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History Professor @ UCSB => science + tech + environment Cairn kicker 🚡 🎣 πŸ§—β€β™‚οΈβ›·οΈπŸ„πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ” in Cali-Rado. New book = https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553483/readme/ More = https://www.patrickmccray.com

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someone made some $$ from this.

11.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Market manipulation...

10.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"has remorse [that she was convicted]..."

10.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Printing press...radio...film strips...calculators...cable television...computers...1LPC...Wikipedia...MOOCs...LLMs...

10.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Clive James Β· Poem: β€˜The book of my enemy has been remaindered’ The book of my enemy has been remaindered/And I am pleased...

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...

10.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If Capra made this now...

"We Fight Why???"

10.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course they have. I am interested to see how the corporations making these unhealthy and unsafe products uss strategies developed by Big Oil and Big Tobacco to avoid and blunt regulation. I suspect this is already happening.

10.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A.I. Incites a New Wave of Grieving Parents Fighting for Online Safety

Curious to whether and how corporate strategies described in *Merchants of Doubt* will be used to resist attempts to regulate A.I. and LLM products...

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/t...

10.03.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Dead-fish eyes

10.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Am sharing with my dept colleagues

10.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A tale of two economies...

10.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I was at Ocean HQ a few weeks back and fuel at the local station was $4.20...

10.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Added to the "must read" list

#histsci

10.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NYT writer makes case for self-termination

10.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bo Gritz, Vietnam Veteran Called a Real-Life Rambo, Dies at 87

Gritz's life story reads like a parable for today's paranoid, inept GOP

"In 1998, while the trial was ongoing, Mr. Gritz’s third wife, Claudia, filed for divorce. He attempted to kill himself with a revolver, but missed his heart."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

10.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™

10.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

cf. "giss" (birding)

10.03.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hear that topic is wide open for historians to examine. Get busy!

09.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US foreign policy, 2026

09.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DJT pardon in 3...2...1...

09.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The BJHS "Themes" volume on manuals and handbooks might have some useful material

09.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This remains one of my all-time favorite podcasts...totally worth the $5/month or whatever you can spare

09.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

09.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CSU pays former provost $325,000 to not work Colorado State University is paying a former provost $325,000 to not work for 12 months amid budget cuts.

this will not improve town-gown relations...

www.coloradoan.com/story/news/e...

09.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The former...

08.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions. The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobsβ€”and sometimes even more money.

Heroine...

www.wsj.com/finance/cryp...

08.03.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People show more respect at a Little League game when the national anthem is played...

07.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This 'man'...wearing a ball cap as dead service people are presented. #Unfit

07.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Until Cryonics Do Us Part (Published 2010)

I recall corresponding with Hanson some years back when doing research for a previous book. It was hard to take his ideas seriously. FWIW his family seemed to agree

www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/m...

07.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed Before his misadventures in government efficiency, Musk promised to revolutionize commuting with a subway that would speed passengers between DC and Baltimore in a matter of minutes. The project was a...

It's 2026 and there's still no Hyperloop

washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/h...

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