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Dael Norwood

@dael.bsky.social
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Historian of America's old, weird political economy. Unincorporated but proudly unionized citizen of Delaware. Adding “levity to discussions of financing and high politics” since 2022. Wrote Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America.

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 2h
"The Delaware Department of State declined to answer WHYY News’ questions on the proposal or whether Norm AI was being paid by the state and what kind of written agreements exist between the state and company." Seems like a clear FOIA target, no?
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 2h
" 'There’s really no overarching regulatory plan here for dealing with the fallout that AI-governed companies could bring,' said Christopher Bruner, Stembler family distinguished professor in business law at the University of Georgia School of Law."
whyy.org
Legal experts question who’s liable as Delaware pursues AI-run companies idea
Legal scholars question who would be liable for an artificial intelligence agent’s bad behavior under the state’s proposal.
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 17h
“the BLT is the pizza of sandwiches”
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 17h
It's going to be a little funny - mainly sad, but a little funny – when every university renames the money pit institutes they've already set up, and the invites to "Teaching and Learning with Super Intelligence" Zoom seminars go out
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 21h
THIS IS RAD AS HELL
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“This two-tiered aviation banking system is costing you money”
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
seriously, SpaceX showed the way and Anthropic is following it. Selective leaks of the "confidential" prospectus to gin up enthusiasm for the IPO, which is wildly illegal under the federal securities laws but no one cares about that anymore www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic leaders to control AI lab via 'Founder LLC' to promote public good over market forces
Anthropic has long positioned itself as the virtuous AI company. An early look at its IPO filing shows how it is creating a new "Founder LLC" vehicle ​aimed at serving the common good, while insulatin...
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The majesty of the law (in Delaware)
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I appreciate that Zach and the designer of forms at the US Patent Office did my work for me, and clearly listed Delaware as the company’s domicile. Because… Behind every great crime lies a Delaware business entity registration form, a continuing series…
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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reading for this week’s food studies reading group and…this book is reminding me why food is such an important field of study. (Read this. Read this now)
Chin Jou’s Captive Consumer’s
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 28/09/2026
Kiliuda Consulting, an 8(a) Alaska Native Corporation subsidiary, lists intelligence research specialist openings in cities from Harlingen, Tex., to Williston, Vt. The ads use the same job title as the ERO ONE statement of work and list nearly identical requirements.
Screenshot of Kiliuda job search results showing seven Intelligence Research Specialist openings, each with View and Apply buttons. The listings are job 6190 in Newark, N.J.; job 6191 in Philadelphia; job 6193 in Phoenix; job 6194 in Salt Lake City; job 6196 in San Antonio; job 6197 in San Diego; and job 6198 in San Francisco.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 28/09/2026
A federal contractor appears to be recruiting for ICE's planned ERO ONE contract. It is advertising intelligence analyst jobs in every city where ERO ONE would place its staff, although the ads do not name the agency. 🧵
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
my brother in Christ (at the bookstore) it is SEPTEMBER
It's Time to Select Your Course Materials for 2027 Spring
Semester
Help save students money by selecting your course materials early
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the postwar university for all its problems worked according to a pretty complex balance of cultural and economic capital with other kinds thrown in, but it looks like we can simplify our Bourdieu for the phase of neoliberal higher ed we’re in now, where the only thing that matters, ever, is money
Diagram of Bourdieu’s four fold grid of forms of capital — Economic, Cultural, Social, and Symbolic, showing all of them crossed out except for Economic, which is now the only form recognized by the neoliberal university
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love a good bit of meta-advertising "Newspaper Advertising," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 3, 1871, p. 199 archive.org/details/sim_...
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
okay so I have heard that song, and … it’s fine? neither improved nor detracted from my experience waiting on line at WaWa
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On Tuesday, 9/29 the Delaware State Senate Executive Committee will meet to consider Gov. Meyer's latest nominees for state office – including one new nomination to the UD Board of Trustees. As far as I can tell no one - incl the uni & the gov – has released any details, beyond their name
legis.delaware.gov
Meeting Notice - Delaware General Assembly
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Catnip for Shift+F1 discussion cc: @robzacny.bsky.social
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I need a group chat specifically for working out my Big Feelings and Many Thoughts about encountering the phrase a "state-like corporation" in an academic paper
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Consumer Time Capsule @consumertc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As a vintage McDonald's guy, I'm often asked: "what your favorite set of Happy Meal toys of all time?" Even though I've seen and owned em all, the answer is always the 1993 Halloween McNugget Buddies. The best designed, most nostalgic toys there's ever been.
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“That some two hundred pages of text still await the reader suggests that I have not answered these questions with a simple yes.”
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can confirm.
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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Somehow this post became current events analysis.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.
thecityreporter.nyc
DHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal Plaza
A reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
propublica.org
ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And Road House has all three
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’re watching Road House (1989) for the first time and man dive bar 1989 was a hell of a time to be the 1970s
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They really did it when they came up with microwave popcorn huh
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
All you people who use Excel like it’s Word, this is your fault
techcommunity.microsoft.com
Excel now supports multiple values in a single cell | Microsoft Community Hub
Lists, arrays in cells, and nested arrays introduce new ways to store and organize related information, helping you keep data together without sacrificing...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A lot of universities will be facing big deficits and looking to cure what ails them. I just want them to be thoughtful about it.
Screenshot of article which reads: At the same time, new job-focused majors may not be sustainable — and can even backfire. Dominique Baker, an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, pointed to the rise in computer-science degrees in the 2010s. At the time, they seemed like the best way to secure a high-paying salary after graduation, she said. But with the rise of generative artificial intelligence, computer-science jobs are increasingly hard to find, and enrollment in such programs is falling significantly.
“When you tie the viability, the financial viability in particular, of an institution really tightly to jobs creation on that scale,” especially as a four-year institution, she said, “you have to be really careful, because you can find that in 10 years that program that you poured all your money into — worthless.”
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Kelly Gray @elizabethkellygray.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fun fact: Jousting is Maryland's official sport! It was popular here in the 19th century, and it still has fans. It became our official state sport in 1962.
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Maybe this is why Alberta has beaten the rats
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 24/09/2026
networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/netw... reminder you can buy a copy of this charming little volume here
networksofny2026.bigcartel.com
Networks of New York, 2026 Edition (PRE-ORDER)
SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2026! Networks of New York is a book by me, Ingrid Burrington. It helps readers identify indicators of physical internet and telecommunications infrastructure in New York City. Usin...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026
Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.
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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One thing about being a business law professor with a PhD in political theory during These Times (tm) is that once you realize that Silicon Valley has become a vanguardist (fascist) political project, you see its fingerprints *everywhere.* From dual class shareholding to repealing 14a-8, from
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think even the Boss would agree with this rejection
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 24/09/2026
@aaup.org Urges @aau.edu to Reject Nebraska The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is seeking to rejoin the prestigious group of research universities after it was expelled in 2011 bit.ly/4iM1Gwf #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
A low angle photo of flowers in front of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus gateway.
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“discover the hidden cost of doing business with a higher power”
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m annoyed that the same factual error about the number of towns that allow corporations vote for town council gets repeated every time an outlet reports on this case. I suspect it’s the lawyers who keep repeating the error, not the reporters…
spotlightdelaware.org
Delaware Supreme Court weighs voting rights for LLCs, trusts
Delaware's Supreme Court is being asked to weigh in on whether artificial entities should have a vote in certain municipal elections.
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“nachos”
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Against my will today I learned that there is a hell hotter than Concur: “Uber for Business Higher Education”
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is breathtaking. Like many things these days it is hard, but necessary, to figure what is a continuity and what is a rupture. EdTech has always been a private sector parasite feeding off the public sector. The rupture is AI EdTech is experimenting on the rich instead of the poor.
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A great example of the rule that for any news story with a question in the headline, the answer is always "NO." "Wilmington wanted to help Christina Park tent residents. Did it work?" www.delawareonline.com/story/news/l...
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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For @lpeblog.bsky.social I wrote about why "bring your own power" is a false solution to the problem of datacenter energy demand and why municipalization (public ownership and control) of regional transmission organizations is necessary to protect ratepayers and accelerate decarbonization.
lpeproject.org
The Neoliberal Grid is in Crisis
To protect customers from rising electricity prices, public officials are urging data center developers to supply their own power. But this approach risks privatizing the power grid…
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The purpose of the child is to conduct business in your home state, to have bank accounts, and do whatever it is you want to do business as. You don’t own the child. You own the parent, and the parent owns the child."
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the arc of Bluesky is long, but it bends bus-wards
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