Stoner Sensei
@stonersensei.bsky.social
`When a drunken man falls from a cart, despite the speed of the fall he does not die. In his bones and joints he is the same as other men, but in encountering harm he is different, because the daemonic is whole in him.‘ - Chuang-tzu (tr. AC Graham)
We’re fucked it’s seppuku time.
July 14, 2024 at 2:37 AM
We’re fucked it’s seppuku time.
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i love all the suggestions that trans women should try something more productive like we aren’t 0.5% of the population and our occasional success in frustrating someone enough to deactivate on a niche microblogging platform isn’t the virtual extent of our power
July 13, 2024 at 2:31 AM
i love all the suggestions that trans women should try something more productive like we aren’t 0.5% of the population and our occasional success in frustrating someone enough to deactivate on a niche microblogging platform isn’t the virtual extent of our power
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Imagine looking at one million acres of land and pristine fresh water, with no motor vehicles, no development, one of only 13 dark sky sanctuaries in the world and saying…this should be a mine.
July 11, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Imagine looking at one million acres of land and pristine fresh water, with no motor vehicles, no development, one of only 13 dark sky sanctuaries in the world and saying…this should be a mine.
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Climate change has come to this. inews.co.uk/opinion/deat...
What the death of tea tells us about Britain's identity crisis
We now drink a quarter as much tea as we did in the 70s
inews.co.uk
July 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Climate change has come to this. inews.co.uk/opinion/deat...
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“I couldn’t wrap my head around her attitude. If I would have had one of Alice’s books at home, I would have [tossed it] in the trash can.”
(Non-paywalled link here: https:://archive.ph/2otw9)
(Non-paywalled link here: https:://archive.ph/2otw9)
Alice Munro told me her daughter was lying about being molested by her stepdad: OPP detective
“I couldn’t wrap my head around her attitude,” retired OPP detective Sam Lazarevich told the Star of meeting celebrated author Alice Munro in 2004.
www.thestar.com
July 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM
“I couldn’t wrap my head around her attitude. If I would have had one of Alice’s books at home, I would have [tossed it] in the trash can.”
(Non-paywalled link here: https:://archive.ph/2otw9)
(Non-paywalled link here: https:://archive.ph/2otw9)
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There is a story behind each regulation.
July 11, 2024 at 1:17 PM
There is a story behind each regulation.
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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of informally chatting about my book, Poet-Monks, with my colleague Xiaorong Li for UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. They've posted the video online now. Please watch if you're curious about my work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_8Y...
Thomas Mazanec: Poet-Monks: The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Medieval China
A dialogue between Thomas Mazanec (East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies) and Xiaorong Li (East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies) about Mazanec’s new boo...
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2024 at 2:54 AM
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of informally chatting about my book, Poet-Monks, with my colleague Xiaorong Li for UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. They've posted the video online now. Please watch if you're curious about my work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_8Y...
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something this bad at adapting students to the awfulness of most of the present world must be among the most worthwhile pursuits available
In the US, Art History, Visual and Performing Arts, and Graphic Design majors are associated with the highest unemployment rates compared to other areas of undergraduate study.
Art History Majors Face Highest Unemployment Rates, Report Shows
But other data shows that art history and art degrees are still popular.
hyperallergic.com
July 10, 2024 at 7:47 PM
something this bad at adapting students to the awfulness of most of the present world must be among the most worthwhile pursuits available
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Jumping aboard this fab thread from @paularcurtis.bsky.social to plug a favourite climate-related reading: Kyle Whyte's "Against Crisis Epistemology" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Recommended by my colleague Pasang Sherpa (look up her very cool climate-related work) when I was relying on "crisis"
Recommended by my colleague Pasang Sherpa (look up her very cool climate-related work) when I was relying on "crisis"
July 7, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Jumping aboard this fab thread from @paularcurtis.bsky.social to plug a favourite climate-related reading: Kyle Whyte's "Against Crisis Epistemology" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Recommended by my colleague Pasang Sherpa (look up her very cool climate-related work) when I was relying on "crisis"
Recommended by my colleague Pasang Sherpa (look up her very cool climate-related work) when I was relying on "crisis"
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Tang Shunmin 湯舜民 (mid-14th c.)
“Unburdening Myself to a Friend” 書懷示友人
“Unburdening Myself to a Friend” 書懷示友人
July 10, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Tang Shunmin 湯舜民 (mid-14th c.)
“Unburdening Myself to a Friend” 書懷示友人
“Unburdening Myself to a Friend” 書懷示友人
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hey man a few of us are absorbing ancient wisdom at the monastery tonight if u want to come
July 8, 2024 at 3:22 AM
hey man a few of us are absorbing ancient wisdom at the monastery tonight if u want to come
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Is it false advertising for a tea shop to advertise themselves as Kung Fu Tea (功夫茶) when they don't practice the gong fu method of brewing tea (功夫茶)?
I don't really explore that legal question in my latest newsletter, but I could have!
I don't really explore that legal question in my latest newsletter, but I could have!
July 10, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Is it false advertising for a tea shop to advertise themselves as Kung Fu Tea (功夫茶) when they don't practice the gong fu method of brewing tea (功夫茶)?
I don't really explore that legal question in my latest newsletter, but I could have!
I don't really explore that legal question in my latest newsletter, but I could have!