Dr. Rebecca Robinson

Woodblock snowscene of Tokyo about a century ago. Kawase Hasui, Evening Snow at Terashima Village, 1920, from Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)]

All this impending snow.
Reminds me that now we enter into the 24th of 24 micro-seasons: “Greater Cold” #大寒 - 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 “the bad one.” It’s just one bad one among a whole host of bad ones.

Zhuangzi is still on Tumblr

A woman wearing a t-shirt which says "don't do school, ear your drugs, stay in vegetables"

Friendly reminder

Must be. I am having a hard time readapting 🥶

No

The Distance Between Us | Made in China Journal A week after the devastating fire that claimed at least 159 lives in Hong Kong on 26 November, people were still queuing daily for hours until after midnight to join the mourning. As flowers, gifts, a...

When 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.

Soon all USA government documents will be written in wingdings

I mean, with those cheekbones, who wouldn't?

I used to have an annual Christmas party where we'd deep fry food and watch Die Hard, and, yes, it was called "Fry Hard"

Vulgar 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

There 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!

oh you’re a nihilist? name zero things that matter

Did they base their decisions off of the HK hotel quarantine support group reviews?

Happy birthday!

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Félicitations!

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 novel coming out next week and I will finish my chapter before that. There is a new Pynchon n

A whippet wrapped in a blanket

This one prefers to be a burrito @darthbluesky.bsky.social

Three skeletons statues doing hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil in front of a plant

New office skeletons

Looks great!

Please enjoy some jellyfish

Academics, take a look - we are all on this list

Whiteboard with dates and "SAY NO" circled

My new academic year resolution and calendar of commitments

I'm rewatching Tron (1982) and I feel like all today's AI bros must have seen it and thought Dillinger was the good guy

The book Julius Julius by Aurora Stewart de Peña

This book was truly a delight. It has sausage dogs, stalker ghosts, ancient archivists, and even Pompeian penises!

Two bees on a white cosmos flower