Kristen Hanley Cardozo
@khandozo.bsky.social
Last name is two words, one name: Hanley Cardozo. I teach writing and literature and study Victorian brutes. My views do not represent those of my employer. Website: khandozo.com
I’m probably going to stay off of social media for a while. People over point scoring.
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I’m probably going to stay off of social media for a while. People over point scoring.
A present from my kid: pictures of Conundrum eating cilantro
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
A present from my kid: pictures of Conundrum eating cilantro
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This is from eight hours ago, and I stand by this.
What Trump did was illegal, and it has to be covered like that. The point is being lost right now.
What Trump did was illegal, and it has to be covered like that. The point is being lost right now.
You're going to see reps hedging on saying this - a Dem MOC just deleted their post about this.
Putting aside all geopolitics for a second, ask yourself one fundamental question. Do you want Trump randomly deciding to remove a head of state and creating international incidents w/out Congress?
Putting aside all geopolitics for a second, ask yourself one fundamental question. Do you want Trump randomly deciding to remove a head of state and creating international incidents w/out Congress?
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is from eight hours ago, and I stand by this.
What Trump did was illegal, and it has to be covered like that. The point is being lost right now.
What Trump did was illegal, and it has to be covered like that. The point is being lost right now.
Thank you, Californians.
When I called, Schiff still had space. So, that is *definitely* a good sign.
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Thank you, Californians.
Schiff’s voicemail boxes are full at both numbers I tried, and I hope that’s a good sign. Left messages for Padilla and Simon. I’ll email Schiff.
January 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Schiff’s voicemail boxes are full at both numbers I tried, and I hope that’s a good sign. Left messages for Padilla and Simon. I’ll email Schiff.
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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
We got our first (monthly) paycheck in October after a month of teaching, so grad students were often food insecure at the start of the school year. And in places with high rents and low availability, houseless grad students are not uncommon.
Do y'all know how many PhD students are on food stamps?? And this is a 2024 article
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
We got our first (monthly) paycheck in October after a month of teaching, so grad students were often food insecure at the start of the school year. And in places with high rents and low availability, houseless grad students are not uncommon.
We put on Seven Samurai in the living room when my kids were young, figuring they might watch part and we could talk to them about it, but all three locked in and asked if we could keep going after intermission because good movies are good.
People who think Kurosawa is “homework cinema” need to be slapped around a bit.
so cool that when Kurosawa made Seven Samurai, he was like, "What if a movie absolutely ripped for three-and-a-half hours straight?"
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
We put on Seven Samurai in the living room when my kids were young, figuring they might watch part and we could talk to them about it, but all three locked in and asked if we could keep going after intermission because good movies are good.
Interesting article on ChatGPT and alphabet posters, but I find myself most fascinated with how the example posters default to cat face for the animals. (More in next post) futurism.com/artificial-i...
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Interesting article on ChatGPT and alphabet posters, but I find myself most fascinated with how the example posters default to cat face for the animals. (More in next post) futurism.com/artificial-i...
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We are taking this incident very seriously and will provide updates as they become available, said a sock with googly eyes glued to it
January 2, 2026 at 10:48 PM
We are taking this incident very seriously and will provide updates as they become available, said a sock with googly eyes glued to it
Jess is a fantastic editor and if you’ve ever liked one of my published essays, there’s a heavy chance she’s why. Hire her!
One thing I would like in 2026 is to have more copy editing work coming in! I’m a developmental editor at heart but people don’t freelance that out as much and I’m good at CE as well. If you’re involved in freelance CE hiring for any presses besides S&S (who I already do work for) pls get in touch!
January 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Jess is a fantastic editor and if you’ve ever liked one of my published essays, there’s a heavy chance she’s why. Hire her!
I still don’t have my laptop back but my new phone arrived. Almost back to being a functional adult in the modern world.
January 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I still don’t have my laptop back but my new phone arrived. Almost back to being a functional adult in the modern world.
High school GPA (mine wasn’t great and would have sucked more if I didn’t take some AP classes)
How else can professors prove "merit" besides SAT scores? Wrong answers only. I'll go first: ability to do sixth-grade geometry homework (two professors in my house fail)
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
High school GPA (mine wasn’t great and would have sucked more if I didn’t take some AP classes)
The existence of LLMs means I probably need to rewrite the parts of my dissertation about how speech and humanity are equated. 🤮
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The existence of LLMs means I probably need to rewrite the parts of my dissertation about how speech and humanity are equated. 🤮
Brilliant policy to issue statements of any sort through the machine that will immediately rescind the statement on the orders of any rando. Pressure on the press will be essential to making this unacceptable.
AI cannot take accountability. AI cannot be “sorry.”
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
January 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Brilliant policy to issue statements of any sort through the machine that will immediately rescind the statement on the orders of any rando. Pressure on the press will be essential to making this unacceptable.
The editor had a wasted opportunity to do some hilarious cuts to specific people in the crowd.
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The editor had a wasted opportunity to do some hilarious cuts to specific people in the crowd.
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Artist supports art
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Artist supports art
Beef with Merriam-Webster ended as I have decided to interpret this as meaning that 2026 will be perilous for fascists. Also I’m currently unemployed, so I am starting the year in peril. That’s just fact.
Beefing with Merriam-Webster after they gave me this word for my 2026 fortune
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Beef with Merriam-Webster ended as I have decided to interpret this as meaning that 2026 will be perilous for fascists. Also I’m currently unemployed, so I am starting the year in peril. That’s just fact.
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What if you showed up at your hotel and they didn't have the room you reserved? Or there was a shower or toilet you couldn't use. This is common for people who use wheelchairs. Even 35 years after federal law said hotels must be accessible. My NPR story. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
35 years after ADA, people with disabilities still find hotels unaccommodating
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What if you showed up at your hotel and they didn't have the room you reserved? Or there was a shower or toilet you couldn't use. This is common for people who use wheelchairs. Even 35 years after federal law said hotels must be accessible. My NPR story. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
If I ever become someone important or important-adjacent, the New York Post can look up the prices of the yarn I use in my handmade clothing and kvetch about that. Good quality materials are not cheap, even before you get to fairly paying for labor.
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
If I ever become someone important or important-adjacent, the New York Post can look up the prices of the yarn I use in my handmade clothing and kvetch about that. Good quality materials are not cheap, even before you get to fairly paying for labor.
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we should want a world where everyone can get $630 boots because honestly that's probably what you're just looking at for quality boots that last forever and have appropriately paid artisans
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
we should want a world where everyone can get $630 boots because honestly that's probably what you're just looking at for quality boots that last forever and have appropriately paid artisans
Beefing with Merriam-Webster after they gave me this word for my 2026 fortune
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Beefing with Merriam-Webster after they gave me this word for my 2026 fortune
Put Jen on your show 2026; they are a goddamn delight
I have a lot of goals for 2026 but one big one is that I want to go on more shows (podcasts, livestreams, actual shows, idc) to yell about baseball economics. too many dweebs out there have on unqualified men who don't even have an academic background in economics unlike me, an idiot who does
January 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Put Jen on your show 2026; they are a goddamn delight
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“Weiss simply has no idea what it took to report this story, and even less about the value of what her reporter delivered. Ellison would not have installed someone who did.”
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Weiss simply has no idea what it took to report this story, and even less about the value of what her reporter delivered. Ellison would not have installed someone who did.”
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits