@jimbindon.bsky.social
Retired anthropology professor, I spent the last couple of decades talking about race (Speaking of Race available on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-88955638)
I can’t help that this is the weather a few hours past winter solstice where I live
@anthropologal.bsky.social
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December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I can’t help that this is the weather a few hours past winter solstice where I live
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Grok was not impressed.
Someone Asked Grok To Grade The Oklahoma Student's Bible-Based Essay—And Cue The MAGA Outrage
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December 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Grok was not impressed.
A little history of the racist background of the likely Alabama gubernatorial race.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A little history of the racist background of the likely Alabama gubernatorial race.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Nice December day on the Eastern Shore
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Nice December day on the Eastern Shore
ChatGPT fact-checking for impossibilities, highlighted the statement that the current Secretary of Defense is a former talk show host for Fox News. The AI said since this can't be true, it undermines credibility unless flagged as hyperbole, fiction, or satire.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 9, 2025
When G.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ChatGPT fact-checking for impossibilities, highlighted the statement that the current Secretary of Defense is a former talk show host for Fox News. The AI said since this can't be true, it undermines credibility unless flagged as hyperbole, fiction, or satire.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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UK folks - here's a cool shopping list!
Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
UK folks - here's a cool shopping list!
55 years ago today I was honorably discharged from the Navy🎉
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
55 years ago today I was honorably discharged from the Navy🎉
It was kind of this heron to help the fisherman at the Village Point Preserve pier this morning!
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It was kind of this heron to help the fisherman at the Village Point Preserve pier this morning!
"One of the most enduringly legible symbols that a character is different and therefore more disposable is race. Of course, the fact that this is also true in the real world is the reason it became such an effective shorthand."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"One of the most enduringly legible symbols that a character is different and therefore more disposable is race. Of course, the fact that this is also true in the real world is the reason it became such an effective shorthand."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The people who voted for Zohran Mamdani and the folks who raged over “woke” Cracker Barrel have more in common than you may think. Let me explain.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The people who voted for Zohran Mamdani and the folks who raged over “woke” Cracker Barrel have more in common than you may think. Let me explain.
“The American economy is cleaving into the have-nots and the have-yachts.”
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
Whitmire: Let them eat Trump Steaks
As Nero fiddles, a door opens for a different sort of populism in America.
www.al.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“The American economy is cleaving into the have-nots and the have-yachts.”
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
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SNAP judgment: Tuberville spews ‘ignorant’ remarks as 750,000 Alabamians brace for lost benefits www.al.com/politics/202...
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
SNAP judgment: Tuberville spews ‘ignorant’ remarks as 750,000 Alabamians brace for lost benefits www.al.com/politics/202...
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From the archive. Public health officials say opioid use and related deaths have reached a crisis point in the U.S. Anthropologist and psychiatrist Helena Hansen unpacks the racial disparities in how drug addiction is interpreted, portrayed, and treated. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/hele...
How Racism Shapes the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
An interview with anthropologist and psychiatrist Helena Hansen unpacks racial disparities in drug addiction portrayals and treatments.
www.sapiens.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From the archive. Public health officials say opioid use and related deaths have reached a crisis point in the U.S. Anthropologist and psychiatrist Helena Hansen unpacks the racial disparities in how drug addiction is interpreted, portrayed, and treated. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/hele...
As I started reading this article I immediately thought back to the late 60s--then he described exactly what I experienced on Telegraph Avenue when the deputies were shooting at us with buckshot and helicopters were dropping CS gas on us!
www.wired.com/story/path-t...
www.wired.com/story/path-t...
Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous
“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED.
www.wired.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
As I started reading this article I immediately thought back to the late 60s--then he described exactly what I experienced on Telegraph Avenue when the deputies were shooting at us with buckshot and helicopters were dropping CS gas on us!
www.wired.com/story/path-t...
www.wired.com/story/path-t...
@anthropologal.bsky.social thought you'd appreciate this pic from my feed 10 years ago. I always want to remember you this way.😜😘
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@anthropologal.bsky.social thought you'd appreciate this pic from my feed 10 years ago. I always want to remember you this way.😜😘
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Caption contest www.al.com/news/2025/10...
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Caption contest www.al.com/news/2025/10...
Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science
Transparency, reproducibility, and acknowledging uncertainty are meritorious attributes of science that differentiate it from other human endeavors, such as politics. But they can also be subverted. I...
www.science.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congratulations to granddaughter Piper and daughter-in-law Jacy on four years of YDL volleyball as player and coach without losing a match!
October 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Congratulations to granddaughter Piper and daughter-in-law Jacy on four years of YDL volleyball as player and coach without losing a match!
In case you were wondering where all the anti-MMR vax disinfo came from, this half-hour interview with science journalist Adam Rutherford gives a nice synopsis of the almost 30-year history of how this came to be such a big deal in the MAGA world.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
BBC Audio | Global News Podcast | The Global Story: The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement
www.bbc.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In case you were wondering where all the anti-MMR vax disinfo came from, this half-hour interview with science journalist Adam Rutherford gives a nice synopsis of the almost 30-year history of how this came to be such a big deal in the MAGA world.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you’re interested in AI-co-dependency, this is a fun listen.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
BBC Audio | Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 | Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 6. Computer says no
What should we do about AI taking over?
www.bbc.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you’re interested in AI-co-dependency, this is a fun listen.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
Another beautiful day by the bay listening to Symone French (www.symonefrench.com) kick off the fall Brown Bag by the Bay series.
September 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Another beautiful day by the bay listening to Symone French (www.symonefrench.com) kick off the fall Brown Bag by the Bay series.
As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I had to dodge sheriff's deputies firing buckshot and tear gas, National Guard helicopters dispersing tear gas, and changed intro to physical anthropology lecture room because of a fire-bombing, but I never had to dodge alligators!😱
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MSN
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August 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I had to dodge sheriff's deputies firing buckshot and tear gas, National Guard helicopters dispersing tear gas, and changed intro to physical anthropology lecture room because of a fire-bombing, but I never had to dodge alligators!😱
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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My previous carton about Moms for Liberty vultures ruffled some feathers, so here’s another one … www.al.com/politics/202...
August 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My previous carton about Moms for Liberty vultures ruffled some feathers, so here’s another one … www.al.com/politics/202...
Sounds of the bay😁
August 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sounds of the bay😁