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Anthropology professor Past President of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology I am an ethnographer studying societal change by means of proverbs - believing that wisdom can save humanity.
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The Society for Humanistic Anthropology has post the call for submissions for the Victor and Edie Turner Book for 2025: sha.americananthro.org/victor-turne...

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A golden era - only if you cannot see beyond your golden toilet!

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Trump is moving things toward a unitard executive. Oh, I meant to say unitary executive!

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Товарищ Трамп очень послушный. Он лучше слушает Путина, чем свою жену!

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Vice President JD Vance was on a roll. He almost got to Lesson 2: “Thank you Sir. May I have another?”

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My wife commented after the Eaton Fire: “A third of the city may be destroyed, but Erik’s research goes on.” Is this a proverb or byword?

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Gene Hackman auditioned for and almost got the part of Mike Brady in THE BRADY BUNCH. There better be an option in heaven to watch all 117 of those episodes.

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I have to share this!

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Thought for the day: “Peace built on lies, is no peace at all.” Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, The Apple Tart of Hope

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Who needs to look for corruption when you can do it yourself? youtu.be/PUvgwUgboBc?...

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Reflecting on this recent poem that my wife wrote: apartfrommecom.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/f...

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Noticing reporting favoring descriptions of the tariffs as "stiff," I got curious about how we characterize severity of tariffs. Some (very) cursory corpora research yields "high" far away, then significantly less frequent collocations of: steep significant massive hefty heavy punishing stiff

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Kazak pop icon Dimash Kudaibergen is storming U.S. music charts timesca.com/kazakh-singe... #DimashKudaibergen #KazakhMusic #WorldMusicArtist #USmusiccharts

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I enjoyed the neighborhood Metal Menagerie this morning!

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Wisdom calls for defiant joy in the face of uncertainty! www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/god-...

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I am excited to be speaking at this conference later this month along with @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social !

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Seen on Ridgecrest Trail in San Clemente, California.

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My nomadic life: I had to evacuate from our home near Pasadena, California due to wildfires.

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For the past week I’ve been exploring around Utah. I’ve met some amazing people along the way and it’s safe to say that I’ve found a new love for the desert 🌵

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Happy New Year

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Dec. Legal Recap: As We Enter The Trump-Induced Darkness, We MUST Find & Feed the Points of Light youtu.be/WjTeJ_X-nqM?...

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Fascinating new research by Hannah Chapman and Raushan Zhandayeva www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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www.peterlang.com/document/126... I published this a year ago with my colleague Gulnara Omarbekova. It was a wonderful collaboration!

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I had a great time at the Kazakhstan Independence Day celebration near Glendale, California!

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Link to pre-order my next book, What Does it Mean to be Kazakhstani via Hurst Publishers (and only 30 quid for a hardback!), out on February 6th! --> www.hurstpublishers.com/book/what-do... As a bonus, you'd get a fantastic book cover by one of my most favourite Qazaq artists Kuanysh Bazargaliev!

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I am looking forward to taking part virtually in a conference at Nazarbayev University “Social and Humanitarian Sciences: Public Discourse”! It is coming up on January 24.

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