Bizarro Jimmy Olsen
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Evan Hanson: recovering attorney, writer, photographer, podcaster, reader of things, wannabe deep thinker, and a guy on a journey to try and be a better person.
Don’t be a person that interrupts your evening with a thought about some bit of dictum from a Pauline epistle and it’s impact on American political thought then going down a rabbit hole that ends up with you beating yourself up over your inability to read Greek with any accuracy. Don’t be an Evan.
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Don’t be a person that interrupts your evening with a thought about some bit of dictum from a Pauline epistle and it’s impact on American political thought then going down a rabbit hole that ends up with you beating yourself up over your inability to read Greek with any accuracy. Don’t be an Evan.
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Reading this wonderful brick Pre-Xmas. As someone who teaches classes on Mexican cultural studies, I have for many years hoped for the publication of a history that meets three standards: 1. Focused on sociopolitical processes rather than minutiae, 2. Coverage of the whole …
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Reading this wonderful brick Pre-Xmas. As someone who teaches classes on Mexican cultural studies, I have for many years hoped for the publication of a history that meets three standards: 1. Focused on sociopolitical processes rather than minutiae, 2. Coverage of the whole …
I love when I throw in an unlabeled early 2000s mix cd and there’s an absolute banger I haven’t heard in years. Tonight’s winner…
youtu.be/k5k-JXkIrdc?...
youtu.be/k5k-JXkIrdc?...
The Love Unlimited Orchestra & Barry White - Love's Theme 1974 Remastered Upscaled to 4K
YouTube video by Leo Ponce ®
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December 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I love when I throw in an unlabeled early 2000s mix cd and there’s an absolute banger I haven’t heard in years. Tonight’s winner…
youtu.be/k5k-JXkIrdc?...
youtu.be/k5k-JXkIrdc?...
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The job search process has gotten out of control. Today, I received a form letter rejection from a job that didn't even name the position. Like, there was a place in the subject line for the job title and I guess the smart text didn't put it in. And no one proofed it. So, I felt the need to reply:
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The job search process has gotten out of control. Today, I received a form letter rejection from a job that didn't even name the position. Like, there was a place in the subject line for the job title and I guess the smart text didn't put it in. And no one proofed it. So, I felt the need to reply:
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Librarians ftw!
Woot! @Columbia came through. They scanned Beatrice Weinreich's 1957 Masters Thesis "The Prophet Elijah in Modern Yiddish Folktales" for me. It's really cool. Hit me up if you want a copy or if you have Adobe Acrobat and can help me get the annoying watermark out of it.
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Librarians ftw!
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (April)
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (April)
If anyone has a copy of Buddhist Nonduality, Paschal Paradox : A Christian Commentary on the Teaching of Vimalakirti by O’Leary they want to part with I know an unemployed young man searching for one.
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If anyone has a copy of Buddhist Nonduality, Paschal Paradox : A Christian Commentary on the Teaching of Vimalakirti by O’Leary they want to part with I know an unemployed young man searching for one.
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Oh hi,
LIVE: Descent (1995) - DOS 6.22 - First Timer.
Lurk or Join the fun
YouTube: youtube.com/thebrianduna...
Twitch: twitch.tv/briandunaway
#retro #retrogaming #Descent #DOSember
LIVE: Descent (1995) - DOS 6.22 - First Timer.
Lurk or Join the fun
YouTube: youtube.com/thebrianduna...
Twitch: twitch.tv/briandunaway
#retro #retrogaming #Descent #DOSember
December 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Oh hi,
LIVE: Descent (1995) - DOS 6.22 - First Timer.
Lurk or Join the fun
YouTube: youtube.com/thebrianduna...
Twitch: twitch.tv/briandunaway
#retro #retrogaming #Descent #DOSember
LIVE: Descent (1995) - DOS 6.22 - First Timer.
Lurk or Join the fun
YouTube: youtube.com/thebrianduna...
Twitch: twitch.tv/briandunaway
#retro #retrogaming #Descent #DOSember
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I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
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Hi! Today’s episode of BBC Dead Funny History is all about history’s most successful pirate, Zheng Yi Sao — it’s a very funny 14 minute romp with funny audio sketches and narration by me. Suitable for children!
Listen wherever you get your podcasts
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen wherever you get your podcasts
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History - Zheng Yi Sao - BBC Sounds
Zheng Yi Sao: Pirate Queen of Admin.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hi! Today’s episode of BBC Dead Funny History is all about history’s most successful pirate, Zheng Yi Sao — it’s a very funny 14 minute romp with funny audio sketches and narration by me. Suitable for children!
Listen wherever you get your podcasts
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen wherever you get your podcasts
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This cartoon has a lot to say about respecting our animal neighbors.
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 22,1942
December 22,1942
December 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This cartoon has a lot to say about respecting our animal neighbors.
Morning mood. Hot chocolate in my 34 year old Midvale School for the Gifted mug. One of the first gifts Nancy ever got me.
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Morning mood. Hot chocolate in my 34 year old Midvale School for the Gifted mug. One of the first gifts Nancy ever got me.
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Isotope analysis of Bronze–Early Iron Age tin ingots from four Mediterranean shipwrecks found the tin was mined in south-west Britain. Evidence for 'zones of interaction' indicate land and sea connections from Britain to the Levant #MaritimeMonday
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Isotope analysis of Bronze–Early Iron Age tin ingots from four Mediterranean shipwrecks found the tin was mined in south-west Britain. Evidence for 'zones of interaction' indicate land and sea connections from Britain to the Levant #MaritimeMonday
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
Since we are on what many consider the right side of the winter solstice here’s hoping yours, mine, and the world’s darkest days are behind us. Also for no reason, here is the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.
youtu.be/U9FaoRJAgII?...
youtu.be/U9FaoRJAgII?...
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | Academy of Ancient Music
YouTube video by Academy of Ancient Music
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December 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Since we are on what many consider the right side of the winter solstice here’s hoping yours, mine, and the world’s darkest days are behind us. Also for no reason, here is the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.
youtu.be/U9FaoRJAgII?...
youtu.be/U9FaoRJAgII?...
Listening to some 80s music as I read before bed and Tracey Ullman’s version of They Don’t Know comes on and suddenly I feel very old and tired.
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Listening to some 80s music as I read before bed and Tracey Ullman’s version of They Don’t Know comes on and suddenly I feel very old and tired.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
My son in-law upon seeming a copy of Beyond Good and Evil in my library: That’s a cool book…if you’re a cynical 17 year old know it all.
Me: I am awarding you one additional respect point.
Me: I am awarding you one additional respect point.
December 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My son in-law upon seeming a copy of Beyond Good and Evil in my library: That’s a cool book…if you’re a cynical 17 year old know it all.
Me: I am awarding you one additional respect point.
Me: I am awarding you one additional respect point.
Not so smooth criminal.
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Not so smooth criminal.
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[George Costanza voice] "We're living in a society!"
December 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[George Costanza voice] "We're living in a society!"
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I enjoyed MAN ON THE INSIDE season 1 but it's very much the soft-focus American version of writing a story about age. I would strongly recommend the Chinese show THE LONG SEASON for being, as well as a full noir, actually much more direct about age, humiliation, and loss.
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I enjoyed MAN ON THE INSIDE season 1 but it's very much the soft-focus American version of writing a story about age. I would strongly recommend the Chinese show THE LONG SEASON for being, as well as a full noir, actually much more direct about age, humiliation, and loss.
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Two finely crafted bone combs from the early 6th c. AD, found in a grave at Dittigheim. To protect their delicate tines, they were carefully kept in a custom-made case. In the Early Middle Ages, long, well-groomed hair was more than a fashion choice, it was a symbol of status and identity. 1/2
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📷me
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Two finely crafted bone combs from the early 6th c. AD, found in a grave at Dittigheim. To protect their delicate tines, they were carefully kept in a custom-made case. In the Early Middle Ages, long, well-groomed hair was more than a fashion choice, it was a symbol of status and identity. 1/2
📷me
📷me
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“Now, when I say that I want these things, I mean that I want them and I don't want to have to ask again”
#physicalmedia
#physicalmedia
December 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“Now, when I say that I want these things, I mean that I want them and I don't want to have to ask again”
#physicalmedia
#physicalmedia
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Weird how this keeps happening.
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Weird how this keeps happening.
Sigh…looks like there’s a new season of Culinary Class Wars so I need to reactivate my Netflix subscription.
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sigh…looks like there’s a new season of Culinary Class Wars so I need to reactivate my Netflix subscription.