Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊
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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊
@sauthoff.bsky.social
Historian of rasaśāstra (Sanskrit alchemy) and tantra. Researches: medicine, gender, sexuality, religion, history of science and technology.
Assistant Professor at HKBU.
News junkie with a journalism past.
https://hkbu.academia.edu/PatriciaSauthoff
To Deepak Chopra from redacted: I liked watching you zero in on your prey. Made me smile.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Searching the Epstein files for "Sanskrit"
Here's a creepy Lithuanian guy talking about their girls.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Taking the Star Ferry home because what’s the point of living in HK if I don’t take advantage of cool things.
January 30, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Lol. Went to an exhibition on diamonds today. They gave a simplified version of about 1/3 of my talk.
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 AM
White people died. Brown and Black Americans and asylum seekers also died but it took a white woman and a white man to die for people to pay attention.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This weekend I had two giant dinners with friends, played Mario Kart for the first time in 8 years, AND saw a guy walking a tortoise. Not bad.
January 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM
A little cat break in the midst of your doomscrolling. Hope his shenanigans (he’s on top of the fridge) give you a moment to take a deep breath.
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 AM
January 24, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Guess who joined HKBU arts and humanities in 2023... You're welcome.
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 AM
I guess we’re going with blue netting now?
January 21, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Here’s a calico cat smelling a sunflower to break up your timeline.
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I’m not much of a board game person but this was fun.

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January 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Today in ye olde Sanskrit knowledge: face masks
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January 15, 2026 at 4:04 AM
The Indian chess board in the 11th century, according to Al-Biruni. (p. 183)https://archive.org/details/alberunisindia_201612/alberunisindia-color_001/page/183
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Rooftop life
January 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM
We listen to a lot music and discovered today that Albert Catmew really responds to Santana. So played him some Dead, Marley, Lennon, etc. turns out he’s a Boomer.
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Today was a nice day to stop and enjoy my local bonsai garden.
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Resharing this list of Sanskrit and Hindi words for cannabis.
January 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I bought the “men’s” version of the same deodorant I’ve been using and for some reason it is halal but the women’s isn’t.
January 7, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Channeled my seething into making lemon garlic scallop pasta.
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
It was a three boat kind of day.
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I am a 3rd century BCE king!
December 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It was pretty scary. There was a loud pop and then I dozed back off and woke up to the sound of a megaphone and some 15 firefighters outside. The power was out for hours.
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Settling in for a night of chicken tenders and holiday movies.
December 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm excited for this talk I'm giving in January at HKU!
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM