Jesse Hession Grayman
@kopyor.bsky.social
Social/medical anthropologist at Waipapa Taumata Rau - U of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Originally from Schenectady NY, USA. Research in Indonesia. Gardener. Home fermentation. Music nerd. Genre fiction. #AbolishICE
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Jesse Hession Grayman
@kopyor.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Very excited to share that the journal where I serve as an Associate Editor has arrived on BlueSky. Welcome American Ethnological Society / American Ethnologist! @amethno.bsky.social
#AnthroSky #Anthropology #AmericanEthnologist
#AnthroSky #Anthropology #AmericanEthnologist
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📢📢📢 New Article Alert 📢📢📢
Cheryl Mattingly's 'Surprise and the singular plural: A critical phenomenology of disability worlds' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cheryl Mattingly's 'Surprise and the singular plural: A critical phenomenology of disability worlds' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
📢📢📢 New Article Alert 📢📢📢
Cheryl Mattingly's 'Surprise and the singular plural: A critical phenomenology of disability worlds' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cheryl Mattingly's 'Surprise and the singular plural: A critical phenomenology of disability worlds' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
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this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
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Honestly, I think the first thing Democrats should do is remind Americans that DHS and ICE didn't even exist until 2003. It's not like it's a long standing institution that must be preserved. It was created in the wake of 9/11 to combat terrorism and it's exceeded its mandate. We don't need it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Honestly, I think the first thing Democrats should do is remind Americans that DHS and ICE didn't even exist until 2003. It's not like it's a long standing institution that must be preserved. It was created in the wake of 9/11 to combat terrorism and it's exceeded its mandate. We don't need it.
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OMG! I just got internal bleeding from pretending to be hit by a car.
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
OMG! I just got internal bleeding from pretending to be hit by a car.
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I’m biased, but I usually want to hear anthropologists weigh in on most topics. Often something will hit the news (Venezuela, weight loss drugs, rare earth mineral mining) and I want to know what someone who’s been living that topic for years has to say. Anthros are good for social media like that.
January 14, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I’m biased, but I usually want to hear anthropologists weigh in on most topics. Often something will hit the news (Venezuela, weight loss drugs, rare earth mineral mining) and I want to know what someone who’s been living that topic for years has to say. Anthros are good for social media like that.
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Good question. It would be great if we could find some ways to rebuild some of those networks (while also avoiding what happened with Twitter in which it could all be destroyed with a change in ownership). Many anthros are on here...it's a matter of finding/creating ways to bring folks together.
What would it take to make #AnthroSky what #AnthroTwitter was?
January 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Good question. It would be great if we could find some ways to rebuild some of those networks (while also avoiding what happened with Twitter in which it could all be destroyed with a change in ownership). Many anthros are on here...it's a matter of finding/creating ways to bring folks together.
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What would it take to make #AnthroSky what #AnthroTwitter was?
January 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
What would it take to make #AnthroSky what #AnthroTwitter was?
@dramandar.bsky.social #CryingLaughing listener (and fan) here. Hi! And HNY! Did you publish your end-of-year top 10 lists (yours and Ariel's) somewhere (e.g. on a blog somewhere or other social media)? Thanks for the fun and good work you do on this podcast, and for Severance as well.
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 AM
@dramandar.bsky.social #CryingLaughing listener (and fan) here. Hi! And HNY! Did you publish your end-of-year top 10 lists (yours and Ariel's) somewhere (e.g. on a blog somewhere or other social media)? Thanks for the fun and good work you do on this podcast, and for Severance as well.
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A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it.
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it.
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ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
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Renee Good, who was murdered in cold blood today by ICE, was a queer woman. June "T-Rex" Knightly, who was murdered in Portland, was a queer woman. The ICE detainees who were sexually assaulted in Louisiana are queer women and trans men.
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Renee Good, who was murdered in cold blood today by ICE, was a queer woman. June "T-Rex" Knightly, who was murdered in Portland, was a queer woman. The ICE detainees who were sexually assaulted in Louisiana are queer women and trans men.
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Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards -Willem Arondeus
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards -Willem Arondeus
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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📢📢📢 New Issue of AE Journal is Out 📢📢📢
From research articles on Ottoman objects and sci-fi chips to a forum on infectious disease and interviews on current affairs, Issue 52.4 of American Ethnologist is now available.
Access here:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15481425...
From research articles on Ottoman objects and sci-fi chips to a forum on infectious disease and interviews on current affairs, Issue 52.4 of American Ethnologist is now available.
Access here:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15481425...
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📢📢📢 New Issue of AE Journal is Out 📢📢📢
From research articles on Ottoman objects and sci-fi chips to a forum on infectious disease and interviews on current affairs, Issue 52.4 of American Ethnologist is now available.
Access here:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15481425...
From research articles on Ottoman objects and sci-fi chips to a forum on infectious disease and interviews on current affairs, Issue 52.4 of American Ethnologist is now available.
Access here:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15481425...
View of Raglan Harbor from the Muru Bach. #Whāingaroa #Raglan
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
View of Raglan Harbor from the Muru Bach. #Whāingaroa #Raglan
Let the enshittification continue…
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December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Let the enshittification continue…
Nice to see this correct skeet immediately upon landing back home in Tāmaki Makaurau.
🇳🇿 Poi E Is still one of the best Kiwi songs ever! youtu.be/tq2K8ak47nM?...
Patea Maori Club - Poi E (Music Video) HD
YouTube video by NZ Music
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November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Nice to see this correct skeet immediately upon landing back home in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you, and you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much…
It's bigger than you, and you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much…
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you, and you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much…
It's bigger than you, and you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much…
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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That “something absolutely perfect about” is *complete consistency* with what we already knew.
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
That “something absolutely perfect about” is *complete consistency* with what we already knew.
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"BUT BILL CLINTON IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES" okay man arrest him too
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"BUT BILL CLINTON IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES" okay man arrest him too
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📢📢📢 New Interview Alert! 📢📢📢
AE interviews Khiara M. Bridges and Angel M. Foster about abortion access and reproductive justice
#AnthroSky
Read it here: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
AE interviews Khiara M. Bridges and Angel M. Foster about abortion access and reproductive justice
#AnthroSky
Read it here: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
📢📢📢 New Interview Alert! 📢📢📢
AE interviews Khiara M. Bridges and Angel M. Foster about abortion access and reproductive justice
#AnthroSky
Read it here: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
AE interviews Khiara M. Bridges and Angel M. Foster about abortion access and reproductive justice
#AnthroSky
Read it here: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
Suharto presided over a period marked by rampant corruption, nepotism, censorship and allegations of mass human rights abuses
Indonesia has awarded former authoritarian leader Suharto the title of national hero, in a move that has sparked accusations of historical revisionism in the world’s third-largest democracy.
The award has deepened fears about attempts to whitewash Suharto’s rise and decades-long rule, a period marked by rampant corruption, censorship and accusations of mass human rights violations. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
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"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass."
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass."
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...