Hannah Silverstein
@hillhannah.bsky.social
MFA poetry, Warren Wilson College. She/Her. Black Lives Matter. Zero tolerance for fascists. https://linktr.ee/hannahsilverstein
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Thank you to the editors at @passagesnorth.bsky.social for publishing one of my Negative Psychology poems!
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I've grown more conservative as I've grown older but the things I want to conserve are democracy and decency
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I've grown more conservative as I've grown older but the things I want to conserve are democracy and decency
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"The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
We should reject the disgusting project of AI with everything we have.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
We should reject the disgusting project of AI with everything we have.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
We should reject the disgusting project of AI with everything we have.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
We should reject the disgusting project of AI with everything we have.
As bubbles go, tulips at least had the advantage of being pretty and encouraging folks to play in their gardens
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As bubbles go, tulips at least had the advantage of being pretty and encouraging folks to play in their gardens
Best case scenario is we are all figments of a cephalopod dream
Do Octopuses Dream? Their Colorful, Skin-Changing Sleep Cycles May Hold the Answer www.discovermagazine.com/do-octopuses...
Do Octopuses Dream? Their Colorful, Skin-Changing Sleep Cycles May Hold the Answer
Learn the surprising similarities between the sleep cycles of octopuses and humans, and how an octopus’ skin may reveal what they dream about.
www.discovermagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Best case scenario is we are all figments of a cephalopod dream
reupping for no reason in particular
In every conversation about AI I am Minnie Driver insisting on the importance of actually knowing something myself, however sexy Matt Damon is
Will and Skylar Date - Good Will Hunting (1997) - Movie Clip HD Scene
YouTube video by Legendary Movie Scenes
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November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
reupping for no reason in particular
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And "women ruined the workplace," per the New York Times last week.
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And "women ruined the workplace," per the New York Times last week.
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Me Too didn't fail. It was buried alive
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Me Too didn't fail. It was buried alive
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Once again I'm begging people not to compare politicians to invertebrates. Inverts are cool and diverse and play an important ecological role. Politicians are the lower order.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Once again I'm begging people not to compare politicians to invertebrates. Inverts are cool and diverse and play an important ecological role. Politicians are the lower order.
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It’s not left v. center or progressive v. liberal or anything like that. It’s fight v. don’t fight.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It’s not left v. center or progressive v. liberal or anything like that. It’s fight v. don’t fight.
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
Ah, the end of Daylight Saving Time, when I must once again try to persuade my pets that it is Not Supper Time Yet, and they must once again try to persuade me that Clock Time Is a Malicious Fiction. (One guess which of us is winning...)
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Ah, the end of Daylight Saving Time, when I must once again try to persuade my pets that it is Not Supper Time Yet, and they must once again try to persuade me that Clock Time Is a Malicious Fiction. (One guess which of us is winning...)
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Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
This is the absolute minimum I expect of my electeds
I fucking hate Nazis, which includes hating their actions, philosophy, culture, regalia, and fucking stylistic choices.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect anyone I vote for to feel the same.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect anyone I vote for to feel the same.
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is the absolute minimum I expect of my electeds
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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Read the whole things, but some highlights:
- Their new median estimate is *5.5 million* people protested yday
- protest levels are 4x what they were in Trump's first term
- at least 12.8 million people, or 3.7% of the population, have demonstrated against the president since he took office
- Their new median estimate is *5.5 million* people protested yday
- protest levels are 4x what they were in Trump's first term
- at least 12.8 million people, or 3.7% of the population, have demonstrated against the president since he took office
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Read the whole things, but some highlights:
- Their new median estimate is *5.5 million* people protested yday
- protest levels are 4x what they were in Trump's first term
- at least 12.8 million people, or 3.7% of the population, have demonstrated against the president since he took office
- Their new median estimate is *5.5 million* people protested yday
- protest levels are 4x what they were in Trump's first term
- at least 12.8 million people, or 3.7% of the population, have demonstrated against the president since he took office
Beautiful!
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Beautiful!
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Spoilers are good, actually.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Spoilers are good, actually.
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Listen to my pal @bethmacy.bsky.social brilliantly tie it all together on Fresh Air! Then check out her critical new book, Paper Girl. Not just another rant; real reporting about real people. 'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home
www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...
'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home
Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theories. Her new memoir is Paper Girl.
www.npr.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Listen to my pal @bethmacy.bsky.social brilliantly tie it all together on Fresh Air! Then check out her critical new book, Paper Girl. Not just another rant; real reporting about real people. 'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home
www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...
Warmongers who tire of war do not magically transform into peace mongers.
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Warmongers who tire of war do not magically transform into peace mongers.
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Abolish ICE.
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Abolish ICE.
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Matched perhaps by Doris Lessing’s response to winning the Nobel for literature: a tired look, ‘Oh Christ’ and a dismissive hand wave. youtu.be/vuBODHFBZ8k?...
British author Doris Lessing reacts to Nobel win
YouTube video by ReutersLC
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Matched perhaps by Doris Lessing’s response to winning the Nobel for literature: a tired look, ‘Oh Christ’ and a dismissive hand wave. youtu.be/vuBODHFBZ8k?...