Reposted by Dr. Jared HallCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...tpr.orgTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurantsThe 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months. 641623372
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump critics often seem too passive as they count down to eventual Democratic control of Congress and the White House. But Canada has long been an important ally and a good neighbor. Where's the grassroots effort to counteract brazenly illegal tariffs *now*? Buy Canadian goods; vacation up north! 001
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallProfessor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026static.klipy.comMitchell And Webb Are We The BaddiesALT: Mitchell And Webb Are We The Baddies 1376
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list. 312642709
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026When racism overwhelms learning at a local Board of Education meeting jaredhall.substack.com/p/my-first-b...jaredhall.substack.comMy First Board of Education MeetingI Came Curious about My Child’s School; I Discovered One of the Board Members Needed Police Protection from Hate 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Nicht gut. Far-right AfD "on track to win the vote in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, and could even potentially achieve an absolute majority. Such an outcome in the eastern German state would augur the first far-right government taking power at that level since 1945." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comAfD Election Fears Stoke Alarm Among German Business LeadersJust days before the far-right AfD clinches a possible election triumph, German executives are warning of the economic damage that its extremism might wreak. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026In the @financialtimes.com, @ranaforoohar.bsky.social unpacks why "Americans feel they have lost their agency" www.ft.com/content/63e8... 021
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Yaoyi Kusama dies at 97. Pathbreaking artist and fan of cats, polka dots, and ending unnecessary wars . . . www.npr.org/2026/08/26/1... 010
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"The tomb of Cao Cao, a warlord during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280), ha[s] been inundated with ibuprofen—one of which was accompanied by a heartfelt instruction: 'General Cao, these are to help with your migraines. Take half a tablet when the pain strikes'." www.sixthtone.com/news/1018940sixthtone.comUnderground No More: China’s ‘History Fangirls’ Stand UpOne of China’s hottest idols is a 1,700-year-old emperor. Another is his dad. China’s “history fangirls” are chasing celebrities through bookstores and tomb complexes nationwide. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We ask naturalized citizens to swear an oath that native-born citizens never take. Some are now plotting to treat that oath as grounds for suspicion. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'm not sure if this is *quite* what folks mean when they call for a new generation of leadership, but this kid seems pretty all right. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/u...nytimes.comMeet Dean Roy, the 15-Year-Old Running for Vermont Governor and Ready for ‘Impact’Dean Roy, 15, will appear on the ballot in November as a third-party candidate. He said his generation’s concerns, like affordability and climate change, have been ignored for too long. 010
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Marcus questions magical thinking about AI's implications for medicine. If AIs were better optimized for biological systems and research would at least show these AI bohemeths were interested in trying to do good. garymarcus.substack.com/p/no-dario-a...garymarcus.substack.comNo, Dario Amodei, we will not be curing cancer and “most human disease” in five to ten yearsWhat Amodei left out 010
Reposted by Dr. Jared Halleileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown": 「其實地上本沒有路,走的人多了,也便成了路。」 -魯迅,故鄉 #everynightapoem 7604180
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Charles Fain Lehman in @theatlantic.com provides rare and necessary balance in debate over Flock cameras. Comments to article suggest he may not be grappling with all the downsides, but still worth a read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comIn Defense of FlockPolice cameras can help make the criminal-justice system both fairer and less punitive—if we let them. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026After canvassing for @lukebronin.bsky.social, my nine year old is glued to the primary results. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...theverge.comMark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to liveAn AI future of sleek, streamlined, and totally empty relationships. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Great to meet @lukebronin.bsky.social at Elizabeth Park yesterday evening, the next member of Congress for CT-1! 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Reflections on Andrew Meyer's To Rule All Under Heaven www.goodreads.com/review/show/... + Complex era captured in 1 volume + Outstanding scholarship + Fresh look at origins of philosophical categories - Fantastical tales of elites > archaeological social/cultural insights - Flurry of names/eventsgoodreads.comSign inSee what your friends are reading 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallEric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I'm starting to suspect that my tax dollars are going to munitions I'll never use, either 16940171
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 29/07/2026AI chip count "expected to double roughly every nine months, putting the world on pace to have about 200 million of the chips by the end of 2028—10 times current levels." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The End of Reading Is Here - The Atlantic share.google/e9aR6fSRbSH6...share.googleThe End of Reading Is HereOptimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A few thoughts on Lyndsey Stonebridge's new-ish book, "We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience" (2024). www.goodreads.com/review/show/...goodreads.comSign inSee what your friends are reading 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 14/06/2026lithub.com/a-bookstore-boom-in-a-time-of-literacy-decline/lithub.comA Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy DeclineI was standing in line at Chaucer’s Books, my local indie, when it occurred to me that the line was longer than usual. This has been happening regularly enough that I’ve stopped being s… 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallKaiser Kuo 郭怡廣 @kaiserkuo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This week on the Sinica Podcast, I speak with historian Andrew Seth Meyer about his wonderful new book "To Rule All Under Heaven: A History of Classical China from Confucius to the First Emperor." Relevance schmelevance. This was a fun convo! 👇 242
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Thought bubble of the year so far from @politicalwire.com 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Jamie Ding you will always be famous to me people.com/jeopardy-cha... 19956110
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 28/04/2026New Haven, CT proposes $33 million upgrade to train station while state can't find even $3 million to maintain train service amid other public transit cuts. A great piece on the systemic failure to prioritize anything other than cars, even in densely populated corridors ctmirror.org/2026/04/26/i...ctmirror.orgOpinion: In CT, a cathedral for trains... but no trains.Why are we spending $402 million on station improvements when we can’t find a paltry $3 million to restore some train service on Shore Line East? 020
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 09/04/2026"Tuesday was different. The president used a threat of genocide not to whip up a rally crowd, not to insult a political opponent, and not to offer colorful commentary on some policy or other. He did it as an act of statecraft."—from @dsallentess.bsky.social therenovator.substack.com/p/trump-prom...therenovator.substack.comTrump Promised GenocideDon't look away 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...politico.com‘Proactively fall in line:’ Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to officeTwo former employees said they believed the museum was altering its content preemptively to avoid unwanted negative attention from the Trump administration. 9224291485
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 05/04/2026On "cognitive surrender" and the negative effects on thinking caused by leaning on AI too readily—and too uncritically. gizmodo.com/cognitive-su...gizmodo.com‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts BrainsOnce you learn this term, you will unfortunately see it everywhere. 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallJason Andrade @jasonandrade.bsky.social · 03/04/2026For all the folk that struggle to articulate exactly what the US “strategy” is for its war - finally someone has articulated it succinctly and accurately. “War crimes” 0156
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20/03/2026Outgoing Mayor Anne Hidalgo championed a car-free agenda, leaving Paris greener, cleaner and better for walking and biking. Take a journey through the city to see how it's changed. Read more: bloom.bg/41n0HIF 📷️: Getty Images 317054
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Trump, seated next to Japanese PM: Q: "Why didn't you tell U.S. allies…about the war before attacking Iran?" President Trump: "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?" cdn.jwplayer.com/players/oM6U... 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallPM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The Inflation Reduction Act was $369 billion. 015543
Reposted by Dr. Jared Halllastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Wars are extremely hard things to justify. It is intrinsic to what they are that they tend to death, destruction, and misery. Given this and some knowledge of history, one's default attitude towards powerful people purporting to do the world some great benefit by war should be extreme scepticism. 3602117
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 28/02/2026I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to 92131685311
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 01/03/2026"The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without even an attempt to build public support. Above all, it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people. . . ." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump Has No Plan for the Iranian PeopleThe mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime. 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/02/2026“UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf has shown that deep reading, defined as sustained immersion in a text, builds the cognitive circuits required for critical analysis, empathy and perspective-taking in ways that skimming, scrolling and short-form video simply cannot.” 5940359
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Nurul Amin Shah Alam crossed oceans to flee unimaginable violence, only to die here — where he should have been safe. The cruelty is endless. 33861522662
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 23/02/2026In least surprising finding of 2026, study finds "lying flat," i.e. giving up one's life goals and doing as little as possible leads to lower life satisfaction. (Context is important, since working 70+ hours with no hope of meaningful advancement is also pretty bad.) www.psypost.org/new-research...psypost.orgNew research suggests the "lying flat" lifestyle actively decreases long-term happinessA recent study of Chinese university students found that adopting a "lying flat" lifestyle—characterized by giving up on competitive efforts and goals—directly causes a measurable decline in a person'... 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallMark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Our disciplinary hierarchies have flipped, says @foundhistory.bsky.social. “The ’useless’ has become essential, and the ’practical’ has become automated.”foundhistory.orgAI Inverts the Disciplinary HierarchyMaybe we should be more cautious about defunding fields just because we can't immediately see their application. 1108
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 23/02/2026So maybe let's not colonize Mars? (Or the Moon for that matter.) www.space.com/entertainmen...space.comCan you really survive on Mars? What science fiction gets wrong about off-world livingArnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future. 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 20/02/2026What do we mean by "discussion"? I compared several models: Harkness, Socratic dialogue, guided inquiry, and direct instruction. Each has descriptions, research-informed perspectives on when they work best, and examples. See full chart here: inquiryproject.org/2026/02/20/w... 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 18/02/2026One challenge I find with discussion-based learning is each class inevitably has a handful of students who are less comfortable contributing verbally. The dialectical notebook, (aka, the "silent discussion”) is one way to guide them toward productive engagement. inquiryproject.org/2026/02/17/d...inquiryproject.orgEngaging Every Student with the Dialectical Notebook - Inquiry ProjectOne challenge I encounter with discussion-based learning is that each class inevitably has a handful (or more) of students who are less comfortable contributing verbally. My goal in supporting these s... 021
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 17/02/2026Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless 3543571760
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Fascinating interview on the demise of Neanderthals english-elpais-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/english....english-elpais-com.cdn.ampproject.orgLudovic Slimak on Neanderthals: ‘It was suicide. Humans disappear when they no longer want to live because their values have collapsed’The French paleoanthropologist discusses his book ‘The Last Neanderthal,’ and provides clues about his latest discovery: ‘It’s possible that other, completely unknown human populations existed’ 000
Dr. Jared Hall @jaredrhall.bsky.social · 15/02/2026“Khomeini spent only four months living on the very outskirts of the town, but his stay has thrown a shadow over the entire place especially with what has happened since." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...theguardian.com‘It still rankles’: the French town living in the shadow of being an ayatollah’s refugeAnnual remembrance in Neauphle-le-Château revives memories of short exile that reshaped Iran, but which locals would rather forget 000
Reposted by Dr. Jared HallJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Philadelphia sues over "arbitrary and capricious" removal of displays about slavery" at Independence National Historical Park, with one official saying "History cannot be erased simply because it is uncomfortable." Good. Hope we see lots more lawsuits like this. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comPhiladelphia sues after slavery exhibits were taken down from President's House siteThe lawsuit says the National Park Service removed the displays referring to slavery "presumably pursuant to the mandate” of an executive order from President Donald Trump. 7645237