Hope Henderson
@hoperhenderson.bsky.social
writer & scientist
😷 🩷💜💙 🍉
berkeley, california
hoperhenderson.com
writing in river teeth, electric lit, rumpus, hobart, phoebe, & more
scicomm for @innovativegenomics, views my own
😷 🩷💜💙 🍉
berkeley, california
hoperhenderson.com
writing in river teeth, electric lit, rumpus, hobart, phoebe, & more
scicomm for @innovativegenomics, views my own
Pinned
A fiction debut by Hope Henderson (@hoperhenderson.bsky.social), about a scientist couple grappling with their young daughter’s devastating illness, recommended by Willem Marx.
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buff.ly/Ho0ScjN
Illness Is a Tear in the Great Cosmic Pattern - Electric Literature
“Poppy” by Hope Henderson, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
electricliterature.com
My story is out! Give it a read!
takes me 10+ phone calls to get a preauthorization for an MRI but the ultra-wealthy can pick up the phone and order trafficked children and women like pizza
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
takes me 10+ phone calls to get a preauthorization for an MRI but the ultra-wealthy can pick up the phone and order trafficked children and women like pizza
oh an another one. there is no such things a "child prostitute" because children can't consent to sex, paid or otherwise. there are only children being sexually abused. likewise trafficked women are not "prostitutes," they are sex slaves.
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
oh an another one. there is no such things a "child prostitute" because children can't consent to sex, paid or otherwise. there are only children being sexually abused. likewise trafficked women are not "prostitutes," they are sex slaves.
also treating women and children as chattel slaves for sexual exploitation isn't a "sex scandal," it's a crime against humanity. ftfy!
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
also treating women and children as chattel slaves for sexual exploitation isn't a "sex scandal," it's a crime against humanity. ftfy!
on the Epstein files & language: it is not "sex with children" or "sex with trafficked women" or a "sex scandal." Sexual abuse and rape are to sex what hitting someone over the head with a frying pan is to cooking. Call it what it is.
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
on the Epstein files & language: it is not "sex with children" or "sex with trafficked women" or a "sex scandal." Sexual abuse and rape are to sex what hitting someone over the head with a frying pan is to cooking. Call it what it is.
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For those of you into Heated Rivalry, might I suggest THIS sizzling slow burn?
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 AM
For those of you into Heated Rivalry, might I suggest THIS sizzling slow burn?
I would totally come if it's streaming!
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I would totally come if it's streaming!
why aren't the epstein files all over the front of @nytimes.com, why haven't they been all week, why is Walmart's market cap increasing a bigger story than multiple credible claims of "auctioning" girls and women, of murdering girls and women and their babies
February 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
why aren't the epstein files all over the front of @nytimes.com, why haven't they been all week, why is Walmart's market cap increasing a bigger story than multiple credible claims of "auctioning" girls and women, of murdering girls and women and their babies
lollll Benjamin
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
lollll Benjamin
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“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”
if you want to know what working for a nobel-prize winning scientist is like, my phone now corrects "mean" to "mRNA"
January 31, 2026 at 10:02 PM
if you want to know what working for a nobel-prize winning scientist is like, my phone now corrects "mean" to "mRNA"
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Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
oh you mean paying for a home, education, childcare, or being able to retire? not just the price of eggs? i mean yes
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
What Americans Really Mean by ‘Affordability’
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:13 PM
oh you mean paying for a home, education, childcare, or being able to retire? not just the price of eggs? i mean yes
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
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A few favorite signs from today's protest in Minneapolis
January 23, 2026 at 10:34 PM
A few favorite signs from today's protest in Minneapolis
Book: Wuthering Heights
Review: Two bad people fall in love, act like jerks, and then make everyone miserable. Am I supposed to root for them? Or feel sorry for Heathcliff?
Status: DNF at like 75% :/
Review: Two bad people fall in love, act like jerks, and then make everyone miserable. Am I supposed to root for them? Or feel sorry for Heathcliff?
Status: DNF at like 75% :/
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Book: Wuthering Heights
Review: Two bad people fall in love, act like jerks, and then make everyone miserable. Am I supposed to root for them? Or feel sorry for Heathcliff?
Status: DNF at like 75% :/
Review: Two bad people fall in love, act like jerks, and then make everyone miserable. Am I supposed to root for them? Or feel sorry for Heathcliff?
Status: DNF at like 75% :/
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YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Brett Banditelli, part time amateur pelican photographer. 🪶
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Brett Banditelli, part time amateur pelican photographer. 🪶
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Three today from Meghan Harrison!
love this one, after one of my fave movies of last year!
https://www.havehashad.com/ropfz
love this one, after one of my fave movies of last year!
https://www.havehashad.com/ropfz
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Three today from Meghan Harrison!
love this one, after one of my fave movies of last year!
https://www.havehashad.com/ropfz
love this one, after one of my fave movies of last year!
https://www.havehashad.com/ropfz
just ordered the pin version of this to wear on my mask
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
just ordered the pin version of this to wear on my mask
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"Gays & Lesbians Against Nazis!" Germany! 1989
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Gays & Lesbians Against Nazis!" Germany! 1989
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The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
update: i read the first one and i think the show is probably gonna be better than the books tbqh
@hoopladigital.bsky.social has ebooks and audiobooks of the #HeatedRivalry series btw, you don’t have to wait for your library/libby ⛸️♥️
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
update: i read the first one and i think the show is probably gonna be better than the books tbqh
l e s b i a n s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vev...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vev...
Lesbians (1986)
YouTube video by UCLA Film & Television Archive
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
l e s b i a n s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vev...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vev...