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Ohio is an excellent nomination. New York has a solid claim as well; it doesn't have the south, but it has French-Canadian New England in the north, Wisconsin lake country in the middle, Appalachia and the agricultural midwest in the west, Great Lakes/rust belt, and all the things NYC is.

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Jul 10

Nice, thank you!

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Jul 9

Looks great—and intriguing! What is your oven process for drying?

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Jun 14

Wahoowa! Congratulations!

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Jun 12

I am excited to do the same thing in my fall class--but S&S will come up in late September. Is there any way to get access to the essay before the book comes out? (I promise I'm buying the book as soon as I'm able to.) I understand if I need to wait!

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is absurd enough on its own, but it is also not answering the question I searched for (most consecutive one-run games).

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Jun 10

I am all for the ramping up of pedantry, but it really is 1%, right? Percentiles divide distributions into 100 parts, thus “centile.”

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Jun 10

Well, they’re very literally 1%. But 90th or above, yes, 10%.

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · May 11

Learning that bunnies are not, in fact, cute was the first lesson shared by my midwestern in-laws when we moved here.

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · May 6

Right, that's not the full title--just the title of the middle section. The three stages of the story are Oedipus Rocks, Oedipus Wrecks, and Oedipus Reeks.

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · May 5

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.

Before Sunrises

Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · May 5

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.

Ocean’s Twenty-Two

Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · May 5

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.

Eight Weddings and Two Funerals

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · May 2

Yes!

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Apr 29

I wonder whether they’ll take away Amazon’s non-profit status.

Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · Apr 29

White House says Amazon's decision to desplay tariff-based price increases on products is a "a hostile and political act by Amazon," who they accuse of working with "a Chinese propaganda arm."

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Apr 29

Just in case if you missed this printing event in #Mainz: they publically printed a giant page of the Gutenberg bible in the format 5 x 7,20 meter. #bookhistory #skystorians

A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing a moment of the printing process: two men are lifting the paper from the woodblock. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing the giant woodblick, and the giant printed paper open air. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Apr 28

I have observed for a while the steady switch from "comfort" to "comfortability" and "discomfort" to "uncomfortability." This morning, a new age dawned: I heard a podcaster say "comfortabilityness."

Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Apr 26

Hotel fitness centers are one thing. PHL hotel fitness center during Penn Relays is another thing.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · Apr 4

“A 400-year-old institution should be making decisions with a time horizon of centuries, not news cycles. Making a principled stand now … is the single best thing Harvard could do to earn its continued place as a symbol of genuine excellence, free inquiry, and commitment to the public good.”

Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · Apr 4

“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)

Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe

The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Apr 5

Yes. It’s of a piece with the attack on the professions. Doctors, lawyers, scientists, teachers and professors, government workers, union labor. Anyone who might have felt their work is reliable and valued.

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Apr 4

Accurately categorized as junk mail. Really sorry to hear this, Joe.

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Mar 29

I live two time zones east of my team. Love the ghost runner. Come out come out little ghosties! It’s time for sleep!

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Erik Simpson @erikthesimpson.bsky.social · Mar 27

Yes! Along with their opponents—up to 12 teams at a time.

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