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The Walking Dolbow

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Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation at Duke University, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Father to two daughters, πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆally. Red Sox fan, DOE CSGF alumnus.

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Jaysus

03.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They really do seem to suffer from a lack of both knowledge and imagination.

03.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So much for the whole β€œdon’t be evil” ethos, eh?

03.02.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good Lord

03.02.2026 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American consumer

02.02.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I always appreciate your analysis of this sort of thing, Jim.

01.02.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s possible Epstein acquired even more high-powered friends *after* his first sex-offense conviction

01.02.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Added bonus of possible dinner with Chomsky πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

31.01.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Duke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files show Ariely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein.

dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

31.01.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Duke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files show Ariely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein.

Not sure if the NYT will, but leave it to the college kids to do the Lord’s work here:

dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

31.01.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Disgusting

31.01.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who are you kidding? You just enjoy swatting flies.

31.01.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or just learn how to spell it.

30.01.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s great. Maybe next the Democrats will extract real, meaningful concessions.

30.01.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You must be referring to a different Susan Collins than the current US Senator, who mostly makes a big show of being very concerned about all kinds of things.

29.01.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this

29.01.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The kakistocracy has to live up (down?) to its name.

29.01.2026 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good Lord, the way you’ve described this almost makes it all seem like a noble endeavor.

The only real objective here is extortion.

29.01.2026 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Their view is likely that those tax dollars aren’t well used, and so here’s how they’re spending that same money.

I’m not defending what they did, this is just how these people tend to think about things.

29.01.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lol they do have you pegged as someone who has a β€œbias” towards the reality of climate change. Checkmate, lib!

28.01.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Boss steps up to mark the moment.

Raw and clear.

28.01.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that what they look like? Because, well….

28.01.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, can’t imagine why the goon squad went rogue. Real mystery there.

28.01.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do wonder to what extent some part of the β€œengagement algorithm” that is central to all of social media hasn’t perhaps been built into some of these things.

27.01.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is going to be very random, but let me take this opportunity to say just how much I’ve enjoyed your articles on Pluribus.

27.01.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the end, this was not a bright guy, and things got out of hand.

27.01.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’€

27.01.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope Walz got that in writing

26.01.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine how the writers of Veep feel.

26.01.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m waiting for one of these clowns to suggest nobody fought against the government back when George Washington was walking around.

26.01.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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