Nancy H
@sweetpeppah.bsky.social
Canadian in New England. Nature nerd. Hiker, hockey player, outdoor adventurer. Stepmom (not evil!). Computer engineer & tech writer.
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How Christmas gift-giving exposes the flaw in means-tested welfare and makes the case for truly universal basic income.
The Gift-Giving Argument for Universal Basic Income
How Christmas gift-giving exposes the flaw in means-tested welfare and makes the case for truly universal basic income
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December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
How Christmas gift-giving exposes the flaw in means-tested welfare and makes the case for truly universal basic income.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Handbasket's independent journalism holiday gift guide is LIVE!
If you want to support indie media *and* give someone a unique gift, consider a paid subscription from this [by no means exhaustive] list of awesome outlets doing the work and doing it right:
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I think the four pieces I edited by incarcerated queer journalist B Speaks may be the thing I'm proudest of this year. Speaks is an incredible writer, with an ability to take you into the world of the GA prison, and its trans and queer inmates, that takes my breath away.
In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I think the four pieces I edited by incarcerated queer journalist B Speaks may be the thing I'm proudest of this year. Speaks is an incredible writer, with an ability to take you into the world of the GA prison, and its trans and queer inmates, that takes my breath away.
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The Sun in my Sunday Morning
Lee Munn
2024
Lee Munn
2024
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Sun in my Sunday Morning
Lee Munn
2024
Lee Munn
2024
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36 years ago today a man entered an engineering class at École Polytechnique de Montréal and murdered 14 women and injured 14 others simply because they were women. I think about these 14 bright young women all the time and did so especially while I was in undergrad becoming an engineer.
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
36 years ago today a man entered an engineering class at École Polytechnique de Montréal and murdered 14 women and injured 14 others simply because they were women. I think about these 14 bright young women all the time and did so especially while I was in undergrad becoming an engineer.
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✨✨ Le 6 décembre, il y aura toujours 14 étoiles qui brilleront pour nous rappeler Polytechnique. Nous ne vous oublierons jamais ✨✨
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
✨✨ Le 6 décembre, il y aura toujours 14 étoiles qui brilleront pour nous rappeler Polytechnique. Nous ne vous oublierons jamais ✨✨
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It’s a true spread, with everything from the meat and potatoes of protest memoir to the gravy of a pensive novel to the confection of an escapist mystery. 📚🎁🎄❄️
Come, Let Us Adore The Tyee’s 2025 Holiday Reads | The Tyee
They’re joyful and triumphant! Here are our staff’s top books for gifting this year.
thetyee.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It’s a true spread, with everything from the meat and potatoes of protest memoir to the gravy of a pensive novel to the confection of an escapist mystery. 📚🎁🎄❄️
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Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.
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If you or a loved one has gone through it, you know how many years, how much paperwork, how much money, and how much stress goes into arriving at your citizenship ceremony. This is so pointedly racist and cruel.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If you or a loved one has gone through it, you know how many years, how much paperwork, how much money, and how much stress goes into arriving at your citizenship ceremony. This is so pointedly racist and cruel.
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I *LOVE* the Wayfarer series. So so much. When we had her on Gastropod for our sci-fi food episode (I worked so hard to make that happen!) (gastropod.com/what-do-alie..., I had to call her first for a quick soundcheck and I could get all my fangirling out of the way
What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy - Gastropod
This episode, Gastropod is exploring the weird and wonderful world of food in science fiction and fantasy, from well-loved standards like Star Trek and The Lord of the Rings, to modern favorites like ...
gastropod.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I *LOVE* the Wayfarer series. So so much. When we had her on Gastropod for our sci-fi food episode (I worked so hard to make that happen!) (gastropod.com/what-do-alie..., I had to call her first for a quick soundcheck and I could get all my fangirling out of the way
Lots of good stuff in this 🧵
Books!
Here's a collection of mostly SFF I read this year that you may enjoy for gift giving or yourself...
A distant future on a harsh planet where survival has built strangely regimented societies, one girl rebels and seeks a different future for herself, and discovers what's really going on.
Here's a collection of mostly SFF I read this year that you may enjoy for gift giving or yourself...
A distant future on a harsh planet where survival has built strangely regimented societies, one girl rebels and seeks a different future for herself, and discovers what's really going on.
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lots of good stuff in this 🧵
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When leaves retire ...
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When leaves retire ...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport - UNICORN RIOT
Over the past several months, an "aviation geek" in Minnesota who goes by ottergoose on reddit has been tracking, photographing, and posting his documentation of deportation flights online.
unicornriot.ninja
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
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Day 4 of my 2025 Favorites: Tiny Leaf With Grabby Hands!
Juvenile Macrocephalini, a somewhat rarely-seen tribe of ambush bugs. He's just a pleasing shape and color and disposition, with his chonky grabby hands he hasn't grown into yet
Juvenile Macrocephalini, a somewhat rarely-seen tribe of ambush bugs. He's just a pleasing shape and color and disposition, with his chonky grabby hands he hasn't grown into yet
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Day 4 of my 2025 Favorites: Tiny Leaf With Grabby Hands!
Juvenile Macrocephalini, a somewhat rarely-seen tribe of ambush bugs. He's just a pleasing shape and color and disposition, with his chonky grabby hands he hasn't grown into yet
Juvenile Macrocephalini, a somewhat rarely-seen tribe of ambush bugs. He's just a pleasing shape and color and disposition, with his chonky grabby hands he hasn't grown into yet
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You don't have to look like a character to dress up as that character. You just have to like the character! And it is actually far more polite to just ignore differences than to reach for make-up or prosthetics to cosplay as a different race. Doing that is weird and off-putting.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
You don't have to look like a character to dress up as that character. You just have to like the character! And it is actually far more polite to just ignore differences than to reach for make-up or prosthetics to cosplay as a different race. Doing that is weird and off-putting.
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Highly recommend!!! I have this book on my shelf and it is both an amazing story and amazingly researched!
If you're buying gifts for spirited 12 year olds who have read most of the middle grade graphic novel canon, can I recommend my book The Legend of Auntie Po? It's multi-awarded, and well reviewed, but hasn't entirely found its commercial footing.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor: 9780525554882 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Part historical fiction, part fable, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei reimagines the myths of Paul Bunyan as starring a Chinese heroine while she works ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Highly recommend!!! I have this book on my shelf and it is both an amazing story and amazingly researched!
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December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We have a generous donor who will match up to $75K in reader donations!
Doubling your donation means we can publish more journalism about slime molds and sunflower stars, cormorants and caddisflies; stories that help you feel more connected to the natural world and inspired to protect it.
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I've been doing these rough background sketches to practice background design and improve my intuition for perspective.
I've come to love doing these, and they're helping me improve too!
I've come to love doing these, and they're helping me improve too!
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I've been doing these rough background sketches to practice background design and improve my intuition for perspective.
I've come to love doing these, and they're helping me improve too!
I've come to love doing these, and they're helping me improve too!
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For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, a sketch I did on a day when lots of people were sharing their aurora photos. I remember it felt very joyous on here that night, and it reminded me how important it is to share good things.
"There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for."
"There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for."
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, a sketch I did on a day when lots of people were sharing their aurora photos. I remember it felt very joyous on here that night, and it reminded me how important it is to share good things.
"There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for."
"There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for."
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Happy Holidays #kidlitartpostcard !
I illustrate picture books, middle grade, and comics.
💼 kidshannon.com/jenniferl.me...
#kidlitart #animals
I illustrate picture books, middle grade, and comics.
💼 kidshannon.com/jenniferl.me...
#kidlitart #animals
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy Holidays #kidlitartpostcard !
I illustrate picture books, middle grade, and comics.
💼 kidshannon.com/jenniferl.me...
#kidlitart #animals
I illustrate picture books, middle grade, and comics.
💼 kidshannon.com/jenniferl.me...
#kidlitart #animals
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On Dec. 4, 1977, CBC aired an animated special called A Cosmic Christmas.
It was one of the first productions by a Canadian studio that later brought us Inspector Gadget, The Edison Twins and The Care Bears.
It also led to the creation of Boba Fett.
This is the story.
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It was one of the first productions by a Canadian studio that later brought us Inspector Gadget, The Edison Twins and The Care Bears.
It also led to the creation of Boba Fett.
This is the story.
🧵1/10
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On Dec. 4, 1977, CBC aired an animated special called A Cosmic Christmas.
It was one of the first productions by a Canadian studio that later brought us Inspector Gadget, The Edison Twins and The Care Bears.
It also led to the creation of Boba Fett.
This is the story.
🧵1/10
It was one of the first productions by a Canadian studio that later brought us Inspector Gadget, The Edison Twins and The Care Bears.
It also led to the creation of Boba Fett.
This is the story.
🧵1/10
