Rich Hammett
@bubbarich.bsky.social
I’m an electrical engineer and computer programmer who reads, speaks, and teaches Finnish and a little English, plays trombone and a little piano, and studies neuroscience in my free time.
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In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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I've seen two administration officials state that "as long as other countries don't retaliate" everything will be resolved easily. Putin made the same proposal when he attacked Ukraine. When YOU attack, YOU start a war. Not when they defend themselves.
April 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've seen two administration officials state that "as long as other countries don't retaliate" everything will be resolved easily. Putin made the same proposal when he attacked Ukraine. When YOU attack, YOU start a war. Not when they defend themselves.
Is the daily flood of destruction from Washington too much?
We have to keep fighting it, but this book is a good break to help you remember WHY you want to fight for people. _Nation_, by Terry Pratchett. There's death and pain, but there's also strength and love.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
We have to keep fighting it, but this book is a good break to help you remember WHY you want to fight for people. _Nation_, by Terry Pratchett. There's death and pain, but there's also strength and love.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Nation Audiobook on Libro.fm
New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award * Michael L. Printz Medal honor winnerFrom the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, author of...
libro.fm
April 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Is the daily flood of destruction from Washington too much?
We have to keep fighting it, but this book is a good break to help you remember WHY you want to fight for people. _Nation_, by Terry Pratchett. There's death and pain, but there's also strength and love.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
We have to keep fighting it, but this book is a good break to help you remember WHY you want to fight for people. _Nation_, by Terry Pratchett. There's death and pain, but there's also strength and love.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. No one should ever hire these men again.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. No one should ever hire these men again.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
I hadn’t thought of that… that was a fun story before it came true. I really enjoyed Abraham Lincoln as a peripatetic communist activist speaker.
There's a very interesting SF novel by Harry Turtledove, Guns of the South, about white 20th century South Africans time-traveling to Civil War America to help out "guess which side" with weapons & tech. No idea what's made me think of that.
December 30, 2024 at 2:35 AM
I hadn’t thought of that… that was a fun story before it came true. I really enjoyed Abraham Lincoln as a peripatetic communist activist speaker.
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I really like the unspoken implication in #LOTR #TheTwoTowers when Treebeard says “Some of these trees were my friends!”
Oh? Yeah? Which ones weren’t, bud?
Is he like “Well certainly not old Mossyrock. That guy was a real dick. Always talking a load of crap. HAAAARUMM. Yes. Fuck old Mossyrock.”
Oh? Yeah? Which ones weren’t, bud?
Is he like “Well certainly not old Mossyrock. That guy was a real dick. Always talking a load of crap. HAAAARUMM. Yes. Fuck old Mossyrock.”
December 5, 2024 at 5:09 AM
I really like the unspoken implication in #LOTR #TheTwoTowers when Treebeard says “Some of these trees were my friends!”
Oh? Yeah? Which ones weren’t, bud?
Is he like “Well certainly not old Mossyrock. That guy was a real dick. Always talking a load of crap. HAAAARUMM. Yes. Fuck old Mossyrock.”
Oh? Yeah? Which ones weren’t, bud?
Is he like “Well certainly not old Mossyrock. That guy was a real dick. Always talking a load of crap. HAAAARUMM. Yes. Fuck old Mossyrock.”
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I have two gut check questions that I ask myself while reporting: How do I know something is true? and What if I’m wrong?
I feel like we’re about to see the consequences of people in power being wrong about vaccines.
I feel like we’re about to see the consequences of people in power being wrong about vaccines.
The U.S. surgeon general in the first Trump administration
November 23, 2024 at 6:31 PM
I have two gut check questions that I ask myself while reporting: How do I know something is true? and What if I’m wrong?
I feel like we’re about to see the consequences of people in power being wrong about vaccines.
I feel like we’re about to see the consequences of people in power being wrong about vaccines.
