Hannah ✨
@hanza.bsky.social
literature, higher ed, knitting, and naps. formerly known as thecolorhannah back on the hell-site
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
My hellfire hot take is that it is deeply irresponsible and inappropriate to bring your elementary school aged children to gawk at the location of a gruesome murder with you. It’s even worse if you make them take a selfie with you there.
This should not be controversial!
This should not be controversial!
October 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
My hellfire hot take is that it is deeply irresponsible and inappropriate to bring your elementary school aged children to gawk at the location of a gruesome murder with you. It’s even worse if you make them take a selfie with you there.
This should not be controversial!
This should not be controversial!
About a decade ago, when I worked in the office for student housing, my boss would talk and tell funny stories about her “good friend Bob” and how much she adored him, and it was a WILD realization for all of us when we realized Bob was Robert Redford.
From everything I know, he was a class act.
From everything I know, he was a class act.
Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was:
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
About a decade ago, when I worked in the office for student housing, my boss would talk and tell funny stories about her “good friend Bob” and how much she adored him, and it was a WILD realization for all of us when we realized Bob was Robert Redford.
From everything I know, he was a class act.
From everything I know, he was a class act.
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100 percent this. There is never a context in which a campus shooting is anything other than horrifying.
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
100 percent this. There is never a context in which a campus shooting is anything other than horrifying.
The Charlie Kirk shooting today happened at my institution. The video was taken right outside my office, next to the bench where I sit and knit during lunch.
This is all to say: I’m safe. Political violence has no place here. And I’m terrified for the inevitable retaliation that’s sure to come.
This is all to say: I’m safe. Political violence has no place here. And I’m terrified for the inevitable retaliation that’s sure to come.
September 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Charlie Kirk shooting today happened at my institution. The video was taken right outside my office, next to the bench where I sit and knit during lunch.
This is all to say: I’m safe. Political violence has no place here. And I’m terrified for the inevitable retaliation that’s sure to come.
This is all to say: I’m safe. Political violence has no place here. And I’m terrified for the inevitable retaliation that’s sure to come.
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watching Cirie and Parvati reunite on another season of survivor to take down one of the most arrogant men in survivor history at the first tribal was truly one of the most beautiful moments in reality tv history #survivorau
August 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
watching Cirie and Parvati reunite on another season of survivor to take down one of the most arrogant men in survivor history at the first tribal was truly one of the most beautiful moments in reality tv history #survivorau
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One expert, on Columbia's deal with Trump: “The ransom that they ended up paying strikes me as a pretty good value if you decide you're going to pay ransom. But the problem with paying ransom is that it incentivizes the taking of more hostages.” chroni.cl/4m8pE31
In Extraordinary Deal With Trump, Columbia U. Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Restore Funds
The university said the government would resolve its investigations and restore most of the $400 million in research funding it had stripped from the institution.
chroni.cl
July 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
One expert, on Columbia's deal with Trump: “The ransom that they ended up paying strikes me as a pretty good value if you decide you're going to pay ransom. But the problem with paying ransom is that it incentivizes the taking of more hostages.” chroni.cl/4m8pE31
Most people who don’t work in higher ed don’t understand this saga and its stakes. We need to stop calling these “settlements” and start calling them what they are—extortion and blackmail.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck….
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck….
July 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Most people who don’t work in higher ed don’t understand this saga and its stakes. We need to stop calling these “settlements” and start calling them what they are—extortion and blackmail.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck….
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck….
The only silver lining is “flag” is explicitly being defined as a fabric rectangle, so my crafty, malicious compliance ass self is about to sew and cross stitch and crochet so much pride swag. And the pride flag sticker already in my office window isn’t going anywhere since it’s vinyl 🤷🏼♀️
As of this week, my university decided the way we’re complying with UT HB77 is no longer allowing any pride flags if they are visible through ANY window, including interior office door windows.
I have a tiny office in a hall that you need an appointment to visit and still cannot have one on my desk
I have a tiny office in a hall that you need an appointment to visit and still cannot have one on my desk
April 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The only silver lining is “flag” is explicitly being defined as a fabric rectangle, so my crafty, malicious compliance ass self is about to sew and cross stitch and crochet so much pride swag. And the pride flag sticker already in my office window isn’t going anywhere since it’s vinyl 🤷🏼♀️
As of this week, my university decided the way we’re complying with UT HB77 is no longer allowing any pride flags if they are visible through ANY window, including interior office door windows.
I have a tiny office in a hall that you need an appointment to visit and still cannot have one on my desk
I have a tiny office in a hall that you need an appointment to visit and still cannot have one on my desk
April 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As of this week, my university decided the way we’re complying with UT HB77 is no longer allowing any pride flags if they are visible through ANY window, including interior office door windows.
I have a tiny office in a hall that you need an appointment to visit and still cannot have one on my desk
I have a tiny office in a hall that you need an appointment to visit and still cannot have one on my desk
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Someone needs to take away all the psychedelics from Silicon Valley. It is irresponsible to use them without proper training in the humanities
March 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Someone needs to take away all the psychedelics from Silicon Valley. It is irresponsible to use them without proper training in the humanities
How are my fellow academic/student affairs professionals holding up?
Do we all feel like we’re drowning? Because I definitely feel like I’m drowning.
Do we all feel like we’re drowning? Because I definitely feel like I’m drowning.
March 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
How are my fellow academic/student affairs professionals holding up?
Do we all feel like we’re drowning? Because I definitely feel like I’m drowning.
Do we all feel like we’re drowning? Because I definitely feel like I’m drowning.
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Under the U.S Constitution, the President is very explicitly not a king. The President's wishes and decrees do not magically become law.
March 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Under the U.S Constitution, the President is very explicitly not a king. The President's wishes and decrees do not magically become law.
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Looking for Alaska was published 20 years ago today.
What a journey that little book has been on.
What a journey that little book has been on.
March 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Looking for Alaska was published 20 years ago today.
What a journey that little book has been on.
What a journey that little book has been on.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
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Art is going to matter a lot. Lift people’s eyes and hearts up, find the patch of blue, voice the voiceless.
Oh and beefing.
National Parks. Kendrick. Mountains. I’m here for it.
Oh and beefing.
National Parks. Kendrick. Mountains. I’m here for it.
February 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Art is going to matter a lot. Lift people’s eyes and hearts up, find the patch of blue, voice the voiceless.
Oh and beefing.
National Parks. Kendrick. Mountains. I’m here for it.
Oh and beefing.
National Parks. Kendrick. Mountains. I’m here for it.
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There's certainly a lot to do right now, but if you need rest and potato time, make sure to rest and be a potato. Make sure to eat, hydrate, and also make time for joy and offline activities. Do not burn yourself out faster than the world is already pushing you.
February 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
There's certainly a lot to do right now, but if you need rest and potato time, make sure to rest and be a potato. Make sure to eat, hydrate, and also make time for joy and offline activities. Do not burn yourself out faster than the world is already pushing you.
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It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
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I love the drone panic because its a reminder that despite all our technology and societal advancement we're never more than one unanswered question from reverting to peasants worried we'll make the stars mad
December 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
I love the drone panic because its a reminder that despite all our technology and societal advancement we're never more than one unanswered question from reverting to peasants worried we'll make the stars mad
We closed on our house last month and have been making some good progress on updating/making it ours!
The laundry room isn’t done, but it was dim, with really gross stained linoleum and gray flat paint, and now it’s starting to feel fresh and like me!
(I forgot to take an actual before picture🤦🏼♀️)
The laundry room isn’t done, but it was dim, with really gross stained linoleum and gray flat paint, and now it’s starting to feel fresh and like me!
(I forgot to take an actual before picture🤦🏼♀️)
December 8, 2024 at 4:28 AM
We closed on our house last month and have been making some good progress on updating/making it ours!
The laundry room isn’t done, but it was dim, with really gross stained linoleum and gray flat paint, and now it’s starting to feel fresh and like me!
(I forgot to take an actual before picture🤦🏼♀️)
The laundry room isn’t done, but it was dim, with really gross stained linoleum and gray flat paint, and now it’s starting to feel fresh and like me!
(I forgot to take an actual before picture🤦🏼♀️)
Spotted a “Read it Before You See It” sign for Wicked at the airport today, and I cannot express strongly enough how much you should not do that and that whoever made that sign has almost certainly not read the book because they are for very different audiences 😂
November 28, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Spotted a “Read it Before You See It” sign for Wicked at the airport today, and I cannot express strongly enough how much you should not do that and that whoever made that sign has almost certainly not read the book because they are for very different audiences 😂
This is why I love working at a large dual-mission institution. Most students are still learning what they want from an education when they begin.
I’ve seen students fall in love with school and change from vocational programs to full degrees. I’ve seen others realize college isn’t for them.
I’ve seen students fall in love with school and change from vocational programs to full degrees. I’ve seen others realize college isn’t for them.
At the event, Democrats had clearly made the calculation that the "college for all" focus has alienated working-class voters.
However: In a democracy, we need people who are ready to run a society and a government, not just get a job. In other words, we need job training AND bachelor's degrees.
However: In a democracy, we need people who are ready to run a society and a government, not just get a job. In other words, we need job training AND bachelor's degrees.
November 20, 2024 at 7:47 PM
This is why I love working at a large dual-mission institution. Most students are still learning what they want from an education when they begin.
I’ve seen students fall in love with school and change from vocational programs to full degrees. I’ve seen others realize college isn’t for them.
I’ve seen students fall in love with school and change from vocational programs to full degrees. I’ve seen others realize college isn’t for them.
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The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
November 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn