Colin Danby
@cdanby.bsky.social
Heterodox economist working in history of thought, specifically the commerce between body, nation, race, and economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He/him.
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Colin Danby
@cdanby.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Race in Marshall's Economics | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Race in Marshall's Economics
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My "Race in Marshall's Economics" is now available, and open-access!
Thanks to editors and reviewers at _Modern Intellectual History_, and to folks at Cambridge University Press who have been coping with cyberattack aftermath. #EconSky #OpenAccess
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Thanks to editors and reviewers at _Modern Intellectual History_, and to folks at Cambridge University Press who have been coping with cyberattack aftermath. #EconSky #OpenAccess
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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In case anyone's wondering how this is going, she's gotten very fluffy and comes in our house for pets like four times a day ❤️
Timeline cleanse here is one of our alley cats coming in for a happy hour tuna-rita (1oz tuna water, 3oz water)
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
In case anyone's wondering how this is going, she's gotten very fluffy and comes in our house for pets like four times a day ❤️
This exactly. Indeed the more you're committed to reading and substantively commenting on student work, the more LLM content sucks away time and emotional energy.
Schoolslop. Yes! That's exactly what it is. A great breakdown of what teaching is like in high school rn.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This exactly. Indeed the more you're committed to reading and substantively commenting on student work, the more LLM content sucks away time and emotional energy.
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I only just saw this thanks to @ed3d.net and I don’t have time to do a full fisking before my daughter’s bedtime but a few hundred words in and it’s utter nonsense.
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The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I only just saw this thanks to @ed3d.net and I don’t have time to do a full fisking before my daughter’s bedtime but a few hundred words in and it’s utter nonsense.
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Reminded of Foucault's point that far from being repressed, sex never shuts up.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reminded of Foucault's point that far from being repressed, sex never shuts up.
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2/2 Ass: do you understand what's going on here? Ox: I only know that nobody will remember our dinner.
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
2/2 Ass: do you understand what's going on here? Ox: I only know that nobody will remember our dinner.
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For this is one of those disheartening instances where truth requires full as much bolstering as error.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For this is one of those disheartening instances where truth requires full as much bolstering as error.
So many things about this.
1. Congratulations to the student!
2. Why does Robert Lawrence read these banalities off a sheet of paper? Can he not face students and speak directly to them?
3. The pivot to Tony Blair is just, mmm, perfect.
(Sorry, *Sir* Tony Blair. Doffing my cap.)
1. Congratulations to the student!
2. Why does Robert Lawrence read these banalities off a sheet of paper? Can he not face students and speak directly to them?
3. The pivot to Tony Blair is just, mmm, perfect.
(Sorry, *Sir* Tony Blair. Doffing my cap.)
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So many things about this.
1. Congratulations to the student!
2. Why does Robert Lawrence read these banalities off a sheet of paper? Can he not face students and speak directly to them?
3. The pivot to Tony Blair is just, mmm, perfect.
(Sorry, *Sir* Tony Blair. Doffing my cap.)
1. Congratulations to the student!
2. Why does Robert Lawrence read these banalities off a sheet of paper? Can he not face students and speak directly to them?
3. The pivot to Tony Blair is just, mmm, perfect.
(Sorry, *Sir* Tony Blair. Doffing my cap.)
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When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
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UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.
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The young bull, 1647, monumental painting by Paulus Potter, Dutch Golden Age artist specialising in animals, born #OTD 1625; known for his detailed portrayals of sturdy cattle against low horizons.
Mauritshuis, Den Haag
Mauritshuis, Den Haag
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The young bull, 1647, monumental painting by Paulus Potter, Dutch Golden Age artist specialising in animals, born #OTD 1625; known for his detailed portrayals of sturdy cattle against low horizons.
Mauritshuis, Den Haag
Mauritshuis, Den Haag
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Important piece from Bruce Schneier… Agentic AI’s OODA Loop Problem buff.ly/0ntqD1n
"The fundamental problem is that AI must compress reality into model-legible forms. In this setting, adversaries can exploit the compression. They don’t have to attack the territory; they can attack the map."
"The fundamental problem is that AI must compress reality into model-legible forms. In this setting, adversaries can exploit the compression. They don’t have to attack the territory; they can attack the map."
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Important piece from Bruce Schneier… Agentic AI’s OODA Loop Problem buff.ly/0ntqD1n
"The fundamental problem is that AI must compress reality into model-legible forms. In this setting, adversaries can exploit the compression. They don’t have to attack the territory; they can attack the map."
"The fundamental problem is that AI must compress reality into model-legible forms. In this setting, adversaries can exploit the compression. They don’t have to attack the territory; they can attack the map."
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Aiming for Joan Didion but landing on Eva Braun.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Aiming for Joan Didion but landing on Eva Braun.
Max barked. Max barked at barking. Max barked to be barked at so he could go on barking. Barking itself barked its way into existence through Max's barking.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Max barked. Max barked at barking. Max barked to be barked at so he could go on barking. Barking itself barked its way into existence through Max's barking.
A good walk during a break in the rain.
Max keeps a mental list of houses with big barking dogs, and visits as many as he can.
Max keeps a mental list of houses with big barking dogs, and visits as many as he can.
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A good walk during a break in the rain.
Max keeps a mental list of houses with big barking dogs, and visits as many as he can.
Max keeps a mental list of houses with big barking dogs, and visits as many as he can.
Summers and Epstein were networkers. That’s the work of their e-mails: building and tending personal ties, shaping and renewing an elite.
Same with the eugenics movement a century ago. Irving Fisher wrote, but also organized. This is from the front-matter of his 1916 _How to Live_.
Same with the eugenics movement a century ago. Irving Fisher wrote, but also organized. This is from the front-matter of his 1916 _How to Live_.
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Summers and Epstein were networkers. That’s the work of their e-mails: building and tending personal ties, shaping and renewing an elite.
Same with the eugenics movement a century ago. Irving Fisher wrote, but also organized. This is from the front-matter of his 1916 _How to Live_.
Same with the eugenics movement a century ago. Irving Fisher wrote, but also organized. This is from the front-matter of his 1916 _How to Live_.
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and you might think sexual harassment at work is about desire, or maybe a lack of boundaries
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
and you might think sexual harassment at work is about desire, or maybe a lack of boundaries
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
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Tax historian here on why the IEEPA does not permit the president to impose a whole new tariff regime.
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tax historian here on why the IEEPA does not permit the president to impose a whole new tariff regime.
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations
#cdnhist #tariffs
I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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Language models are models of a corpus, not cognition
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Language models are models of a corpus, not cognition
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New bookg: Léon Walras, Economist and Liberal Socialist, by Jean-Pierre Potier
amzn.to/46ZoClf
amzn.to/46ZoClf
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New bookg: Léon Walras, Economist and Liberal Socialist, by Jean-Pierre Potier
amzn.to/46ZoClf
amzn.to/46ZoClf
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Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Well, it's happened. Burning Men is a physical artefact, out in the world.
On Saturday I went to John Sandoe Books in Chelsea to see it and get my author copies. Was not prepared for all the FEELINGS
If you're in London, pop in and get a free copy with your Christmas haul. It's ... smoking..!
On Saturday I went to John Sandoe Books in Chelsea to see it and get my author copies. Was not prepared for all the FEELINGS
If you're in London, pop in and get a free copy with your Christmas haul. It's ... smoking..!
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Well, it's happened. Burning Men is a physical artefact, out in the world.
On Saturday I went to John Sandoe Books in Chelsea to see it and get my author copies. Was not prepared for all the FEELINGS
If you're in London, pop in and get a free copy with your Christmas haul. It's ... smoking..!
On Saturday I went to John Sandoe Books in Chelsea to see it and get my author copies. Was not prepared for all the FEELINGS
If you're in London, pop in and get a free copy with your Christmas haul. It's ... smoking..!
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Steve McCurry, Rome, 1994
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Steve McCurry, Rome, 1994
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Accelerated depreciation is supposed to be a tax incentive that enables long-term investment, but ideally not a feature of the actual investment goods.
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Accelerated depreciation is supposed to be a tax incentive that enables long-term investment, but ideally not a feature of the actual investment goods.