Cynthia Wang
@cynthiawang.bsky.social
Professional nerd (associate professor, communication studies, Cal State LA). Music maker. Founder of The arqive (https://thearqive.com).
TIL you’re not really supposed to eat quince raw. So i poached them. #IsThisStillOKtoEat
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
TIL you’re not really supposed to eat quince raw. So i poached them. #IsThisStillOKtoEat
Suffs 2024 Tony Awards Performance
YouTube video by YourContemporaryTenor
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Since Dec 1st, I've challenged myself to play 25 Christmas songs by Christmas. This is #13, but you can find the others on YouTube (as long as it hasn't been blocked by copyright). youtu.be/QfO3kX9YcE4?...
Puddle of Melted Snow - Cynthia Wang (original)
YouTube video by Cynthia Wang
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December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Since Dec 1st, I've challenged myself to play 25 Christmas songs by Christmas. This is #13, but you can find the others on YouTube (as long as it hasn't been blocked by copyright). youtu.be/QfO3kX9YcE4?...
I mean, an oatmeal raisin cookie is basically like having a bowl of oatmeal with some raisins in it. Right? Right???
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I mean, an oatmeal raisin cookie is basically like having a bowl of oatmeal with some raisins in it. Right? Right???
Hey Christmas song writers, what's with the key modulation on steroids?!
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hey Christmas song writers, what's with the key modulation on steroids?!
Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation.
Also, "pushups won't save you from Ebola."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Also, "pushups won't save you from Ebola."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
www.newyorker.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation. Correlation is not causation.
Also, "pushups won't save you from Ebola."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Also, "pushups won't save you from Ebola."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Reposted by Cynthia Wang
I'm sorry, but I think food delivery is just paying more for food that is less fresh than if you just eat it there.
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm sorry, but I think food delivery is just paying more for food that is less fresh than if you just eat it there.
Whenever I see someone driving crazy fast or tailgating, I just assume they have to poop really bad.
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Whenever I see someone driving crazy fast or tailgating, I just assume they have to poop really bad.
Why is it almost November and 90 degrees? This is not ok. #LosAngeles
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Why is it almost November and 90 degrees? This is not ok. #LosAngeles
"Millennials faced challenging circumstances entering adulthood during the 2008 financial crisis. They leaned in and side-hustled and girl-bossed their way into record burnout rates, anxiety and zero work-life balance. Gen Z is looking to their direct elders and saying, “We’re not going to do that.”
The Doom Spenders - Macleans.ca
Faced with an uncertain future, young Canadians are racking up more debt than ever before. Portrait of a generation on the instalment plan.
macleans.ca
October 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Millennials faced challenging circumstances entering adulthood during the 2008 financial crisis. They leaned in and side-hustled and girl-bossed their way into record burnout rates, anxiety and zero work-life balance. Gen Z is looking to their direct elders and saying, “We’re not going to do that.”
Is blue ink just like...out of style?
August 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Is blue ink just like...out of style?
Yea...milk tea with sweetened condensed milk just doesn't agree with me. #IsThisStillOKtoEat
August 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yea...milk tea with sweetened condensed milk just doesn't agree with me. #IsThisStillOKtoEat
That moment when you realize you need to take off your glasses to cut your fingernails. #gettingolder #millennials #aarp
August 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
That moment when you realize you need to take off your glasses to cut your fingernails. #gettingolder #millennials #aarp
Academic friends...anyone else just get kind of out of sorts over the summer? Might be the ADHD, but summers are counterintuitively ROUGH, and this one takes the cake. #academia #summer #teaching #university #ADHD
August 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Academic friends...anyone else just get kind of out of sorts over the summer? Might be the ADHD, but summers are counterintuitively ROUGH, and this one takes the cake. #academia #summer #teaching #university #ADHD
I'm cynical enough to believe that Americans simply won't care about children in Sudan. We have completely abandoned any moral compass, and I feel like any argument or message that frames a situation in morality is not going to be effective. #communication #rhetoric
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
April 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm cynical enough to believe that Americans simply won't care about children in Sudan. We have completely abandoned any moral compass, and I feel like any argument or message that frames a situation in morality is not going to be effective. #communication #rhetoric
So, we all understand that canceling student visas is catastrophic to the knowledge production of this country, that ties into things like national security, defense, health care, etc etc, right? RIGHT? No? Oh, well, that explains everything.
April 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
So, we all understand that canceling student visas is catastrophic to the knowledge production of this country, that ties into things like national security, defense, health care, etc etc, right? RIGHT? No? Oh, well, that explains everything.
This is a donut that spent 3 days in my bag. It is very dehydrated. If I steam it, #IsThisStillOKtoEat?
April 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This is a donut that spent 3 days in my bag. It is very dehydrated. If I steam it, #IsThisStillOKtoEat?
I was too busy to be jetlagged. But at some point last week, my body definitely thought it was in Europe.
March 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I was too busy to be jetlagged. But at some point last week, my body definitely thought it was in Europe.
With all the information available with the push of a button, teaching has to move away from conveyance of information and toward more facilitation of engagement.
March 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
With all the information available with the push of a button, teaching has to move away from conveyance of information and toward more facilitation of engagement.
Been thinking...teaching isn't been about disseminating content, hasn't been for a long time. It's more about how you can engage students, how they themselves can contribute to their own education outside of traditional structures of the classroom.
February 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Been thinking...teaching isn't been about disseminating content, hasn't been for a long time. It's more about how you can engage students, how they themselves can contribute to their own education outside of traditional structures of the classroom.
Whenever I ask #ChatGPT to do something for me, I try to remember to say "please" and "thank you". That way, when our robot overlords inevitably take over, hopefully they will remember that I was nice to them. #artificialintelligence #crutchortool #bekind
February 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Whenever I ask #ChatGPT to do something for me, I try to remember to say "please" and "thank you". That way, when our robot overlords inevitably take over, hopefully they will remember that I was nice to them. #artificialintelligence #crutchortool #bekind
Cal State LA is still #1 in social mobility. Communication Studies is still the best department. :) #commrocks
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
When it comes to elevating livelihoods, a CSU degree is tops in California, study says
A ranking of California colleges based on economic mobility for low- and moderate-income students puts institutions such as UCLA and Stanford outside the top 25.
www.latimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Cal State LA is still #1 in social mobility. Communication Studies is still the best department. :) #commrocks
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Bucket list item: Befriend a crow.
February 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Bucket list item: Befriend a crow.