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The Walking Dolbow

@jdolbow.bsky.social
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Fitzgerald S Hudson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University. Father to two daughters, 🏳️‍🌈ally. Red Sox fan, DOE CSGF alumnus.

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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The full context of the quote (worth tracking down the episode too):
Raylen Givens quote about assholes.  If you’re still struggling to understand it, well, you might just be one.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dinner!
mediterranean chicken with lemon yogurt and dukkah
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’m teaching a short course next week, with Oscar Lopez-Pamies. Really happy with the response we’ve received so far in terms of participants:
Map of the world showing short course participants: 105 students from 21 countries.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
same energy here
A black and white dog on a hard wood floor.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Data from CNN showing how Trump put in trades ahead of his own Truth Social posts.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Balogun plays his UNO card
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
what she said
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Trump loses war, sending billions to Algaeria
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Seriously this season’s writers are clearly mocking us at this point:
a pair of Trump stooges
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
One of the entrees and dessert at Osmo Cucina in Florence. Had a lovely meal there with friends. Not a Michelin star restaurant but it certainly felt like one.
Osmo Cucina entreeOsmo Cucina dessert
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Checkmate, I guess?
exchange over who can do mathnon-sequitur
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Ribs: it’s what’s for dinner!
Korean and char-siu ribs smoking on a big green egg.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
a picture of mountains that reads “The Hell With Your Mountains… Show Me Your Busch”
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
CyberTruck driven into lake
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Quote about other people suffering when you’re stupid.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Quote about other people feeling pain when you’re stupid
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I am an expert in fracture mechanics, and last week’s news was, well… nothing quite like the wheels literally coming off CyberTrucks to serve as a metaphor for 2026.
The wheels are literally falling off CyberTrucks
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
PhD hooding ceremony, Duke chapel
Doctoral hooding ceremony in Duke’s chapel, May 2026
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Quote about how it’s only painful for other people when you’re stupid.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Can I get a ruling on this one, Mike? 😎
a blue car in a parking lot
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
With the Munich team. Managing 50 parallel sessions is no joke.
Marek Behr, Wolfgang Wall, and Alexander Popp looking over conference schedules.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Related:
sowingreaping
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
timeline cleanser - this is Luna
a tabby cat resting
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
APL pork loin with cilantro, apricot, garlic:
pork loin slicedpork loin smoking
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
For our youngest
A basket of Easter candy
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Tiger Woods phone home
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A lunch plate (very much shared) from Lewis BBQ, in Charleston SC.
A plate of sliced brisket, pork ribs, and sausage, with mac and cheese and tangy cole slaw on the side.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
LOL, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social - seek therapy!
multiple Kevin Kruse reposts celebrating Duke’s loss, after UNC’s first round exit
More of the same from Kruse!
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
LOL. LMAO even.
Stephen A is sad
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Chili crisp honey chicken gnocchi
a bowl of gnocchi, chicken, snap peas, and red peppers, dusted with sesame seeds
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
our chill cat
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
(irrationally) hate 😎
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
thumbs up Kruse!
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
modified scene from WKRP turkey episode
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
An orange clown yelling at some poor kid mowing the White House lawn
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
An orange clown yells at a kid mowing his lawn
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Claude knows
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
What Claude has to say:
Claude’s take on the school strike
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A very cool (pun intended) dessert from our dinner last night in Singapore:
mango lassie with boba, and dry ice around the perimeter
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Claude’s interpretation of how the US managed to bomb a girls school twice.
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
For a guy who never really ran on no new wars, there sure was plenty of signaling otherwise:
the pro peace ticket Tulsi was wrong, there’s a shock.And then there’s this clown.Never mind his VP
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
pupdate
A dog with a ball on a porch
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
You don’t say!
An excerpt from a NY Post piece on Chavez-DeRemer
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
You don’t say!
An excerpt from a NY Post article on Chavez-DeRemer
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I think they are also allowed to simply be drunks/corrupt assholes:
Text from a NY Post article on Chavez-DeRemer
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The Walking Dolbow @jdolbow.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
pesto risotto for dinner tonight
a dish of pesto risotto with toasted pine nuts, basil, and parmesan sprinkled on top
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