Elsbeth
historecluse.bsky.social
Elsbeth
@historecluse.bsky.social
Historian of epidemics, exhibitions, hospital medicine, the state, taxes, civilization and, currently, US economic thought.
Sitting in a conference sorry.
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wow, exactly that book and that age as well. I picked it off the school library shelf entirely for the title and very quickly was hooked. Then I read all his others. Then I was genuinely quite knowledgeable about the past. Then I became a historian.
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Not sure, sorry.
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Jacob Viner had seven pages of criticisms on it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Indeed. I just made a tiramisu cake.
From Sally’s Baking cookbook (birthday present from my daughter who helped roll).

sallysbakingaddiction.com/sallys-bakin...
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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"Are Women the Problem?"

By A Man
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM