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Scholar of medieval Chinese literary and manuscript culture (mostly Dunhuang), occasional potter, avid bad tennis player.
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these are our brothers and we should be building a better world together

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i remember watching the ferguson protest live and seeing cops deliberately escalate when the crowd was entirely peaceful. told a friend; they couldn't believe it. hope people see and believe their own eyes now.

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I am shocked, SHOCKED, that an industry built on lies and manipulation would create a product that lies and manipulates. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

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I love this translation 😂

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Nice water beading!

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Those skin folds look so delicate!

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ahem, that should be Robert Downeys Jr.

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Aside from the problems Yale points out, the proposed endowment tax is shamelessly gerrymandered so as to hit institutions politically disliked by the Right while sparing (for now) similarly situated universities and foundations on whom it looks more fondly. /1

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Sarah Allan's obituary of Qiu Xigui 裘錫圭. One of the best scholars in the field, with an incredible impact and legacy on the understanding of ancient Chinese texts and history. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Few more deserve the title "national treasure," no matter what nation they are from, than Derek Guy.

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Terrifying indeed. I understand on the individual level why Taiwan is so much more appealing to our students as a study abroad destination (it's more appealing to me!), but we really need students in China as well.

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He looks like an amphibian wizard! A fine toad.

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All of this.

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submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

submitted 6 days ago • 221 comments

His head doesn't look too wide, but his eyes are, so maybe he is high...

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So I just learned about this 100% R&D salary tax credit that expired in the US in 2022. This... was massive for game companies. This would have been a MAJOR factor in the tech & game industry-wide layoffs and contraction we've seen over the last few years, and I had no idea qz.com/tech-layoffs...

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Tank boi.

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Coco!!!

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Regarding “political rhetoric causing anti-ICE sentiment,” ICE’s acting director is “demanding” that it stop. Last I checked, the First Amendment protects your right to engage in “political rhetoric” against government agencies. And I’ve checked quite recently!

submitted 8 days ago • 31 comments

This is a tough one, but I think Williams is doing the right thing here. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

This is a beautiful toad.

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Amsterdam University Press is sending out letters today notifying series editors and authors that they have been taken over – or shall we say: annexed? – by Taylor & Francis. Not a good day. The evil empire of academic publishing is growing.

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Interesting little discussion on the Crusader Kings III devlog about how to translate various levels of administration during the Tang into something usable in a video game: store.steampowered.com/news/app/115...

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