Old people who have nothing to lose are honestly so unhinged and I love it

The man has the charisma of a wet cigarette butt.

Yoga isn’t 5,000 years old Tantric sex isn’t supposed to be a good time free for all orgy. It’s actually really boring.

Look, I'm a cranky teetotalling socialist, but I've got to say that the Wine Mom stereotype of a vapid, materialistic, politically disengaged woman is misogynistic as hell. Stop being surprised when women with children actually give a fuck about what's going on.

reaching new levels of inflatable frog choreography

Michael Rapaport showed up on this old episode of ER I am watching and someone please remind me where that piece from a few months ago about how he fed off black culture and has always been a piece of shit ran. It was fantastic.

I would like to go this spa.

I tell my students Wikipedia is a way better starting place than AI but they need to read deeper than just Wikipedia.

This is not journalism. www.wsj.com/business/med...

This is 100% going into one of my lecture slides.

Bill Maher should be put out to pasture. He’s never been funny. Just always been an asshole.

Booooo. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Frank Herbert's Dune

Found the first two seasons of Gossip Girl on DVD today. Had it been the whole series…

I learned about the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire from the great artist and amateur historian Melora Creager

Zoomies @hknumberplates.bsky.social

There are times I see some faculty member proudly offloading their job to AI and I really resent that these are the people who got jobs when so many of us didn’t.

Watching some misogynistic moron argue with his “mummy” about whether or not he needs a juice box is only one of the many moments I found myself howling with laughter during the Louis Theroux Manosphere documentary. What a flimsy farce these men have built for themselves.

At least I get to repost the greatest headline the Independent has ever run.

An oppourtunty to remind people: "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" is a WAY better movie than you might think. In an era where films are often (correctly) derided as having a bland "Netflix" feel, "Weird" is beautifully shot with excellent cinematography and exquisit mise en scene. 1/2

Just saw this cat on IG and thought “aww, that’s a cute cat” before realizing it is my cat from the IG account I run.

My dad can’t drive anymore and what would really help him is a public transport infrastructure.

I have so many questions about this current situation in my building

Universities: do digital humanities! Also universities: no, we won’t pay to host it. Good luck.

This is part of what I love about writing about alchemy. I wouldn’t take those pills now but it was part of the development of medicine, which is ongoing.

"Bunch of guys obsessed with Ancient Sparta can't beat the Persians at sea" was probably one of the known-knowns, come to think of it.

There are still people who think this man is an evil genius who knows exactly what he’s doing and not an insane narcissist who hasn’t got a clue which way is up.

Breakfast of Champions (9?)

I’ve been out of the game for a while and lost track of people in the move to this place, so if you’re an adjunct/VAP/postdoc in history, can you reply and let me know what you work on? I am an editor at @contingent-mag.bsky.social and we are often looking for book reviewers etc.

See a flower, share a flower.

Imagine being in Portland, Oregon, a city with an amazing food scene, and eating at a Spaghetti Factory.

People are often surprised when I can find things online that they can’t. This is a wonderful primer for Google-fu.

Post a pic you took, no context.

We got 99 problems and Mamdani’s rap choices ain’t one.

Stand Together and Take Drugs

There’s absolutely no difference between an “expat” and a migrant other than race and class. The use of the word “expat” serves no other purpose other than to distance the two and not make us ask why is it ok to be one kind of migrant and not another kind (Hint: it’s just racism and classism)

A very confusing number plate @hknumberplates.bsky.social

Despite some technical hiccups, I got tickets to all but one of my movies on my HHIFF list!

‘The scroll could be wrapped around the stomach and perhaps also between the legs in a cross-like formation, literally “girding the loins”, and bringing the inscriptions and images into direct contact with the woman’s skin.’ @cjfaraday.bsky.social on birth scrolls. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Day trip across HK to the land of green taxis.

"Chinamaxxing" isn't a harmless trend, but an inherently racist concept that perpetuates ethnic stereotypes and cultural appropriation. "Chinese" is not a monolithic identity, and it is a damn shame that embracing ethnic identity is becoming an internet fad for white people (again).

The Cesar Chavez story discussed yesterday is out, in the New York Times. Two women say that he sexually assaulted them as children, beginning when they were 12 and 13. And Dolores Huerta says he raped her in 1966.

disclosures of some kind appear to be on the way

China has opened enrollment at its first university dedicated to barbecue, or shaokao, a ubiquitous street food nationwide, complete with degree offerings, course textbooks, and a talent pathway to jobs at famous local barbecue restaurants.

The thing about being an American living away from the US is that people don’t really like to talk about what’s happening in the world until you loudly declare on a rush hour train “I fucking hate Donald Trump” and then everyone relaxes and strangers nod in approval.

🚨 Permanent academic positions in #AsianStudies currently open in France on this job cycle: (most closing on 3 April, as this is a yearly, national & synchronized call) 1) Assistant professor, 'China and the world' (humanities) at @upcite.bsky.social sciences.re/postes/media...

Portland pothole artists are seriously my favorite people. If you know one or are one and would be willing to talk about your craft, please DM

The small joy of watching half a dozen people shoulder check a guy trying to rush onto a metro car.