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@angrant.bsky.social

Assistant Professor University of Tampa, PhD UCLA, Author of The Concrete Plateau, Cornell UP 2022, Living the subtropical dream/nightmare

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ICE agents taking cosplay in new directions to deceive Americans.

10.02.2026 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œInstitutions that once proclaimed their commitment to humanistic inquiry now appear eager to embrace a set of tools whose leading use casesโ€”predictive policing, military targeting, advertising, and pornโ€”stand in profound contradiction to the values they claim to uphold.โ€

06.02.2026 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Florida bill seeks to ban use of โ€˜West Bankโ€™ in schools and state agencies The bill would mandate use of the biblical term โ€˜Judea and Samariaโ€™ after a similar effort passed in Arkansas

Party of free speech strikes again

05.02.2026 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Jeff! Thanks Zuck! โ€œMore togetherโ€ indeed!

29.01.2026 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exciting for the kickoff of the Asian Borderlands Research Network conference in Taipei today. It is my first time attending in person. I am presenting on my recent research on China's borders with Nepal and Kazakhstan. What leads to Border Fortune? TLDR: Changes to security and logistics. #ABRN2026

12.01.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A headline to sum up our times:

09.01.2026 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2648    ๐Ÿ” 845    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 108
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With this regime anything is possibleโ€ฆ

04.01.2026 05:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9617    ๐Ÿ” 2382    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 286    ๐Ÿ“Œ 154
Screenshot of a verified U.S. Department of Homeland Security post on X. The post includes an illustrated, retro-style image of a sunny beach scene with blue sky, ocean waves, palm trees, and a classic car parked near the shore. Text overlaid on the image reads โ€œAmerica After 100 Million Deportations.โ€ The caption above references national peace and security, framing the image as a political message.

Screenshot of a verified U.S. Department of Homeland Security post on X. The post includes an illustrated, retro-style image of a sunny beach scene with blue sky, ocean waves, palm trees, and a classic car parked near the shore. Text overlaid on the image reads โ€œAmerica After 100 Million Deportations.โ€ The caption above references national peace and security, framing the image as a political message.

In case you thought they just meant undocumented immigrantsโ€ฆ

02.01.2026 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4103    ๐Ÿ” 1202    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 561    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150

There must be a term for what AI does to our brains at the end of the semester

19.12.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | Tibetan Activists Say China Has Detained Protesters Who Staged Rare Act of Defiance Chinese authorities arrested dozens of Tibetans who were protesting a mining project, according to Tibetan activists and the government in exile.

"Chinese authorities arrested dozens of Tibetans who were protesting a mining project in one of their communities, according to Tibetan activists and the government in exile, an act of defiance by a community that has been tightly controlled by Beijing." www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...

16.12.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A Poem for Semesterโ€™s End

Twas the night before course evals,
and all through RMP,
the students were bitching,
โ€œI worked too hard for the C!โ€
The ChatGPT essay,
submitted without care,
And the always faithful, never failing, โ€œthis grade just is NOT fair!โ€

16.12.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How terrified of the administration is @cnn.com to lead with such a limp headline? "Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media" You can't say sleep, you can't say dozed, you can't even say with conviction that he closed his eyes. Cowards.

09.11.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

18.10.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43827    ๐Ÿ” 11468    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 918    ๐Ÿ“Œ 837
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Digitally visiting Centro SELISI in Venice on 10/23 to give this talk. Open to all who register: Unstable Bordering: Chinese Development at Two Nepalese Border Sites.
Zoom (registration required):
unive.zoom.us/mee.../regis...

16.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohhh both sound very interesting!

14.10.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Theyโ€™re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States canโ€™t say acetaminophen. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

22.09.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23317    ๐Ÿ” 3896    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 942    ๐Ÿ“Œ 292
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Some of the readings and materials I am folding into my Silk Roads History class this semester. Really enjoying it!

22.09.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My head is actually spinning at how many current and future colleagues, both in the China field and beyond it, we are about to lose because of this

20.09.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When did promoting cancel culture become part of the DHS mandate?

20.09.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Khorgos is a self-contained duty-free territorial unit that carves out territory from Kazakhstan and China. You need entry from either side, but then can't cross through the other country's migration: you have to go back home. How common are border sites like this around the world?

18.09.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Anti-ICE Superman mural vandalized in Chicago, but artist came back and repainted it with Krypto pissing on ICE.
Subscribe to my rumble to help the cause: rumble.com/v6y7a1c-minn...

29.08.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4682    ๐Ÿ” 836    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

My new essay for @nbr.org that explores the convergence of geopolitical space and propaganda in China's "external periphery." To learn what (and where) that is, read on...

14.08.2025 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who Will Be the Next Dalai Lama? | China Books Review The Dalai Lama, who just turned 90, writes in his memoir that he will reincarnate in the โ€œfree world.โ€ But will his political, religious and moral power transfer with him?

A real honor to work with @tshakya.bsky.social on this incredible piece on the Dalai Lama's book. Please read and share!

chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/24/d...

24.07.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Monsoonal rainfall contributed to the flooding of the Bhote Koshi River at the Rasuwagadhi border of Nepal and China, damaging the dry port and destroying a key bridge. Thankfully, Timure town is above the river. Here are two photos I took there last month.

08.07.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hanging out in the CU Boulder library this morning to access CNKI. Good memories of this campus!

08.07.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did my part.

19.06.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s Nepali.

18.06.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s this map

18.06.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Follow up to my last post about maps on the sides of trucks at the Sino-Nepalese borders. This one is painted over. China is a bit sensitive about unauthorized cartographyโ€ฆ Who knew?

18.06.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These are all long-distance goods transport trucks

14.06.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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