JaneAHartsock

Mural by JDL Street Art in Roubaix, Lille, France, depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face with both hands in a gesture of shame. The figure is painted in shades of grey with teal accents on the torch and crown, set against a muted background with a golden halo-like circle. The artwork spans the side of a tall brick building, contrasting modern street art with historic European architecture in the surrounding cityscape.

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

Every US Government agency that helps prevent death has been decimated and that's upsetting to me because death is something I am generally against.

It's wild that Trump has completely disowned the one good thing accomplished during his first term in office.

a man in a black tank top is standing in an elevator with his arms outstretched Alt: Daniel Craig in a black tank top dancing in front of an elevator with his arms outstretched.

That feeling when someone who irritated you for no reason proves you were right to dislike them.

We're definitely entering an era where the Internet is so hollowed out, so untrustworthy and compromised, that real world interactions, things identifiably done by human beings, will take on greater value and purpose.

The push to replace PBS with PragerU is by itself cause for revolt.

"How am I supposed to tell my grandson about a gay couple in a Pixar movie, when those two women should have been on leashes accompanying me to the VMAs?" - Snoop Dogg, concerned grandfather

There are no words strong enough for how much I DETEST the artificial umm-ing and voice inflection of the AI customer service bots. It's like being forced to make an appointment with the exact kind of audible book readers I avoid.

At NIN in Chicago, wearing a black polo shirt, which is as close as I own to the dress code here.

Lengthy investigation into sheriff's alleged wrongdoing ends with investigator in hot water • Indiana Capital Chronicle A months-long state police investigation into Dubois County Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter scrutinized his handling of jail commissary funds.

This @indianacapitalchronicle.com story about sheriff shenanigans, an investigation, and retribution punishment for the investigator is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

#HoosierSky

indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/15/n...

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social inspiring readers at the Waterstone’s in Richmond, UK.

I'm starting to really see how often I use "was" in my writing. It's so bad to do, and I find when I fix a sentence by taking the was out, the sentence gets immensely better. One chapter I revised had it 60 times. From me, another new writer, to you. Limit that word to a minimum #writingcommunity

PragerU's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad History The outfit that's making historical content for Trump's White House and America's youth has a history of doing history that has a fairly loose relationship with the truth

Some thoughts on PragerU's use of history to provide white identity politics fan service to the MAGA base. sethcotlar.substack.com/p/pragerus-t...

It’s crazy to me that the people who have to cheat to win never reflect on what it means that their ideas are so wildly unpopular that they have to cheat to win.

Such an important point:

“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd

I wish more understood this.

A confession…
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A guy whose fraudulent university was shut down is telling the Ivy League what to do.

A guy whose businesses went bankrupt multiple times is telling the Fed what to do.

A guy whose best friend was a child sex trafficker is telling the DOJ what to do.

That it’s all the same guy is pretty wild.

IU program cuts, anti-woke policies harm conservatives on campus | Opinion It would be a better investment for the state to support conservative faculty, programs and research instead of trying to attack wokeness on campus.

Today's IndyStar piece from Jacob Stewart about degree cuts at IU makes some surprising arguments. He just may not know he's making these surprising arguments.

1/4

www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

It most certainly is!

Imagine if you will: a person with a BA and an MA in humanities disciplines (English and Philosophy), now a humanities professor… and a former D-1 athlete. How could it possibly be??

All I ask is that the athletics are prioritized after the education.

Check out the pod. @strictscrutiny.bsky.social She is amazing.

On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama

Oh nothing, just the richest guy in the world who was re-making our entire bureaucracy and hoovering up every bit of data from government systems is a drug fiend.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

If I had tried to submit this as a novel (drug-addled, pro-natalist, billionaire, infiltrates GOP and takes over U.S. government), I would be told it was too over the top and I needed to tone it down. This is unbelievable.

Check out the pod. I’m at the end talking about two cases that will affect health care access in Indiana.

A heartfelt "fuck you" to everyone who told me I was overreacting in November 2016.

This‼️

A tennis ball floats in a cup up coffee below the face of a dog looking expectantly at the camera.

“Can we go outside and play now?”
“Soon, boy.”
“You said that ten minutes ago.”
“As soon as I finish my cof-“
“Oops.”
“You did that on purpose.”
“It slipped.”
“I’ll get my coat.”
“Excellent.”

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