Anne
@annehainespoet.bsky.social
Music, poetry, cats, books, guitars, libraries, UX, writing, weather, tennis. She/her. Spinster. Past middle-aged. Living in the part of Indiana that sucks less than others. Almost forgot I had this account. Let's try it again.
When I say poetry this is what I mean.
“Just as I come to know a thing it’s gone again.”
A new poem by D. A. Powell. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/senescence-d-a-powell-poem
A new poem by D. A. Powell. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/senescence-d-a-powell-poem
“Senescence”
“Just as I come to know a thing it’s gone again.”
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
When I say poetry this is what I mean.
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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Badger carries the old moon out of the month.
NewMoon 21 October.
Art by Jackie Morris
NewMoon 21 October.
Art by Jackie Morris
October 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Badger carries the old moon out of the month.
NewMoon 21 October.
Art by Jackie Morris
NewMoon 21 October.
Art by Jackie Morris
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I write messages to the dead and the not yet living.
This is a good week to set something down on paper for those who will read it later or by passing like a wind over the pages.
This is a good week to set something down on paper for those who will read it later or by passing like a wind over the pages.
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I write messages to the dead and the not yet living.
This is a good week to set something down on paper for those who will read it later or by passing like a wind over the pages.
This is a good week to set something down on paper for those who will read it later or by passing like a wind over the pages.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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A guitar titan is gone. Farewell to the Spaceman; here's my NPR obituary for KISS legend Ace Frehley.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74
The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A guitar titan is gone. Farewell to the Spaceman; here's my NPR obituary for KISS legend Ace Frehley.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
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On-point statement from the IU-Bloomington AAUP:
“this action and the Rodenbush firing constitute a clear violation of First Amendment protections of freedom of the press, and further deteriorate IU’s commitment to free speech.”
“this action and the Rodenbush firing constitute a clear violation of First Amendment protections of freedom of the press, and further deteriorate IU’s commitment to free speech.”
Statement on the Termination of the Director of Student Media and IDS Print Editions
The IUB chapter of the AAUP strongly condemns the firing of the Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush and the termination of the print edition of the Indiana Daily Student (IDS), an independent, …
iubaaup.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
On-point statement from the IU-Bloomington AAUP:
“this action and the Rodenbush firing constitute a clear violation of First Amendment protections of freedom of the press, and further deteriorate IU’s commitment to free speech.”
“this action and the Rodenbush firing constitute a clear violation of First Amendment protections of freedom of the press, and further deteriorate IU’s commitment to free speech.”
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To catch you up, Indiana University’s student newspaper reported:
• It was told to print no news in its homecoming edition, set to come out Thursday.
• It refused.
• The director of student media was fired.
• Hours later, IU cut all print editions of the paper, including Thursday’s issue.
• It was told to print no news in its homecoming edition, set to come out Thursday.
• It refused.
• The director of student media was fired.
• Hours later, IU cut all print editions of the paper, including Thursday’s issue.
UPDATE: More at Indiana University, with all IDS print being cut.
The university chancellor claims “the campus is completing the shift from print to digital effective this week” — despite the fight earlier this week having been over a print Homecoming edition. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
The university chancellor claims “the campus is completing the shift from print to digital effective this week” — despite the fight earlier this week having been over a print Homecoming edition. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
October 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
To catch you up, Indiana University’s student newspaper reported:
• It was told to print no news in its homecoming edition, set to come out Thursday.
• It refused.
• The director of student media was fired.
• Hours later, IU cut all print editions of the paper, including Thursday’s issue.
• It was told to print no news in its homecoming edition, set to come out Thursday.
• It refused.
• The director of student media was fired.
• Hours later, IU cut all print editions of the paper, including Thursday’s issue.
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🗣️ We're hosting an archival version of "plainlanguage.gov" to help make sure this trusted resource remains available to folks who need it.
plainlanguage.gov | Home
Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications.
plainlanguage.18f.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🗣️ We're hosting an archival version of "plainlanguage.gov" to help make sure this trusted resource remains available to folks who need it.
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this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious
September 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious
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they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements
September 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements
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Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient."
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
I have reached out to CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to ask how they will apply these recommendations to people seeking vaccines at their pharmacies. I cannot provide any info on how this will affect your ability to get a vaccine right now, because I don't know yet.
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient."
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
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Sad. Don’t know what coverage is like in the US but here’s the BBC.
September 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sad. Don’t know what coverage is like in the US but here’s the BBC.
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The friend who witnessed Michael Brown’s death was shot and killed Sunday morning less than a mile away from where a police officer killed Brown.
Dorian Johnson, witness to Michael Brown’s death, killed in Ferguson
Dorian Johnson died due to injuries sustained during a shooting Sunday morning on Abaco Court, less than a mile away from where a police officer killed Michael Brown in 2014.
www.stlpr.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The friend who witnessed Michael Brown’s death was shot and killed Sunday morning less than a mile away from where a police officer killed Brown.
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This is the drug that is a 100% effective treatment for HIV. this is the one you've been seeing in the news. I would LOVE to see an in-depth discussion of exactly what "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors" are keeping them from essentially carrying a cure to a deadly disease.
CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."
CVS Health denies coverage for breakthrough HIV drug, committing 'clear violation' of ACA
CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."
bit.ly
August 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is the drug that is a 100% effective treatment for HIV. this is the one you've been seeing in the news. I would LOVE to see an in-depth discussion of exactly what "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors" are keeping them from essentially carrying a cure to a deadly disease.
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A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
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27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
August 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
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This is a fascinating, disturbing, but also moving story, about how AI is being used to monetize death and grief.
Maybe there could be some kind of a "certified human" stamp and you could just search for that and automatically factor out AI
Maybe there could be some kind of a "certified human" stamp and you could just search for that and automatically factor out AI
my friend also went through this and wrote about it beautifully in June…his story is heartbreaking
Digital Grave-Robbing: How AI Is Plundering Online Obituaries
The rush to monetize grief leads to the creation of AI obituaries, turning personal loss into clickbait and exposing the dark side of online memorials.
www.cnet.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is a fascinating, disturbing, but also moving story, about how AI is being used to monetize death and grief.
Maybe there could be some kind of a "certified human" stamp and you could just search for that and automatically factor out AI
Maybe there could be some kind of a "certified human" stamp and you could just search for that and automatically factor out AI
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🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨
Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me.
We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨
Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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#Kona #webcam facing the ocean over Aliʻi Drive, just south of the pier, is here.
Tsunami will have some work to get over the seawall, and it will be 17 mins past sunset, but could still be interesting:
www.konaweb.com/cam/index.html
Screenshot below of conditions (flawless) right now.
Tsunami will have some work to get over the seawall, and it will be 17 mins past sunset, but could still be interesting:
www.konaweb.com/cam/index.html
Screenshot below of conditions (flawless) right now.
July 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
#Kona #webcam facing the ocean over Aliʻi Drive, just south of the pier, is here.
Tsunami will have some work to get over the seawall, and it will be 17 mins past sunset, but could still be interesting:
www.konaweb.com/cam/index.html
Screenshot below of conditions (flawless) right now.
Tsunami will have some work to get over the seawall, and it will be 17 mins past sunset, but could still be interesting:
www.konaweb.com/cam/index.html
Screenshot below of conditions (flawless) right now.
Academic librarian friends - throw some words of encouragement her way!
Psyching myself up for my very first semester as an academic librarian. This place is going to fill up very soon with students! I’m going to be the resident librarian expert on business! Eeeeeeee!
July 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Academic librarian friends - throw some words of encouragement her way!
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This beautiful summer poem by Rosalie Moffat.
July 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This beautiful summer poem by Rosalie Moffat.
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Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them.
tomlehrersongs.com
tomlehrersongs.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them.
tomlehrersongs.com
tomlehrersongs.com
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Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you want to support public radio stations in danger of closing following Congress’ vote to end funding, check out this website: https://loom.ly/TVaWxxc