The Walking Dolbow
@jdolbow.bsky.social
Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation at Duke University, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Father to two daughters, 🏳️🌈ally. Red Sox fan, DOE CSGF alumnus.
A touching, beautiful story filled with reflections. Worth your time.
‘I lived the life I’ve always dreamed of’: the man who cycled around the world for four years
Andreas Graf lived without screens and no idea of the date or time. The conditions were often brutal – but he found kindness and friendship as he rode
In April 2022, Andreas Graf set off on his bike...
Andreas Graf lived without screens and no idea of the date or time. The conditions were often brutal – but he found kindness and friendship as he rode
In April 2022, Andreas Graf set off on his bike...
‘I lived the life I’ve always dreamed of’: the man who cycled around the world for four years
Andreas Graf lived without screens and no idea of the date or time. The conditions were often brutal – but he found kindness and friendship as he rode
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
A touching, beautiful story filled with reflections. Worth your time.
Absolutely maddening
A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Absolutely maddening
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Helpful analysis here ⬇️
More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
ALT: a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Helpful analysis here ⬇️
I loved the Bad Bunny halftime show. Today as I read more about it, I am truly blown away. Incredible how much thought went into every detail.
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I loved the Bad Bunny halftime show. Today as I read more about it, I am truly blown away. Incredible how much thought went into every detail.
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
SHOW ME THE BUNNY!!!
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
SHOW ME THE BUNNY!!!
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When mom and dad force you do do an extra-curricular activity but that activity is fascism.
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM
When mom and dad force you do do an extra-curricular activity but that activity is fascism.
So much for the whole “don’t be evil” ethos, eh?
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 AM
So much for the whole “don’t be evil” ethos, eh?
Disgusting
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Disgusting
Love this
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Love this
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The Boss steps up to mark the moment.
Raw and clear.
Raw and clear.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The Boss steps up to mark the moment.
Raw and clear.
Raw and clear.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
I assume THE BOARD OF TRUTH AND HONESTY is next
What happens when the Board of Peace recommends renaming the Department of War, and the Department of War moves to rename the Board of Peace?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I assume THE BOARD OF TRUTH AND HONESTY is next
Queued up for you, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Why do I torture myself by going to their front page?
Seriously. "Outside of the Twin Cities area, at places like Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement is widespread." What is this shit? Who is it for?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Seriously. "Outside of the Twin Cities area, at places like Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement is widespread." What is this shit? Who is it for?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Queued up for you, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
My brother works for the state in Minnesota. He penned this yesterday. It’s worth your time:
assumptionblanket.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ju...
assumptionblanket.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ju...
I just got laid off. But this post isn’t what you think.
OK, deep breath, here we go. Yesterday, January 12, 2026, I got laid off from my job with the State of Minnesota due to budget constraints...
assumptionblanket.blogspot.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My brother works for the state in Minnesota. He penned this yesterday. It’s worth your time:
assumptionblanket.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ju...
assumptionblanket.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ju...
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This is well worth a watch, not just because you can see someone who was on the sidelines quickly become involved and engaged, but because it's another reminder that no one wants these fucking goons in their community.
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This is well worth a watch, not just because you can see someone who was on the sidelines quickly become involved and engaged, but because it's another reminder that no one wants these fucking goons in their community.
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If you watch one thing today make it @corbintrent.bsky.social and pass it on.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
If you watch one thing today make it @corbintrent.bsky.social and pass it on.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
One of the things I’m not sure I’ll ever understand about Nichols is his apparent need/desire to routinely punch down at accounts with a few thousand followers.
January 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
One of the things I’m not sure I’ll ever understand about Nichols is his apparent need/desire to routinely punch down at accounts with a few thousand followers.
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This is so incredibly heart-breaking. To Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli at NIH--you have betrayed the entire scientific community. Deeply committed staff are leaving in droves--because you are destroying the institution. Shame on you. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
This is so incredibly heart-breaking. To Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli at NIH--you have betrayed the entire scientific community. Deeply committed staff are leaving in droves--because you are destroying the institution. Shame on you. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...