Joan Combs Durso
@econoprof.bsky.social
Navy vet. Economist. SFF.
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#AmStat #GoNAVY #GoDukeWBB
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It’s time! Back for our 3rd year:
Wingback Productions’
A Christmas Carol
at Hell or High Water (112 W. Washington St.)
December 2 & 9 (Tuesdays)
7:30pm (door at 7:00)
$35 (Contact us for our Venmo to purchase)
A portion of proceeds will be donated to St. John Center
Wingback Productions’
A Christmas Carol
at Hell or High Water (112 W. Washington St.)
December 2 & 9 (Tuesdays)
7:30pm (door at 7:00)
$35 (Contact us for our Venmo to purchase)
A portion of proceeds will be donated to St. John Center
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It’s time! Back for our 3rd year:
Wingback Productions’
A Christmas Carol
at Hell or High Water (112 W. Washington St.)
December 2 & 9 (Tuesdays)
7:30pm (door at 7:00)
$35 (Contact us for our Venmo to purchase)
A portion of proceeds will be donated to St. John Center
Wingback Productions’
A Christmas Carol
at Hell or High Water (112 W. Washington St.)
December 2 & 9 (Tuesdays)
7:30pm (door at 7:00)
$35 (Contact us for our Venmo to purchase)
A portion of proceeds will be donated to St. John Center
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somehow, tomorrow I send out my “reserve your spot” emails for tax prep. I guess the years don’t slow down any at this point, huh
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
somehow, tomorrow I send out my “reserve your spot” emails for tax prep. I guess the years don’t slow down any at this point, huh
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True, but all kinds of authors got their start doing fanfiction, or still do it. Even NK Jemisin, one of the most lauded speculative fiction authors alive, has copped to writing fanfiction. And not when she was younger, but now!
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
True, but all kinds of authors got their start doing fanfiction, or still do it. Even NK Jemisin, one of the most lauded speculative fiction authors alive, has copped to writing fanfiction. And not when she was younger, but now!
From a story by Dr Cathy Barnette DVM, cats dot com on feline intelligence that made me laugh: “Has your cat trained you to feed her at a particular time, using meows or some other attention-getting behavior?…”
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
From a story by Dr Cathy Barnette DVM, cats dot com on feline intelligence that made me laugh: “Has your cat trained you to feed her at a particular time, using meows or some other attention-getting behavior?…”
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December and the last full moon of this year are eminent! (Full moon is Dec 4)
Two views of today’s 79% illuminated waxing gibbous moon 🌔
1- rising above hills 3pm - bluesky moon
2- high in the sky three hours later 6pm - black sky moon
Two views of today’s 79% illuminated waxing gibbous moon 🌔
1- rising above hills 3pm - bluesky moon
2- high in the sky three hours later 6pm - black sky moon
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
December and the last full moon of this year are eminent! (Full moon is Dec 4)
Two views of today’s 79% illuminated waxing gibbous moon 🌔
1- rising above hills 3pm - bluesky moon
2- high in the sky three hours later 6pm - black sky moon
Two views of today’s 79% illuminated waxing gibbous moon 🌔
1- rising above hills 3pm - bluesky moon
2- high in the sky three hours later 6pm - black sky moon
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Imagine being almost bald your whole life and then someone gets you a little jacket
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Imagine being almost bald your whole life and then someone gets you a little jacket
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Maybe the book that Democrats should adopt is the late Dr. Paul Farmer’s Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, 2005. Preface is by Amartya Sen, whose Development as Freedom is quoted along with Wendell Berry at the start.
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Maybe the book that Democrats should adopt is the late Dr. Paul Farmer’s Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, 2005. Preface is by Amartya Sen, whose Development as Freedom is quoted along with Wendell Berry at the start.
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The Republicans and Democrats who allowed this to happen are death panel supporters
A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Republicans and Democrats who allowed this to happen are death panel supporters
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Kingfisher,
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Kingfisher,
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
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Oh no, Tom Stoppard has died. 😭 I love his stuff. First read Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead in high school and it absolutely BLEW my mind. I didn’t know you could *do* that with literature. Got me into a bunch more absurdist/postmodern stuff. May his memory be a blessing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Oh no, Tom Stoppard has died. 😭 I love his stuff. First read Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead in high school and it absolutely BLEW my mind. I didn’t know you could *do* that with literature. Got me into a bunch more absurdist/postmodern stuff. May his memory be a blessing.
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We used to visit a beachfront place in Cherry Grove (SC), I was sad to not have quick beach access on this trip.
But there is a lagoon behind this rental so I got to watch an Anhinga every day, and it was here all morning as we packed up to drive back to Ohio, so that’s nice!
But there is a lagoon behind this rental so I got to watch an Anhinga every day, and it was here all morning as we packed up to drive back to Ohio, so that’s nice!
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We used to visit a beachfront place in Cherry Grove (SC), I was sad to not have quick beach access on this trip.
But there is a lagoon behind this rental so I got to watch an Anhinga every day, and it was here all morning as we packed up to drive back to Ohio, so that’s nice!
But there is a lagoon behind this rental so I got to watch an Anhinga every day, and it was here all morning as we packed up to drive back to Ohio, so that’s nice!
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well I’ve been fed and my box is clean and everybody else is asleep, I guess it’s time to scamper from room to room knocking shit over and screaming
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
well I’ve been fed and my box is clean and everybody else is asleep, I guess it’s time to scamper from room to room knocking shit over and screaming
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
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seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink:
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink:
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
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I’m mindful today of those for whom this is their first Thanksgiving without a loved one. I’m praying for a measure of peace and the comfort of beautiful memories.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’m mindful today of those for whom this is their first Thanksgiving without a loved one. I’m praying for a measure of peace and the comfort of beautiful memories.
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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A plus side of my letter writing campaign to Streeting?
It’s now a doddle to send off less trauma inducing complaints to all and sundry.
Dear blood transfusion service - please train your operatives not to say ‘ haha that’s funny’ about any donor’s tattoo.
Mine is a memorial tattoo and not funny.
It’s now a doddle to send off less trauma inducing complaints to all and sundry.
Dear blood transfusion service - please train your operatives not to say ‘ haha that’s funny’ about any donor’s tattoo.
Mine is a memorial tattoo and not funny.
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A plus side of my letter writing campaign to Streeting?
It’s now a doddle to send off less trauma inducing complaints to all and sundry.
Dear blood transfusion service - please train your operatives not to say ‘ haha that’s funny’ about any donor’s tattoo.
Mine is a memorial tattoo and not funny.
It’s now a doddle to send off less trauma inducing complaints to all and sundry.
Dear blood transfusion service - please train your operatives not to say ‘ haha that’s funny’ about any donor’s tattoo.
Mine is a memorial tattoo and not funny.
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Texas vs South Carolina in women‘s bball in 45 minutes because I love to be Sports Stressed on Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Texas vs South Carolina in women‘s bball in 45 minutes because I love to be Sports Stressed on Thanksgiving!
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My Yale medical school @thehowie.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social Health & Veritas Podcast
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Peter Hotez: Mapping the Anti-Science Machine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and an outspoken opponent of health misinformation, to discuss vaccine skepticism and the forces—from wellness influencers to HHS secretary...
insights.som.yale.edu
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My Yale medical school @thehowie.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social Health & Veritas Podcast
insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea...
insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea...
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