Hannah
@hannahviolin.bsky.social
Plays violin and viola, loves cats, travel, hiking, food, biking, reading. St Louis. She/her
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Hannah
@hannahviolin.bsky.social
· Jul 1
It’s almost like we don’t even know what to say about the amount of money being given to ICE in the bill for fear that our friends and neighbors will all say, great we love that. I find it nauseating, like the fact that my country is doing this to people actually makes my stomach churn.
About six months ago I booked a solo group trip for myself to Morocco. Meaning I’m going to meet a small group but I’m traveling alone and won’t know anyone. It seemed like a good idea at the time but I’m at the airport and I’m very nervous!
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
About six months ago I booked a solo group trip for myself to Morocco. Meaning I’m going to meet a small group but I’m traveling alone and won’t know anyone. It seemed like a good idea at the time but I’m at the airport and I’m very nervous!
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an unspoken truth is that “conservative” is coded “white” which is why the media reports on them like their grievances are the only ones coming from “real america”
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
an unspoken truth is that “conservative” is coded “white” which is why the media reports on them like their grievances are the only ones coming from “real america”
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Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
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A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
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It really is about the notes you don’t play
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added reut.rs/3NfgBky
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled, with the host of the longtime annual performance attributing the decision to the addition of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's name to the institution in Washington.
reut.rs
December 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It really is about the notes you don’t play
Rough estimate of this year: as a freelancer and full time private teacher I had 150-160 rehearsals/concerts/services. No wonder I felt busy! Plus all my teaching😳
December 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Rough estimate of this year: as a freelancer and full time private teacher I had 150-160 rehearsals/concerts/services. No wonder I felt busy! Plus all my teaching😳
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In retrospect, it was a pretty big mistake to invent a system of representative democracy that had no mechanism for toppling a terrible government before the end of its scheduled term. That's on us, def a whoopsie on that one.
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In retrospect, it was a pretty big mistake to invent a system of representative democracy that had no mechanism for toppling a terrible government before the end of its scheduled term. That's on us, def a whoopsie on that one.
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
Winter Solstice Musings
Wordpress asked if I would like to use AI Assistant? What on earth would be the point of that? Maybe I shoudl have AI write this post, and then instead of you reading it, AI could read it, and then we could all just go outside and enjoy the weather, I guess? More likely the…
Wordpress asked if I would like to use AI Assistant? What on earth would be the point of that? Maybe I shoudl have AI write this post, and then instead of you reading it, AI could read it, and then we could all just go outside and enjoy the weather, I guess? More likely the…
Winter Solstice Musings
Wordpress asked if I would like to use AI Assistant? What on earth would be the point of that? Maybe I shoudl have AI write this post, and then instead of you reading it, AI could read it, and then we could all just go outside and enjoy the weather, I guess? More likely the powers that be would prefer we use that time to work some sort of factory job though, so I think instead I'll just write this damn post by myself, thank you very much.
hannahviolin.me
December 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Winter Solstice Musings
Wordpress asked if I would like to use AI Assistant? What on earth would be the point of that? Maybe I shoudl have AI write this post, and then instead of you reading it, AI could read it, and then we could all just go outside and enjoy the weather, I guess? More likely the…
Wordpress asked if I would like to use AI Assistant? What on earth would be the point of that? Maybe I shoudl have AI write this post, and then instead of you reading it, AI could read it, and then we could all just go outside and enjoy the weather, I guess? More likely the…
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Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
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“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
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One of the ways you can tell America is stronger than ever is that it’s almost Christmas and all anyone is talking about is a heavily redacted set of documents about sex monsters
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One of the ways you can tell America is stronger than ever is that it’s almost Christmas and all anyone is talking about is a heavily redacted set of documents about sex monsters
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Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
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Conservatives: The constitution is colorblind, discrimination does not justify reverse discrimination
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Conservatives: The constitution is colorblind, discrimination does not justify reverse discrimination
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
Also conservatives: white men deserve reparations for not having 100 percent of the jobs they apply for
I seem to recall the Supreme Court full of judges that Trump himself appointed shut it down?
the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I seem to recall the Supreme Court full of judges that Trump himself appointed shut it down?
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I’ll never forgive Donald Trump for wasting my time.
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I’ll never forgive Donald Trump for wasting my time.
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It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.
![Wiles told me she’d read what she calls “the Epstein file.” And, she said, “[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful.” Wiles said that Trump “was on [Epstein’s] plane…he’s on the manifest. They were, you know, sort of young, single, whatever—I know it’s a passé word but sort of young, single playboys together.” (Trump started dating Melania Knauss, whom he married in 2005, sometime in 1998. Virginia Giuffre, Epstein’s most prominent accuser, who died by suicide earlier this year, first met Epstein while she was a Mar-a-Lago spa worker in 2000. Trump and Epstein reportedly had a falling out in 2004.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicrr4rb4hqynyivvjewudmis2jiuzqt2gruaed3bgum7lklkpkeja@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.
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The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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The simplest explanation for why Susie Wiles was so honest about Trump to Vanity Fair: like most Republicans, she's focused on post-Trump plans.
Like the rest of us, Republicans are just waiting for him to die, so we can all move on.
www.salon.com/2025/12/17/r...
Like the rest of us, Republicans are just waiting for him to die, so we can all move on.
www.salon.com/2025/12/17/r...
Republicans are quiet quitting on Trump
The White House chief of staff says the president has “an alcoholic’s personality”
www.salon.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The simplest explanation for why Susie Wiles was so honest about Trump to Vanity Fair: like most Republicans, she's focused on post-Trump plans.
Like the rest of us, Republicans are just waiting for him to die, so we can all move on.
www.salon.com/2025/12/17/r...
Like the rest of us, Republicans are just waiting for him to die, so we can all move on.
www.salon.com/2025/12/17/r...
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Watch attempts to use the horrific mass shooting in Australia as “proof” that gun safety laws don’t work
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Watch attempts to use the horrific mass shooting in Australia as “proof” that gun safety laws don’t work
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
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guns are a plague, I am so sad seeing killings at schools, in public, at war, anywhere. a monstrous invention I wish could be shoved back into the brain of whoever came up with it hundreds of years ago and left there never to be spoken of again
December 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
guns are a plague, I am so sad seeing killings at schools, in public, at war, anywhere. a monstrous invention I wish could be shoved back into the brain of whoever came up with it hundreds of years ago and left there never to be spoken of again
Interesting fact: some of us have a really hard time reading white letters on a black background. I don’t know why, but I can’t read it very well at all. So when people repost pictures of a wall of text of it, I can’t read it unless the print is really large.
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Interesting fact: some of us have a really hard time reading white letters on a black background. I don’t know why, but I can’t read it very well at all. So when people repost pictures of a wall of text of it, I can’t read it unless the print is really large.
Thanksgiving in Clinton, South Carolina
I have the morning off and I thought, maybe it's not too late to tell you about our trip to South Carolina. If you are a long time reader you'll know this, but I grew up in Clinton, South Carolina, a small town in the upstate of South Carolina, and my…
I have the morning off and I thought, maybe it's not too late to tell you about our trip to South Carolina. If you are a long time reader you'll know this, but I grew up in Clinton, South Carolina, a small town in the upstate of South Carolina, and my…
Thanksgiving in Clinton, South Carolina
I have the morning off and I thought, maybe it's not too late to tell you about our trip to South Carolina. If you are a long time reader you'll know this, but I grew up in Clinton, South Carolina, a small town in the upstate of South Carolina, and my parents still live there. Louie and I decided to drive down for Thanksgiving, but to go from Tuesday to Saturday to avoid the worst of the traffic.
hannahviolin.me
December 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thanksgiving in Clinton, South Carolina
I have the morning off and I thought, maybe it's not too late to tell you about our trip to South Carolina. If you are a long time reader you'll know this, but I grew up in Clinton, South Carolina, a small town in the upstate of South Carolina, and my…
I have the morning off and I thought, maybe it's not too late to tell you about our trip to South Carolina. If you are a long time reader you'll know this, but I grew up in Clinton, South Carolina, a small town in the upstate of South Carolina, and my…
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.