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Joan Combs Durso

@econoprof.bsky.social
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Navy vet. Economist. Cello. SFF. 
 RESULTS.org 
#AmStat #IAFFE #GoNAVY #GoDukeWBB

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Folks, her shop is full of beautiful woodblocks, prints, etchings and more. And if books are more your jam, Avery’s “Reynard the Fox” is an excellent, enthralling read. I’ve gifted it to teenagers, seniors, and every age between and they’ve all loved it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Reynard the Fox
Reynard—a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders—is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged wit...
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think one reason it’s good to have a liberal arts education in the classic sense is that you don’t then spend time trying to invent the concept of “intellectual pursuits” from first principles
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
so the owner of this fountain pen store got yelled at by fountain pen Reddit for using AI in promotional images, apologized, and replaced them with ones they drew by hand and honestly I love them?? writelovepens.com
Three hand-drawn doodles, charmingly amateur, showing box deals on https://writelovepens.com/
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🎃 The AbominaSean 🧟‍♂️ @sean8urson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good for him
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Wine Mom Wrote a Mystery @winemommystery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
❤️❤️❤️
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Scott Wheaton, 77, kinda summed up how a lot of independent voters said they viewed Peltola vs Sullivan:
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
James is welcome to take it up with the two different physicists who checked my math, but they're probably busy. Anyway, I kind of assumed the protagonists added some velocity to the thing when they started fucking with it.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i propose a new nicolas cage national treasure film
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@pennmedicine.bsky.social
Penn Medicine
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 03/10/2026
You can witness this magic trick firsthand every Tuesday through Sunday at opbooks.store in Winnipeg!
opbooks.store
Other Places Books
Other Places is going to be Winnipeg’s science fiction and fantasy bookstore. It will be a friendly, inclusive, and very queer space. When we open in the summer, you’ll find us in the Omega building o...
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BOO Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
kasabian?!
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The disparity between breast cancer survival in high and low income countries is HUGE 💔. The @who.int Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI) could avert 2.5 million deaths by 2040. Raise awareness! Talk to colleagues! Write to leaders! Post and repost! Let's do it. 🤗🙏 #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
Summary findings
Global median five-year breast cancer survival: 77.8%
between 2017-2021

Low-income countries:
41.9% five-year survival
(fewer than 1 in 2 women)

High-income countries:
87.3% five-year survival
(nearly 9 in 10 women)Closing the gaps in breast cancer care
The WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI brings countries and partners together to reduce inequalities in breast cancer outcomes and save lives.
The initiative aims to achieve
three targets:
• 60% of invasive breast cancers are diagnosed at stage I or II
• 60 days from the first detection or presentation of symptoms at health facility to getting a diagnosis
• 80% of people diagnosed with breast cancer receive the recommended complete treatment
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fitted for Game 3 🏠 Presented by Ally
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Science!! 🧪 Avoid reading if you’re adverse to words such as ‘evolution’ or the idea that the world is super old. 🤣
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Human brain is actually two separate organs, scientists find
The Stanford University breakthrough stands to open new doors for research into fatal neurodegenerative diseases
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Early morning in Firenze #Photography
A photo showing a small red car stopped in front of some stairs outside the Uffizi Galleries. An archway opens up to show buildings on the far side of the Arno bathed in early morning light.
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Joan Combs Durso @econoprof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The library has acquired a second copy!
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 27/09/2026
Dad: “Lots of money came in nationally and to us. We added 1,000 children just to our little group.”
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heather champ @hchamp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Have you checked to see if you are registered to vote in the upcoming midterm elections? If you’re eligible to vote and not registered, there’s still time. www.vote.org/voter-regist...
Hands holding square Stainglass piece that has the word VOTE in pink glass
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Froggy greetings from my garden!
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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 20/09/2026
It is possible that I am agitated and therefore I am agitating, the tension in my voice etc And I also suspect that there are a lot of people managing agitation and aggression in a lot of ways, and that hearts are tired. And this is hard.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🌭 Went to a dachshund race in Surf City, how was your Saturday?
Dachshunds racing
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Joan Combs Durso @econoprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
congrats on the book! saw it on the Durham County Public Library Libby app new books list ---there is currently a 16 week wait for it!
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Gabe Bullard @gbullard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I got an invite from a professor who asked if I'd be on his podcast, but could not guarantee it would drive any sales of the book. Not to undercut my mission here, but folks, there's nothing I would like more than to be on your academic, obscure, or niche podcast. I'll go on the big ones, too.
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🍂 Megs 🍂 @megshensley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I made a purse because I always wanted one after playing with my grandmother's sewing box of a similar build approach. And I created a cosplay for an event to have an excuse to make it finally. I present Baba Yaga's House as a purse. (I might have posted this already but I love it so much.)
A photo of a black lace dress hanging on a beige door with a house shaped purse which has dangling chicken feet.A close up photo of the house purse with chicken feet. There are white chicken buttons on the front and on the chimney. The feet are still dangling.
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New City Library @newcitylibrary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A Happy Rosh Hashanah to those who celebrate!
L'Shana Tova!
Wishing a sweet year to those who celebrate.
(Images: art of a shofar, apple, half a pomegranate, a jar of honey, a wreath-shaped braided challah, sliced apples, and pomegranate flowers)
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 06/09/2026
Excited to cook a pot of these beautiful Jackson Wonder Beans from @ranchogordo.bsky.social
Close-up of a bowlful of flat, speckled beans in a range of colors that include beiges, browns, and purples.
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Wine Mom Wrote a Mystery @winemommystery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
❤️❤️
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 05/09/2026
OH MY GODDDDDDDDD
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Chris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 05/09/2026
the whisper network for infectious diseases
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"You should write about take no-shit women like me. Girls need to know they can break the rules." ― Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My pspsps
White and gray Jose lying on his side with one front leg hanging down on a gray blanket.
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Joan Combs Durso @econoprof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
oh my gosh--this made me laugh so hard at remembering my mother's descriptions of things that would cause the appearance of sticky (noun).
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/09/2026
Hello everyone! You may have heard that the Young Center is running its 6th annual Elizabeth Frenkel Waymakers Mileage Challenge. This year, Mr. Milan and I have agreed to go head to head on miles.
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mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#booksky #poetry #wendellberry
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Thoreau and Friends 🌿🌿🌿 @thoreauandfriends.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope." - Wendell Berry #WendellBerry #ForestFriday #nature #naturewriting #naturephotography #scape #landscape #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #midwest
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⛩️ 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊 ⛩️ @deathbyhibachi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Famed Kentucky writer and activist #WendellBerry has died
Wendell gives the peace sign in front of solar panels
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
burst into tears when this Nepal story said the number of kids: 47-year-old principal of a school who made a split second decision to evacuate 1,643 students and teachers to higher ground, after initially thinking it would be safe 60 metres above the river. www.indiatoday.in/world/story/...
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How a Nepali teacher's quick thinking saved 1,643 children from monster floods
A Nepali school principal rushed 1,643 children to safety after a warning that muddy floodwaters were surging towards their school. His split-second decision came as a glacier-triggered disaster tore ...
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I feel like people don’t know about the looming catastrophe in the crafting world that is private equity, or at least don’t understand the extent to which it’s a problem. Private equity owns a large chunk of places people get crafting supplies, particularly yarn, and we are heading for a cliff.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I read Symborska when I was young and I need to do so again now that I am not
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Recorded an Eating the Fantastic lunch conversation with the always delightful @franwilde.bsky.social exactly 10 years, two months, and 30 days since we last chatted on Episode 14. What a long, strange long trip it’s been! I hope you’ll subscribe to join us once we go live. pod.link/1083737796
Fran across the table from me in front of her bento box.
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Hope ☄️ (NO DMS!) 🇨🇦🇬🇷 “Know Thyself.” @xtrahope1515.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly's philosophy & philanthropy in a nutshell. Be kind. Help people. Give children opportunities. Don't judge people. Work hard. And leave the world a little better than you found it. RIP 💔😭🕊️🇨🇦
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A Starry Knight 🗽⚖🗽 @a-starry-knight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
imaginationlibrary.com
imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My father gave me a refurbished Kindle loaded with books before he died. It was his last gift to me. It was in very bad shape, practically unusable for many years. A cleaned it and updated it for me and now I get to read the library my dad curated for me from the ICU as he lay dying. 🥹
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Joan Combs Durso @econoprof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
with weird fingers the likes of which haven't been seen in AI images in at least 4 months.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
ORPHAN CATS STILL SEEKING A FOREVER HOME I've updated the original thread linked here. It has *all* the pertinent information, so please read the whole thing.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 24/08/2026
Once again: anyone in the northeast, or willing to drive there - two bonded cats have lost their owner to cancer, and desperately need a new home. (If it matters to you in any way, I know and will wvouch for Shecky, he’s a real one 👇👇👇)
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/08/2026
donate your miles! help us add to the list of 100+ families we’ve gotten to reunite with no money changing hands!
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