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.
https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/colindanby/home
Photo by Stephanie Seguino
https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/colindanby/home
Photo by Stephanie Seguino
How's the tickling going for you?
It's so earnest, though, that I am sort of won over.
It's so earnest, though, that I am sort of won over.
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
How's the tickling going for you?
It's so earnest, though, that I am sort of won over.
It's so earnest, though, that I am sort of won over.
I agree that one looks weird.
Earnestness rules! Were it not for the dogs and cats here, which license unironic sentiment, I couldn't bear it.
Earnestness rules! Were it not for the dogs and cats here, which license unironic sentiment, I couldn't bear it.
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I agree that one looks weird.
Earnestness rules! Were it not for the dogs and cats here, which license unironic sentiment, I couldn't bear it.
Earnestness rules! Were it not for the dogs and cats here, which license unironic sentiment, I couldn't bear it.
Suck up and punch down.
E. was such an obvious pseud that I doubt he fooled anyone, but he gave people things they wanted.
E. was such an obvious pseud that I doubt he fooled anyone, but he gave people things they wanted.
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Suck up and punch down.
E. was such an obvious pseud that I doubt he fooled anyone, but he gave people things they wanted.
E. was such an obvious pseud that I doubt he fooled anyone, but he gave people things they wanted.
These people are not well.
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
These people are not well.
The complaints that "well obviously this was an allusion..." or "CLEARLY this was not meant seriously" amount to "what a rube" eye-rolling.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The complaints that "well obviously this was an allusion..." or "CLEARLY this was not meant seriously" amount to "what a rube" eye-rolling.
Also: not everyone starts from the same cultural knowledge base, or has learned the same reading practices for teasing out layers of irony. Some may be looking at this through translation software.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Also: not everyone starts from the same cultural knowledge base, or has learned the same reading practices for teasing out layers of irony. Some may be looking at this through translation software.
Yes. Simple rules will *by their nature* sometimes produce decisions that seem odd on the individual merits.
You do not want mods having to do lengthy critical exegesis.
You do not want mods having to do lengthy critical exegesis.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yes. Simple rules will *by their nature* sometimes produce decisions that seem odd on the individual merits.
You do not want mods having to do lengthy critical exegesis.
You do not want mods having to do lengthy critical exegesis.
Such a strange mix of deep cringe and OK-they're-doing-something-interesting.
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Such a strange mix of deep cringe and OK-they're-doing-something-interesting.
Occurred to me when I saw it that they'd have, to if they wanted to stay remotely consistent.
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Occurred to me when I saw it that they'd have, to if they wanted to stay remotely consistent.
There could be more if them, no? A whole subculture of Admiral cosplay.
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There could be more if them, no? A whole subculture of Admiral cosplay.
What a great photo!
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
What a great photo!
shit what's he done now
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
shit what's he done now
This is exactly what I need right now. Can we have more tail pictures, whenever there's time for that?
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is exactly what I need right now. Can we have more tail pictures, whenever there's time for that?
She has been so consistently pleasant and decent in this campaign, despite Harrell's condescension. I hope she gets credit.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
She has been so consistently pleasant and decent in this campaign, despite Harrell's condescension. I hope she gets credit.
If you tell an LLM what to say it will say that. The article you link to is childishly credulous. There is no "mind" there to change.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you tell an LLM what to say it will say that. The article you link to is childishly credulous. There is no "mind" there to change.
This one was amazing! It's *mostly* listening. Very little snark or visual jokes: he dials his personality way back and lets this woman emerge. I've never seen a politician do that.
Unions Change Lives
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This one was amazing! It's *mostly* listening. Very little snark or visual jokes: he dials his personality way back and lets this woman emerge. I've never seen a politician do that.
Shouldn't the order be the other way around?
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Shouldn't the order be the other way around?
We need a nautical Mad Max movie featuring these.
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We need a nautical Mad Max movie featuring these.
Thanks for doing this work! It's hard to get a general sense of what's on economists' minds at a particular moment, and this is particularly rich.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thanks for doing this work! It's hard to get a general sense of what's on economists' minds at a particular moment, and this is particularly rich.
That's great! Now I seriously have to read this.
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
That's great! Now I seriously have to read this.
Among their many, crude, errors is artificially stabilizing the category of "vampire" and writing polymorphous monstrosity out of existence. We in Critical Vampire Studies insist...
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Among their many, crude, errors is artificially stabilizing the category of "vampire" and writing polymorphous monstrosity out of existence. We in Critical Vampire Studies insist...
Looks like a very tasty book! I have a vague sense that ideology of continuous progress dates to mid-1800s, but the tech part is not there yet, so the implicit dating here makes sense.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Looks like a very tasty book! I have a vague sense that ideology of continuous progress dates to mid-1800s, but the tech part is not there yet, so the implicit dating here makes sense.
What is the usage of the Journal of Vampire Studies?
Publications - Vampire Studies Association
In accordance with our mission, we publish vampire scholarship. Our flagship publication is the Journal of Vampire Studies. We are also interested in publishing monographs, edited collections and othe...
vampirestudies.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What is the usage of the Journal of Vampire Studies?
What a great thread. But if we're doing pedantry, what's the sociology? Is this a group bound by what they understand as kin ties? Is this a guild, a cult, or a loose voluntary association?
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What a great thread. But if we're doing pedantry, what's the sociology? Is this a group bound by what they understand as kin ties? Is this a guild, a cult, or a loose voluntary association?