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Joan Combs Durso

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Navy vet. Economist. SFF.  RESULTS.org #AmStat #GoNAVY  Avatar: orange Sulphur Cosmos blossom streetside in Durham, NC Banner: Sunrise over Cave Run Lake from bluff in Daniel Boone Nat'l Forest, KY

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Joined August 17, 2018

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Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Jun 07, 2026

Replying to @chu@climatejustice.social

@chu@climatejustice.social you are so far ahead on this! In wandering around my neighborhood, I am getting used to introducing myself and where I live. People are so hungry to talk and connect w/o ranting or being ranted at.

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Jun 07, 2026

Replying to @chu@climatejustice.social

@chu@climatejustice.social good for you! Also, I am sure you already go hard at making community in those 800 meters and beyond. So kiddos know everyone and everyone knows kiddos. Teach them to “Make eye contact and small talk” with those known neighbors. (Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny, # 12. Field trips mean go hard building the school community, too. Even if some of them are snooty. Learn to have open conversations about anything—-wish Americans were better at this.

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

Replying to @Daojoan__dup_15824@mastodon.social

@Daojoan People can’t go public with their reaction to being let go for fear no one wants to hire an embittered, angry, almost bankrupt, new employee. Displaying the green banner of “open to work” in a kind of proto-solidarity is the most radical some people will ever become— scared to lose their health insurance and cash for housing, comforted to know it it’s not a solo quest. Good luck to the seekers!

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Dec 28, 2025

Replying to @econoprof@mastodon.social

@meljoann@topspicy.social i hope there’s lots and lots of “story behind the tech, the videos, the music” stories so people will understand the awesomeness and want more.

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Dec 28, 2025

Replying to @econoprof@mastodon.social

@meljoann@topspicy.social i hope there’s lots and lots of “story behind the tech, the videos, the music” stories so people will understand the awesomeness and want more.

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Dec 28, 2025

Replying to @meljoann@topspicy.social

@meljoann@topspicy.social Congrats! This is so cool!

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Feb 07, 2025

Replying to @Unixbigot__dup_20463@aus.social

@Unixbigot@aus.social Kit, your little jeweled microfiction posts keep getting better! This is amazing!!

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Nov 27, 2024

Replying to @waldoj@mastodon.social

@waldoj@mastodon.social similar to restarting a mothballed nuclear plant—-a government guarantee seems it passes the risk of a private venture’s use of the plant to the taxpayers and local downwind residents while the commercial firm gets the future cheap access. What do the taxpayers get from guaranteeing this private venture? This data center will not provide thousands of jobs.

Joan Combs Durso @econoprof@mastodon.social · Aug 11, 2023

Replying to @Brandi_Buchman@mstdn.social

@Brandi_Buchman@mstdn.social As a passerby, I’ve always loved that building and its neighborhood. Wikipedia has a great description of its interior functional design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Barrett_Prettyman_United_States_Courthouse #StrippedClassicism Liking the gathering of birds you’ve caught in this picture!

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