hannah draper
@jankypants.bsky.social
the jankier the pants, the player you get
birdsite asylum seeker (formerly draperha) making this my new home
type-a bureaucrat professionally pushing papers in/around the middle east. history nerd, arabist, turkophile, news junkie, perpetually tired
birdsite asylum seeker (formerly draperha) making this my new home
type-a bureaucrat professionally pushing papers in/around the middle east. history nerd, arabist, turkophile, news junkie, perpetually tired
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
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shoutout to the guy buying several cases of beer and a thing of adult male diapers on an early tuesday morning looks like you’ve got your day all sorted
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
shoutout to the guy buying several cases of beer and a thing of adult male diapers on an early tuesday morning looks like you’ve got your day all sorted
Gross cold wet morning in DC. Grateful for a warm car, good music, and a parking pass at work.
Also caffeine. So very much caffeine. 60 ounces of iced tea + two diet cones to get me through the morning. Honestly it’s a miracle I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was 39 at this rate of consumption.
Also caffeine. So very much caffeine. 60 ounces of iced tea + two diet cones to get me through the morning. Honestly it’s a miracle I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was 39 at this rate of consumption.
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Gross cold wet morning in DC. Grateful for a warm car, good music, and a parking pass at work.
Also caffeine. So very much caffeine. 60 ounces of iced tea + two diet cones to get me through the morning. Honestly it’s a miracle I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was 39 at this rate of consumption.
Also caffeine. So very much caffeine. 60 ounces of iced tea + two diet cones to get me through the morning. Honestly it’s a miracle I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was 39 at this rate of consumption.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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After every disaster, natural or man-made, the pig population explodes. And each individual pig levels up.
Sometimes they end up being intensely radioactive, too.
Sometimes they end up being intensely radioactive, too.
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
After every disaster, natural or man-made, the pig population explodes. And each individual pig levels up.
Sometimes they end up being intensely radioactive, too.
Sometimes they end up being intensely radioactive, too.
Well. It’s Monday. Let’s do this*, y’all.
*in my case, this is sitting in my car in the work parking garage, listening to Bowie’s “Heroes” and trying to get up the nerve to go inside.
*in my case, this is sitting in my car in the work parking garage, listening to Bowie’s “Heroes” and trying to get up the nerve to go inside.
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Well. It’s Monday. Let’s do this*, y’all.
*in my case, this is sitting in my car in the work parking garage, listening to Bowie’s “Heroes” and trying to get up the nerve to go inside.
*in my case, this is sitting in my car in the work parking garage, listening to Bowie’s “Heroes” and trying to get up the nerve to go inside.
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Once again proving computers work by fairytale logic, not IRL logic: you can defeat the Minotaur* with a riddle
*AI
*AI
Okay, this is deeply intriguing: adversarial poetry prompts have a significantly higher rate of jailbreak success on nearly every model the researchers tried. Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds
Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Once again proving computers work by fairytale logic, not IRL logic: you can defeat the Minotaur* with a riddle
*AI
*AI
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man they were celebrating the birth of Christ in the WILDEST of ways
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
man they were celebrating the birth of Christ in the WILDEST of ways
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Why the fuck is he firing an RPG from a Huey?
Before you ask, yes apparently this is real. He must be taking comedy lessons and substances from Elon.
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Why the fuck is he firing an RPG from a Huey?
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when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail especially watermelons
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail especially watermelons
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Lowkey underestimated is going to be the impact of recent hysteria against the Afghan migrants in Iran/Pakistan, now also the US, surely more countries will follow. Beyond Taliban's propaganda, they are barely holding onto this state...
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Lowkey underestimated is going to be the impact of recent hysteria against the Afghan migrants in Iran/Pakistan, now also the US, surely more countries will follow. Beyond Taliban's propaganda, they are barely holding onto this state...
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Maybe you guys can start with your own process allowing low quality slop to pass review? What’s the recourse for real research being rejected while this garbage gets published?
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Maybe you guys can start with your own process allowing low quality slop to pass review? What’s the recourse for real research being rejected while this garbage gets published?
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The historian’s curse:
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The historian’s curse:
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
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Good analysis, confirming what has been crystal clear from the start.
“Taking apart a network, experts said, requires capturing people and interrogating them to find out the financiers and leaders. By blowing up the boats, the United States is also destroying the intelligence and evidence.”
“Taking apart a network, experts said, requires capturing people and interrogating them to find out the financiers and leaders. By blowing up the boats, the United States is also destroying the intelligence and evidence.”
Intelligence on U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Is Limited
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Good analysis, confirming what has been crystal clear from the start.
“Taking apart a network, experts said, requires capturing people and interrogating them to find out the financiers and leaders. By blowing up the boats, the United States is also destroying the intelligence and evidence.”
“Taking apart a network, experts said, requires capturing people and interrogating them to find out the financiers and leaders. By blowing up the boats, the United States is also destroying the intelligence and evidence.”
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Imagine paying a large monthly fee to shop at a supermarket, then paying again for the actual groceries, then getting an extra charge months later because one ingredient in an item you bought came from a farmer associated with a different store.
This post is about healthcare.
This post is about healthcare.
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Imagine paying a large monthly fee to shop at a supermarket, then paying again for the actual groceries, then getting an extra charge months later because one ingredient in an item you bought came from a farmer associated with a different store.
This post is about healthcare.
This post is about healthcare.
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1 like equals one clove of garlic going into my dish
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
1 like equals one clove of garlic going into my dish
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This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
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I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.
publications.aap.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.