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Andrew Grant

@angrant.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor University of Tampa, PhD UCLA, Author of The Concrete Plateau, Cornell UP 2022, Living the subtropical dream/nightmare

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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excited to be part of this panel at the #AAS2027. I will be chairing. Pat Giersch is discussant. Tsering Llamo, Konchok Gelek, Alice Millington, and Drolma Gadou are presenting their exciting and insightful research.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton Troubled To Find God Illiterate theonion.com/dolly-parton-troubled-…
Dolly Parton Troubled To Find God Illiterate
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Such a travesty, and one of the handful of crimes against humanity Musk and Dear Leader will be remembered for.
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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I missed it, did Hegseth recite the script for Pulp Fiction?
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Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 15/05/2026
PhD candidates who plan to apply for our October 3-5 dissertation workshop on "Global China" at NYU Shanghai are reminded that all materials must be submitted by May 30 for consideration. Prepare your application today! bit.ly/AAS-GlobalChina
Close-up of a map highlighting China and surrounding countries with text announcing a dissertation workshop on Global China and transregional connections.Statistic showing AAS Dissertation Workshops rated 4.8 out of 5 for participant satisfaction and high recommendation rates.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I'm so happy I had my passport renewed a few years ago. So very very happy.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
They should put JD Vance in charge of election “reform” now.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This is wild
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I just discovered the perfect inbox search to find all of those pesky article reviews I agreed to: "Thank you for agreeing"
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Mapping Global China workshop underway at @ox.ac.uk
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A blind Rohingya man survived a genocide in Burma, escaped to the United States, and then died because immigration officers treated him with such callousness. This story is a tragedy www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...
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Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya refugee dumped by CBP, dies in cold
"They just left him."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
An enraging, enraging case.
After taking custody of Shah Alam, Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Tim Hortons on Niagara Street in the Black Rock neighborhood, Macaluso said, shortly after 8 p.m. Shah Alam and his family live in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood on the East Side, according to Fazal.
Neither he nor Shah Alam's family were notified of his release. Macaluso previously told
Investigative Post he expected Shah Alam to be taken to the ICE detention center in Batavia and that his client would be released from there.
Instead, Macaluso and Shah Alam's family spent Friday through Sunday searching for him.
Macaluso opened a missing persons case with Buffalo police on Sunday, he said.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
ICE agents taking cosplay in new directions to deceive Americans.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“Institutions that once proclaimed their commitment to humanistic inquiry now appear eager to embrace a set of tools whose leading use cases—predictive policing, military targeting, advertising, and porn—stand in profound contradiction to the values they claim to uphold.”
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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Party of free speech strikes again
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Florida bill seeks to ban use of ‘West Bank’ in schools and state agencies
The bill would mandate use of the biblical term ‘Judea and Samaria’ after a similar effort passed in Arkansas
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Thanks Jeff! Thanks Zuck! “More together” indeed!
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Exciting for the kickoff of the Asian Borderlands Research Network conference in Taipei today. It is my first time attending in person. I am presenting on my recent research on China's borders with Nepal and Kazakhstan. What leads to Border Fortune? TLDR: Changes to security and logistics. #ABRN2026
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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A headline to sum up our times:
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
With this regime anything is possible…
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
In case you thought they just meant undocumented immigrants…
Screenshot of a verified U.S. Department of Homeland Security post on X. The post includes an illustrated, retro-style image of a sunny beach scene with blue sky, ocean waves, palm trees, and a classic car parked near the shore. Text overlaid on the image reads “America After 100 Million Deportations.” The caption above references national peace and security, framing the image as a political message.
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"Chinese authorities arrested dozens of Tibetans who were protesting a mining project in one of their communities, according to Tibetan activists and the government in exile, an act of defiance by a community that has been tightly controlled by Beijing." www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
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Exclusive | Tibetan Activists Say China Has Detained Protesters Who Staged Rare Act of Defiance
Chinese authorities arrested dozens of Tibetans who were protesting a mining project, according to Tibetan activists and the government in exile.
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G. Patrick O'Brien @gpatrickobrien.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
A Poem for Semester’s End Twas the night before course evals, and all through RMP, the students were bitching, “I worked too hard for the C!” The ChatGPT essay, submitted without care, And the always faithful, never failing, “this grade just is NOT fair!”
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
How terrified of the administration is @cnn.com to lead with such a limp headline? "Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media" You can't say sleep, you can't say dozed, you can't even say with conviction that he closed his eyes. Cowards.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Digitally visiting Centro SELISI in Venice on 10/23 to give this talk. Open to all who register: Unstable Bordering: Chinese Development at Two Nepalese Border Sites. Zoom (registration required): unive.zoom.us/mee.../regis...
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Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦‍♂️
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Some of the readings and materials I am folding into my Silk Roads History class this semester. Really enjoying it!
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Gina Anne Tam @dgtam86.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My head is actually spinning at how many current and future colleagues, both in the China field and beyond it, we are about to lose because of this
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
When did promoting cancel culture become part of the DHS mandate?
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Khorgos is a self-contained duty-free territorial unit that carves out territory from Kazakhstan and China. You need entry from either side, but then can't cross through the other country's migration: you have to go back home. How common are border sites like this around the world?
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Anti-ICE Superman mural vandalized in Chicago, but artist came back and repainted it with Krypto pissing on ICE. Subscribe to my rumble to help the cause: rumble.com/v6y7a1c-minn...
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My new essay for @nbr.org that explores the convergence of geopolitical space and propaganda in China's "external periphery." To learn what (and where) that is, read on...
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Alexander Boyd @alexludoboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A real honor to work with @tshakya.bsky.social on this incredible piece on the Dalai Lama's book. Please read and share! chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/24/d...
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Who Will Be the Next Dalai Lama? | China Books Review
The Dalai Lama, who just turned 90, writes in his memoir that he will reincarnate in the “free world.” But will his political, religious and moral power transfer with him?
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Monsoonal rainfall contributed to the flooding of the Bhote Koshi River at the Rasuwagadhi border of Nepal and China, damaging the dry port and destroying a key bridge. Thankfully, Timure town is above the river. Here are two photos I took there last month.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Hanging out in the CU Boulder library this morning to access CNKI. Good memories of this campus!
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I did my part.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Follow up to my last post about maps on the sides of trucks at the Sino-Nepalese borders. This one is painted over. China is a bit sensitive about unauthorized cartography… Who knew?
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I love the hand applied and painted maps on trucks at the Rasuwagadhi border. #rasuwa #cartography #sinonepalese #borderlands
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Finally, the invitation I've been waiting my whole life to accept! Everything has been building up to this point. 😇🚀🪐
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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
You wanna see something really scary? open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Our panel on Global Asia at #aasinasia2025 in #kathmandu Thanks to Sanggay, Dorji, Sonika, and Yowei for being involved.
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
First day of the #AASinAsia2025 @bennoweiner.bsky.social Levering the Margins #kathmandu
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/05/2025
World’s Cartographers Continue Living Secret Life Of Luxury On Idyllic, Never Disclosed 8th Continent theonion.com/world-s...
World’s Cartographers Continue Living Secret Life Of Luxury On Idyllic, Never Disclosed 8th Continent
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.” Deadly by design. And they know it. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Graphic showing how vehicle front design affects pedestrian deaths.
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
#booksky
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Andrew Grant @angrant.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This article of mine was published online last fall, but has now been assigned to a 2025 issue of Asian Ethnicity. It's based on discussions with Muslims from a variety of ethnic groups and teaching living in Xining City. Question in a nutshell: How's China's urbanization project treating you?
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Urbanization, relational space, and practicing Muslim ethnicity in Western China
In recent decades, market reforms, inter-regional mobility, and urbanization have shaped Muslim groups’ social practices, simultaneously encouraging the development of Islamic places (and reinforci...
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Benno Weiner @bennoweiner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Excited to have received an advanced copy of Tsering Döndrup’s remarkable novel, The Red Wind Howls, which recounts the Maoist period in the Amdo grasslands. Truly a must read, thanks to Chris Peacock for the English trans. of this essential story. Highly recommended @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Stay loud stay visible stay brave
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