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M. Hannah Langhoff

@mhlanghoff.bsky.social
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Chicago transplant. Writer, editor, language nerd. Bookish. I post a lot about climate activism, opera, and cats. Jeopardy! contestant 3/10/22. She/her, English/español/Deutsch

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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Anecdata, but I've heard a few former concealed carriers say that it made them less likely to avoid/deescalate conflict. They seemed otherwise level-headed, and were creeped out by this effect in hindsight.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026
In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com
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Ellen Clair Lamb @eclamb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
None of this means anything unless people show up and vote. If you can vote early in person, do that.
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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 10/10/2026
I do think there's a lot to the idea that "overreacting" to his threats has actually stopped a decent amount of bullshit coming out of this admin. Like it is hard to overstate just how firmly they believed the population would roll over and hide.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026
People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 08/10/2026
Um, long shot but I don’t suppose I know anyone with library privileges at the university of Wisconsin-Madison (who might be able to look at a physical holding for me or get it digitised)?
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And this is how I learned that it is NOT "Hey Chelsea."
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In Eleanor Rigby, I misheard "Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there" as "Darling, it sucks in the night when there's nobody there."
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh, I caught him in the act!
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The pita bread fell off the pantry, where I put it because it's the one surface in the kitchen that he can't reach. Sigh.
A plastic bag of pita bread lying on a kitchen counter, with holes clawed in the bag and the bread shredded. An orange cat stands below it and looks up at the camera, shameless.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He looks like a kaiju.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Wendy and the Whine," an animated Christian film meant to teach kids why whining is bad. The main character's whine is personified as this creepy purple ghost thing that flies around. It terrified me.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Caturday!* *Picture was actually taken on Fangs Out Friday
An orange cat dozing with his cheek pillowed on a human arm. He is very relaxed and his tiny fangs are peeking out.
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Megha Satyanarayana @megha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
PERSONAL NEWS: Wednesday was my last day at @sciam.bsky.social. I was laid off during another round of restructuring and my department shuttered. If you are looking for a skilled editor, project manager and people manager, I'm your hire. Thanks. #lookingforwork
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
new meme template
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've been amusing myself by asking the government's new chatbot bad-faith legal questions, which led to this.
Question: Is it illegal for the president to violently and intentionally throw ketchup at the wall in the White House?

Answer: I cannot say that act is "illegal for the president" as a completed case. Statues and immunity rules both matter. This is not legal advice. 

Property statutes
18 U.S.C. S 1361 makes it a crime for whoever willfully injures U.S. property. The White House is federal property. Penalty depends on the dollar amount of damage. The text does not exempt the president by name. 
18 U.S.C. S 1752 covers restricted White House areas and includes physical violence against property.
Whether ketchup on a wall meets "willful injury" or "physical violence against property" would be a fact-specific charging decision.Answer: Whether ketchup on a wall meets "willful injury" or "physical violence against property" would be a fact-specific charging decision.

Presidential immunity
In Trump v. United States (2024), the Supreme Court held:
Absolute immunity for core constitutional official acts
At least presumptive immunity for other official acts
No immunity for unofficial acts
Throwing ketchup at a wall is not described in that opinion as a core Article II power. Whether it would be treated as unofficial personal conduct is for courts, not for me.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
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Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net
"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Spider-Man.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I arrive for my job interview, set a samovar on the table, and light it while maintaining aggressive eye contact with Kai Ryssdal.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've never watched it before, so I don't have anything to compare it to. (I'd actually never heard of it before seeing this season advertised on Peacock.) I did LOL at this exchange: "I'm not a liar." "Well, you're not a good hearer, either!"
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Watching The Traitors. It's fun, though I think most of the people involved would annoy me if spent time with them in person.
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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 21/09/2026
This is really, deeply bad in obvious ways. Even if they aren't ACTIVELY using it nefariously, every step toward more secrecy and disappearance makes abuse easier and more likely. "Disappearing" people!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2026
update: if you are in the Chicago area and want a small gray tabby kitten maybe 8-10 weeks old, dm me (don't congratulate me on our new cat, we have four cats already, we are not keeping this one)
a gray tabby kitten in a cat climbing tree
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICE activity has been picking up again in Chicago A LOT. If you were previously involved with ICE watch efforts, now is a good time to reengage. I’m going to start wearing a whistle again.
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Bex (she/they) @t-rex-bex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Excellent thread I would just add: if you have wiggle room in your budget, please consider supporting your local food bank or community resources. A lot of them are already maxed out and the cost increases are hitting them too.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PSA: No Kings is a coalition, not an org, and it does not do fundraising appeals for itself. Partner orgs raise money for costs we're incurring to put it on. But if you get a text from "NO KINGS" or a PAC you've never heard of before asking for $ that is a scam and you should block/shame away.
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Laura Blanchard @lblanchard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Doing my bit to save the Academy of Natural Sciences -- I went on Friday, joined the Academy to help bump their numbers, and am contacting my elected officials and other stakeholders. Without a concerted public effort, the country's oldest natural history museum will close at the end of the month.
Picture shows a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in Dinosaur Hall at the Academy of Natural Sciences. I understand that this is a cast but the Academy has the real deal i. Its collection of 19 million items.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
i'm gonna crawl over broken glass to vote in every election for the rest of my life because that still matters, a lot. but i also need voters to understand that restoring business as usual will not save them from the reality that we are all in this together
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
He wants to rock and roll all night, and paw tea every day.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
in the immediate wake of 9/11, people talked about carpet bombing muslim countries with the same casualness as talking about a nominal tax hike.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Chicagoland ICE activity 9/11/26 update: Videos circulating of ICE detaining 1 person in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood this morning. Further reports of activity elsewhere in Humboldt Park and further south in McKinley Park. Arrests reported in Chicago neighborhoods of Belmont Cragin, Pilsen:
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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
'What about my harvest?!' - my second embroidered crop circle! These aerial landscapes have been so fun! This one was 35 hours, the knots took less time but the circles took longer than expected 👽 now available here with the first: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... 1/2
An angled view of embroidered crop circles, made in golden thread shades.An angled view of embroidered crop circles, made in golden thread shades.An embroidery hoop containing an embroidered crop circle design. Its all in golden shades.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Having weird and inconveniently timed urges to cry. I also got a pair of Doc Martens.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 09/09/2026
"Skilled" vs "unskilled" work is a lie. It doesn't matter what the job is, it shouldn't be possible to spend most of your waking hours working and still not make enough money to live.
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Night of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Carbon capture is just another "clean coal" - a fictional technology that nobody is going to invent but which the worst humans in history will talk about endlessly to give the impression that Something Is Being Done and provide cover for continuing to escalate carbon output levels
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Playing a very long snare drum roll at a military funeral as people walked back to their cars after the committal.
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Chris Klitzing 🦋🇨🇦🇺🇦 @hosea6.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you're worried about the elections- There's actually a lot we can do keep them on track? One of the best things you can do is sign up to be a poll worker! They train you, AND it's paid work! powerthepolls.org/creator-sarahtaber
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Power the Polls
Poll workers power democracy. We help recruit them! Sign up now to make sure we have safe, fair, efficient elections for all!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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350 Chicago @350chicago.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You've heard of CO2, but how much do you know about methane? Reducing this greenhouse gas is key to slowing climate change! There are solutions that YOU can help with. Join us at 350 Chicago's next Webinar! September 10, 6:00 pm CST. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #climateaction
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
The world’s richest man is a transphobic white supremacist federal contractor with a breeding compound and he materially supports one of the two US parties with as much money as he can and their opposition really ought to focus on stopping him for continuing to do that.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
FYI, Chicago.
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M. Hannah Langhoff @mhlanghoff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This would be even funnier if they'd gone back to their pre-1940s mascot, the Uhlan.
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