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Listen in to the Ideas Podcast with Eric Cline who discusses his gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C. and tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured or evolved, and why some disappeared.

Book cover After 1177 B.C. The Survival of Civilizations by Eric Cline.

Listen in to the Ideas Podcast with Eric Cline who discusses his gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C. and tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured or evolved, and why some disappeared.

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My thing is, my family came to the U.S. from an authoritarian country and I'm not moving again so we have no choice but to win and fix all this shit

Harvard pauses hiring amid ‘financial uncertainties’ under Trump The university’s pause on faculty and staff hiring comes after the Trump administration pulled $400 million worth of grants and contracts at Columbia University on Friday

Harvard University announces hiring freeze amid Trump administration's scrutiny of federal funding for higher education.

Woman tells how she rescued unwanted dog: ‘Her story is worth sharing’ After Lane Bounds finally got the elderly dog off the streets, she found out the previous owners did not want the gentle dog back.

After Lane Bounds finally got the elderly dog off the streets, she found out the previous owners did not want the gentle dog back.

“If you see an animal in need of help,” Bounds said, “be the person to help.”

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

2024 Kang Youwei on Founding Confucian State Religion — First Survey the Religion of Others Kang Youwei The late 19th century thinker and reformer Kang Youwei, seeing China under the assault of the West on all fronts, sought to preserve Chinese culture in the face of aggressive missionary…

2024 Kang Youwei on Founding Confucian State Religion — First Survey the Religion of Others
英文翻译: 他者之教——康有为欧洲旅行书写中的基督宗教/丁祖潘
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美国民主历史讲座– 2024年8月29日 YouTube video by 在线人权学校

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去年受周锋锁老师和罗胜春老师的邀请，我前段时间做了美国民主历史的系列讲座，当时目的趁着2024年大选的机会，让更多人熟悉美国的民主制度。现在有了视频，欢迎各位提出意见和建议！

Jerome Cohen on China's Rule by Law - The Wire China The veteran academic talks about growing repression in China's legal system and where there is still room for optimism.

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The Colony and the Company A new account of how Haiti under French colonial rule became a violent sugar plantation state

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Awhimai Fraser - Get Lost (From "Moana 2"/Audio Only) YouTube video by DisneyMusicVEVO

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I’m addicted to this song.

Relevant today?! Deep dynasty officials must have studied this when a new emperor came along!
"To Obey or Not to Obey? Mencius’ Discourse on the Political Duties of Officials"
In: Journal of Chinese Humanities
Author: Fang Xudong (方旭东)
Online Publication Date: 25 Aug 2016
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Exclusive | China Is Studying Russia’s Sanctions Evasion to Prepare for Taiwan Conflict An interagency group set up in the wake of the Ukraine invasion has been reporting back to Beijing with lessons it can use in case of war and Western penalties.

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话说天下大势，分久必合，合久必分…

China’s Police Are Preying on Small Firms in Search of Cash (Gift Article) With localities facing budget holes, the police are crossing provincial borders to collect fines and draining company treasuries. Businesses call it a shakedown.

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Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana T… The three-thousand-year-old epic Ramayana chronicles Lo…

Who am I? What am I doing here?
Intro thread with links to some of my work.

My first book was "Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India"
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‘Politician of the Year’ for a brave stand against Donald Trump Liz Cheney has been named Politician of the Year for her principled stand against Donald Trump, which cost her power, friends, and the money that comes with status in the capital.

This year’s prize goes to Liz Cheney. The former congresswoman soared sky-high above politics-as-usual in Washington by taking a principled stand that cost her power, friends and the money that comes with status in the capital.
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广电总局发文件要整治“霸总”微短剧，要求“坚持现实主义原则创作表现企业家群体”。
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有没有可能，是因为现实主义你们不让拍，才逼出来那么多“霸总”剧？真拍现实主义，你们敢播吗？

Howard Lutnick’s Other Top Client: Crypto Giant Tether Before becoming Donald Trump’s commerce secretary pick, Lutnick deepened Cantor Fitzgerald’s ties with a stablecoin firm being investigated by U.S. authorities.

用美元支持加密货币，现实主义外交和贸易保护主义，也是同一件事情的不同侧面，但这等于是放弃美国现有的所有优势，往前推动一点都会引起相当大的震荡。

How Scott Bessent Won the ‘Knife Fight’ to Be Trump’s Treasury Secretary The longtime investor and his allies launched a public-relations campaign to cement his front-runner status.

Exciting🍿

美国的经济政策其实没有什么空间，就是在锯箭和补锅里面选一个。

AHA Advocacy | American Historical Association The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our advocacy efforts.

The American Historical Association promotes the critical role of historical thinking in public life, defends academic freedom, develops professional standards, and supports scholarship and teaching. Learn about our recent advocacy actions on our website.🗃️

Top senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’ The severity of the Chinese breach highlights the need for more telecommunications regulation, lawmakers say.

The Chinese government espionage campaign that has deeply penetrated more than a dozen U.S. telecommunications companies is the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history — by far,” a senior U.S. senator told The Washington Post in an interview this week.

In "Call it by its Name: Communist Chinese Imperialism"
Christopher A. Ford illuminates surprising similarities between PRC foreign policy and construction of economic relationship with 19th century imperialism.
Online from the National Institute for Public Policy.
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週遭風雨城如斗，淒愴江潭柳，昔時曾此見依依，爭遣如今憔悴不成絲。
等閒歷了滄桑劫，楓葉明於血。隙憐畫筆太纏綿，妝點山容水色似當年。
秋來凋盡青山色，我亦添頭白。獨行踽踽已堪悲，況是天荊地棘欲何歸。
閉門不作登高計，也攬茱萸涕。誰雲壯士不生還，看取築聲椎影滿人間。

做到了也只是一个锦上添花的事情而已。用一个不恰当的比喻，他已经用亲信建立了自己的军机处，现在就是要架空六部了。同时，马斯克和maga influencer威胁众议员里不愿意妥协的共和党议员，如果不跟随川普就在中期选举砸钱给他们的对手。现在只有两个变数，一个是川普团队内部的分裂到了什么地步，一个是到底会有多少美国人无条件支持MAGA？我们应该很快就可以知道答案了。

川普这一系列操作的目的是为了建立一个平行政府，一个属于他自己的deep state。减少监管，打击woke和裁减冗余只是Casus Belli. 如果是要开除“woke”军官或者裁撤冗员，总统自身的，合理合法的权力就可以做到了，不需要单独搞个warrior board或者DOGE，这两个机构就是想要架空现有的政府。军队，情报机构和国务院是所谓的“deep state”的主场，除了卢比奥可能是留下的一点面子以外，其余阁员全是用忠诚的素人凌驾在庞大的官僚机构之上，也就是没有想让国家机器正常运转。有没有recess appointment可能并不那么重要，因为Thune的当选大概是川党预计到了的，

Musk appears to pressure Trump on Cabinet and tariffs, irking advisers Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become Donald Trump’s “first buddy,” appeared to publicly pressure the president-elect on economic policy and a key Cabinet pick.

Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX billionaire who has become President-elect Donald Trump’s “first buddy,” appeared to publicly pressure Trump on economic policy and a key Cabinet appointment Saturday.

学历和变蓝 YouTube video by Her Pei Rong

我又来薅头发说笑话了：

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Cover of forthcoming book Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese (by Zev Handel, University of Washington Press, 2025)

If I can finish proofreading and make the index in time, my new book will come out in January. 📖

I've been working on it for five years so I'm pretty excited that it will soon be a reality. I'd like to tell you a bit about it.

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Hello Bluesky, let me show you the world in my eyes.
#art

#WritingTip:
You can always fix bad pages. You can’t fix no pages.

Write. Just write.