@rerob.bsky.social
Historian of early China @ umontreal
Woodblock snowscene of Tokyo about a century ago. Kawase Hasui, Evening Snow at Terashima Village, 1920, from Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tรดkyรด jรปnidai)]
All this impending snow.
Reminds me that now we enter into the 24th of 24 micro-seasons: โGreater Coldโ #ๅคงๅฏ - the coldest period of the year. Yet also, a period anticipating the beginning of spring and the warmth of the coming lunar new year.
[Kawase Hasui, Evening Snow at Terashima Village, 1920]
I promise you, GenAI is not โthe bad one.โ Itโs just one bad one among a whole host of bad ones.
17.01.2026 23:28 โ ๐ 149 ๐ 31 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Zhuangzi is still on Tumblr
14.01.2026 01:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A woman wearing a t-shirt which says "don't do school, ear your drugs, stay in vegetables"
Friendly reminder
13.12.2025 02:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Must be. I am having a hard time readapting ๐ฅถ
12.12.2025 00:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No
11.12.2025 23:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0When the Hong Kong fire occurred, initial international media coverage focused on bamboo scaffolding. This Orientalised and exoticised the tragedy, obscuring the fact that it was not just an accident, but an outcome shaped by long-term neglect and inequality, writes @tingguowrites.bsky.social.
10.12.2025 23:22 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 27 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3Soon all USA government documents will be written in wingdings
10.12.2025 15:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I mean, with those cheekbones, who wouldn't?
10.12.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I used to have an annual Christmas party where we'd deep fry food and watch Die Hard, and, yes, it was called "Fry Hard"
02.12.2025 01:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Vulgar Marxism implies a Clean Edit Marxism, a Kidz Bop Marxism, a Marxism (Taylor's version)
(all flavors of Marxism are, according to managers, NSFW)
Can someone ask about compassion? Who is more compassionate, him, or, say, Mother Theresa
20.11.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0There are a number of artists who do brush stroke tattoos who could definitely pull something like this off. Unfortunately the one I know is in Korea!
28.10.2025 21:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0oh youโre a nihilist? name zero things that matter
17.10.2025 16:10 โ ๐ 5119 ๐ 966 ๐ฌ 55 ๐ 19Did they base their decisions off of the HK hotel quarantine support group reviews?
10.10.2025 12:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Happy birthday!
09.10.2025 18:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐คฃ
08.10.2025 23:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fรฉlicitations!
06.10.2025 11:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0There is a new Pynchon novel coming out next week and I will finish my chapter before that. There is a new Pynchon novel coming out next week and I will finish my chapter before that. There is a new Pynchon novel coming out next week and I will finish my chapter before that. There is a new Pynchon n
30.09.2025 17:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A whippet wrapped in a blanket
This one prefers to be a burrito @darthbluesky.bsky.social
17.09.2025 01:03 โ ๐ 123 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Three skeletons statues doing hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil in front of a plant
New office skeletons
16.09.2025 20:59 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Looks great!
14.09.2025 23:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Please enjoy some jellyfish
13.09.2025 03:15 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Academics, take a look - we are all on this list
07.09.2025 17:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Whiteboard with dates and "SAY NO" circled
My new academic year resolution and calendar of commitments
05.09.2025 13:23 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm rewatching Tron (1982) and I feel like all today's AI bros must have seen it and thought Dillinger was the good guy
31.08.2025 00:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The book Julius Julius by Aurora Stewart de Peรฑa
This book was truly a delight. It has sausage dogs, stalker ghosts, ancient archivists, and even Pompeian penises!
30.08.2025 21:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Two bees on a white cosmos flower
28.08.2025 01:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0