Anne Hanna (she/they)
@annehanna.bsky.social
We should improve society somewhat.
In practice, sure, but IMO that's a common failing of theological reasoning in general, which is of course exactly the reason our current SCOTUS is doing it --- they want to "prove" that they're right, not to determine what IS right.
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
In practice, sure, but IMO that's a common failing of theological reasoning in general, which is of course exactly the reason our current SCOTUS is doing it --- they want to "prove" that they're right, not to determine what IS right.
Their actual process strikes me more as starting from the desired conclusion and "reasoning" backward by any means necessary, including lies of omission and commission. 2/2
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Their actual process strikes me more as starting from the desired conclusion and "reasoning" backward by any means necessary, including lies of omission and commission. 2/2
IMO, sola scriptura would be BETTER than what they're doing. Sola scriptura would have to address the "well-regulated militia" clause of the Second Amendment, and would find birthright citizenship in the plain meaning of the text. 1/2
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
IMO, sola scriptura would be BETTER than what they're doing. Sola scriptura would have to address the "well-regulated militia" clause of the Second Amendment, and would find birthright citizenship in the plain meaning of the text. 1/2
Do we need a Protestant Reformation for the US Constitution?
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Do we need a Protestant Reformation for the US Constitution?
I was thinking about corn but didn't have a chance to look up how popular it is outside the Americas. Looks like I need to find me a vegetarian ugali recipe!
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I was thinking about corn but didn't have a chance to look up how popular it is outside the Americas. Looks like I need to find me a vegetarian ugali recipe!
Cassava made a similar leap to much of Africa.
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Cassava made a similar leap to much of Africa.
Assuming they even ARE transporting drugs, which I am not sure I believe at this point. The Tr*mpers lie about EVERYTHING.
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Assuming they even ARE transporting drugs, which I am not sure I believe at this point. The Tr*mpers lie about EVERYTHING.
Yes indeed I have noticed many commenters glorifying them 🙄
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Yes indeed I have noticed many commenters glorifying them 🙄
Yeah dude that's definitely the biggest risk here 🤢
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Yeah dude that's definitely the biggest risk here 🤢
Ugh, and we have a real shot at Maine this time. Speaking as a Pennsylvanian, the last thing we need is to waste it on another Fetterman.
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ugh, and we have a real shot at Maine this time. Speaking as a Pennsylvanian, the last thing we need is to waste it on another Fetterman.
Like, I get that "man pays on hetero dates" is still the most common situation, and I am sure that many women do, in fact, prefer that. But there is something very weird about hearing liberalish men talk, in public, about "what women like", when that thing is based in pretty deep cultural sexism.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Like, I get that "man pays on hetero dates" is still the most common situation, and I am sure that many women do, in fact, prefer that. But there is something very weird about hearing liberalish men talk, in public, about "what women like", when that thing is based in pretty deep cultural sexism.
I find myself extremely curious how all the male participants in this convo would react to a woman they were on a date with walking in with the inverse assumption, i.e., she assumes SHE is paying for the date by default, and offers to split just in case you want that, but ultimately expects to pay.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I find myself extremely curious how all the male participants in this convo would react to a woman they were on a date with walking in with the inverse assumption, i.e., she assumes SHE is paying for the date by default, and offers to split just in case you want that, but ultimately expects to pay.
I think one can argue that the most important frauds to pursue are something like:
1. clear, direct harms to individuals or society,
2. big amounts of money (especially from vulnerable people or the public),
3. right in our faces setting a bad example,
with the order of the last 2 negotiable.
1. clear, direct harms to individuals or society,
2. big amounts of money (especially from vulnerable people or the public),
3. right in our faces setting a bad example,
with the order of the last 2 negotiable.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I think one can argue that the most important frauds to pursue are something like:
1. clear, direct harms to individuals or society,
2. big amounts of money (especially from vulnerable people or the public),
3. right in our faces setting a bad example,
with the order of the last 2 negotiable.
1. clear, direct harms to individuals or society,
2. big amounts of money (especially from vulnerable people or the public),
3. right in our faces setting a bad example,
with the order of the last 2 negotiable.
But the large-scale cheating that does not directly harm individuals should also be prioritized to prevent and pursue because the financial ROI for doing so is much better than for, e.g., going hard after every individual working class taxpayer who doesn't report all their self-employment income.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
But the large-scale cheating that does not directly harm individuals should also be prioritized to prevent and pursue because the financial ROI for doing so is much better than for, e.g., going hard after every individual working class taxpayer who doesn't report all their self-employment income.
Sure, lived experience (plus "if it bleeds, it leads" news coverage) is impactful too. That is why I cited types of cheating that cause clear, direct harms to individuals as something that should also be prioritized, even when it is small stuff.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Sure, lived experience (plus "if it bleeds, it leads" news coverage) is impactful too. That is why I cited types of cheating that cause clear, direct harms to individuals as something that should also be prioritized, even when it is small stuff.
I'd argue that people get just as much, if not more, of their understanding of what problems are common in the world from media as they do from their lived experience. Entertainment, commercials, news, etc. have an enormous amount of (often laudatory) content about people getting rich by cheating.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'd argue that people get just as much, if not more, of their understanding of what problems are common in the world from media as they do from their lived experience. Entertainment, commercials, news, etc. have an enormous amount of (often laudatory) content about people getting rich by cheating.
You don't understand anything about me at all, in fact. You're welcome to disagree with what I have written about what I think the priorities should be here, and give reasons for that disagreement, but please do not attribute things to me that I have not said.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You don't understand anything about me at all, in fact. You're welcome to disagree with what I have written about what I think the priorities should be here, and give reasons for that disagreement, but please do not attribute things to me that I have not said.
Stuff like that is potentially worth prioritizing, too. Turnstile jumping is a little more meh.
But a lot of the really damaging stuff is also better addressed by structural solutions (e.g. regulation and surveilance of relevant industries), rather than criminal enforcement against individuals.
But a lot of the really damaging stuff is also better addressed by structural solutions (e.g. regulation and surveilance of relevant industries), rather than criminal enforcement against individuals.
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Stuff like that is potentially worth prioritizing, too. Turnstile jumping is a little more meh.
But a lot of the really damaging stuff is also better addressed by structural solutions (e.g. regulation and surveilance of relevant industries), rather than criminal enforcement against individuals.
But a lot of the really damaging stuff is also better addressed by structural solutions (e.g. regulation and surveilance of relevant industries), rather than criminal enforcement against individuals.
There are actual low-level crimes that make people's quality of life worse, and I do think those are worth taking seriously. For example, the rampant package theft in my neighborhood just grinds people down and makes them suspicious and hateful of every stranger on their street.
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There are actual low-level crimes that make people's quality of life worse, and I do think those are worth taking seriously. For example, the rampant package theft in my neighborhood just grinds people down and makes them suspicious and hateful of every stranger on their street.
Turnstyle jumping isn't the route to having an easy life full of bling, accolades, and attractive members of your desired gender throwing themselves at you. Running crypto scams is. People see that, and they aspire to the bling, so they do what they're told it takes to get it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Turnstyle jumping isn't the route to having an easy life full of bling, accolades, and attractive members of your desired gender throwing themselves at you. Running crypto scams is. People see that, and they aspire to the bling, so they do what they're told it takes to get it.
It's just, you know, really hard to make that happen, sigh.
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's just, you know, really hard to make that happen, sigh.
Sure, I wouldn't argue that we don't need enforcement against small-time stuff at all, but it's overall both more financially effective and more socially beneficial to prioritize detection, interdiction, and punishment of bigger frauds.
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sure, I wouldn't argue that we don't need enforcement against small-time stuff at all, but it's overall both more financially effective and more socially beneficial to prioritize detection, interdiction, and punishment of bigger frauds.
But it is so much easier for ICE to deport someone who has a pot possession conviction to a country that will murder them than it is to keep a serial rapist, fraudster, and wannabe dictator from becoming president.
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
But it is so much easier for ICE to deport someone who has a pot possession conviction to a country that will murder them than it is to keep a serial rapist, fraudster, and wannabe dictator from becoming president.
Like, the most corrosive thing isn't an occasional incident of minor benefits fraud, it's when almost everyone is being personally victimized by scams all the time, and then see many of those scammers up in their faces everywhere being rewarded with immense wealth and power, with no accountability.
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Like, the most corrosive thing isn't an occasional incident of minor benefits fraud, it's when almost everyone is being personally victimized by scams all the time, and then see many of those scammers up in their faces everywhere being rewarded with immense wealth and power, with no accountability.
Cheating in general is bad, but IMO the real problem is that elite cheaters cheat in part by using their power to focus everyone's attention and rage on the small-time cheaters, leaving them free rein to steal our entire society out from under us.
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Cheating in general is bad, but IMO the real problem is that elite cheaters cheat in part by using their power to focus everyone's attention and rage on the small-time cheaters, leaving them free rein to steal our entire society out from under us.