Russ Hanser
@rhanser.bsky.social
Tech/telecom lawyer/wonk. Book nerd. 80s music lover. Death, destroyer of worlds. Chocolate-chip cookie eater. I bless the rains.
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This collection of Stoppard’s radio plays is fantastic. It includes audio of the original London casts in “Arcadia” and “Rock ‘n Roll.”
www.audible.com/pd/178753991...
www.audible.com/pd/178753991...
Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Collection
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard. One of the giants of British theatre, Sir Tom Stoppard has been...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This collection of Stoppard’s radio plays is fantastic. It includes audio of the original London casts in “Arcadia” and “Rock ‘n Roll.”
www.audible.com/pd/178753991...
www.audible.com/pd/178753991...
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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*Camera pans to a group of fans outside of the Vatican in pope jerseys, going nuts even though most of them haven’t heard of the pick before last week*
May 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
*Camera pans to a group of fans outside of the Vatican in pope jerseys, going nuts even though most of them haven’t heard of the pick before last week*
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
Mook is an undercover agent heading up an Interpol task force investigating a ring of old bald criminals operating out of Koh Samui. She barely manages to shoot the ringleader, one Greg/Gary, moments before he kills nemesis Belinda Lindsey to silence her. You heard it here first. #WhiteLotus
April 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Mook is an undercover agent heading up an Interpol task force investigating a ring of old bald criminals operating out of Koh Samui. She barely manages to shoot the ringleader, one Greg/Gary, moments before he kills nemesis Belinda Lindsey to silence her. You heard it here first. #WhiteLotus
The famous “Reverse Operation Paperclip.”
“Europe looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts funding *** Twelve EU capitals want programs to bring over American scholars.” 3/19/25 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts funding
Twelve EU capitals want programs to bring over American scholars.
www.politico.eu
March 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The famous “Reverse Operation Paperclip.”
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“REPLY TO ME OR YOU’LL GET FIRED 😭” is real loser energy.
February 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“REPLY TO ME OR YOU’LL GET FIRED 😭” is real loser energy.
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1. Meta removed a Facebook ads criticizing Elon Musk's efforts to seize Americans' private information through DOGE.
A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."
A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."
Meta removes Facebook ad criticizing Musk
Meta removed an advertisement earlier this month criticizing Elon Musk’s use of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to seize Americans' private information.
www.muskwatch.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
1. Meta removed a Facebook ads criticizing Elon Musk's efforts to seize Americans' private information through DOGE.
A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."
A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."
I trust @qjurecic.bsky.social and suspect she’s right.
reading the docs, this strikes me as less of a “daring the court to enforce its order” situation and more of a situation where a) the admin tried to read the tro narrowly and the court is here rejecting that, and b) the admin is genuinely having difficulty turning things back on quickly enough
BREAKING: A federal judge has determined that the Trump administration is violating his order lifting the blanket spending freeze on federal grant programs.
He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I trust @qjurecic.bsky.social and suspect she’s right.
I’m all for delegation, but if I ever become the evil Emperor of an entire galaxy, I’m going to make clear that a subordinate who wants to use our most advanced weapon to destroy an entire planet inhabited by intelligent life needs to get my sign-off first.
January 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I’m all for delegation, but if I ever become the evil Emperor of an entire galaxy, I’m going to make clear that a subordinate who wants to use our most advanced weapon to destroy an entire planet inhabited by intelligent life needs to get my sign-off first.
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the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 PM
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
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Sound view.
My take on the Hunter Biden news is that trump has proposed creating a network of concentration camps to deal with the undocumented millions in our country
December 2, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Sound view.
The good news is that, going forward, it will be much easier to teach the Dunning-Kruger effect to students.
December 1, 2024 at 2:49 AM
The good news is that, going forward, it will be much easier to teach the Dunning-Kruger effect to students.
So say we all. (Oops, wrong franchise.)
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 30, 2024 at 5:20 PM
So say we all. (Oops, wrong franchise.)
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November 28, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?
November 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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Nothing at the moment is driving me quite as nuts as the folks who are earnestly preaching how Dems must reignite themselves because of their election “disaster.” On what planet? Trump edged out a candidate who had only 15 weeks to campaign and who was running against a global anti incumbent trend.
November 25, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Nothing at the moment is driving me quite as nuts as the folks who are earnestly preaching how Dems must reignite themselves because of their election “disaster.” On what planet? Trump edged out a candidate who had only 15 weeks to campaign and who was running against a global anti incumbent trend.
Nature abhors a vacuum, but it doesn’t exactly love an iron, either.
November 23, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Nature abhors a vacuum, but it doesn’t exactly love an iron, either.
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As an investigative reporter, I have learned that usually when people want reports about them kept secret it’s because they absolutely definitely have nothing whatsoever to hide
November 20, 2024 at 10:48 PM
As an investigative reporter, I have learned that usually when people want reports about them kept secret it’s because they absolutely definitely have nothing whatsoever to hide
It would be very very very bad (for hate-mongers) if lots of people bought and read Sarah McBride’s memoir right about now. #McBride #transrights #transequality
bookshop.org/p/books/tomo...
bookshop.org/p/books/tomo...
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality /]csarah McBride a book by Sarah McBride and Joe Biden
"A brave, powerful memoir" (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history"T...
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November 20, 2024 at 11:08 PM
It would be very very very bad (for hate-mongers) if lots of people bought and read Sarah McBride’s memoir right about now. #McBride #transrights #transequality
bookshop.org/p/books/tomo...
bookshop.org/p/books/tomo...