Ilmari Koria

YouTube video by NamibiaCam Namibia: Live stream in the Namib Desert

quite like this stream www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYD...

new bike sticker 😂 #brompton

This weekend @ SOAS London www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

Rainbow over Greenwich 🌈

Vegan Pressure Cooker Red Beans and Rice Recipe Here’s a vegan version of the classic New Orleans dish that uses smoked paprika, miso paste and soy sauce to add a savory notes Pressure cookers are ideal for preparing dried beans; even unsoaked bean...

pro-tip: this vegetarian red beans and rice recipe is killer. the use of white miso and soy sauce for umami is a great idea. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...

Children and young people's reading in 2025 | National Literacy Trust This report outlines findings from our 2025 Annual Literacy Survey, when children and young people's reading enjoyment and frequency were at an all-time low.

literacytrust.org.uk/research-ser...

aubergine, amber and green glazes

Seated Bodhisattva https://collections.artsmia.org/art/28958/

Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg im Breisgau is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Chinese Studies

SomaFM to celebrate 25 years streaming indie gems Pioneering online radio station to throw party for fans.

The SF Examiner ran a nice article about SomaFM and our 25th Anniversary today:
www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-cit...
(It even on the front page of their print edition!)

Thank you all for making this possible!

Excerpt: A History of Uyghur Buddhism Read a brief of A History of Uyghur Buddhism by Johan Elverskog, and an exclusive excerpt courtesy of its publisher, Columbia University Press.

Read an excerpt from A HISTORY OF UYGHUR BUDDHISM on Lion's Roar. buff.ly/Ob0lbEU

Rare trees find refuge in China’s temples Logging has undone many ancient trees, but those protected by temples survive down the centuries

dialogue.earth/en/forests/r...

YouTube video by PizzaTorque Emacs Tree-sitter Treesit Configuration - VOD

VOD: #emacs treesit configuration youtu.be/pD-wF3fZFGo

You'll want sound on this one...🔊👈

Just remember, you don't hate cities, you hate the danger and chaos of cars in cities. Design for people and you'll restore life.

Debian 13.1 Released with Security Fixes and Stability Updates Debian 13 "Trixie" receives its first refresh (13.1), featuring 71 bug fixes and 15 security updates. Here's more on that.

#Debian 13 "Trixie" receives its first refresh (13.1), featuring 71 bug fixes and 15 security updates. Here's more on that.
linuxiac.com/debian-13-1-...

Interested to hear your findings on this. I was wondering during my stay in Foguangshan on whether "sound design" plays (or has played) any role in temple garden design. (I was sure they had speakers nested amongst the bushes playing nianfo recordings?)

可👍

So excited about this new Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies role at the University of Minnesota! Come live in the Twin Cities and do cool work! ✨

SEPT 15 JOB DEADLINE: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my department at the University of San Diego (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY).

jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...

The only man permitted in Bhutan’s sacred mountains chronicles humanity’s impact | Aeon Videos A lone glaciologist performs spiritual and scientific rituals to assess humanity’s impact in Bhutan’s sacred mountains

'Mountain Man' - glaciologist, Phuntsho Tshering, the only man permitted in Bhutan’s sacred mountains chronicles humanity’s impact.

#histbookchat #sinology Everyone sensible has been brought up on a diet of Hong Kong kung fu movies. But what is the true history of the martial arts in China?? This is the book to read.

Peter Lorge begins his story with the Lady Hao, the first Chinese martial artist in known history ca. 1170BCE

Five rescaled maps of Minnesota on a Mercator projection map, covering 1) a large part of northern Greenland, 2) a large part of northern Scandinavia, 3) a part of central Europe, 4) a region of southern India, 5) a region of southeastern Australia.

A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons.

thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice

dreading the day I will finish all the expanse novels

exciting 😬

New job:

2 Postdoctoral Positions in Environmental Histories with a focus on Denmark/Mexico

Aarhus University

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69029

New job:

Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Religious Studies)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69027

JOB: The University of Cambridge Faculty of Divinity wishes to appoint to an Assistant Professorship in Buddhist Studies (Mahayana) from 1 September 2026. The postholder will be based in the Faculty of Divinity, West Road, Cambridge. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Very cool - using ffprobe?

A little experiment adding media metadata overlays to Emacs dired buffers #emacs #ffmpeg #music

$ git checkout mian
error: pathspec 'mian' did not match any file(s) known to git

Damnit, I was expecting noodles to come spilling out of my terminal.

JOB POSTING
Assistant Professor, Buddhist Studies
Religious Studies Program, University of Minnesota
Area, time period, and discipline are open and it's a great place to work!