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Daniel Hansen

@danrhan.bsky.social
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(they/he) PhD candidate in anthropology @ the University of Chicago. Picts, "heritage," identity, early medieval Scotland. Otherwise: motorsport, baseball, mandolin, and birds. All views my own. Website: danrhan.com

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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Say what you will about the modern streaming landscape, but being able to turn on a random Little House on the Prairie episode on some obscure free platform on a rainy day is a real blessing.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Me last week: Oh no it's already September! I'm not ready for summer to end! Me this week: oh hell yeah it's soup time
Screenshot of 10-day forecast for Hyde Park Chicago showing sub-70s weather all week
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Speaking of...
Cartoon shows person looking at computer. Person: "Say "I am alive."" Computer: "I am alive." Person "Oh my god"
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"A cool thing"
From the NY Times: "The American president said he still believed it would “be a cool thing” if Northern Ireland broke away from the United Kingdom, but joked that half the room would clear out after hearing his remarks."
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All I can hope for today is that we lose, pure and simple, without any clock nonsense. #goblue
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Words cannot describe how I feel about turn 12. Fernando should pull some Indycar nonsense and show these kids how it's done.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh BROTHER
Text of email that reads: 

"Dear Transit Rider,

Starting September 1, CTA, Metra and Pace teamed up in a whole new way: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA—pronounced NEE-duh—as in, “if you need a ride, we've got you.”) NITA officially replaces the RTA, providing greater investments in and oversight to create a more seamless experience for you on CTA, Metra, and Pace!  Read the full announcement in our official press release."
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So happy to share this article in Medieval Archaeology that I co-authored with Thomas Keyes (scribalstyles.net) on the design principles of Pictish stone sculpture. Please DM me if you need access!
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The Use of Coherent Geometry in the Design of Pictish Stone Sculpture
SO-CALLED ‘PICTISH SYMBOL STONES’ are often set apart from other artistic and epigraphic traditions of northern Europe on the basis of their unique iconography; while Pictish monuments often share ...
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My official Michigan opinion is: give us a break, alright? Based on that game it looks like we're going to humiliate ourselves just fine without outside help.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
After a decade of hanging out with medievalists and not knowing what people are talking about, I'm happy to announce that I'm finally reading Tolkien.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump has repeatedly failed his base on the issues they voted for. The economy is in the toilet, he started a new foreign war he can't end, and he hasn't even delivered on immigration. The only people left he can please are the flag-wavers who care about America's name above all else. Thus the lake.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Oh my god, get those suits out of the cool down room! #F1
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Is Ferrari... smart?
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Things that are unhealthy to consume in Chicago right now: - vegetables - air
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I have never been so invested in George Russell's failure as I am now. #F1
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Entering my 9th year of my PhD, ready to defend within 9 months, and I *think* I just figured out how to take effective reading notes. They should let me re-do my quals!
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I love when Alex Jacques takes a whole lap to announce a win. That's when you know it's special. #F1
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I stg if this becomes a full safety car I'll lose it #F1
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Look at that! Some Ferrari luck for once! #F1
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Rhube Goldbarb
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I will not let that BS from race control take away from Felix's win, I promise. Next year, David 💔
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
This Malukas pit better pay off or else Chicago is gonna have the worst Memorial Day #Indy500
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Watching Josef crash out for no reason is one of those events that reminds you of the inherent chaos of existence
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
God damn it
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Doughnut-ist Heresy: when you go to Mass just for the free donuts in the parish hall.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"Individual AI use takes less energy/water than a hamburger." It's true, and I should definitely eat less meat. But I confess, sometimes I'm hungry for a hamburger. I'm never hungry for Adobe Acrobat not to work.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Can anyone from Toab confirm?
Excerpt from Wikipedia page on Toab, Orkney suggesting that people from Toab are called "Toaboggans" (citation needed).
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The emperor is starting wars and feuding with the Pope. Always a good sign.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I will be taking a social media break during Lent this year in the hopes of rebuilding some neglected connections between my heart/soul and the world around me. See you all after Easter!
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Something really needs to be done about the mismatch between high school and college writing. Students come to college with such counter-productive ideas about writing (that you should always avoid repetition, or that passive voice is inherently bad) that have clearly been hammered in as axiomatic.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Lmao I always forget that Leigh Diffey calls luge for nbc
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A weird side-effect of the Epstein files release is the realization that many of the most "powerful" and "important" men in the world put like negative effort into composing their emails.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I recently learned that there are now Anglican sedevacantists and that's just. The worst.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My watch (cheap battery powered Timex with no kind of Internet connection) has ended up exactly one hour behind the real time. This is freaking me out. Anyone know how this would have happened? Besides some kind of wormhole event?
Wristwatch showing 2:25.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Congratulations to Emerson, Lake & Palmer for winning the Grammy for Best Concept Album About An Armadillo Tank for the 54th year in a row
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nora 🏁 @midnitecruiser.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Classic Indycar move, doing something half-assed on short notice that everyone hates
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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
IndyCar taking NASCAR’s spot as the bootlicking clown show of the year (domestic motorsport edition) has to be an all-time upset
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m @halbermenschh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
they're calling this the indycar century of humiliation
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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I keep seeing takes that F1 is leaving IndyCar in the dust in America, but IndyCar found a way to embarrassingly link up with an unpopular despot of a country for a street race without even leaving its home market. That's innovation! F1 has to go to other continents to do that!
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
For a series that wants to attract a wider audience and achieve legitimacy on the world stage, IndyCar is certainly making some... choices
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
A take that's hot, but still being formulated (a baking take?): Sports boycott discourse needs more nuance. An organized boycott of the Super Bowl would be effective as an economic blow, but those advocating for it are slipping way too easily into "sports are inherently counterrevolutionary"
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It's January 30th and I am still hearing the Illinois Lottery Carol of the Bells holiday ad on all my podcasts.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"What makes this occasion even more special and meaningful for us is that we had to travel over 4,000 miles and cross an ocean to receive the kind of dignity and decency that we still cannot find here at home." David Hill Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
ed.ac.uk
Native American remains return to mainland US in repatriation first | News | The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh has completed what is believed to be the first ever international repatriation of ancestral remains to mainland United States.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The Bovine has been turned out to pasture.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Estamos aquí
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The revolution will include *sigh* libertarians
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
After a century of violent arrogance, I don't blame the world at all for the shame and ridicule directed at Americans. But I do also hope the world realizes that the regime is attacking us, too.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Rahm Emmanuel sucks so bad
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Switzerland is the world's most booby-trapped and armed country. I feel like that could be put to good use.
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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I think Truman still has Trump beat for the record lowest approval rating, but I want the stats on the number of people hoping the US president bites it.
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