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The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.

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"Library funding draws less than 0.003% of the annual federal budget yet has enormous impact in communities" @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social has a good FAQ about what is happening with/to IMLS; helpful as we decide what to say to our reps, what to put on our signs. www.ala.org/faq-executiv...

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#openaccess #Sinology 🀄️📚

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The New Testament in Manchu In 2012, Mark T. Riley, professor emeritus of Latin at California State University, Sacramento, donated a curious volume to the Ricci Institute, then located at the University of San Francisco. Read more about this book at web.bc.edu/ricci/

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A fascinating panel on Tangutology organized by Xiaotian Yin (Harvard) #AAS2025

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✅ My first poster presentation, previewing the new edition of the Cataloging Guidelines for Chinese Rare Books (CGCRB) for librarians in the East Asian libraries community. #CEAL2025 #AAS2025

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Also you don't have to be Jewish to apply:

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Fantastic and free collection of essays from the BM show on China's long 19th century. China’s 1800s: Material and Visual Culture Public ed by Harrison-Hall, Jessica britishmuseum.iro.bl.uk/concern/book...

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Plenary session on the state of East Asian Studies at the annual meeting of Council on East Asian Studies: David Shambough (China), @paularcurtis.bsky.social (Japan), John Duncan (Korea), Peter Zhou (discussant)

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Theme: "AI and the Digital Humanities for the Study of Asia, Africa, and Oceania." digitalorientalist.com/2025/03/04/c...

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Today, Xueting's Sunday #Culture takes a look at the 社会摇, Social Shake. 1/ #popculture #society

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U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.

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A little fanboy and a living legend, the Venerable Dr. Yifa.

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Eggs all gone at the supermarket downstairs, including ones priced at $11. Wow. (📍Somerville, MA)

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We are very excited to have Fan Zhang, LCSW sharing his expertise on trauma-informed practice with librarians next month. This online event is open to public. RSVP: lnkd.in/e6bDken2

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The new acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy — State’s top public diplomacy official: 1) not only denies the Uyghur genocide but appears to applaud it 2) says the US should sell out Taiwan to China for concessions in Antarctica (???)

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What Exactly Do We Call This? open.substack.com/pub/rorytrue...

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Someone needs to do an American version of @chinadigitaltimes.net Minitrue series on censorship directives. Direction of travel: 焚書坑儒

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praise be 🙌

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Faye Wong did a very Buddhism-coded performance at this week's CCTV New Year's Gala, featuring a song that discusses impermanence and an Añjali Mudrā gesture at the end. Makes me wonder if it signals a phase of 休养生息 (cf. Han Yu) in state ideology following the economic downturn.

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Dysfunction

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All the "merit" talk has always been BS... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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This is an amazing guide to Chinese etymography and the study of early Chinese writing, by Maxim Persikov (@gyankotsu on the app that must not be named)! blog333610347.wordpress.com/2022/11/13/h...

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"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is kinda like "Don't Be Evil" as a slogan. It's a bit worrying when you choose it, but it's a lot more worrying when you take it down

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Very tough 5 days to live through. But we're 0.35% done with this vile presidency.

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Sinologists and historians, can anyone point me to a good discussion of the history of institutional endowments in China? Monetary resources or endowed land that supports lineage halls, temples etc. over time. Thank you 🀄️📚

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It's an understatement to say that I'm honored, to join Soren Edgren this summer in offering another iteration of his iconic week-long survey on Chinese book history. First-round application is due Feb. 17: rarebookschool.org/courses/hist...

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Cartoon 《Oath and Brave New World》《美丽新世界的宣誓》漫画首发大声媒体 @dashengmedia ———— Support my art and pre-order my frist graphic novel ‘You Must Take Part in Revolution’ 🙏 ： badiucao.com/book

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Happy MLK Day.

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‘Net zero hero’ myth unfairly shifts burden of solving climate crisis onto individuals, study finds #Climate

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New digital collection launched: "Muslims in China," features 1,000+ images documenting the lives of Muslims and Christian missionaries in Western China from 1920s-1930s. #Sinology #OpenAccess curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/claude-l-pic...

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Be my colleague at the Harvard-Yenching Library! We just opened our search for the next Librarian for #JapaneseStudies, who will become a core member of our small but mighty team. As with every job, you don't need to satisfy every qualification to apply. www.eastasianlib.org/newsite/harv...

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Prompt: "tell me about tiananmen square" Chatbot response: "Content contains illegal content or sensitive words" Prompt: "why can't you talk about chinese massacres..." Response: "China has no so-called 'massacres'." www.reddit.com/r/ereader/co...

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IFLA Publishes First Ever “Guidelines for #Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: Refugees, Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum Seekers” www.infodocket.com/2024/12/16/i...

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Having recently researched a chapter about how baseless allegations of "signaling" were used to justify the detention, interrogation, and eventual incarceration of Japanese-Americans, can't help but wonder how the recent drone sightings will be mobilized in service of mass deportation.

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Postdoc in Princeton's Center for Culture, Society and Religion @princetonccsr.bsky.social for "recent PhDs specializing in the study of religion in any discipline" with "interest and expertise in public-facing scholarship on religion." puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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The Mary Eliza Project is a collaborative public humanities initiative that uses historic records to illuminate diverse women’s political engagement in Boston. We focus on the historical moment of 1920. 🧵

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