James Hrynyshyn
@classm.earth
Humanist, skeptic, limitarian https://classm.earth
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Good name for a band.
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Good name for a band.
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Encouraging undergraduates to *start* with AI, robs them of the skills they need to begin learning how to be a history detective. And when you move up to the graduate level, AI doesn't have access to actual archives. And it cannot produce new knowledge. *YOU* have to do that.
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Encouraging undergraduates to *start* with AI, robs them of the skills they need to begin learning how to be a history detective. And when you move up to the graduate level, AI doesn't have access to actual archives. And it cannot produce new knowledge. *YOU* have to do that.
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Funny, after hearing this I really feel like I do
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Funny, after hearing this I really feel like I do
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"Refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future." Thank you @tressiemcphd.bsky.social for this boost for my soul:
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future." Thank you @tressiemcphd.bsky.social for this boost for my soul:
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As was true with the translators I heard from in an earlier edition, copywriters never felt that they were being replaced because the AI's work was better. It was almost always worse. It was simply cheaper and faster, and deemed "good enough" by clients.
December 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As was true with the translators I heard from in an earlier edition, copywriters never felt that they were being replaced because the AI's work was better. It was almost always worse. It was simply cheaper and faster, and deemed "good enough" by clients.
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I think other people have made this point, but: if college is just a vocational school -- if its sole purpose is to "prepare young people for jobs" -- then there's no point in college at all! Just create actual vocational schools.
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think other people have made this point, but: if college is just a vocational school -- if its sole purpose is to "prepare young people for jobs" -- then there's no point in college at all! Just create actual vocational schools.
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"This post is about an evergreen but newly urgent topic: How mainstream media in general, and the New York Times in particular, ‘frame’ the political news." —@jfallows.bsky.social
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.
Saturday's NYT shows what its editors can do, when they want to. Why not do this every day?
fallows.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"This post is about an evergreen but newly urgent topic: How mainstream media in general, and the New York Times in particular, ‘frame’ the political news." —@jfallows.bsky.social
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
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I recently said that no country is asking people to pay for the true cost of driving, including the externalities. Well, it looks like Denmark might be doing that soon. Kudos to them
Exciting road pricing news out of Denmark!
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I recently said that no country is asking people to pay for the true cost of driving, including the externalities. Well, it looks like Denmark might be doing that soon. Kudos to them
It’s fewer calories.
all of the shit about how if you allow people to transition kids are going to be peeing in litter boxes was just the mirror image of the reality: as soon as you enshrine immutable gender difference in law you're going to have legally required Lady Meals For Her
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It’s fewer calories.
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Well, the great Michael Chabon recently devised "factito" to serve for the "cute little fact" meaning, and I think that if we really try, and really believe, and clap our hands, we can make it happen.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Well, the great Michael Chabon recently devised "factito" to serve for the "cute little fact" meaning, and I think that if we really try, and really believe, and clap our hands, we can make it happen.
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Monsters.
“Without data to support their decision & defying warnings from doctors, medical associations, & public-health groups, a federal advisory panel stocked with loyalists to Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voted to stop recommending a life-saving vaccine to infants at birth”
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Monsters.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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We absolutely have to break people free from the idea that gas ranges are better.
New Stanford-led research finds gas stoves expose people to dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide—linked to asthma, lung disease, and other conditions. Switching to electric could cut NO₂ exposure by half.
story + searchable NO2 exposure map: bit.ly/4rGdYIz @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @stanford.edu
story + searchable NO2 exposure map: bit.ly/4rGdYIz @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @stanford.edu
Is the air inside your home more dangerous than the air outside it?
Gas and propane stoves emit substantial amounts of nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to higher risks of asthma, heart and lung disease, and other conditions. A Stanford-led study finds switching fr...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We absolutely have to break people free from the idea that gas ranges are better.
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Looks around in The Netherlands — yep.
“The researchers describe the bicycle as a kind of “lifestyle companion” for older adults—a tool that keeps them physically active, mentally sharp, socially connected, & confidently mobile. That combination appears to delay the need for long-term care, preserve independence,& ultimately extend life”
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Looks around in The Netherlands — yep.
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The number of people who have told me in the last 24 hours that it's OK for the United States to murder anybody they accuse of being a drug trafficker is so terrifyingly high that I really don't want to live amongst these people. It's not safe to be near them.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The number of people who have told me in the last 24 hours that it's OK for the United States to murder anybody they accuse of being a drug trafficker is so terrifyingly high that I really don't want to live amongst these people. It's not safe to be near them.
Mike Hager used to help run the NC state legislature. Nine years ago he stepped away for family reasons, now he's back, asking for your support as he tries to displace Jake Johnson as state rep for NC 113. Meet the challenger at polklore.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mike Hager used to help run the NC state legislature. Nine years ago he stepped away for family reasons, now he's back, asking for your support as he tries to displace Jake Johnson as state rep for NC 113. Meet the challenger at polklore.com
Tryon, Columbus, Green Creek, and Mill Spring voters will see Brent Caldwell’s name on the Democratic Party ballot in March, unless no one else files to run. There are still a few weeks left to submit election papers in case you’re thinking about it.
polklore.com
polklore.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tryon, Columbus, Green Creek, and Mill Spring voters will see Brent Caldwell’s name on the Democratic Party ballot in March, unless no one else files to run. There are still a few weeks left to submit election papers in case you’re thinking about it.
polklore.com
polklore.com
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
One of every eight Americans makes use of federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. One out of eight. Let that sink in for a minute. Is anyone doing anything about that in Polk County? Why yes: polklore.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One of every eight Americans makes use of federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. One out of eight. Let that sink in for a minute. Is anyone doing anything about that in Polk County? Why yes: polklore.com
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One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
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Want to feel old? 2075 is as far away from now as today is from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Want to feel old? 2075 is as far away from now as today is from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.