Hannah BW

why isn’t Curtis Sliwa using “Raspberry Beret” as his campaign song

this one goes out to the “artificial intelligence will improve representative democracy” crowd

this reminds me of a progressive reformer who placed personal ads in newspapers, struck up exchanges with the women who answered, and—when he finally met them—measured their heads to try to ascertain why *they* were “abnormal”

coaching the baby to learn the phrase “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore“

The 25 Essential Pastries to Eat in New York City

very pleased to see Lloyd‘s carrot cake deservedly first on this list. I have baked three wedding cakes for loved ones, but at my own wedding we had Lloyd‘s, baby

lol that part is just me

getting a LOT of compliments on my hat

Queen 👸

happy 100th birthday to Oma. she survived Auschwitz, came to this country speaking no English, made a life and a family in NYC. she is the toughest, most independent cookie I know. here she is on the left in the mid-50s; on the right, a few months ago with our favorite physicist.

honestly never been so excited about a set of slides

I don’t think I have room sadly :/

State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.

this sends a clear -- and chilling -- message to immigrants about *any* political speech, far beyond Kirk

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

need to make a dessert for dinner tomorrow. 20 people, age range 1-100 (not exaggerating). assume minimal fridge/freezer space, so no pudding or mousse etc. ideas?!?

wishing my PTSD a very happy 24th anniversary today

who made this. I want to be friends w them

LMAO

Academic freedom includes extramural speech. And you dont have a university if the president can decide on alleged violations unilaterally - there needs to be a faculty led process.

Does American academia ever recover from this? Probably not

It’s no accident that this is happening right after TAMU disbanded the Faculty Senate on 9/1 pursuant to a new state law

This afternoon, following full consideration of the facts related to this situation, I directed the Provost to terminate the professor involved, effective immediately. Please understand that these decisions were mine alone and were not made lightly. While I cannot provide all the details at this time, I will share the following facts.

Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president
president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...

the course description: “Our task is to think critically about what these books can tell us about how we (and others) understand adolescence, how those definitions have changed over time, and how these books participate in larger movements of history, culture, and literature“

ideological diversity

the year is 2028. the course description for Con Law is 709 pages long. it’s a felony to teach Bostock. but at least I’ve perfected a makeup look appropriate for being secretly recorded in the classroom.

the neighborhood is plastered with STOP 🛑 MAMDANI stickers but they seem to be having the reverse effect because every time I see one, my brain thinks, GO MAMDANI🚦

just texted this to my friend who’s a 1L.

I’m still sad about missing the Exile in Guyville anniversary show because it was on my due date 😡

nothing has ever made me feel more [age redacted] than this Rilo Kiley reunion show

well I DID just call you lol

they’re thinking about Burning Man

Ok let me rephrase: if you are working on a paper related to the law and political economy of tech, and you’re going to the LPE conf in Feb, please hit me or @jvagle.me up

DO IT!!! (and include me!!!)