Brad Bolman
@bolman.bsky.social
Historian @tulaneu.bsky.social
Lab Dog is out now: www.labdogbook.com/
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Lab Dog is out now: www.labdogbook.com/
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~Views expressed may not reflect those of my employer~
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Brad Bolman
@bolman.bsky.social
· Oct 22
When Baseball Threw Physics a Curve | Broadcast
Sports, science, and collective delusion.
pioneerworks.org
The World Series is almost here, so something a little different from my usual: I wrote about the surprisingly long debates about whether it's actually possible to "curve" a pitch. Candy Cummings, mass delusion, aerospace engineering, fascism. This one has it all
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“I realized that you get a radically different view of modern science when you approach it not by following particular scientists or disciplines, but the dogs themselves.” @bolman.bsky.social discusses his new book, LAB DOG, with Marc Bekoff of @psychologytoday.com.
Lab Beagles: What Science and All of Us Owe To Research Dogs
Brad Bolman's new book is a must-read about how and why beagles became research animals and what "beagling" through the history of science tells us about ourselves and the world.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“I realized that you get a radically different view of modern science when you approach it not by following particular scientists or disciplines, but the dogs themselves.” @bolman.bsky.social discusses his new book, LAB DOG, with Marc Bekoff of @psychologytoday.com.
A real treat to chat briefly with Marc Bekoff about Lab Dog www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
Lab Beagles: What Science and All of Us Owe To Research Dogs
Brad Bolman's new book is a must-read about how and why beagles became research animals and what "beagling" through the history of science tells us about ourselves and the world.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A real treat to chat briefly with Marc Bekoff about Lab Dog www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
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Joel, Ethan, bad news–good news: bad news is no more solo movies; good news is your budget just went up
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Joel, Ethan, bad news–good news: bad news is no more solo movies; good news is your budget just went up
I love @avcx.bsky.social crosswords and have gotten so much joy out of my subscription
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November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I love @avcx.bsky.social crosswords and have gotten so much joy out of my subscription
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Gulp. Guys, AMERICAN SCARE was named one of Kirkus Review’s Best Books of 2025!
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Gulp. Guys, AMERICAN SCARE was named one of Kirkus Review’s Best Books of 2025!
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This is *very* cool
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species | CBC News
Within a day of the cameras being set up in the Heiltsuk First Nation last year, researchers captured footage of a sea wolf emerging from the water with a buoy hanging from its mouth. The footage the...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is *very* cool
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Kind of losing it over the idea of the "Betrayal index" in football
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Kind of losing it over the idea of the "Betrayal index" in football
There’s never been a better time to buy Lab Dog and some other delights
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November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There’s never been a better time to buy Lab Dog and some other delights
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
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“The only durable response to Sudan’s famine lies with its own civilians, who must be empowered to resist the militarization of hunger,” Shahad Elfaki argues in a new Dispatch from Issue Sixteen.
www.thedriftmag.com/a-grotesque-...
www.thedriftmag.com/a-grotesque-...
A Grotesque Deadlock
Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, nearly thirteen million people have been internally displaced and prices in Darfur have soared.
www.thedriftmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“The only durable response to Sudan’s famine lies with its own civilians, who must be empowered to resist the militarization of hunger,” Shahad Elfaki argues in a new Dispatch from Issue Sixteen.
www.thedriftmag.com/a-grotesque-...
www.thedriftmag.com/a-grotesque-...
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
I'm starting to worry Larry Summers isn't the greatest guy...
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm starting to worry Larry Summers isn't the greatest guy...
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Finally driving my first EV and can’t be the only middle aged dad now *obsessed* with regenerative braking and getting as many miles as humanly possible.
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Finally driving my first EV and can’t be the only middle aged dad now *obsessed* with regenerative braking and getting as many miles as humanly possible.
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
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The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social
This was a remarkably good speech
Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This was a remarkably good speech
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The Biden administration worked hard to accomplish this new free IRS filing system. It’s astounding that one should have to pay fees in order to pay their taxes. But this rent seeking is entirely consistent with the economic policies of the current administration that benefit the most wealthy.
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Biden administration worked hard to accomplish this new free IRS filing system. It’s astounding that one should have to pay fees in order to pay their taxes. But this rent seeking is entirely consistent with the economic policies of the current administration that benefit the most wealthy.
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anyone who boosts AI has to explain to me why this is worth it
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
anyone who boosts AI has to explain to me why this is worth it
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For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
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