Jackson Crawford
@norsebysw.bsky.social
Former instructor (UCLA/UCB/CU), Ph.D., on youtube since 2016. Imperfectly trying to teach Old Norse things and linguistics. Second Edition of my translation of the Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes now out.
The kind of family member that compels you to break the sound barrier reaching to grab the bill just so you don’t have to be woken up in the middle of the night to hear about how they paid it for the next fifteen years
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The kind of family member that compels you to break the sound barrier reaching to grab the bill just so you don’t have to be woken up in the middle of the night to hear about how they paid it for the next fifteen years
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getting a job as the eccentric who googles things for the hero on a cbs show
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
getting a job as the eccentric who googles things for the hero on a cbs show
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There is an energy field connecting all living beings, except for you.
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
There is an energy field connecting all living beings, except for you.
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As a former academic, I always love the idea that the Democrats and politics are being pushed toward "Marxism and the extreme left" by a group of workers who are so exploited and live so precariously they're taught how to get on food assistance and are terrified to give low grades.
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As a former academic, I always love the idea that the Democrats and politics are being pushed toward "Marxism and the extreme left" by a group of workers who are so exploited and live so precariously they're taught how to get on food assistance and are terrified to give low grades.
As a national park neighbor and almost obligatory annual pass buyer this stupid change is unforgivable
December 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
As a national park neighbor and almost obligatory annual pass buyer this stupid change is unforgivable
Ah, there it is again. That magic number of 25,000 views that a youtube video hits and then suddenly stops getting watched.
December 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ah, there it is again. That magic number of 25,000 views that a youtube video hits and then suddenly stops getting watched.
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They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
December 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
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Red coat behavior.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
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December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Red coat behavior.
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They should invent a gyre that isn't widening.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They should invent a gyre that isn't widening.
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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Immigrants have always been an overwhelmingly positive force in this country...and it's not them who embarrass us in front of the world every single day.
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Immigrants have always been an overwhelmingly positive force in this country...and it's not them who embarrass us in front of the world every single day.
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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Sure, there is such a thing as “indoctrination.” But the vast majority of professional educators do nothing of the sort. Our job is to to teach both “how to think,” but also the sound information which is needed to inform thought.
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Sure, there is such a thing as “indoctrination.” But the vast majority of professional educators do nothing of the sort. Our job is to to teach both “how to think,” but also the sound information which is needed to inform thought.
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the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
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POV: It is 2026 and someone at your Baby Shower referred to Taiwan as a Country
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
POV: It is 2026 and someone at your Baby Shower referred to Taiwan as a Country
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The Christmas spirit and holiday excitement have been replaced by the constant, agonizing anxiety over surviving the winter and russia's prolonged war against our vital infrastructure.
I miss winter holidays 😔
I miss winter holidays 😔
December 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Christmas spirit and holiday excitement have been replaced by the constant, agonizing anxiety over surviving the winter and russia's prolonged war against our vital infrastructure.
I miss winter holidays 😔
I miss winter holidays 😔
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If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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if you’re a guy like Epstein and you have particular sort of rich guy grey tribe, “I like to hear luminaries of all sides” disposition, Chomsky is kind of the go-to lefty. he shouldn’t have accepted the invite but I know why he got it.
I'm kinda fascinated by why they chose to hit up Noam Chomsky. Were they just sitting around and one guy goes "You know what this pedo sex party needs? Noam Chomsky"
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
if you’re a guy like Epstein and you have particular sort of rich guy grey tribe, “I like to hear luminaries of all sides” disposition, Chomsky is kind of the go-to lefty. he shouldn’t have accepted the invite but I know why he got it.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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love when I get a thank you email for a student loan payment, it's like a courteous bank robber thanking me for staying face down on the floor so he didn't have to shoot me
December 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
love when I get a thank you email for a student loan payment, it's like a courteous bank robber thanking me for staying face down on the floor so he didn't have to shoot me
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I produce the pod In This Family about the connection between mental health and family. Families of origin and ones formed later on.
@billcorbett.bsky.social is on our latest episode, talking about stigma, anxiety, addiction, sobriety, and better futures.
www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast/bill...
@billcorbett.bsky.social is on our latest episode, talking about stigma, anxiety, addiction, sobriety, and better futures.
www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast/bill...
Bill Corbett on Anxiety, Being a Son, Being a Dad, and How He’s Breaking Cycles
Actor and writer Bill Corbett shares an honest look at his journey with anxiety, addiction, and recovery, reflecting on how growing up without conversations about mental health shaped his life. He ope...
www.nexusfamilyhealing.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I produce the pod In This Family about the connection between mental health and family. Families of origin and ones formed later on.
@billcorbett.bsky.social is on our latest episode, talking about stigma, anxiety, addiction, sobriety, and better futures.
www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast/bill...
@billcorbett.bsky.social is on our latest episode, talking about stigma, anxiety, addiction, sobriety, and better futures.
www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast/bill...
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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I take a look at Old Norse words that have wound up in French (and often, from there, in English). Full video on youtube: youtu.be/GQF18F24jjU
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I take a look at Old Norse words that have wound up in French (and often, from there, in English). Full video on youtube: youtu.be/GQF18F24jjU