Paul Vierthaler
@vierth.bsky.social
Chinese Lit, DH, Machine Learning, Dad of twins
Assistant Prof of late imperial Chinese literature and interdisciplinary data science at Princeton University
Assistant Prof of late imperial Chinese literature and interdisciplinary data science at Princeton University
Watching pairs skating, as a lady gets flung spinning into the air, one of the four-year olds shouts: “Daddy, pick me up so I can do what she is doing!” Girl, I love the confidence, but I’m pretty that would be the end of both of us.
February 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Watching pairs skating, as a lady gets flung spinning into the air, one of the four-year olds shouts: “Daddy, pick me up so I can do what she is doing!” Girl, I love the confidence, but I’m pretty that would be the end of both of us.
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And how many missed opportunities because women are (rightly) warned away from certain prestigious people and places. I can say from my own career and observations of friends’ careers that this happens frequently but is rarely discussed.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
And how many missed opportunities because women are (rightly) warned away from certain prestigious people and places. I can say from my own career and observations of friends’ careers that this happens frequently but is rarely discussed.
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
"This how men behave." NO IT IS NOT. Not once in my career have I offered a description of someone's appearance, nor I have I ever been asked. WTF. This dude should not be teaching. And we ask ourselves why women fall out of fields like CS, as if it is a mystery with guys like this out there
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"This how men behave." NO IT IS NOT. Not once in my career have I offered a description of someone's appearance, nor I have I ever been asked. WTF. This dude should not be teaching. And we ask ourselves why women fall out of fields like CS, as if it is a mystery with guys like this out there
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FIRED? Who gives a fuck about “fired”?!? How about “send them to jail for life”? And I mean ALL of ‘em.
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 AM
FIRED? Who gives a fuck about “fired”?!? How about “send them to jail for life”? And I mean ALL of ‘em.
I think the fuck not
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I think the fuck not
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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Can’t believe the government headed by a man who sexually abuses children, who had all of their technology led by a man who sells CSAM for profit, whose first act was to nominate a child sexual predator for AG, is now publishing CSAM.
The government published CSAM???
NEW: The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted images of nude women (and possibly teens) as part of its Epstein release.
The faces of those people were also left unredacted.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The faces of those people were also left unredacted.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
February 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Can’t believe the government headed by a man who sexually abuses children, who had all of their technology led by a man who sells CSAM for profit, whose first act was to nominate a child sexual predator for AG, is now publishing CSAM.
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We all love Chotiner making his clever little remarks but he has been on a run of feeling so (correctly) disdainful of his subjects that it’s bordering on him going
Chotiner: so you’re just a big piece of shit aren’t ya?
Doug Warcrime: I guess so
Chotiner: seems that way
Chotiner: so you’re just a big piece of shit aren’t ya?
Doug Warcrime: I guess so
Chotiner: seems that way
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
We all love Chotiner making his clever little remarks but he has been on a run of feeling so (correctly) disdainful of his subjects that it’s bordering on him going
Chotiner: so you’re just a big piece of shit aren’t ya?
Doug Warcrime: I guess so
Chotiner: seems that way
Chotiner: so you’re just a big piece of shit aren’t ya?
Doug Warcrime: I guess so
Chotiner: seems that way
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
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I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
Texas, sabotaging its people and its future. Criminal.
TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Texas, sabotaging its people and its future. Criminal.
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
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I received a graduate certificate in women's and gender studies from Texas A&M in 2018. If you know my work, you know how much that foundation shaped what I do.
I'm not sure what else to say right now.
I'm not sure what else to say right now.
"Texas A&M University said on Friday that it would end its women’s and gender studies program, and that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms" (gift article)
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I received a graduate certificate in women's and gender studies from Texas A&M in 2018. If you know my work, you know how much that foundation shaped what I do.
I'm not sure what else to say right now.
I'm not sure what else to say right now.
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[Job 📣] Are you curious about #AI applications in the #humanities? My Print and Probability research group (@print-and-prob.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc! Come help us develop computational methods for identifying clandestine early modern printers!
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
[Job 📣] Are you curious about #AI applications in the #humanities? My Print and Probability research group (@print-and-prob.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc! Come help us develop computational methods for identifying clandestine early modern printers!
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
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Apply to the 2026 Summer Institute: Digital Humanities for Hellenic Studies - Historic Athens in 3D, July 6-10, 2026!
Open to scholars in all disciplines interested in exploring digital humanities methods for representing archival information and rich narratives about historical urban spaces. 🏺🏛️ 🇬🇷
Open to scholars in all disciplines interested in exploring digital humanities methods for representing archival information and rich narratives about historical urban spaces. 🏺🏛️ 🇬🇷
Call for Applications for the 2026 Summer Institute: Digital Humanities for Hellenic Studies – Historic Athens in 3D
Call for Applications for the 2026 Summer Institute: Digital Humanities for Hellenic Studies – Historic Athens in 3D
cdh.princeton.edu
January 30, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Apply to the 2026 Summer Institute: Digital Humanities for Hellenic Studies - Historic Athens in 3D, July 6-10, 2026!
Open to scholars in all disciplines interested in exploring digital humanities methods for representing archival information and rich narratives about historical urban spaces. 🏺🏛️ 🇬🇷
Open to scholars in all disciplines interested in exploring digital humanities methods for representing archival information and rich narratives about historical urban spaces. 🏺🏛️ 🇬🇷
This advice is bang-on. Who you will work with as a graduate student will have far FAR more repercussions for your career and who you become as a scholar than the school you go to (and it makes the day-to-day much more tolerable than going somewhere that is more prestigious but is a bad fit).
#2 advice as grad application season heats up: this is impossible for a lots of folks, but if you’ve the luxury of a choice: choose your program based on who you want to go to work with everyday.
i chose my program based on people; never regretted it. (hi, triangle folks! 💙🩵❤️)
i chose my program based on people; never regretted it. (hi, triangle folks! 💙🩵❤️)
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This advice is bang-on. Who you will work with as a graduate student will have far FAR more repercussions for your career and who you become as a scholar than the school you go to (and it makes the day-to-day much more tolerable than going somewhere that is more prestigious but is a bad fit).
I was just in the library doing some prep work to propose a new class for the fall, and as often happens, I got distracted by an unexpected book on the shelf next to the one I came to grab. Fodor's Peking, Revised Edition, published 1973. It is WILD.
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I was just in the library doing some prep work to propose a new class for the fall, and as often happens, I got distracted by an unexpected book on the shelf next to the one I came to grab. Fodor's Peking, Revised Edition, published 1973. It is WILD.
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Need to publish images as #IIIF — but have only 30 SECONDS to do it? tiny.iiif to the rescue! 🫨
• Drag & drop images → instant IIIF Image Service
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Work in progress, but already a lot of fun. Ping me if you want to know more!
• Drag & drop images → instant IIIF Image Service
• Create a folder → drag images in → instant presentation manifest!
Work in progress, but already a lot of fun. Ping me if you want to know more!
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Need to publish images as #IIIF — but have only 30 SECONDS to do it? tiny.iiif to the rescue! 🫨
• Drag & drop images → instant IIIF Image Service
• Create a folder → drag images in → instant presentation manifest!
Work in progress, but already a lot of fun. Ping me if you want to know more!
• Drag & drop images → instant IIIF Image Service
• Create a folder → drag images in → instant presentation manifest!
Work in progress, but already a lot of fun. Ping me if you want to know more!
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every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
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americans hate it when they're shown on tv doing something cool
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
americans hate it when they're shown on tv doing something cool
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
Tomorrow I’ll be teaching my first graduate seminar since I taught a readings in Classical Chinese seminar at Leiden. Seven years is far too long, and I am extremely excited!
It is on computational analysis of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text, and it should be a great semester!
It is on computational analysis of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text, and it should be a great semester!
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Tomorrow I’ll be teaching my first graduate seminar since I taught a readings in Classical Chinese seminar at Leiden. Seven years is far too long, and I am extremely excited!
It is on computational analysis of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text, and it should be a great semester!
It is on computational analysis of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text, and it should be a great semester!
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Border Patrol is pulling out of Minneapolis. Bovino is ending his punitive tour of blue cities. Calls for Noem's resignation are mounting, even in conservative media. Senate Democrats are dug in now on refusing to fund DHS and ICE. "Abolish ICE" is now a mainstream position.
They are losing.
They are losing.
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Border Patrol is pulling out of Minneapolis. Bovino is ending his punitive tour of blue cities. Calls for Noem's resignation are mounting, even in conservative media. Senate Democrats are dug in now on refusing to fund DHS and ICE. "Abolish ICE" is now a mainstream position.
They are losing.
They are losing.