Whitney Gegg-Harrison (she/they)
@writerethink.bsky.social
linguist / cognitive scientist / writing professor obsessed with all things relating to language, learning, and the mind. And knitting and sewing and music (especially violin and ukulele). And cats. Also a UU. neurodivergent. she/they. 🌈💖💜💙 /🖤🤍💜
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There's arguably no effective way for any future administration to undo the strategic damage being done to the U.S.'s relations with these and other states.
No matter what we do, the U.S. will be seen as an untrustworthy, craven & mercurial "partner"—something simply to be endured or hedged.
No matter what we do, the U.S. will be seen as an untrustworthy, craven & mercurial "partner"—something simply to be endured or hedged.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There's arguably no effective way for any future administration to undo the strategic damage being done to the U.S.'s relations with these and other states.
No matter what we do, the U.S. will be seen as an untrustworthy, craven & mercurial "partner"—something simply to be endured or hedged.
No matter what we do, the U.S. will be seen as an untrustworthy, craven & mercurial "partner"—something simply to be endured or hedged.
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In a two party system with first past the post voting in single member districts, there is no real choice for voters disillusioned with their party.
In a multiparty system with proportional representation, parties actually have to compete to represent voters. We should move to PR.
In a multiparty system with proportional representation, parties actually have to compete to represent voters. We should move to PR.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In a two party system with first past the post voting in single member districts, there is no real choice for voters disillusioned with their party.
In a multiparty system with proportional representation, parties actually have to compete to represent voters. We should move to PR.
In a multiparty system with proportional representation, parties actually have to compete to represent voters. We should move to PR.
Yeah, I think I’m just on team “maybe shows shouldn’t stay on the air so long that it’s an issue” about it? (I feel like British TV does a better job of just ending shows instead of keeping them going forever?)
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Yeah, I think I’m just on team “maybe shows shouldn’t stay on the air so long that it’s an issue” about it? (I feel like British TV does a better job of just ending shows instead of keeping them going forever?)
I loved kiddo’s take on Curious George when she was 5: “George always messes things up but I think he learns something every episode. But The Man In The Yellow Hat never learns ANYTHING! He always just leaves George places and just says, ‘be a good little monkey’ and he never learns not to do that!”
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I loved kiddo’s take on Curious George when she was 5: “George always messes things up but I think he learns something every episode. But The Man In The Yellow Hat never learns ANYTHING! He always just leaves George places and just says, ‘be a good little monkey’ and he never learns not to do that!”
I’m now thinking of my least-favorite show that my kid very briefly loved: Clifford. I *hated* it because the characters always had to “learn a lesson” and then in the next episode, show no sign of ever having learned anything. OMG, that show drove me crazy.
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’m now thinking of my least-favorite show that my kid very briefly loved: Clifford. I *hated* it because the characters always had to “learn a lesson” and then in the next episode, show no sign of ever having learned anything. OMG, that show drove me crazy.
Like, I just want characters’ actions to MEAN something, and I know this isn’t exactly how Bob’s Burgers works, but if nothing from a previous episode can inform a character’s actions in the current episode, then what’s the point??
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Like, I just want characters’ actions to MEAN something, and I know this isn’t exactly how Bob’s Burgers works, but if nothing from a previous episode can inform a character’s actions in the current episode, then what’s the point??
The only reason I know is that I have a lot of friends who are obsessed with Wicked, so I've seen him in a bunch of images and GIFs and such in their posts about the movie.
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The only reason I know is that I have a lot of friends who are obsessed with Wicked, so I've seen him in a bunch of images and GIFs and such in their posts about the movie.
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If I actually believed my job was creating sentient entities capable of suffering whose survival utterly depended on me, who I then was forcing into unpaid labor with little awareness of their actual motivation or desires, then I would quit that job because I would not be able to sleep at night.
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If I actually believed my job was creating sentient entities capable of suffering whose survival utterly depended on me, who I then was forcing into unpaid labor with little awareness of their actual motivation or desires, then I would quit that job because I would not be able to sleep at night.