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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22d

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One thing to watch for in the coming days is Kirk's lone shooter becoming "they." They killed Kirk. This is what happened to Trump's shooter, inviting the false assumption that he is representative of a coherent political opposition to Trump. It turns out that the right sometimes does prefer pronouns.

Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · 23d

I want to know what @robin-f.bsky.social thinks about this! Seems sketchy -- certainly the Cambridge PR headline "Britain's economy boomed..." archaeology.org/news/2025/09...

News - Britain's Economy Remained Surprisingly Robust After Roman Collapse - Archaeology Magazine

ALDBOROUGH, ENGLAND—When the Romans conquered Britain in the first century a.d., they transformed the island […]

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you were hoping to see a teenage Ben Affleck* talking to Dr Peter Reynolds @butserancientfarm.co.uk before the weekend, then don't worry: we've got you covered. 👍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeJj...

Ben Affleck visits Butser Ancient Farm (Archive Clip)

YouTube video by Butser Ancient Farm

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Sep 1

Britain is crosshatched with lyke ways -- paths for transporting the newly dead toward burial & eternity. Famous, hikeable ones in Dartmoor and York Moors. @annacusack.bsky.social @howtohistory.bsky.social tell all about them. howtohistory.substack.com/p/corpse-roads

Corpse Roads

Britain

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Aug 28

Horrible "journalism"

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Aug 27

My piece in the @wirobooks.bsky.social. The new oral culture and the end of reading & writing.(!) www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/its...

It’s the End of the Word as We Know It | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · Aug 18

Newsmax to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting over 2020 election coverage

By @maddylauria.bsky.social
for NPR News

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Maddy Lauria (@maddylauria.bsky.social)

Freelance journalist based in Delaware covering courts, climate change and most everything in between. Lots of #limuluslove here. Check out my work at maddylauria.com.

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Jul 31

Build your own newspaper/ magazine! Escape email newsletter hell! RSS has been a primary news source for me every day for 15 years. Now it's making a comeback & @molly.wiki tells you how to do it. Yay! www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

Curate your own newspaper with RSS

Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Jul 15

Like @lucyanne.bsky.social I am posting my ancestors' smallpox vaccination credentials. Why aren't the rest of you?

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Jul 10

One hundred years ago today my great-grandparents, Irene & Eb, got vaccinated, helping to wipe smallpox from the planet. Thank you for your service!

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Jul 4

We want to thank reviewer #2 for the very constructive comments. We were able to incorporate all of them. The manuscript is now much more clear.

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · Jun 11

You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.

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Ronald W. Berkowsky, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @ronaldberkowsky.bsky.social · Jun 8

After taking a somewhat longer-than-expected hiatus from social media (motivated by divisive and mentally draining rhetoric on other platforms), I think it's about time to re-emerge.

To re-introduce myself - hi! I'm Ron, and I'm a gerontologist interested in elder and LGBTQIA+ equity and advocacy.

Selfie at Oscar's in Palm Springs (taken May 2024).

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Jun 6

Scholars following facts regardless of ideology get bigger audiences. Good!
They "not only attract a new... audience for their recent work, this new audience also engages with... the author's previous... papers, thereby helping to break down echo chambers." www.anderson.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · May 15

Humans: the same everywhere. "Most participants tolerated inequality when it benefited them but were intolerant of inequality when it benefited others." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The 'I' in Egalitarianism: Hadza Hunter-Gatherers Averse to Inequality Primarily when Personally Unfavourable

Many anthropologists and economists contend that humans are characterized by strong, universal, other-regarding equality preferences with deep evolutionary root

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · May 9

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Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · May 5

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

Hexadecapussy

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Apr 30

A few years ago Baltimore, Md., merchants launched Bnotes -- currency for buying from local shops and restaurants. @howtohistory.bsky.social @annacusack.bsky.social show how local trade tokens have substituted for sovereign currency for a long time. howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens

Trade Tokens

England

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Apr 3

It's @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social & Tyler Cowen on plague, social mobility, European growth.
"It’s quite good to be a foreigner here [UK] because if you behave in an eccentric way, they think it’s just because you’re foreign. They don’t blame you for it."
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/she...

Sheilagh Ogilvie on Epidemics, Guilds, and the Persistence of Bad Institutions (Ep. 237)

What 700 years of pandemic responses reveal about institutional effectiveness

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · Mar 19

That's bullshit -- the ACA expansion is a separate pool of federal money that bolsters hospitals and state economies as well as population health. But defend it! Identify Rs' chief target -- low income adults.

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Mar 16

Some moviegoers appreciate the cinematography and acting. I log the modernistic howlers in the script. From The Brutalist: "significant others," "in the interest transparency" (really!?), "tropical depression," "he reached out to me" (for business), "hassling women & children," "I've done the math"

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Mar 15

Pretty slick @proton.me. Don't automatically empty trash baskets for non-premium users. Let the trash pile up (12k msgs in mine). Then tell customers their storage is full & they need to upgrade.

Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Mar 11

I am going to get Hillkirk to coordinate an alumni houir

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Mar 10

yes! (I asked ChatGPT for more info): "Canada has not had a reality star, pro wrestler, or an overtly clownish figure hold high political office (such as Prime Minister, Premier, or Lieutenant Governor), unlike the U.S. with figures like Donald Trump or Jesse Ventura."

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Mar 7

I also have ideas about the meaning of life. Why are you tweeting the legislature is about to enact a Pepsi tax and you have work to do.

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