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David Chan Smith

@dasmith.bsky.social
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Historian of business and law, and the history of human cooperation. Writing on corruption and polarization, markets and morality, early modern smuggling, and the history of responsible businesses. Sailing in my free time. Check out www.davidchansmith.net

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Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay @mdtremblay.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The new issue of EJHET includes great reviews of 📚 on postwar economics in Germany, the USA, and beyond, with a focus on Keynesianism, management, and rational choice www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3... @dnientiedt.bsky.social @dasmith.bsky.social @cherfeld.bsky.social
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The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Volume 33, Issue 3 of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
There were challenges! #AI isn't great at game mechanism design, so have one in mind. Including accurate info about niche #history topics is another: I sent Claude to my published research. Creating consistent images is hard because they drift in style over time and the LLM reuses faces etc.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I’ve been working on using #AI tools for #education. Using Claude and Dall-E I created a proof-of-concept game about my eighteenth-century smuggling research. Even people with limited budget and coding skills can generate materials for #edusky and #history #publichistory !
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The Running Trade | David Chan Smith
A game simulating the world of the eighteenth-century English smuggler
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Anne Goldgar @annegoldgar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
CFP: Mid-career workshop for early modern British historians at USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Instutute Jan 2027. Applications due 31 July 2026.
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📢 One day to go until the 2026 Business History Conference begins ‼️ ++ 🙏 Thank you to the program committee, sponsors and to everyone who submitted panels, papers, roundtables, and workshops, and to all who are traveling to join us. #BHC2026 #BusinessHistory #CoCreation #BizHis
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Ȼnews @cnews1.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The #SEC just gave #crypto its clearest win in years, but much of it could still be reversed. #cryptonews #Bitcoin #BTC #ETH #stablecoins #altcoins cryptoslate.com/the-sec-just...
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The SEC just gave crypto its clearest win in years, but much of it could still be reversed
The agencies drew bright lines on tokens, staking, airdrops, mining, and wrapped assets, then warned they can revise it.
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Andrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My dept @ Copenhagen Business School) has an open PhD scholarship in business humanities. Do you know a potential candidate? An excellent scholar in history who would thrive in a collaborative, interdisciplinary business school setting? Please tell them to get in touch www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
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PhD scholarship in Business Humanities at CBS
PhD scholarship in Business Humanities at the Department of Business Humanities and LawCopenhagen Business invites applications for one vacant PhD scholarship within business humanities at the Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL). The expected start date is 1 September 2026.Firmly rooted in interdisciplinary scholarship, the business humanities research areas of the department include:
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James Coverley @jamescoverley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
#dictator #ancientbluesky #history #Rome Most dictionaries define ‘dictator’ as an authoritarian ruler who gains power without election. In the 2nd quarter of the 21st Century, it appears that the bit about being elected might need to be updated. Anyway, read this, or else! - shorturl.at/ItKZZ
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What is a Dictator?
Acta Populi, Number XXIV
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Golden Age of Piracy @goldenageofpiracy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
What happened to the notorious pirate Henry Avery has been baffling historians for centuries. Does this book reveal the truth about Avery's fate? #piratehistory #pirates #history #historybookchat
The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy by Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
#BHC 2026 travel information for those attending! #bizhis
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Can’t join us in Pasadena for our annual meeting? NACBS will once again host a virtual day of programming the week before our in-person meeting. Submit proposals through the regular CFP (closes April 6)! NACBS 2026 Virtual Day November 4 More info: www.nacbs.org/news/nacbs-2...
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I am just writing a module for an online history of computing course on #software development over time. Recent developments with #AI are so disruptive to the industry, but offer potential for non-coders to create interactive games for education etc. #bizhis #history www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
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Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This is amazing Stephen, thanks for sharing!
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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Some posts for #InternationalWomensDay ... The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself (1831; electronic edition by Documenting the American South, 2000) docsouth.unc.edu/neh/prince/pri…
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Mary Prince. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Related by Herself. With a Supplement by the Editor. To Which Is Added, the Narrative o…
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Related by Herself. With a Supplement by the Editor. To Which Is Added, the Narrative of Asa-Asa, a Captured African. By Mary Prince
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Lizet Kruyff @lizetkruyff.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#JobALert
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We are delighted to announce the winner of the WHN Book Prize. The judges chose Female Servants in Early Modern England by @charmianmansell.bsky.social The highly readable & engaging book, interrogates long-standing assumptions about the domesticity & constraints of women’s lives in service.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
#BHC 2026 is coming up! Don't forget to register by March 16 and get that ETA for the UK. Looking forward to talking about the early modern #offshore and seeing everyone in London. #bizhis #econsky #history #18thc
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AAUP @aaup.org · 09/03/2026
UNC spent $1.2 million, over 6 months, to investigate its School of Civic Life. It won’t release findings. 🤔 @ncaaup.bsky.social
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UNC-Chapel Hill Concludes Civics School Investigation, Won’t Release Findings
A law firm's external investigation into UNC-CH's civics school is complete, but the university won't provide details.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This is really great advice, thank you! Usually the literature on blockchain uses the examples of rai stones on Yap to illustrate the social construction of value, but I wonder if I can use Cornish tokens instead... hmmm...
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The outbound trade did pretend destinations like Norway. I think some of this may be covered in Anna Knutsson's research and the literature on illicit tea. I'll be presenting this month on a dataset showing Man's inbound trade for one year. Happy to send references if you have not already looked.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Have you looked at the work by Frances Wilkins and the dissertation of Paul Muskett? Importing into Man, I would argue, it wasn't necessary to obscure origins, because the duties were so low and the proprietors eventually favored the running trade.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
As someone beginning work on a book on heterodox entrepreneurship and organizations over time (co-operatives to blockchain), tokenization is one of the most important shifts in financial markets in recent years #bizhis #econsky #crypto #defi
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Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit? They look so cool! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas
The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…
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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I've used my London Lives datasets of 18th-century St Clement Danes pauper removal orders and settlement exams to make a new interactive map mindseye.sharonhoward.org/dashboards/cdr… #18thc
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Migration and Exclusion in an 18th-century London Parish – In Her Mind’s Eye
An interactive map of St Clement Danes pauper removal orders, 1752-1793
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Agreed! I have finished another article on how the threat of revenue enforcement created "pressure" for many merchants to at least conform by underdeclaring some goods. This explains why the Customs was able to draw up to 30% of the government's revenue even though coastal smuggling was rife.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Can early modernists contextualize today's talk of tariffs and neomercantilism? My post on ProMarket explores the early modern offshore and #smuggling, asking whether the offshore is a persistent feature of capitalism. #bizhis #History #econsky #18thc www.promarket.org/2025/06/11/a...
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A Tale of Tariffs and the Making of the Modern Offshore Market - ProMarket
David Chan Smith argues that tariff regimes during the eighteenth century encouraged modern history’s first offshore markets to reroute goods through jurisdictions that faced lower tariff rates. This ...
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Trending Stocks @trending-stocks.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Jobs stumble; growth engines sputter. #econsky
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Great point! Kent had the reputation of weak enforcement during the period with overwhelmed officers. The dynamics of enforcement during the period are complex. I am just working on an article showing how smuggling became criminalized for plebeians while "white-collar" merchants only a civil fine.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
One of the things that surprised me about the database was just how active the Customs was prosecuting people and just how draconian those prosecutions might be (even though the penalty was typically fines, but these could lead to indefinite imprisonment).
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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Upcoming workshop #BHC2026 📘 BHC 2026 Workshop: Publish or Perish? New Directions in Business History Publishing 🗓 Thursday, March 26, 2026 🕑 2:15–3:30 pm 📍 Imperial College London www.thebhc.org #BHC2026 #Bizhis #BusinessHistory #AcademicPublishing #CoCreation
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Only a couple weeks left until the Business History Conference in London, UK. Check out the program! thebhc.org/meeting-prog... #history #econsky #historians #bizhis
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Annual Meeting Program | The Business History Conference
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 11/02/2026
‘The early modern postal system had its origins in medieval northern Italy. Political intrigue and commercial exigency fed the need for a reliable service.’ @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on early modern news: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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John Gallagher · Quickly Quickly Quickly: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
In early modern Europe, couriers represented the increased connectivity of the Continent. They travelled faster and...
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Who was smuggling in 18th century Britain? My refreshed database for prosecutions for smuggling in England and Wales c. 1721-1732 is live with over 4,000 entries. From naval officers to farmers, smuggling was big business. #twitterstorians #earlymod #history www.davidchansmith.net/smugglingdat...
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Smuggling Database | davidchansmith
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Excited about an article on the legal history of Britain or the British Empire published in 2025? Consider nominating the article for the #ASLH Sutherland Prize! Self-nominations also accepted - don't be shy! Due date: June 1. aslh.net/award/suther...
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Sutherland Prize | American Society for Legal History
The Sutherland Prize, named in honor of the late Donald W. Sutherland, a distinguished historian of the law of medieval England and a mentor of many students, is awarded annually, on the recommendatio...
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Modern Intellectual History @mihjournal.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New MIH Issue: David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social th.bsky.social‬ reconstructs the intellectual history of Milton Friedman's criticism of corporate social responsibility
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The Intellectual History of Milton Friedman's Criticism of Corporate Social Responsibility | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Intellectual History of Milton Friedman's Criticism of Corporate Social Responsibility - Volume 22 Issue 1-2
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
📢 Calling all #Humanities historical researchers of #AcademicSky, #PhDSky, & more! Discover how you can make your findings more visible to UK policy makers w/ @historylabplus.bsky.social NEXT WEEK! 🗓️ 19 June @ 12:30 Details? 👉 www.history.ac.uk/events/historical-research-and-policy-making & 👇
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a man with a mustache is sitting in front of a wall with a picture of a field and the word government on it .
Alt: A man with a moustache (Ron Swanson from the sitcom Parks and Recreation) sits frowning in front of a wall with pictures hanging on it. He slowly blinks, with an air of weary frustration, presumably to the sound of someone out of frame saying "government".
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Looking forward to this conference on corruption in the early modern world starting today, June 5! #history #edusky #EarlyMod 📗 #britishstudies www.eventbrite.com/e/corruption...
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Corruption and Scandal in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800 (5-6 June 2025)
An academic conference showcasing cutting-edge research on corruption and scandal across the globe during the early modern period.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A new study of James VI and I is now available, just in time for the anniversary of the reign's end. Corruption! Religious strife! Devious diplomacy! All in one paperback @routledgehistory.bsky.social @kathrynmarshalek.bsky.social #EarlyMod #history #britishstudies www.routledge.com/James-VI-and...
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James VI and I: Kingship, Government and Religion
James VI and I: Politics, Government and Religion brings together early career and established scholars with a range of approaches to the reign. Their original, research-based essays on a series of br...
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Check out the Business History Conference CFP for the 2026 conference to be held in London UK. The theme is "co-creation." Hope to see you there, especially early modernists! thebhc.org/bhc-2026-cal...
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BHC 2026 Call for Papers | The Business History Conference
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Rachel Kleinfeld @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The anniversary of Jan 6 is as good a time as any for U.S. business to understand that their glee may be misplaced: @robertofoa and I on "What a Trump Presidency Means for U.S. Business" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o...
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Opinion | What a Trump Presidency Means for U.S. Business
Populists may promise low taxes and deregulation, but they also undermine the institutions that help an economy run smoothly.
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Akil N Awan @akilnawan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The state of humanities funding in the US is shocking. For every $1000 the feds spend on research, humanities receive a $1.30 🤯 Of the ~$54 billion in research the federal govt funds in U.S. higher ed, only $69 million goes to the humanities (=0.13% of fed total) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works - Volume 1
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
#history scholars interested in corruption and polarization, consider attending or applying to present at the June conference in London on Corruption and Scandal in the #earlymod World, www.chase.ac.uk/news-1/call-... Please spread the word!
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Call for Papers - Corruption and Scandal in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800 — CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership
In the early modern period, the meanings of scandal and corruption extended beyond our modern understanding of these terms. Concentrating on 1500-1800 - a time of religious, political, and social deve...
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
William Galston speculates on Trump admin and universities, "Measures reportedly under consideration include ending government loans for graduate students ... linking student aid to institutional policies on diversity, equity and inclusion." #civics #history #skystorians www.wsj.com/opinion/high...
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Opinion | Higher Education Is in Trouble
Among other things, schools should curtail DEI and stop taking political sides.
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David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Early modern British historians! The Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies has announced its CFP for the conference held in lovely Palo Alto/Stanford University. #history #earlymod #britishstudies ‪@thenacbs.bsky.social‬ pccbs.org/2024/09/12/c...
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Call for Papers PCCBS 2025 – Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies
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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Together with Sarah Lentz from the @unibremen.bsky.social, I am organising an exciting workshop at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg from 7 to 9 July on Transient Communities and Spaces of Mobility, 1500-1900. The CfP for the event is now open. www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve... #earlymodern #history 🗃️
Painting: Claude Lorrain: Port de mer avec la villa Médicis, oil on canvas 1637. Uffizi Gallery, 1096.
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Martha Bhattacharya @marthabhattacharya.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I never figured out how to “gut” a book & felt it would spoil the surprise to skip to the end. Maybe non-traditional scholars—we who return to learning later in life—over-valorize reading for delight. My advisor laughed at me, but didn’t show me a way to read differently. This essay shows the way!
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John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We've extended the deadline for our short- and long-term fellowships until December 19! More at jcblibrary.org/fellowships/... The image below from the JCB's Collection features a drawing of an artificial flower clock with sunflowers or dahlias. Source: americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
The image contains the JCB logo, the words "Deadline Extended," and an imag of a flower clock from the JCB's collection.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is just so dangerous and ridiculous www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.

That campaign is just one front in the war that the lawyer, Aaron Siri, is waging against vaccines of all kinds.
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