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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 14h

Hot 🔥 take:
To people who've studied the economic and social history of imperial China, Mokyr's writings are considerably less impressive.

I'd write a whole thread, but I have too much other stuff to do today.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 14h

Right?

Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 14h

Hot 🔥 take:
To people who've studied the economic and social history of imperial China, Mokyr's writings are considerably less impressive.

I'd write a whole thread, but I have too much other stuff to do today.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 16h

Now I am listening to D'Angelo while taking care of the tasks I already had planned for the day, and I am slightly worried I'm going to buy my mom an inordinately sexy birthday present.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Pepper - the pretentious advanced degree = Mr. Pibb.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 2d

Every time Harrison Butker misses a kick, a feminist gets her wings

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 2d

I thought that super detailed assignment instructions and rubrics would be a deterrent and at least make it obvious that the low grades resulted from not following the directions. I was mistaken.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 2d

I battled AI all last year and gave lots of bad marks, resulting in the worst student eval scores I've gotten in a couple decades. This year it's all in-class exams.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 2d

That eyeliner ain't cheap!

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 3d

Don't make me say it...

Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 3d

A history of laws against public urination would require a different title, of course.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 3d

I'm shocked.

Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 3d

I'm willing to bet that someone has already used that title

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 4d

For #SquittleDay (squid and cuttlefish day!): 🦑
Bakufu Ohno (Japan, 1888-1976)
#Cuttlefish (Mongo-ika), 1940
From Familiar Fishes of Nippon (Dai Nihon gyorui hanga-in)
Oban, 40.3 x 28.4 cm
ukiyo-e.org/image/jaodb/...
#JapaneseArt #CephalopodWeek

vintage Japanese color woodblock print in landscape orientation, illustration of an inking cuttlefish (light brown & light blue body, black ink), with seals and signatures on lower left

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 7d

From the current issue: “Dams and the Deep Earth: The 1967 Koyna Earthquake and Human Agency in the Anthropocene”

by Elizabeth Chatterjee and Sachaet Pandey-Geeta Mantraraj (University of Chicago)

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Dams and the Deep Earth: The 1967 Koyna Earthquake and Human Agency in the Anthropocene*

Abstract. On 11 December 1967, a large earthquake devastated the village of Koynanagar in Maharashtra, western India. Many blamed the new Koyna hydroelectr

doi.org

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 4d

This is me not making a wisecrack about the Econ Department.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 4d

Opting out of this AI licensing agreement, which was auto sent on a weekly basis by a certain publisher, was far from simple.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 4d

We're delighted to announce that @williamcavert.bsky.social has been awarded the Dyos Prize for 2024!

The Dyos Prize is awarded to the best article submitted to #UrbanHistory in the previous calendar year.

Check out 'Industrial brewing in early modern London' here: doi.org/10.1017/S096...

White text on maroon background reads: Urban History Dyos Prize 2024

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7d

doomscroll break

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 8d

LOLed from this one. (Maybe because I'm currently trying to sell a house.)

The Onion @theonion.com · 8d

Real Estate: Wouldst This Suit M’Lord?

Tis a humble and rudely constructed domicile, true, but ’tis warm and dry, and there be space enough to lay your head on some flax and pass an evening’s time.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 9d

According to Wikipedia: "Rowan is a restaurateur who owns multiple eateries in The Hamptons." 😆 🤣 😂

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 9d

Another great one! m.youtube.com/watch?v=snLU...

David Gborie | Gbirth Of A Nation (Full Comedy Special)

YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media

m.youtube.com

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 11d

e tu npr?

NPR @npr.org · 11d

Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief.

Memphis sees opportunity in Trump's plans for federal intervention

Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief.

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