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Political Science & Asian/Asian American Studies, UConn, studying Asian American political thought & East Asian science fiction. https://linktr.ee/fredleept

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I'm far closer to a Gramscian than an Afropessimist, but Frank Wilderson's "Gramsci’s Black Marx: Whither the Slave in Civil Society?" is one of the most original polemics I've read.

13.11.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UConn professors union calls for stronger protections for academic freedom. Why they are worried. Union officials say they are looking for stronger protections for professors to be able to β€œteach, research, and express ideas freely.”

UConn professors union calls for stronger protections for academic freedom. Why they are worried. www.courant.com/2025/10/23/u...

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Ep. 628: Book Discussion of Two humanities professors -- Fred (poli sci) and Chong (literature) -- join Teen to discuss C.S. Lewis's

on.soundcloud.com/L038bLPJNAF9...

24.09.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Organizer - CCEA : Nevada β€” Union Jobs Clearinghouse Organizer - CCEA : Nevada β€” Union Jobs Clearinghouse

Union organizer job in Las Vegas NV
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Feel free to contact Siyu HUANG siyuhuang0514@gmail.com for more information

16.09.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fear of non-recognition for those without recognition; status anxiety for those with status. Fear and anxiety as "world making."

07.09.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's no significant difference between doing tourist activities 50 vs 5000 miles away. Just passing through.

24.08.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In _The Dispossessed_, Shevek says that Urras is hell compared to Anarres and Keng replies that it is heaven compared to Earth. It's a great follow up on the perspectivism theme, as posed by the earlier question of "which is planet and which is satellite"?

13.08.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vicente FernΓ‘ndez - A Mi Manera (En Vivo)[Un Azteca en el Azteca]
YouTube video by vicentefernandezVEVO Vicente FernΓ‘ndez - A Mi Manera (En Vivo)[Un Azteca en el Azteca]

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14.07.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My superpower is reading books that academics only pretend to read

21.06.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Alfa Mist - "Avoid The Drones"
YouTube video by Alfa Mist Alfa Mist - "Avoid The Drones"

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04.06.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All actions have consequences; some actions are meaningful; none of them occur as intended. All, some, none.

22.05.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Atro was the foremost living physicist on Urras. There was about him not only the dignity of age but also the blunt self-assurance of one accustomed to respect. This was nothing new to Shevek. Atro had precisely the one kind of authority that Shevek recognized. β€”Ursula Le Guin, The Dispossessed

12.05.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: Tiny Desk Concert

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09.05.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aaron Parks - The Machines Say No (Live from musig im pflegidach)
YouTube video by Blue Note Records Aaron Parks - The Machines Say No (Live from musig im pflegidach)

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03.05.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt’s just a phase” isn’t an insult. It’s all just a phase. Some phases are just a lot longer than others.

29.04.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not that it is the worst. Still, the feeling that this society is the best we can do is some mixture of arrogance and misanthropy.

29.04.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Teaching that _confidence_ is more important than _competence_ (or more complexly that the only real competence is in the art/craft of confidence) is the premise of all con-games, public relations, and corporate marketing.

14.04.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is not too much art being made. There is too little time to appreciate it.

05.04.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Polity | Vol 57, No 2

In January's #ClassicsRevisited, we asked seven authors to reflect on the enduring significance of Iris Marion Young’s β€œJustice and the Politics of Difference”, first published in 1990. You can read all seven reflections & an introduction by Alyson Cole here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/curr...

25.03.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. It has not recently come to my attention that I have been living in a foreign country my entire life.

25.03.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œEquality,” I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now
-Bob Dylan

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A graph showing that in the years since the Covid-19 outbreak, an additional 5 million Americans have reported having a disability

A graph showing that in the years since the Covid-19 outbreak, an additional 5 million Americans have reported having a disability

This is a remarkable change: since Covid, an additional 5 million Americans report having a disability. (Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Everything is connected to everything. But it is not as if there were one string running through them all. The threads are invisible and infinite.

06.03.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The proliferation of post-apocalyptic fiction expresses both the β€œprogressive” desire to see the end of this world and the β€œconservative” fear it will be even worse than this one.

01.03.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An unintentional positive outcome of Japanese imperialism ("the Great East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere") is it destroyed the ludicrous ideal of "Asian unity" (which, e.g., Sun Yat-sen also flirted with).

23.02.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Arr. Metcalfe)
YouTube video by JessGillamVEVO Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Arr. Metcalfe)

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21.02.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kaori Muraji - 村治佳織 - Merry Christmas,Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto's
YouTube video by Simon Mossa Kaori Muraji - 村治佳織 - Merry Christmas,Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto's

Kaori Muraji - 村治佳織 - Merry Christmas,Mr Lawrence

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Black Marxism, Cedric Robinson, Read by David Sadzin

Black Marxism, Cedric Robinson, Read by David Sadzin

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That We May Live
Speculative Chinese Fiction

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10.02.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast This Is The Way is a podcast on Chinese philosophy, exploring philosophical themes by reflecting on significant Chinese texts and through interviews with scholars of Chinese thought. We aim to offer d...

Really enjoying this #podcast, β€œThis Is The Way: Chinese
Philosophy Podcast” by Richard Kim and Justin Tiwald
www.buzzsprout.com/2309367

31.12.2024 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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