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Anne Nelson Mancl
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Professionally curious university lecturer; loves adventure, history, interesting cars, reptiles & rocks; can be irreverent. Anti-fascist. Raised in Chicago area, now in Madison, WI
#tallpoppysyndrome #crossculturalcommunication #publicspeaking
#GenX
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Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?"

Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Can Your Face Predict Your Salary? Using AI Personality Assessments in Hiring
A new study from Wharton faculty explores how AI can extract personality traits from facial images — and what that means for your career.
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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The @apnews.com's Sophie Bates recently covered our purchase of the barn. “We think that where the worst harms have happened, the most healing is possible,” ETIC's Patrick Weems said. Read the full story at apnews.com/article/emme....
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Spotify Wrapped is bluntly telling users their "listening age," which in many cases is several decades older or younger than their actual age. It's a calculated strategy. n.pr/48ScByQ
How old is your music taste? Spotify will tell you, though you may not like it
Spotify Wrapped is bluntly telling users their "listening age," which in many cases is several decades older or younger than their actual age. It's a calculated strategy.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious
dudes rock
September 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“Listening to the album is like getting a crash course in people’s history” #woodyguthrie
inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released
With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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You could write a book about this photo. Everything about it is so fucking vulgar.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful cultural forces, from hip-hop to ideas of welcoming inclusivity.
Y'all, we need to talk about 'y'all'
The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful cultural forces, from hip-hop to ideas of welcoming inclusivity.
n.pr
July 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Meet the ‘weird’ sea spider that’s mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures
Meet the ‘weird’ sea spider that’s mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures
UW–Madison researchers and their international colleagues have published the first high-quality genome of a sea spider species, providing a key reference point for the evolutionary traits of many rela
news.wisc.edu
July 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A Free Yale Course on Medieval History: 700 Years in 22 Lectures www.openculture.com/2025/06/a-fr...
A Free Yale Course on Medieval History: 700 Years in 22 Lectures
 In 22 lectures, Yale historian Paul Freedman takes you on a 700-year tour of medieval history.
www.openculture.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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That’s not what the military is supposed to do. That’s called a military coup.
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/sTQjiSiG
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Here’s How Much Damage A Police ‘Hood Slide’ Really Does To A Car - with @JasonTorchinsky in action, TJ Hooker style 🚨 www.theautopian.com/heres-how-mu...
Here's How Much Damage A Police 'Hood Slide' Really Does To A Car - The Autopian
You’ve probably seen police “hood slides” on TV in The Dukes of Hazzard, Rush Hour, Starksy & Hutch, and who knows — if you lived in 1980s New York City, maybe even in real life. It is universally con...
www.theautopian.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I'm trying something new. This is an AI assisted Explainer video where I just lean in all the way into the software to do the voice and drawings in the interest of time.

First one is on the legal reasoning behind the court's thinking in striking down Trump's tariffs. youtube.com/shorts/xamHY...
Why the court said NO to Trump's tariffs
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Chestnuts and the Roman Empire! Super interesting
bbc.com/future/artic...
May 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM