Jesse Hession Grayman
@kopyor.bsky.social
Social/medical anthropologist at Waipapa Taumata Rau - U of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Originally from Schenectady NY, USA. Research in Indonesia. Gardener. Home fermentation. Music nerd. Genre fiction.
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Jesse Hession Grayman
@kopyor.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Very excited to share that the journal where I serve as an Associate Editor has arrived on BlueSky. Welcome American Ethnological Society / American Ethnologist! @amethno.bsky.social
#AnthroSky #Anthropology #AmericanEthnologist
#AnthroSky #Anthropology #AmericanEthnologist
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Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
Suharto presided over a period marked by rampant corruption, nepotism, censorship and allegations of mass human rights abuses
Indonesia has awarded former authoritarian leader Suharto the title of national hero, in a move that has sparked accusations of historical revisionism in the world’s third-largest democracy.
The award has deepened fears about attempts to whitewash Suharto’s rise and decades-long rule, a period marked by rampant corruption, censorship and accusations of mass human rights violations. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
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"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass."
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass."
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
From #Cuomosexual to #CuomoShame
@adlan.bsky.social couldn't find a lot of Cuomo voters in Flatbush, including the guy tasked with handing out Cuomo fliers:
hellgatenyc.com/election-day...
hellgatenyc.com/election-day...
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
From #Cuomosexual to #CuomoShame
I enjoyed 3 terrific spooky season movies this past long weekend.
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). Inchoate but barely suppresed white settler Victorian anxieties in Australia. Plot and soundtrack presage The Virgin Suicides, with clear affinities between the two films.
#PicnicAtHangingRock (1/3)
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). Inchoate but barely suppresed white settler Victorian anxieties in Australia. Plot and soundtrack presage The Virgin Suicides, with clear affinities between the two films.
#PicnicAtHangingRock (1/3)
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I enjoyed 3 terrific spooky season movies this past long weekend.
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). Inchoate but barely suppresed white settler Victorian anxieties in Australia. Plot and soundtrack presage The Virgin Suicides, with clear affinities between the two films.
#PicnicAtHangingRock (1/3)
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). Inchoate but barely suppresed white settler Victorian anxieties in Australia. Plot and soundtrack presage The Virgin Suicides, with clear affinities between the two films.
#PicnicAtHangingRock (1/3)
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The trick 'r treaters are getting something special this year.
October 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The trick 'r treaters are getting something special this year.
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Ja'afar Hassan - They Taught Me [Iraq, Psychedelic Folk Rock] (Unknown Year)
https://redd.it/fm65ug
https://youtu.be/LQQM5YALkoE
https://redd.it/fm65ug
https://youtu.be/LQQM5YALkoE
Ja'afar Hassan - They Taught Me [Iraq, Psychedelic Folk Rock] (Unknown Year)
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Ja'afar Hassan - They Taught Me [Iraq, Psychedelic Folk Rock] (Unknown Year)
https://redd.it/fm65ug
https://youtu.be/LQQM5YALkoE
https://redd.it/fm65ug
https://youtu.be/LQQM5YALkoE
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I approve of this plan, also because I am a political anthropologist
If I were a pro-Dem billionaire one of the first things I'd fund is a two-year study employing 100s of political anthropologists to go to every corner of the US to develop the most comprehensive picture of local power structures in history and then use that to synthesize a 50-state strategy
I *have* a certain idea about what the Dems should maybe do in parts of West Virginia and Ohio based on a particular understanding of that area's history and current dynamics. I have no fucking clue how to go about winning Iowa. Stitching this local knowledge together in a national strategy is key.
October 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I approve of this plan, also because I am a political anthropologist
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It's like she's doing Pokemon Go but with Nazi war criminals.
![JuCo QTs "Excellent meeting with excellent friends", original post from the legitimately insane fascist white supremacist trogdolyte war criminal "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth" "welcom[ing] NZ Minister of Defence Collins to the Pentagon yesterday. We discussed pragmatic and tangible opportunities to enhance our cooperation"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wdpjj5tlztbjxcematya2o5p/bafkreib5sf7dqxmqaxxg7yr7e5mx6ymjg2ihlve6dxsql6c73v5wtgxddm@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It's like she's doing Pokemon Go but with Nazi war criminals.
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Hot off the press! 🚨 A new #OpenAccess entry on #Humanitarianism by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social & @malayfiroz.bsky.social is out now - check it out!
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism can be broadly understood as a concern with human suffering and a moral desire to alleviate it. It manifests not only through discrete acts of helping, but also through a set of practi...
doi.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Hot off the press! 🚨 A new #OpenAccess entry on #Humanitarianism by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social & @malayfiroz.bsky.social is out now - check it out!
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
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Empire State Plaza - Albany, NY r/brutalism
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Empire State Plaza - Albany, NY r/brutalism
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Okay this is a good headline
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Okay this is a good headline
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The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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starks early elberta peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1913
October 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
starks early elberta peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1913
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When the Orwellian named Dept of Homeland Security was created … MANY of us predicted that it would eventually be doing all the things that it is doing right now
Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways
Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
When the Orwellian named Dept of Homeland Security was created … MANY of us predicted that it would eventually be doing all the things that it is doing right now
Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways
Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways
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John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine
Two skeets within minutes, each quoting #Andor, including one from the governor of Illinois. And that's just from today's brief scroll. Maybe it's cheesy, or tainted because its provenance is Disney, but I'm OK with the Andor screenplays serving as the sacred texts for our *hashtag* resistance.
September 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Two skeets within minutes, each quoting #Andor, including one from the governor of Illinois. And that's just from today's brief scroll. Maybe it's cheesy, or tainted because its provenance is Disney, but I'm OK with the Andor screenplays serving as the sacred texts for our *hashtag* resistance.
“And it’s finger popping 24-hour shopping in rapture.”
music.apple.com/us/album/rap...
music.apple.com/us/album/rap...
Rapture by Blondie on Apple Music
Song · 1981 · Duration 5:36
music.apple.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“And it’s finger popping 24-hour shopping in rapture.”
music.apple.com/us/album/rap...
music.apple.com/us/album/rap...
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Of all the brands to go for you pick the one that held its own through “the tylenol murders” and refused to change its name
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Of all the brands to go for you pick the one that held its own through “the tylenol murders” and refused to change its name
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A bit of James Baldwin today:
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
September 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A bit of James Baldwin today:
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
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lent golden peaches, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
lent golden peaches, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916
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We’re losing so many mothers to childbirth and genocide. It’s our responsibility to act on both | Jacinda Ardern
We’re losing so many mothers to childbirth and genocide. It’s our responsibility to act on both | Jacinda Ardern
We know women give birth during war – and too often, they die. But we must do much more to achieve safety and stability, says former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We’re losing so many mothers to childbirth and genocide. It’s our responsibility to act on both | Jacinda Ardern