Gretchen Hackard
@uhlaw2000.bsky.social
Christian who believes everyone (including those who do not believe like I do) deserves respect and dignity.
I also love Liverpool FC.
I also love Liverpool FC.
Sadly accurate
A guy I date long ago had a sister who was an attorney representing victims on these cases. She lasted a year and that was considered nearly heroic. You don’t actually need to experience everything. You can settle for knowing it is very bad.
I’m a trained social worker. I worked with cases of CSA and other horrifying traumas. I didn’t learn til 6 months before I burnt out how dangerous and cumulative vicarious and secondary trauma are.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sadly accurate
I'm not crying... you're crying
This is a lovely, lovely story and would make a wonderful Christmas film too www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm not crying... you're crying
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
You know you work in a hospital when you see someone with dermal implant jewelry, and rather than think, "that must've hurt," your first reaction is, "I hope you never need an MRI..."
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You know you work in a hospital when you see someone with dermal implant jewelry, and rather than think, "that must've hurt," your first reaction is, "I hope you never need an MRI..."
Old picture, but one of my favorites.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/p...
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/p...
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Old picture, but one of my favorites.
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/p...
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/p...
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One of the president’s most sacred duties is to serve as consoler-in-chief for a grieving nation. In moments of sorrow, our pain is deepened by the absence of a leader with the empathy and compassion required to shoulder that responsibility.
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One of the president’s most sacred duties is to serve as consoler-in-chief for a grieving nation. In moments of sorrow, our pain is deepened by the absence of a leader with the empathy and compassion required to shoulder that responsibility.
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Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
We can, and MUST, do better
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
We can, and MUST, do better
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Australia, like other countries, has seen a rise in antisemitic attacks since the start of the war in Gaza. n.pr/4pF3Vlz
Deadly attack on Bondi Beach follows rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia
Australia, like other countries, has seen a rise in antisemitic attacks since the start of the war in Gaza.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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If the sky
That we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains
Should crumble to the sea
I won't cry
I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long
As you stand
Stand by me
Rob Reiner, 1947-2025
A heartbreaking, devastating loss.
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That we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains
Should crumble to the sea
I won't cry
I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long
As you stand
Stand by me
Rob Reiner, 1947-2025
A heartbreaking, devastating loss.
💔🕯️🕊️
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
If the sky
That we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains
Should crumble to the sea
I won't cry
I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long
As you stand
Stand by me
Rob Reiner, 1947-2025
A heartbreaking, devastating loss.
💔🕯️🕊️
That we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains
Should crumble to the sea
I won't cry
I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long
As you stand
Stand by me
Rob Reiner, 1947-2025
A heartbreaking, devastating loss.
💔🕯️🕊️
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Started / Going
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Started / Going
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Everyone could use some beauty in their life, so please enjoy these images of the Northern Lights taken by our friends.
The Northern Lights were spectacular tonight. They actually danced over our heads.
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Everyone could use some beauty in their life, so please enjoy these images of the Northern Lights taken by our friends.
Somehow I feel like this humor is right up @scalzi.com 's alley.
September 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Somehow I feel like this humor is right up @scalzi.com 's alley.
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Something folks are missing here: this raid wasn’t about “illegals taking American jobs.” It was about ICE storming the Hyundai–LG battery plant in Georgia, part of a $7.6B Metaplant project that isn’t even operational yet.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Something folks are missing here: this raid wasn’t about “illegals taking American jobs.” It was about ICE storming the Hyundai–LG battery plant in Georgia, part of a $7.6B Metaplant project that isn’t even operational yet.
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Live your life so your attorney never has to file a brief with the topic heading "the meaning of prostitution has changed over time"
Diddy dockets: Just now, Combs' lawyers filed reply for a new trial, incl "The Meaning of 'Prostitution' Has Changed Over Time" &"Combs Was Producing Amateur Porn" - Inner City Press story, with 30 page filing, coming next
September 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Live your life so your attorney never has to file a brief with the topic heading "the meaning of prostitution has changed over time"
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If Trump is actually ill, I truly hope that he's getting the best medical attention that RFK Jr. can offer.
August 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If Trump is actually ill, I truly hope that he's getting the best medical attention that RFK Jr. can offer.
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Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
August 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
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🚨🚨🚨NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS HAS CANCELED ALL FY26 LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS PLEASE HOLLER AT ME IF YOU ARE A WRITER WHO GOT THE EMAIL TODAY🚨🚨🚨
if anyone else got this email please ping me! ArtsWatch might want me to cover this
August 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🚨🚨🚨NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS HAS CANCELED ALL FY26 LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS PLEASE HOLLER AT ME IF YOU ARE A WRITER WHO GOT THE EMAIL TODAY🚨🚨🚨
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"Make strangers welcome in this land. Let them keep their languages and their customs, for weak and fragile is the realm which is based on a single language or on a single set of customs.”
— Saint Stephen of Hungary, in letter to his son Imre, 1036 AD.
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— Saint Stephen of Hungary, in letter to his son Imre, 1036 AD.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
August 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"Make strangers welcome in this land. Let them keep their languages and their customs, for weak and fragile is the realm which is based on a single language or on a single set of customs.”
— Saint Stephen of Hungary, in letter to his son Imre, 1036 AD.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Saint Stephen of Hungary, in letter to his son Imre, 1036 AD.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
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Multiple heads of state cleared their schedules after this Putin-Trump meeting.
These are people with real shit to do in their home countries.
I don't think flattery is on the table anymore. I think this has finally registered as an all-hands-on-deck global crisis.
They are wearing *suits*.
These are people with real shit to do in their home countries.
I don't think flattery is on the table anymore. I think this has finally registered as an all-hands-on-deck global crisis.
They are wearing *suits*.
August 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Multiple heads of state cleared their schedules after this Putin-Trump meeting.
These are people with real shit to do in their home countries.
I don't think flattery is on the table anymore. I think this has finally registered as an all-hands-on-deck global crisis.
They are wearing *suits*.
These are people with real shit to do in their home countries.
I don't think flattery is on the table anymore. I think this has finally registered as an all-hands-on-deck global crisis.
They are wearing *suits*.
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People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
August 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
What a waste of time and oxygen
August 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What a waste of time and oxygen