boss at breakfast tomorrow that I’m extra tired because I was up all night learning new Taylor Swift lyrics
October 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I’m on a work trip right now, which means I’m going to have to admit to my boss at breakfast tomorrow that I’m extra tired because I was up all night learning new Taylor Swift lyrics
there was so little guidance from the government on this shutdown that my husband was checking the betting markets the last few days to guess at whether he was gonna get furloughed
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there was so little guidance from the government on this shutdown that my husband was checking the betting markets the last few days to guess at whether he was gonna get furloughed
I try not to be a hater, but we just watched Materialists, and I hated almost every minute of it. I think I need to be done with Celine Song movies
September 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I try not to be a hater, but we just watched Materialists, and I hated almost every minute of it. I think I need to be done with Celine Song movies
Not to brag, but we had a big group dinner this weekend and I knew the most about what everyone has been up to, so I think I get an A+ in Friend Homework for the month
September 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Not to brag, but we had a big group dinner this weekend and I knew the most about what everyone has been up to, so I think I get an A+ in Friend Homework for the month
My friend’s sister watched her kids and they wouldn’t go to sleep, so she played them lullabies
Accidentally played them a joke song called “twinkle twinkle little bitch” and now they won’t stop singing it
Accidentally played them a joke song called “twinkle twinkle little bitch” and now they won’t stop singing it
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My friend’s sister watched her kids and they wouldn’t go to sleep, so she played them lullabies
Accidentally played them a joke song called “twinkle twinkle little bitch” and now they won’t stop singing it
Accidentally played them a joke song called “twinkle twinkle little bitch” and now they won’t stop singing it
We both like our jobs quite a lot, but if we could just putter around tending to our little home and loving each other, that would be a perfect life, I think
September 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We both like our jobs quite a lot, but if we could just putter around tending to our little home and loving each other, that would be a perfect life, I think
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Just for fun, I looked up total worldwide deaths from all causes in 2024. 62 million.
Reporter: The president of Venezuela called the strike on the boat illegal
Trump: What’s illegal is the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs
Trump: What’s illegal is the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Just for fun, I looked up total worldwide deaths from all causes in 2024. 62 million.
Our annual Summer Produce party was so so excellent
A feast! Now I’m ready for fall
A feast! Now I’m ready for fall
September 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Our annual Summer Produce party was so so excellent
A feast! Now I’m ready for fall
A feast! Now I’m ready for fall
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i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is
I was for gun control yesterday, and I’m for gun control today
Because I have never believed that these random acts of violence are a fair price to pay for the second amendment, and I’m not foolish enough to expect that a culture awash in guns will spare me
Because I have never believed that these random acts of violence are a fair price to pay for the second amendment, and I’m not foolish enough to expect that a culture awash in guns will spare me
September 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I was for gun control yesterday, and I’m for gun control today
Because I have never believed that these random acts of violence are a fair price to pay for the second amendment, and I’m not foolish enough to expect that a culture awash in guns will spare me
Because I have never believed that these random acts of violence are a fair price to pay for the second amendment, and I’m not foolish enough to expect that a culture awash in guns will spare me
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no surprised that brett ”almost certainly flunked his remedial classes” kavanaugh thinks the constitution authorizes a race-based federal “papers please” regime. quick, someone ask him what he thinks of the fugitive slave act.
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
no surprised that brett ”almost certainly flunked his remedial classes” kavanaugh thinks the constitution authorizes a race-based federal “papers please” regime. quick, someone ask him what he thinks of the fugitive slave act.
every year the VMAs roll around and remind me of my age bc who are these people… no, nevermind, this is none of my business
September 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
every year the VMAs roll around and remind me of my age bc who are these people… no, nevermind, this is none of my business
Our friends just bought 55 acres of land, and now I’m trying to convince them that our friend group should build a cottage court and all raise our kids together
August 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Our friends just bought 55 acres of land, and now I’m trying to convince them that our friend group should build a cottage court and all raise our kids together
I forgot football was back and was slightly outraged
Like, “okay the state government and approximately 60% of the population sucks, but there are still a lot of nice people here!!”
Like, “okay the state government and approximately 60% of the population sucks, but there are still a lot of nice people here!!”
August 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I forgot football was back and was slightly outraged
Like, “okay the state government and approximately 60% of the population sucks, but there are still a lot of nice people here!!”
Like, “okay the state government and approximately 60% of the population sucks, but there are still a lot of nice people here!!”
Yesterday my husband was paragliding, and a bit after he launched he called me and said, “the shuttle was full, can you come get me so I don’t have to wait half an hour for the next one?”
And I was like, “I would love to do that for you, but you flew off with the keys”
And I was like, “I would love to do that for you, but you flew off with the keys”
August 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Yesterday my husband was paragliding, and a bit after he launched he called me and said, “the shuttle was full, can you come get me so I don’t have to wait half an hour for the next one?”
And I was like, “I would love to do that for you, but you flew off with the keys”
And I was like, “I would love to do that for you, but you flew off with the keys”
I did a deep dive on Taylor’s ring designer, and she’s so cool:
-obsessed with ethical gemstones; clients are not allowed to bring their own stones, and she designs around the specific stone
-specializes in wildly intricate hand-carved rings
-has a fascination with how her pieces capture light
-obsessed with ethical gemstones; clients are not allowed to bring their own stones, and she designs around the specific stone
-specializes in wildly intricate hand-carved rings
-has a fascination with how her pieces capture light
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I did a deep dive on Taylor’s ring designer, and she’s so cool:
-obsessed with ethical gemstones; clients are not allowed to bring their own stones, and she designs around the specific stone
-specializes in wildly intricate hand-carved rings
-has a fascination with how her pieces capture light
-obsessed with ethical gemstones; clients are not allowed to bring their own stones, and she designs around the specific stone
-specializes in wildly intricate hand-carved rings
-has a fascination with how her pieces capture light
I’m having a comically bad week:
Found out a parent has leukemia
Started my period
Slept weird and messed up my neck more than seems possible
Got a UTI
Working with a client who is actively hostile and appears to hate me personally
Found out a parent has leukemia
Started my period
Slept weird and messed up my neck more than seems possible
Got a UTI
Working with a client who is actively hostile and appears to hate me personally
August 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I’m having a comically bad week:
Found out a parent has leukemia
Started my period
Slept weird and messed up my neck more than seems possible
Got a UTI
Working with a client who is actively hostile and appears to hate me personally
Found out a parent has leukemia
Started my period
Slept weird and messed up my neck more than seems possible
Got a UTI
Working with a client who is actively hostile and appears to hate me personally
Me: the ring is 8 carats!
My husband: holy shit. is she a rabbit?
My husband: holy shit. is she a rabbit?
August 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Me: the ring is 8 carats!
My husband: holy shit. is she a rabbit?
My husband: holy shit. is she a rabbit?
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Too bad that our legal and institutional safeguards only work to prevent good policies. It would be cool if they also stopped the evil stuff
August 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Too bad that our legal and institutional safeguards only work to prevent good policies. It would be cool if they also stopped the evil stuff
hypothetically, if you found out that your parent — who you’ve been estranged from for ≈5 years — has a very serious but likely not fatal illness… what would you do?
hypothetically
hypothetically
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
hypothetically, if you found out that your parent — who you’ve been estranged from for ≈5 years — has a very serious but likely not fatal illness… what would you do?
hypothetically
hypothetically
the thing about previously being suicidal for long stretches is that no one ever thinks it’s funny when you joke about killing yourself
August 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
the thing about previously being suicidal for long stretches is that no one ever thinks it’s funny when you joke about killing yourself
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if you can't sell the american public on the idea that federal troops in the streets is fundamentally unacceptable then you have no business being in politics. and if you do not forcibly believe this at your core such that you can't shut up about it, that goes double for you
Toxic feedback loop has kicked in: Trump's propagandists tell credulous reporters that occupying cities is good politics for him. Media echoes this as self-evidently true. That reinforces Dem instincts not to engage.
My exchange w/ @monicapotts.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1993...
My exchange w/ @monicapotts.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1993...
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
if you can't sell the american public on the idea that federal troops in the streets is fundamentally unacceptable then you have no business being in politics. and if you do not forcibly believe this at your core such that you can't shut up about it, that goes double for you
Did my good deed* for the day!
*talked someone out of installing vinyl flooring in their home
*talked someone out of installing vinyl flooring in their home
August 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Did my good deed* for the day!
*talked someone out of installing vinyl flooring in their home
*talked someone out of installing vinyl flooring in their home
ohmygod the neighbor is the candidate.
I’m gonna volunteer
I’m gonna volunteer
A neighbor was setting up for what looked like some sort of political party and when I drove by it in full swing, I saw it was campaign launch
I looked up the candidate and they’re a democrat, so now I am going to befriend these people
I looked up the candidate and they’re a democrat, so now I am going to befriend these people
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ohmygod the neighbor is the candidate.
I’m gonna volunteer
I’m gonna volunteer