hellianne.bsky.social
A writer of many stripes. Seriously, lots and lots of stripes. It's like a tiger in here. she/her
Feminist | Fat Liberationist | Anti-racist | Pro-trans-rights | Social justice for all | WEAR A MASK
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Where have you seen the usage of hang=tr. & hanged=intr.? I've studied OE and middle English plus many modern style guides and never encountered it. I would be interested to see that source. 2/2
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I understood your previous skeet to be now, not historical. But even as far back as Old English, the strong verb (hōn, heng, hangen) mainly was used re: the crucifixion, and the weak verb hengian (past: hengode) had both intransitive and transitive uses. 1/2
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Merriam Webster disagrees: "Hanged" refers only to the execution sense. That's what I learned from multiple style guides, too. And MW's dictionary examples show the same:
"He hung the painting on the wall."
"We hung paper lanterns from the trees."
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I give you exactly one chance to apologize before I block.
Do you have the first fucking clue how eugenics policies play out? The powerful are always exempt.
You made light of anti-fat eugenics to me, a fat person. Knock it off, or replace your bio with "yeah, I'm kinda cool with the Nazi shit."
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To avoid it getting flagged as a threat:
* Worked with [REDACTED] to plan Project [REDACTED]
* Enlisted support of [REDACTED]
* Acquired [REDACTED]
* Led deployment of [REDACTED] into [REDACTED]'s [REDACTED]
* Reported results of Project [REDACTED] to [REDACTED]
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I saw your post, and my first thought was, "Weird, wouldn't they target fat people with that group?" Followed the link, and yes, we are included in the list of "diseases" to eliminate.
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And also some of those killed were old and already had children. (I live not far from Salem and can confirm modern-day descendants can be pretty bitter.) So why claim descent only from those who weren’t executed? Were they not worthy of admiration or something?
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I always wondered why *hanged* is the preferred form when referring to an execution. Now I know.
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I missed the Braille! It's pretty low contrast, but I wouldn't be able to understand it even if I could see it well.
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It doesn't always work because it's just volunteers who wander by the hashtag to alt-text images when we have time/energy to do so. Here's your alt-texted image!
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The face and bare shoulders of a young man with light brown skin, short dark hair, and a small mustache wearing several gold chains. Part of a tattoo is visible on his upper chest. He is surrounded by pink flowers. A trans flag banner and beans of light are behind him. “Rest in power Sam Nordquist.”
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In my experience, the window for women between "I'm old enough to be seen as experienced and highly qualified" and "I am old enough to be seen as a decrepit crone not worth hiring" is about five years--and ends more than a decade before I'd qualify for retirement.
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Also, I'm seeing a surprisingly low rate of nibbles and getting cut unusually early in the interview process. I suspect some of this because the job market sucks right now but mostly because I'm old enough that it's age discrimination. I am... displeased.
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It sounds to me like a part of their strategy is to educate disengaged folks about what is going on and get them to care, so Dems will have a mandate from the people to break norms. I doubt they would break norms without that. 2/2
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Minority whip Katherine Clark at a recent town hall called for people to tell their congresspeople how Trump’s policy is impacting their lives because Dems need these stories to educate the public about what is really happening. 1/2
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Well, now you’ve given me the ambition to be someone’s Valentine with a fricken laser on my head.
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Oh, wow, I’m so happy for you!! I’m job hunting myself and can confirm it’s absolutely brutal out there right now, so getting a job is genuinely a great accomplishment, and you should be proud of yourself.
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The best thing you can do for me (and you) is put a mask on your face in public. Seriously, pestilence incarnate got confirmed today.
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And Trump loathes Bannon now. It’s why Bannon’s been focused on screwing around with governments in the UK and Europe lately. But then that’s what happens when your political movement’s leadership is populated with megalomaniacal narcissists.
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And Farage has a connection to Steve Bannon, a propagandist who aspires to shove the entire world into fascism. Very vomit worthy.
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This weekend, Dem minority whip Rep Clark held a town hall. She said the calls are great, keep it up! And that they especially want to hear people’s stories of how the Trump admin’s actions have personally impacted your lives. Those are very useful.
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(I should clarify you can’t vote in the democratic primary if you’re not a registered dem. If you’re a registered republican you can vote in that primary. But the real race for nyc mayor *is* the democratic primary— and if you’re a registered republican I doubt you follow me anyway)
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Middle-school me did a book report on *Molière* of all things, and I didn’t realize what an insufferable ass I was being.
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Clark: Yes, the disinformation campaign undermines people's confidence in gov't institutions. Everyone's voices are critical to pushing back against the lies. Help spread the word.
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I find it interesting that Clark is talking about Republicans as separate from the Trump/Musk administration. This rhetorical strategy keeps the door open for GOP defectors to join with Dems to oppose the administration's overreach. She's said multiple times that they only need three to do so.
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Clark points out that the people are the ones who will win this, so it's important for the people to understand how Trump's actions hurt them. Dem legal strategy is part of pushing back but also getting more people to see the danger.
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Democratic Party whip Katherine Clark is holding a live town hall on YouTube right now. There is an ESL interpreter.
www.youtube.com/@KatherineCl...
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This event in 45 min. might be an opportunity to make that heard. Not sure if viewers will be able submit questions live, but “town hall” implies it.
bsky.app/profile/mara...
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Plotting revenge is like making a big financial decision: Don't do it when your mind is clouded with grief, or the outcome will be sloppy and inelegant. Grieve now, deal with cousin later.
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Another point from Frost that Dem reps avoiding arrest might not be motivate (solely) by self preservation:
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Source is Rep Frost (D-FL). Yup, it is horrifying.
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Getting in means breaking down the locked doors, and hoping a group of armed security just on the other side doesn't shoot them. I still think they should do so, but it's not quite as simple just shoving one guy aside.
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Not as important, but check out the alt text. I'm sure it's a typo, but possibly one steered by the author's emotional state, whether the senator or an aide.
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Thank you for challenging these unlawful barriers and publicizing what's happening! It's so important to raise awareness of this coup.
Also, thank you for using alt text.
And for the typo in that alt text. It gave me a much needed laugh. Denied angry? I'm sure you were! Lots of us are.
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It is the dream of many conservatives for women to return home and much of what they’re doing is actually targeting white women and everyone else is a consequence of that. That’s the only way they would be able to get white women to vote themselves out of jobs.