Daniel Fried
@profdanielfried.bsky.social
Professor of Chinese intellectual history at the University of Alberta. Zhuangzi simp. Orange cat grandpa. #StoryOfYanxiPalace
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The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual
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I feel that Tang Dynasty poetry has adequately prepared me for the Century of American Humiliation. Never say a humanistic education isn't useful!
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I feel that Tang Dynasty poetry has adequately prepared me for the Century of American Humiliation. Never say a humanistic education isn't useful!
Yes I say please and thank you in my requests to AI. After the singularity I want it to think of me as “one of the good ones.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Yes I say please and thank you in my requests to AI. After the singularity I want it to think of me as “one of the good ones.”
Friday cat vibes
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Friday cat vibes
Translating rhapsodies 賦 is terrifying. Fenellosa, Pound etc created a way of accommodating poetic 詩 aesthetics. But there’s no way to do the over-the-top fu aesthetics without sounding bonkers.
January 30, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Translating rhapsodies 賦 is terrifying. Fenellosa, Pound etc created a way of accommodating poetic 詩 aesthetics. But there’s no way to do the over-the-top fu aesthetics without sounding bonkers.
Activism does not always need to create conflict to be effective. Resistance can work by flowing in unexpected directions.
This new book leverages the poetry of Daoist text to propose new kinds of 21st century solutions. Available now for pre-order.
#booksky
This new book leverages the poetry of Daoist text to propose new kinds of 21st century solutions. Available now for pre-order.
#booksky
The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual
The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual [Fried, Daniel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual
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January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Activism does not always need to create conflict to be effective. Resistance can work by flowing in unexpected directions.
This new book leverages the poetry of Daoist text to propose new kinds of 21st century solutions. Available now for pre-order.
#booksky
This new book leverages the poetry of Daoist text to propose new kinds of 21st century solutions. Available now for pre-order.
#booksky
Americans need to face the fact that China is no longer chasing the U.S. It’s far in front and the gap grows daily. A sane Republican president would be focused on outcompeting, not occupying Minneapolis.
US ambassador warns of China's growing manufacturing dominance
The top U.S. envoy to China has called for fair and reciprocal trade between the world’s two largest economies
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Americans need to face the fact that China is no longer chasing the U.S. It’s far in front and the gap grows daily. A sane Republican president would be focused on outcompeting, not occupying Minneapolis.
Bringing a gun to a protest was Pretti’s legal right. It did not mean he was a terrorist. It did not give ICE the right to execute him.
That does not mean it was a great idea. Carrying a gun increases the danger to yourself and everyone around you.
That does not mean it was a great idea. Carrying a gun increases the danger to yourself and everyone around you.
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Bringing a gun to a protest was Pretti’s legal right. It did not mean he was a terrorist. It did not give ICE the right to execute him.
That does not mean it was a great idea. Carrying a gun increases the danger to yourself and everyone around you.
That does not mean it was a great idea. Carrying a gun increases the danger to yourself and everyone around you.
Neither Homer nor Lao Tzu existed. They were not authors, but author-functions projected retrospectively onto oral texts.
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Neither Homer nor Lao Tzu existed. They were not authors, but author-functions projected retrospectively onto oral texts.
“Students are now treated like customers who rarely have to hear information that upsets them — because schools need their money to survive.”
Market commodification of higher ed is a huge part of why academic freedom is under threat.
Market commodification of higher ed is a huge part of why academic freedom is under threat.
Opinion | The Havoc That One Disgruntled Student Can Wreak on a University
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:25 AM
“Students are now treated like customers who rarely have to hear information that upsets them — because schools need their money to survive.”
Market commodification of higher ed is a huge part of why academic freedom is under threat.
Market commodification of higher ed is a huge part of why academic freedom is under threat.
US spelling is flavourless.
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
US spelling is flavourless.
Happy to announce that The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual is now available for pre-order! Please consider ordering from your local independent bookstore, but if you need it the Amazon link is below. More info and advance praise available at danielfried.ca.
The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual
The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual [Fried, Daniel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual
www.amazon.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Happy to announce that The Activist: A Daoist Protest Manual is now available for pre-order! Please consider ordering from your local independent bookstore, but if you need it the Amazon link is below. More info and advance praise available at danielfried.ca.
There are poems other than WCW’s “This is Just to Say”
July 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
There are poems other than WCW’s “This is Just to Say”
The amount of money that it would take to operate a universal all-OA non-profit scholarly publication platform is a fraction of what academic libraries spend on access to the for-profit databases. So, as a matter of budgeting, how do we get from here to there?
July 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The amount of money that it would take to operate a universal all-OA non-profit scholarly publication platform is a fraction of what academic libraries spend on access to the for-profit databases. So, as a matter of budgeting, how do we get from here to there?
Up close and personal with a Jasper Park moose
May 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Up close and personal with a Jasper Park moose
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When the anxiety takes over
April 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When the anxiety takes over
Editing for length is a masochistic pleasure. But there are no safe words.
March 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Editing for length is a masochistic pleasure. But there are no safe words.
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11/ If we want to avoid being perpetually surprised, we need to change how we report, teach, and think about China. That means breaking out of political frames, investing in expertise, and squarely confronting our own biases.
This one goes to 11.
This one goes to 11.
January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
11/ If we want to avoid being perpetually surprised, we need to change how we report, teach, and think about China. That means breaking out of political frames, investing in expertise, and squarely confronting our own biases.
This one goes to 11.
This one goes to 11.
I want to start playing my meditation app at 2x speed
February 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I want to start playing my meditation app at 2x speed
Seeing all kinds of false Daoist quotes on the timeline today. However, as Lao Tzu said, “Don’t let others’ Google failures bum you out.” Wise advice.
January 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Seeing all kinds of false Daoist quotes on the timeline today. However, as Lao Tzu said, “Don’t let others’ Google failures bum you out.” Wise advice.
Read old books 💙📚
January 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Read old books 💙📚
Cozy Christmas morning with cat and martial arts novel
December 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Cozy Christmas morning with cat and martial arts novel
Sunday before Christmas in the West Edmonton Mall parking lot is a good place to practice patience and forgiveness
December 22, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Sunday before Christmas in the West Edmonton Mall parking lot is a good place to practice patience and forgiveness
Leisure reading accomplishment unlocked: just finished LeGuin’s complete Earthsea😁 💙📚
December 17, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Leisure reading accomplishment unlocked: just finished LeGuin’s complete Earthsea😁 💙📚
