Dael Norwood
@dael.bsky.social
Historian of America's old, weird political economy. Unincorporated but proudly unionized citizen of Delaware. Adding “levity to discussions of financing and high politics” since 2022. Wrote Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America.
I expected better from the dept that swept the 2025 SNOWPLOW ROAD-E-O, tbh
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I expected better from the dept that swept the 2025 SNOWPLOW ROAD-E-O, tbh
Newark appears to have plowed one side of every street, so we’re ready for horse carts again
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Newark appears to have plowed one side of every street, so we’re ready for horse carts again
Cubs fans really enjoyed that WS win though
January 26, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Cubs fans really enjoyed that WS win though
An affordance of my profession I had not known about! I’ll take it under advisement …
January 26, 2026 at 10:36 PM
An affordance of my profession I had not known about! I’ll take it under advisement …
“Being a huge bummer at parties”
a cartoon character named spongebob is smiling and looking over a wall
ALT: a cartoon character named spongebob is smiling and looking over a wall
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 PM
“Being a huge bummer at parties”
If Old Joe didn't want to catch heat for having a weird puritan torturer thing going, he could have named it anything else
January 26, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If Old Joe didn't want to catch heat for having a weird puritan torturer thing going, he could have named it anything else
I will never get over the fact that the equipment is called a “reformer”
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I will never get over the fact that the equipment is called a “reformer”
It's a fun read - last I heard he was curator at the American Numismatic Society, so still working in the field generally, I think
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
It's a fun read - last I heard he was curator at the American Numismatic Society, so still working in the field generally, I think
Censorship has always been a keyword-based enterprise, but the technological affordances of large language models grant the illusion, at least, of a more sophisticated apparatus (and definitely one that can reach into spoken or audible expressions as well as text).
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Censorship has always been a keyword-based enterprise, but the technological affordances of large language models grant the illusion, at least, of a more sophisticated apparatus (and definitely one that can reach into spoken or audible expressions as well as text).