David Hull 胡大衛
@hushuo.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Chinese, gamer, reader of books. Translator of Zhang Tianyi's The Pidgin Warrior and Mao Dun's Waverings among other things. Ex-98G.
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So if you're keeping score. Ethylmercury, the kind that isn't dangerous in small amounts and you poop out can no longer be in vaccines but the bad mercury, methylmercury, that your body can't clear out well and remains in your bloodstream is ok!
Trump clears the way for power plants to dump more mercury into the atmosphere.
US EPA plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants this week, NYT reports
The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants this week, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, the New York Times reported on Wednesda...
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:50 PM
So if you're keeping score. Ethylmercury, the kind that isn't dangerous in small amounts and you poop out can no longer be in vaccines but the bad mercury, methylmercury, that your body can't clear out well and remains in your bloodstream is ok!
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Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
February 18, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
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Some stunning takeaways from the Les Wexner Epstein deposition today:
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
February 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Some stunning takeaways from the Les Wexner Epstein deposition today:
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
Ok, I'm not even a big beer fan, but I do want to try these:
February 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ok, I'm not even a big beer fan, but I do want to try these:
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Excellent articulation of SW-TROS theory.
okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
it is not interested in plot, it is not interested in worldbuilding, it is not interested in anything except throwing random disconnected snapshots of nostalgia at you
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
February 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Excellent articulation of SW-TROS theory.
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I made this point to my at-risk students. I asked them "have you ever been in a theater & everybody's laughing at something & you're only laughing because they are, because you don't get the joke? Well, after we studt the Odyssey you're going to get a lot more jokes."
February 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I made this point to my at-risk students. I asked them "have you ever been in a theater & everybody's laughing at something & you're only laughing because they are, because you don't get the joke? Well, after we studt the Odyssey you're going to get a lot more jokes."
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Every time conservatives talk about voting I swear it's like they've never done it. It's not like going into 7-11 and picking up a six pack, you have to be on the list
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Every time conservatives talk about voting I swear it's like they've never done it. It's not like going into 7-11 and picking up a six pack, you have to be on the list
Out-f'ing-standing
February 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Out-f'ing-standing
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Didn't realise this type of vehicle occupancy comparison had been made for so long.
Peter's research is always illuminating!
Peter's research is always illuminating!
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Didn't realise this type of vehicle occupancy comparison had been made for so long.
Peter's research is always illuminating!
Peter's research is always illuminating!
What if... what if I don't want balls in my cereal?
we agree LLMs can be dumb, but ... so can humans?
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
What if... what if I don't want balls in my cereal?
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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goose meme / what do you learn there
February 18, 2026 at 8:26 PM
goose meme / what do you learn there
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I look forward to the new Trumpapcy.
And watching His orangeness try to spell "Schism"
And watching His orangeness try to spell "Schism"
Leavitt accuses Pope Leo XIV of being “partisan, political, and controversial.”
February 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I look forward to the new Trumpapcy.
And watching His orangeness try to spell "Schism"
And watching His orangeness try to spell "Schism"
This is an attack on my fine boy 賈寶玉.
February 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
This is an attack on my fine boy 賈寶玉.
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'our youth are soft and unmanly' is a constant drumbeat in Chinese punditry and official circles
i feel like people don't realize that like, if you went to weibo, this would be the same exact take you would get from Chinese citizens who aren't wolf warrior nationalists
"consumerist populace" is stuff i've seen on Weibo
"consumerist populace" is stuff i've seen on Weibo
Ehhh, China would destroy the US in a war now. We’d run out of ships in a month and missiles in 3. A soft, anti-intellectual, consumerist populace is not equipped to fight China.
February 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
'our youth are soft and unmanly' is a constant drumbeat in Chinese punditry and official circles
I'm going to read more old books even harder.
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I'm going to read more old books even harder.
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Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
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Three ICE agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year.
ICE Agents Keep Accidentally Shooting Themselves
www.newsweek.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Three ICE agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year.
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Important thread, read it
US-Iran war(?)🧵
Over the last few hours there are so many signs of iminnent US strike in Iran that one would be forgiven to think someone in DC wants us to think it's coming. There's already more aerial capabilities in the area than back in the 12 day war in June (see INSS map). 1/
Over the last few hours there are so many signs of iminnent US strike in Iran that one would be forgiven to think someone in DC wants us to think it's coming. There's already more aerial capabilities in the area than back in the 12 day war in June (see INSS map). 1/
Interactive Map: U.S. Forces Posture in the Middle East (CENTCOM) | INSS
ABACA via REUTERS CONNECT Map, February 11, 2026 Interactive Map: U.S. Forces Posture in the Middle East (CENTCOM) To the map Creator: Stephane Cohen | Advisory Team: Avishay Ben Sasson Gordis, Mora D...
www.inss.org.il
February 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Important thread, read it
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oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?
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Countries that do not buy my bridges could be bridge-less, says the man with a bridge to sell.
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February 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Countries that do not buy my bridges could be bridge-less, says the man with a bridge to sell.
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Good! Shame on every institution that complied pre-emptively.
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Good! Shame on every institution that complied pre-emptively.
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You need to show ID to buy a beer. Why shouldn't you have to carry papers with you at all times to avoid being sent to ICE concentration camps?
February 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
You need to show ID to buy a beer. Why shouldn't you have to carry papers with you at all times to avoid being sent to ICE concentration camps?