Tatami Disco
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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Dunno how you could describe this as anything other than straight up Klan 3.0 shit, but, anyway, rest, peace, and comfort to the family and friends of this beloved man; keep Ezra Klein and Gavin Newsom in your thoughts a well.
Last September Charlie Kirk claimed that Haitian immigrants in Huntsville were "raping your women and hunting you down at night." He said that rural Alabamians faced a future in which Haitian immigrants "will become your masters." www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk warns that Haitian migrants "will become your masters" if Trump loses the election
www.mediamatters.org
September 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Dunno how you could describe this as anything other than straight up Klan 3.0 shit, but, anyway, rest, peace, and comfort to the family and friends of this beloved man; keep Ezra Klein and Gavin Newsom in your thoughts a well.
Great thread.
The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
September 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Great thread.
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This is why I don't understand the hagiography of him as a bastion of free speech. I agree that his murder was an assault on free speech as a principle of liberal democracy, but so was his politics. Condemning both is the only consistent position.
Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
September 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is why I don't understand the hagiography of him as a bastion of free speech. I agree that his murder was an assault on free speech as a principle of liberal democracy, but so was his politics. Condemning both is the only consistent position.
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This one Dril tweet in December 2023 was a more accurate depiction of actual events than anything you’d have got off newsstands, from broadcast media or out of the mouths of politicians. It hasn’t got much better since.
August 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This one Dril tweet in December 2023 was a more accurate depiction of actual events than anything you’d have got off newsstands, from broadcast media or out of the mouths of politicians. It hasn’t got much better since.
Great piece
For a different take, see my piece in Position Politics, staking out a basis for solidarity:
"Taiwan needs to stop acting as willing participants in Israel’s policide of Palestine. Silencing Palestinian voices will only hurt its own battle to be heard over Beijing."
"Taiwan needs to stop acting as willing participants in Israel’s policide of Palestine. Silencing Palestinian voices will only hurt its own battle to be heard over Beijing."
August 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Great piece
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Together with his family, his cherished colleagues, many friends, admiring readers, and grateful students, we mourn the loss of Michel Callon, who passed away on July 28th. He was one of the intellectual giants of our era. See this insightful interview sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
August 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Together with his family, his cherished colleagues, many friends, admiring readers, and grateful students, we mourn the loss of Michel Callon, who passed away on July 28th. He was one of the intellectual giants of our era. See this insightful interview sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
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According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
August 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
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They just announced a new system of convict leasing. Trump uses the word ‘owners’ to describe the relationship between business owners and workers
The camp is to filter out workers for Trumps new Slavery policy where he sells them to businesses.
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
July 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
They just announced a new system of convict leasing. Trump uses the word ‘owners’ to describe the relationship between business owners and workers
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Tellingly Glasman says nothing about what should actually happen on welfare because he can’t. His Farageism commits him to welfare spending but his ordoliberal anti-Keynesianism commits him to austerity. Utterly useless as a source of ideas.
Maurice Glasman, the influential peer behind “Blue Labour,” says Britain’s prime minister has just six months to turn around his government following a humiliating climb-down over its flagship welfare reforms this week.
‘Tragic figure’ Starmer has 6 months to make major changes, says Labour ally
Maurice Glasman cast doubt on whether the prime minister would lead Labour into the next general election.
ow.ly
July 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Tellingly Glasman says nothing about what should actually happen on welfare because he can’t. His Farageism commits him to welfare spending but his ordoliberal anti-Keynesianism commits him to austerity. Utterly useless as a source of ideas.
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This is pretty weak stuff. You'd think this was in a memoir, not a few weeks after the event
Why the Prime Minister regrets using the phrase "island of strangers" and writing about incalculable damage, in his Observer interview with Tom Baldwin
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
June 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
This is pretty weak stuff. You'd think this was in a memoir, not a few weeks after the event
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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the number of smug awful dipshits I hate who are having a bad night tonight lmao
June 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
the number of smug awful dipshits I hate who are having a bad night tonight lmao
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There is good in the world after all...!
Pedro Pascal + Anne Carson is the piece of news that will sustain me today.
"When I next speak with Pascal, he’s flush from an energizing weekend..with the Canadian poet Anne Carson..they’re in early talks to collaborate on a piece she’s writing that he’d perform."
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
"When I next speak with Pascal, he’s flush from an energizing weekend..with the Canadian poet Anne Carson..they’re in early talks to collaborate on a piece she’s writing that he’d perform."
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Everyone Wants a Piece of Pedro Pascal
At 50, Pedro Pascal has made his way to the top of every director’s wish list while also becoming a sex symbol. A funny, sad, honest talk with a star unlike any other.
www.vanityfair.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There is good in the world after all...!
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chuck schumer is mad at donald trump for starting the bombing without him. he’s got FOMO
Schumer puts out a statement: "We must enforce the War Powers Act, and I’m urging Leader Thune to put it on the Senate floor immediately. I am voting for it and implore all Senators on both sides of the aisle to vote for it."
June 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
chuck schumer is mad at donald trump for starting the bombing without him. he’s got FOMO
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One of the things mentioned here is that they arrived in unmarked cars and wore casual clothing, so if staff hadn’t had the courage to tell them to go away, how would you know they were federal agents and not random adult men abducting children? This should be the biggest conservative mom panic ever
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
One of the things mentioned here is that they arrived in unmarked cars and wore casual clothing, so if staff hadn’t had the courage to tell them to go away, how would you know they were federal agents and not random adult men abducting children? This should be the biggest conservative mom panic ever
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Day 168/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Taiwan🇹🇼
The oldest photo I could find taken in Taiwan is this one named "Indigenous Woman and Child" Taken by st. Julian Hugh Edwards in 1869
#photography #taiwan #photo #picture #photohistory #history
Today it's Taiwan🇹🇼
The oldest photo I could find taken in Taiwan is this one named "Indigenous Woman and Child" Taken by st. Julian Hugh Edwards in 1869
#photography #taiwan #photo #picture #photohistory #history
June 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Day 168/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Taiwan🇹🇼
The oldest photo I could find taken in Taiwan is this one named "Indigenous Woman and Child" Taken by st. Julian Hugh Edwards in 1869
#photography #taiwan #photo #picture #photohistory #history
Today it's Taiwan🇹🇼
The oldest photo I could find taken in Taiwan is this one named "Indigenous Woman and Child" Taken by st. Julian Hugh Edwards in 1869
#photography #taiwan #photo #picture #photohistory #history
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「五月五日天中節一切惡事盡消滅 急急如律令」
FIFTH DAY OF FIFTH LUNAR MONTH
ALL THINGS WICKED AND PESTILENT VANQUISHED INSTANTLY INSTANTLY WITH THIS SPELL
We could *really* do with such a 急急如律令 these days.
A peaceful #端午節 to all -
[Dunhuang fragment @britishlibrary.bsky.social S.799]
FIFTH DAY OF FIFTH LUNAR MONTH
ALL THINGS WICKED AND PESTILENT VANQUISHED INSTANTLY INSTANTLY WITH THIS SPELL
We could *really* do with such a 急急如律令 these days.
A peaceful #端午節 to all -
[Dunhuang fragment @britishlibrary.bsky.social S.799]
May 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
「五月五日天中節一切惡事盡消滅 急急如律令」
FIFTH DAY OF FIFTH LUNAR MONTH
ALL THINGS WICKED AND PESTILENT VANQUISHED INSTANTLY INSTANTLY WITH THIS SPELL
We could *really* do with such a 急急如律令 these days.
A peaceful #端午節 to all -
[Dunhuang fragment @britishlibrary.bsky.social S.799]
FIFTH DAY OF FIFTH LUNAR MONTH
ALL THINGS WICKED AND PESTILENT VANQUISHED INSTANTLY INSTANTLY WITH THIS SPELL
We could *really* do with such a 急急如律令 these days.
A peaceful #端午節 to all -
[Dunhuang fragment @britishlibrary.bsky.social S.799]
"The Nazi accusation exists to rally the base by recasting the KMT’s supporters, for so long pillars of authoritarianism, as victims of democracy."
Brilliant. Nails the self-pitying tone of the KMT.
Brilliant. Nails the self-pitying tone of the KMT.
Another most excellent column by @michaelturton.bsky.social that should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand Taiwan politics: 'In fact, the country has always been divided. Division is a permanent feature of its politics.'
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
Notes from Central Taiwan: Is Taiwan’s society really divided? - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"The Nazi accusation exists to rally the base by recasting the KMT’s supporters, for so long pillars of authoritarianism, as victims of democracy."
Brilliant. Nails the self-pitying tone of the KMT.
Brilliant. Nails the self-pitying tone of the KMT.
Pasta Life Regression
May 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Pasta Life Regression
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On the subject of migrant integration, this is a paper I wrote in 2016, comparing Taiwanese elite migrants in London and Toronto. The tl;dr is that migrants integrated much better in Toronto, and Keir Starmer might like to know that... 1/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
City of sojourners versus city of settlers: transnationalism, location and identity among Taiwanese professionals in London and Toronto
In this article I explore the impact of location on transnational identities through an ethnographic case study of Taiwanese professionals in London and Toronto. I argue, first, that both groups use ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On the subject of migrant integration, this is a paper I wrote in 2016, comparing Taiwanese elite migrants in London and Toronto. The tl;dr is that migrants integrated much better in Toronto, and Keir Starmer might like to know that... 1/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Perhaps more significant, the revolting word here - "squalid" - used in Starmer's speech today seems as provocative and as significant as Thatcher's notorious comment about Britain being "rather swamped" by migrants in 1978. Then, as now, it was a Powellite dog whistle. We are truly in hell.
Lovely to hear from the Prime Minister that the historical policies which allowed my Mum to remain in the UK after studying here, thus enabling my existence, was a “squalid experiment in open borders”.
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Perhaps more significant, the revolting word here - "squalid" - used in Starmer's speech today seems as provocative and as significant as Thatcher's notorious comment about Britain being "rather swamped" by migrants in 1978. Then, as now, it was a Powellite dog whistle. We are truly in hell.
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No matter what you do, the far right will always want the next cruelty, and their torch-bearers in the press will attack you for not delivering it. All while priming voters to conceive of far right concerns as newly moderate.
Again, this has happened in every single place this has ever been tried.
Again, this has happened in every single place this has ever been tried.
May 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
No matter what you do, the far right will always want the next cruelty, and their torch-bearers in the press will attack you for not delivering it. All while priming voters to conceive of far right concerns as newly moderate.
Again, this has happened in every single place this has ever been tried.
Again, this has happened in every single place this has ever been tried.
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3 months ago, I wrote this about centrist parties aping the far right, and how it's not just immoral, but suicidal. This is not secret knowledge. It's the most reliable effect in world politics. It's watching 40 guys getting killed by the same gorilla, one by one, and stepping up to take your turn.
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
3 months ago, I wrote this about centrist parties aping the far right, and how it's not just immoral, but suicidal. This is not secret knowledge. It's the most reliable effect in world politics. It's watching 40 guys getting killed by the same gorilla, one by one, and stepping up to take your turn.