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Hannah Kirshner

@sweetsnbitters.bsky.social

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Author of WATER, WOOD & WILD THINGS. Probably spending the rest of my life trying to fix a 100-year-old farmhouse in Ishikawa, Japan. www.hannahkirshner.com www.mokkei-yamanaka.com

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

Lap dogs are great, but have you tried a desk chicken?

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 8

Your mind is a marvel. Embrace that. It is not difficult to ascertain when students are using AI because the writing is bad. If your goal is to get a good grade, you want to put your best writing forward. I prefer flawed, human writing to mediocre machine writing.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 8

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 25

Awww, I’m so happy to hear that! They really do make great companions.

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 23

“Reply 1988” starts out slow, but it’s worth sticking with it. Tons of 80s/90s nostalgia and some real tenderness in the boys’ friendships. “Thirty-nine” and “Our Blues” are good for a cathartic cry!

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 23

There’s romance in those shows too, but friendship is central. Friendship (and sisterhood) is major in “Welcome to Samdal-Ri” too, and so many others. It one reason I watch more Korean tv than American.

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 23

@samsanders.bsky.social do you watch any Korean television? I know y’all were talking about friendship in American pop culture, but there are some great depictions of friendship in Korean tv. “Thirty-Nine” and “Reply 1988” and “Our Blues” come to mind.

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 22

I hope it comes true!

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 21

My flocks are always small and tame. And I was trained by Karen Pryor (the animal behaviorist) to train my chickens.

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 21

I have literally been pecked in the eye by a chicken I raised. It hurt like hell and sent me to the emergency room, but I still adore chickens (just keep my eyes out of reach from their sharp and curious beaks.)

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 21

missed that typo because I am wearing neither 😜

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 21

I like having blue light blocking in the computer glasses and NOT on my regular glasses

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 21

She really is!

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 21

I am one of those people. That was going to be my suggestion. But you do get more used to the progressive lenses over time.

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 21

Too adorable!

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yes, she is! And at 10 years old she still lays eggs, poor thing.

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

That sounds adorable! I've always had a soft spot for chickens, but living with Tory inside has made me realize a lot of what makes our relationship with cats and dogs special is just how closely we live with them.

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

Tory would never! She wears diapers tailor made for her in fine fabrics.

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

chickens are endlessly entertaining
she was lucky to receive such care!

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

highly recommend

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

I want button quails!

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

What’s her name?

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Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

She looks like it! Awww, Tina.

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

She has discovered that if she pecks the keys it gets my attention 😂

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

The blanket is cashmere. I gave her the cashmere 😂

Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social · Aug 20

She will slay you with side eye