Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭
@ajaanmark.bsky.social
From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Thanks goodness they're both in good shape, they're quite busy!
Thanks goodness they're both in good shape, they're quite busy!
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Thanks goodness they're both in good shape, they're quite busy!
Thanks goodness they're both in good shape, they're quite busy!
I really dislike these taxes.
Also confirmed: "Milkshakes and lattes will be subject to a sugar tax for the first time, Wes Streeting says."
"Speaking ahead of the budget, Streeting said the government would remove the exemption that milk-based products currently have from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in January 2028."
"Speaking ahead of the budget, Streeting said the government would remove the exemption that milk-based products currently have from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in January 2028."
Milkshakes and lattes slapped with UK sugar tax, health secretary confirms
The threshold at which the soft drinks levy is imposed will also be lowered.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I really dislike these taxes.
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
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"How could I, a very sensible journalist for a left-leaning publication, have views on a particular subject that are many times more extreme than those held by the Conservative government when it was led by Theresa May? oh and also we should stop kids having smartphones."
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"How could I, a very sensible journalist for a left-leaning publication, have views on a particular subject that are many times more extreme than those held by the Conservative government when it was led by Theresa May? oh and also we should stop kids having smartphones."
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The trans issue is particularly instructive because you can actually see how the spike in anti-trans newspaper articles significantly anticipated any shift in public polling. It very much started in the U.K. as an elite obsession.
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The trans issue is particularly instructive because you can actually see how the spike in anti-trans newspaper articles significantly anticipated any shift in public polling. It very much started in the U.K. as an elite obsession.
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
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Tbf there's very few men who can pull off Qing hair 😭😭 even at the time people had to be coerced into wearing it by the Manchus. Huang Haibing is one of the few who looks good in it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Tbf there's very few men who can pull off Qing hair 😭😭 even at the time people had to be coerced into wearing it by the Manchus. Huang Haibing is one of the few who looks good in it.
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GMMTV remade Scarlet Heart and it's going to be a hot mess which of course means I'll eat it up with a spoon 😅 #kdrama #cdrama #thaidrama (tags because of all the versions of this story)
Scarlet Heart Thailand | GMMTV 2026
YouTube video by GMMTV OFFICIAL
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
GMMTV remade Scarlet Heart and it's going to be a hot mess which of course means I'll eat it up with a spoon 😅 #kdrama #cdrama #thaidrama (tags because of all the versions of this story)
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I think we underestimate how addictive bad news is for people who consume it.
boy there seems to be a bottomless appetite for dogmatic economic pessimism on video platforms. clicked on one of those during the morning Zwift and now my youtube feed is WE'RE DOOMED re the stock market, jobs, car market, inflation, AI on and on
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I think we underestimate how addictive bad news is for people who consume it.
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Remember when Starmer was elected and his media outriders said that strengthening the rule of law would be at the centre of his government?
Lawyers raise concerns over plans to scrap most jury trials
The Justice Secretary David Lammy wrote to other ministers and senior civil servants warning drastic action was needed to cut the backlog of cases in the crown courts
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Justice Secretary David Lammy wrote to other ministers and senior civil servants warning drastic action was needed to cut the backlog of cases in the crown courts
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Lawyers raise concerns over plans to scrap most jury trials
The Justice Secretary David Lammy wrote to other ministers and senior civil servants warning drastic action was needed to cut the backlog of cases in the crown courts
www.mirror.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Remember when Starmer was elected and his media outriders said that strengthening the rule of law would be at the centre of his government?
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Britain’s elites seem to be totally hapless in the face of Trumpism.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Britain’s elites seem to be totally hapless in the face of Trumpism.
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“Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow…”—Haruki Murakami
#viewfromawindow #nature #trees #sky #clouds #photography #skyphotography #cloudphotography #mobilephotography #phonephotography
#viewfromawindow #nature #trees #sky #clouds #photography #skyphotography #cloudphotography #mobilephotography #phonephotography
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow…”—Haruki Murakami
#viewfromawindow #nature #trees #sky #clouds #photography #skyphotography #cloudphotography #mobilephotography #phonephotography
#viewfromawindow #nature #trees #sky #clouds #photography #skyphotography #cloudphotography #mobilephotography #phonephotography
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- Chinese Banditry until 1949.
if an argument isn’t going your way, you can always just claim you were initiated into various mystical societies
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
- Chinese Banditry until 1949.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
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Cabbage is 大白菜, except for when the ones at the bottom of the piles by the side of the road start losing their freshness, at which point the vendors change the signs to read 爱国大白菜, "Patriotic Cabbage"
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Cabbage is 大白菜, except for when the ones at the bottom of the piles by the side of the road start losing their freshness, at which point the vendors change the signs to read 爱国大白菜, "Patriotic Cabbage"
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No chance, however, to discuss how the more usual noun 'law' and its associated adjective 'legal' have no etymological connection
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
No chance, however, to discuss how the more usual noun 'law' and its associated adjective 'legal' have no etymological connection
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the problem isn't that corporations don't love you
the problem is that corporations *do* love you, in the monstrous way that such an entity can love anything
the problem is that all of the important categories, including love, are being transformed, and it's being done without any democratic input
the problem is that corporations *do* love you, in the monstrous way that such an entity can love anything
the problem is that all of the important categories, including love, are being transformed, and it's being done without any democratic input
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
the problem isn't that corporations don't love you
the problem is that corporations *do* love you, in the monstrous way that such an entity can love anything
the problem is that all of the important categories, including love, are being transformed, and it's being done without any democratic input
the problem is that corporations *do* love you, in the monstrous way that such an entity can love anything
the problem is that all of the important categories, including love, are being transformed, and it's being done without any democratic input
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New from Your Party: Members will vote this weekend on a "pioneering" collective leadership model vs a single leader option.
YP MPs are to be subject to ‘democratic whip’ as plans are unveiled for the new shape of the party.
And members will vote on the party’s permanent name during Conference.
YP MPs are to be subject to ‘democratic whip’ as plans are unveiled for the new shape of the party.
And members will vote on the party’s permanent name during Conference.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New from Your Party: Members will vote this weekend on a "pioneering" collective leadership model vs a single leader option.
YP MPs are to be subject to ‘democratic whip’ as plans are unveiled for the new shape of the party.
And members will vote on the party’s permanent name during Conference.
YP MPs are to be subject to ‘democratic whip’ as plans are unveiled for the new shape of the party.
And members will vote on the party’s permanent name during Conference.
Another storm front coming!
Apparently Sunday's storm had higher wind speeds than the Cyclone in February!
Apparently Sunday's storm had higher wind speeds than the Cyclone in February!
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Another storm front coming!
Apparently Sunday's storm had higher wind speeds than the Cyclone in February!
Apparently Sunday's storm had higher wind speeds than the Cyclone in February!
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You could have just said sofa bed.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You could have just said sofa bed.
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The Trump administration has directed US embassies in allied countries to collect data on migrant crime to tackle what it argues is a global mass migration crisis, but is yet to raise the matter directly with Canberra www.afr.com/politics/fed...
US government order to collect Australian migrant crime data
The US State Department said it would name and shame Western governments whose policies “punish citizens” who object to continued mass migration.
www.afr.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The Trump administration has directed US embassies in allied countries to collect data on migrant crime to tackle what it argues is a global mass migration crisis, but is yet to raise the matter directly with Canberra www.afr.com/politics/fed...
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We are hiring! Please share widely!
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
<p style="text-ali...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We are hiring! Please share widely!
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bollard
His Majesty the King appreciating the comfort and support of a mooring bollard, Sydney Harbour, 1981
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
bollard
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Drawings of Glasgow - created with charcoal, pencil and soft pastels - in my shop - collhamilton.bigcartel.com #artist #art #glasgow
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Drawings of Glasgow - created with charcoal, pencil and soft pastels - in my shop - collhamilton.bigcartel.com #artist #art #glasgow