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Kip Kosek
@kipkosek.bsky.social
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Sometime scholar of American history, religion, and culture. Author Acts of Conscience. From Wisconsin to the East Coast and back again. Posts about cultural, intellectual, and political life.
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 5d
Follow up question: photos of old windmills (like the classic Dutch windmill) often show four blades — why is that?
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 5d
A question I didn’t know I had — thanks!
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 8d
Very astute essay by @jenniferreich.bsky.social explaining vaccine hesitancy as part of a broader individualistic approach to health
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | What Really Drives Vaccine Hesitancy
www.nytimes.com
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 15d
oatmeal butterscotch chip > oatmeal raisin
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 21d
*apostle
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 22d
Wisconsin’s governor fights back against the federal antivax crackpots
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Press Release: Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order to Ensure Access to Vaccines in Wisconsin
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 23d
After the invention of the printing press, some Protestants made the technology into an idol, even conflating the printed text of the Bible with the creative Word of God. Maybe not surprising that something analogous could happen with AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
Finding God in the App Store
www.nytimes.com
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 24d
And also failed a few times first!
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · 24d
On a whim, decided to try to grow a sunflower this summer
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Sep 3
That makes a lot of sense. Can demand #6 be getting rid of RFK?
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andy™ @andylevy.net · Aug 28
hey hey rfk
how many kids did you kill today
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Aug 28
Kind of a strange piece, in which marriage is MAGA, being “all-American” is MAGA, drinking beer is MAGA

I’d say we shouldn’t concede those things quite so easily
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Aug 22
I’m realizing that a lot of science and tech people really do dislike writing — are even sort of afraid of it — and would be relieved to have it automated for them, sort of like you’d automate paying your bills or some other unpleasant task
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Aug 8
I always learn something from reading an obituary: Eddie Palmieri, the Latin music titan, "for years . . . refused to pay taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, embracing the view of Henry George." !!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Jul 29
Sharp @linamkhan.bsky.social op-ed on the importance of small business and the dangers of monopoly capitalism — an opportunity for Democrats here!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...
Opinion | Lina Khan: A Secret to Zohran Mamdani’s Success
www.nytimes.com
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Jul 18
Good news for free culture
www.openculture.com/2024/11/the-...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Jul 9
In 1930, the American Federation of Musicians launched an ad campaign denouncing recorded music in movies. The ads contain incredible images of the soulless music robots that would replace live performers. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musi...
Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots
www.smithsonianmag.com
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Jun 10
Still looking for the Dems to present a substantive positive alternative, something beyond “Trump is bad”
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Jun 5
That depends partly on what we mean by “work,” what tradeoffs we accept. Even Francis Collins has expressed doubts about the lockdowns and school closures — it’s not only crackpots who are questioning (though to be sure there are many crackpots).
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · May 29
At the same time, as @annabower.bsky.social points out, the government denies that Musk was part of DOGE — I’d like to read your take on all of that
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · May 28
Wish they would remove the paywall for this one
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · May 13
This American Life had a segment starting like that
www.thisamericanlife.org/780/setting-...
Prologue - This American Life
Tobin Low tells Ira about Paul, who intended to have an anonymous, romantic rendezvous but instead wound up having to decide whether or not to clear up a big misunderstanding.
www.thisamericanlife.org
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Apr 29
Yeah, in that sense Duffy really is a northern Wisconsin guy
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Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social · Apr 22
One step closer to Butlerian Jihad
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