Harris Solomon 🍞
@harrissolomon.bsky.social
writer, baker, professor, medical anthropologist and public health researcher | talk to me about hospitals | vitalsign.substack.com
This is one of the better ones
October 5, 2023 at 12:36 AM
This is one of the better ones
Reading about forgiveness, as part of a new writing thingy.
October 2, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Reading about forgiveness, as part of a new writing thingy.
The food at Cheeni in Raleigh is just superb. So stoked they’re opening another restaurant, this time in Durham.
Bhel puri and Limca dreams.
Bhel puri and Limca dreams.
October 1, 2023 at 11:39 PM
The food at Cheeni in Raleigh is just superb. So stoked they’re opening another restaurant, this time in Durham.
Bhel puri and Limca dreams.
Bhel puri and Limca dreams.
Maybe doing a kettlebell workout after getting shots in each arm was perhaps not the best life decision.
September 30, 2023 at 1:39 PM
Maybe doing a kettlebell workout after getting shots in each arm was perhaps not the best life decision.
Flu on my left side, Covid on my right, here I am...
September 29, 2023 at 5:54 PM
Flu on my left side, Covid on my right, here I am...
Taught three classes today, have no voice left, but there is a loaf of bread waiting at home (baked it this morning) and that is all that can be salvaged of this day.
September 28, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Taught three classes today, have no voice left, but there is a loaf of bread waiting at home (baked it this morning) and that is all that can be salvaged of this day.
Not me looking up a book's pub date in Google Books when it's two feet away on my bookshelf
September 27, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Not me looking up a book's pub date in Google Books when it's two feet away on my bookshelf
A wonderful student gifted me some small-batch freshly milled flour. First loaf attempt with it, now hydrating...
September 27, 2023 at 2:08 PM
A wonderful student gifted me some small-batch freshly milled flour. First loaf attempt with it, now hydrating...
📣 South Asia friends and colleagues!
Duke is hiring a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in South Asian cultural studies.
Please share widely!
Info here:
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Duke is hiring a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in South Asian cultural studies.
Please share widely!
Info here:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25880
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September 25, 2023 at 2:20 PM
📣 South Asia friends and colleagues!
Duke is hiring a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in South Asian cultural studies.
Please share widely!
Info here:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25880
Duke is hiring a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in South Asian cultural studies.
Please share widely!
Info here:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25880
Am curious about what people are interested in reading about the social-political aspects of medicine in this moment, given that algorithms feed outrage-kindling and “oh I already agree with that” takes.
September 24, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Am curious about what people are interested in reading about the social-political aspects of medicine in this moment, given that algorithms feed outrage-kindling and “oh I already agree with that” takes.
Say hello to guava challah, what happens when a pastelito crashes into a brioche.
September 22, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Say hello to guava challah, what happens when a pastelito crashes into a brioche.
Seems it’s microwave social panic o’clock.
September 21, 2023 at 11:51 PM
Seems it’s microwave social panic o’clock.
Guy sits next to me on the plane: “Oh a masked person, you must be sick, I better watch out.”
He then took a picture of me. Tweeted it, writing “I am going to die. He’s got a mask on.”
Me:
He then took a picture of me. Tweeted it, writing “I am going to die. He’s got a mask on.”
Me:
September 21, 2023 at 10:26 PM
Guy sits next to me on the plane: “Oh a masked person, you must be sick, I better watch out.”
He then took a picture of me. Tweeted it, writing “I am going to die. He’s got a mask on.”
Me:
He then took a picture of me. Tweeted it, writing “I am going to die. He’s got a mask on.”
Me:
Estimated wait time in the doctor’s office, according to a computer monitor, is “on time.” When did healthcare become like airline travel?
September 13, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Estimated wait time in the doctor’s office, according to a computer monitor, is “on time.” When did healthcare become like airline travel?
First week in my “How Hospitals Work” course done. Today we read Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6” and talked about the strange ordinariness of clinics.
August 31, 2023 at 11:53 PM
First week in my “How Hospitals Work” course done. Today we read Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6” and talked about the strange ordinariness of clinics.
late / capitalism
August 21, 2023 at 8:49 PM
late / capitalism
America, in brief.
August 6, 2023 at 5:13 PM
America, in brief.
Blessed is the human who invented this.
August 6, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Blessed is the human who invented this.
Getting back on the bike today after 10 weeks away, how messy will this be
August 3, 2023 at 8:15 PM
Getting back on the bike today after 10 weeks away, how messy will this be
Instead of panicking about book writing I emptied shelves to make room for books I want to read, desire over disaster etc
August 3, 2023 at 8:12 PM
Instead of panicking about book writing I emptied shelves to make room for books I want to read, desire over disaster etc