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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This #poem came up during my grad seminar on Tang #poetry, and I decided to take a crack at a #translation. Han Yu (768–824) was fond of writing in a looser ancient style, but this piece is a rare example of his using the later regulated style of four couplets of five-syllable lines.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I found a break from the bleakness in this #poem: “The City Limits” by AR Ammons (1926–2001). consider the radiance... ...each is accepted into as much light as it will take #poetry #solace #light

The City Limits

A. R. Ammons 1926–2001

When you consider the radiance, that it does not withhold
itself but pours its abundance without selection into every
nook and cranny not overhung or hidden; when you consider

that birds’ bones make no awful noise against the light but
lie low in the light as in a high testimony; when you consider
the radiance, that it will look into the guiltiest

swervings of the weaving heart and bear itself upon them,
not flinching into disguise or darkening; when you consider
the abundance of such resource as illuminates the glow-blue

bodies and gold-skeined wings of flies swarming the dumped
guts of a natural slaughter or the coil of shit and in no
way winces from its storms of generosity; when you consider

that air or vacuum, snow or shale, squid or wolf, rose or lichen,
each is accepted into as much light as it will take, then
the heart moves roomier, the man stands and looks about, the

leaf does not increase itself above the grass, and the dark
work of the deepest cells is of a tune with May bushes
and fear lit by the breadth of such calmly turns to praise.

From The Selected Poems: 1951-1977, Expanded Edition, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Copyright © 1986 by A. R. Ammons.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Oops. That cocktail picture came out blurry. Here is a better version...

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Somehow, Aparna Halpé always pulls together the best looks from wildly disparate elements. The woman has #style. You can come see her and @solidaridadtango.bsky.social play at Drom Taberna in Toronto, today at 3–5pm. Fantastic live #tango #music, food, and drink. Would love to see you there!

Beautiful Sri Lankan woman dressed in funky clothes and boots, wearing a Betty Boop tie, holding a black carbon fibre violin, standing in a sunlit room on a snowy winter's day.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Oh crap. I responded to this email to jam the signal. Does that mean I'm hired?

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Elon Musk instructed federal workers to summarize their weekly accomplishments in an email, a tactic he previously used to downsize staff at X. “Please reply to this email with approximately five bullet points of what you accomplished this week and CC your manager.” You know what to do...

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Typically #Canadian #winter weather has returned and, with it, typically Canadian winter #parking techniques. This particular maneuver is known as the... “Fuck it, eh? I'm leaving it here and grabbing a beer and watching the game.” #Canada

A snowy street in downtown Toronto. An SUV has created a parking space by pulling halfway up onto a tall snowbank, tilting the car drastically to one side.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“One day, my father took me up one of the towers and he pointed at the slums below. He said, ‘It is an accident of birth: you could’ve been there, or you could’ve been here. Use your life to make a difference. Because, being in a position of privilege, you have a duty to lift others up.’” —Asma Khan

Screen capture from an episode of the TV show Chef's Table, featuring London-based Indian chef Asma Khan. It shows her standing in front of and contemplating the ruins of her family's ancestral fortress in India.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I couldn’t resist turning those words of wisdom turning into a 👕...

A light blue t-shirt, with an icon of someone shushing, and the words:

I want you to
shush your
mouth.

You are not
the President.
You need
to go away.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#Wendigo is the perfect #Anishnaabe word for #broligarchy #billionaires SOURCE: sleepopolis.com/education/sl...

An eerie image showing a humanoid monster with the head of a stag and burning eyes emerging from a misty nighttime forest.

The caption reads:

Legend has it that the Wendigo was a lost hunter. Facing starvation during a brutally cold winter, his intense hunger drove him to the taboo of all taboos—cannibalism.

Shortly after feasting on human flesh, the man transformed into a beast-like creature, destined to roam the frozen forests in search of people to eat, never to be satisfied.

SOURCE: https://sleepopolis.com/education/sleep-myths-the-wendigo/

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Aparna and I just completed this #translation of a #Chinese #poem written 1,800 years ago by Cao Zhi (192–232) 曹植. He was a prince and a younger brother of Cao Pi 曹丕 (187–226), Emperor Wen (r. 220–226) of the Wei dynasty 魏文帝, who suspected that his many princely brothers were plotting against him.

“A Poem for Prince Biao of Baima”

by Cao Zhi (192–232), Prince Si of Chen

In the first month of the fourth year of the Huangchu reign (223 CE), [my brothers], the Prince of Baima and the Prince of Rencheng, and I went to pay court [to our elder brother the emperor] at the seasonal assembly in the capital. After we arrived in Luoyang, the Prince of Rencheng met his demise. In the seventh month, I set out with the Prince of Baima to go back to our principalities, but then an official in charge deemed it more judicious for the two of us to stop and lodge separately on our return journey. I despise this in my thoughts. As we are likely to part forever in a matter of days, I bare my heart in bidding farewell to the Prince, and compose these verses in my indignation.

From the Imperial Hall of Receiving Light I depart for my homeland
At dawn, I leave the Royal City at dusk, I pass Shouyang
Yi and Luo are wide and deep without a bridge to cross
I sail my boat upon the waves resenting that long east road
With yearning, I gaze back at the towers craning my neck, I’m wounded.

The valley before me is vast and wide lush mountain trees grey-green
Steady rain muddies my road water rushes everywhere
At the crossroads, no tracks are left I turn to higher ground
An unending slope to cloud and sun my horse is weary and worn.

Weary and worn, but pressing on my thoughts tangled and twisted
Tangled and twisted, on whom do I dwell? Dear brother parted from me
We planned to make our way together were forced apart mid-journey
Horned owls screech from the carriage yoke dholes and wolves block the way
Swarms of flies turn white to black slander separates kin
I seek to return, but the path is gone I pull the reins and falter.

Why do I falter and linger here? Unceasing thoughts of you
Autumn winds stir a chill cicadas sing by my side
Empty meadows, gloom and bleakness the bright sun flees to the west
The homing bird flies to tall woods flapping and beating its wings
The lonely beast looks for its herd with grass in mouth, it bolts
Feeling their plight wounds my heart I strike my chest, sigh deeply.

Such deep sighs, what can I do when Heaven turns fate against me?
Tis pointless to dwell on my dead brother when his like will never return.
His lonely soul haunts his homeland his coffin rests in the city
We who remain will quickly pass bodies decaying in death
A person holds but one brief life is gone with the morning dew
My years grow dim in mulberry and elms shadows and echoes escape me
I regard myself, not metal nor stone oh, my heart in sorrow.

My heart in sorrow rouses my spirit begone with this, no more!
A great man’s will spans four oceans ten thousand li is near
A bond of love that remains undimmed grows stronger from afar
Must we share a quilt and curtain to show our true affection?
A fretful love that makes one ill is merely the care of children
Yet how can such strife with kin not make me bitter with woe?

What thoughts may come from bitter woe but doubt of Heaven’s fate?
Vain it is to seek the Immortal when long he has cheated me
A life can change in but a minute who can grasp its span?
Thus parted, never more to meet when will I clasp your hand?
Cherish your jade frame well, my prince may we see our silver years
I gather my tears on this long road and say farewell with this brush.

translated by Graham Sanders and Aparna Halpé © 2025

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

“If it doesn’t affect my children, then why should I care? Besides, those children deserve to be harassed because of who they are.”

A letter from the Alice Independent School District in Texas, USA, which reads:

February 5, 2025
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We want to bring to your attention an important matter regarding student travel for extracurricular activities, including sports, band, and other co-curricular events. We have received information that U.S. Border Patrol agents may be boarding school buses at highway checkpoints in and out of the Valley to question students about their citizenship status.
We strongly encourage families to be aware of the potential implications of these encounters. If a student is found to be without proper documentation, they may be removed from the bus, detained, and possibly deported under current immigration policies. Additionally, if a student provides false information regarding their citizenship and it is later discovered, this could result in a permanent bar to future U.S. citizenship.
To ensure that families are fully informed, we are reviewing our student travel waivers and may include language advising parents of this possibility. Furthermore, we are considering additional measures, such as having a designated chaperone vehicle travel with school buses. In the event that a student is detained, a school administrator in the chaperone vehicle would be able to stay with the student while the rest of the group continues their journey.
We understand that this information may be concerning, and we are committed to supporting our students and families through these changes. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

The clause “while the rest of the group continues their journey” is highlighted in green and indicated with a red arrow, labeled “How fascism gains a foothold.”

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The #Economist has been documenting the #coup in action. (I screen capped the article for those who don’t have access.) #Musk #DOGE #broligarchs #vandals

United States | The Twitter playbook

Elon Musk is shredding America's government like he did Twitter

Some of his operatives are barely out of their teens

PHOTOGRAPH: AP

JUST PAST midnight on February 3rd, Elon Musk appeared on X to J explain what he is doing to the federal government. He had to speak over the patter of his four-year-old son, also called X. The bureaucracy, Mr Musk argued, constitutes "a fourth branch of government" which is "arguably the most powerful branch." He then came to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which he denounced as little more than a device to funnel taxpayers' money to Marxists and criminals. He had, he claimed, the full support of Donald Trump and is "shutting it down", notwithstanding that the agency's existence is mandated by Congress. Later he posted that he had spent the weekend "feeding USAID into the woodchipper".

Even as Mr Musk was speaking, workers at USAID's headquarters in Washington were being told not to come in the next day. Some 600 of the agency's staff seem to have been locked out of their emails. That followed a weekend in which the agency's website went offline; its X feed was deleted; and workers from Mr Musk's new government unit, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, reportedly tried to enter the agency and were initially stopped by senior staff from downloading classified data. Later on February 3rd Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, announced he had been made acting head of the agency while it faces "reorganisation".

The takedown of USAID is the most dramatic example of what seems to be Mr Musk's plan for the whole of government. It is drawn from his playbook as a corporate boss. Just over two years ago Mr Musk took over Twitter in a messy $44bn deal. Within a few months, much of which he spent at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, he had reduced headcount by around four-fifths. A third of the staff accepted buyouts; many of the rest were fired. They included senior executives who were sacked instantly to stop their stock options vesting. Every decision, such as those about which Twitter accounts to ban, was put directly into Mr Musk's hands.

Now he is trying to do the same thing with over 2m federal employees, in an attempt to cut $1trn-more than half of all discretionary spending-out of the federal budget. It is, says Donald Kettl, of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, like nothing that has ever happened before. "On a scale of one to ten, this is about 145. It's so far off the charts," he says. Richard Nixon was the most recent American president to govern as if the laws of the land did not apply to him, but "this is far beyond anything that Nixon even attempted".

The first hints of Mr Musk's seriousness came on January 28th, when more than 2m federal employees were sent an email by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the closest thing the government has to a human-resources department. The message offered "deferred resignation". It had the subject line "fork in the road", the same as in the email sent to Twitter employees when Mr Musk took over there. Lots of federal employees have been sent two more emails affirming the offer since. One went out to air-traffic controllers less than a day after a plane crash in Washington, DC, which has raised questions about short-staffing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

But, wait, FAUX NEWS says otherwise...

Screen cap of Fox News website, with a picture of Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump and the caption:

TRADE WAR WIN

Canada blinks, President Trump delays tariffs on northern neighbor for at least 30 days

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

My (not original, but hopefully well-synthesized) take on the ongoing #coup in the #USA right now. #thiel #yarvin #trump #oligarchy #billionaires

Screen cap of the following social media post:

𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙈𝙔
The billionaire Peter Thiel (who made his money with PayPal, Facebook, and Palantir) is a big fan of the work of Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug). When Peter Thiel was grooming and funding JD Vance to enter politics, he told him to read Yarvin, and JD obediently started citing him in his interviews.
Peter Thiel is famous for trying to start his own libertarian utopias, without success. More than one person has suggested that Thiel might have realized it would be more effective to take over an existing country and reshape it, rather than start a new one from scratch. How committed he is to this goal is anyone’s guess, but there are plenty of Silicon Valley bros who agree with him. They were all on stage at Trump’s inauguration, except for one, who preferred to remain behind the scenes of what amounted to a bloodless coup by billionaires to seize 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 control of an entire country.
Here is a summary of Yarvin’s main beliefs, based on his work and interviews (see comments for links):
𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆: Believes democracy is unstable and inefficient, advocating for authoritarian or monarchist systems instead.
𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Supports rule by a technocratic elite, emphasizing expertise and technology for effective management.
𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺: Critiques progressive ideologies as destructive to tradition, hierarchy, and societal order.
𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘀: Argues that inequality and hierarchies are natural and necessary for a functional society.
𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Views contemporary institutions (media, academia, government) as corrupt and self-serving, requiring radical reform.

Composite photograph of JD Vance, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Listen at 3pm (EST) on #CBC 99.1 to hear Aparna Halpé and Orquesta #Solidaridad #Tango on Canadian national #radio (again)! @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social @solidaridadtango.bsky.social (link to show in next post)

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#Tariffs on #Canada by the #USA do not make economic sense for either country, for the reasons I outline below. Why does someone in the #Trump administration think this is a good idea?

A screen-cap of a social media post that reads:

THIS IS NOT COMMON SENSE
Did you know that Canada is the largest market for US goods in the world? We import twice as much from the US as China does. Did you know that Canada accounts for 14% of all foreign direct investment in the US, second only to Japan (15%)?
🍁 Once oil imports are excluded, the US runs a trade surplus with Canada on goods.
🍁 Trade figures often do not include all the US services (especially digital and media ones) that Canada purchases from the US, which generate a huge surplus for the US.
🍁 Only 1% of incidents of US border control stopping people from entering occur at the border with Canada.
🍁 In 2024, just 19.5kg of fentanyl was seized at the northern border of the US, compared with 9,750kg at the southwestern border.
🍁 Despite the above two points, Canada has agreed to spend $1.3-billion on enhanced border security.
So, why is the Trump administration insisting on moving forward on tariffs that will only raise prices in the US for businesses and consumers and will severely damage the Canadian economy and the livelihoods of millions of Canadians? We are an ally.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Today, I learned of the work of Haitian American anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949–2012), through this brilliant quotation, cited by Dionne Brand… (full quote in Alt text)

“We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be, but if we stop pretending we may gain in understanding what we lose in false innocence. Naiveté is often an excuse for those who exercise power. For those upon whom that power is exercised, naiveté is always a mistake.” ― Michel-Rolph Trouillot, _Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History_

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This #window decal was a Lunar New Year gift from a student. See the Alt text for the full story of the image. #CNY2025 #LunarNewYear #Chinese #art

A transparent red decal, depicting a Chinese style spring motif of peonies in bloom with a butterfly, on a window, with snow in the background.

One of my students gave me this Lunar New Year window decal as a gift. The pattern is based on a Qing dynasty lacquerware plate in the Palace Museum in Beijing. I believe the image is originally derived from a famous Five Dynasties painting called “Jade Halls of Wealth and Honor” 玉堂富貴圖, attributed to Xu Xi 徐熙 (886–975), which happens to be held in the Palace Museum in Taipei. This image took a long and convoluted journey to end up on my window in Toronto.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Happy Year of the Wood Snake! (your slithery second sibling) 蛇出山穴喜報春! #CNY2025 #CNY #LunarNewYear H/t @justinrleung.bsky.social for the map.

Map of China and Taiwan, showing some examples of other names in Chinese languages:
官話 Mandarin
> 成都(蓉) Chengdu: 梭老二 ꜀so ꜂nau ɚ꜄ 'slithery second sibling'
> 樂山(樂) Leshan: 乾黃鱔 ꜀kan ꜁xuaŋ san꜄ 'dry eel'
> 昭通(昭) Zhaotong: 老梭 ꜂naɔ ꜀so 'old slither'
吳語 Wu
> 松江(松) Songjiang: 長頭 ꜁zæ̃꜁dɯ 'long one'
湘語 Xiang
> 雙峰(雙) Shuangfeng: 溜子 ꜀liʊ ꜂tsɿ 'slithery one'
客語 Hakka
> 苗栗(苗) Miaoli: 土龍 ꜂tʰu ꜁liuŋ 'earth dragon'
> 銅鼓(銅) Tonggu: 溜哥 ꜀liu ꜀ko 'slithery brother'
閩南語 Southern Min
> 高雄(高) Kaohsiung: 溜 ꜀liu 'slither'
鄉話 Waxiang
> 沅陵(沅) Yuanling: 虺 ꜂ɸi

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Just do a search and replace for a certain name in this passage and it sounds awfully current... SOURCE: archive.is/tx8Vp

Screen cap of the following passage:

Hitler opened the meeting by boasting that millions of Germans had welcomed his chancellorship with “jubilation,” then outlined his plans for expunging key government officials and filling their positions with loyalists. At this point he turned to his main agenda item: the empowering law that, he argued, would give him the time (four years, according to the stipulations laid out in the draft of the law) and the authority necessary to make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from international treaty obligations, purge the country of foreigners he claimed were “poisoning” the blood of the nation, and exact revenge on political opponents. “Heads will roll in the sand,” Hitler had vowed at one rally.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

OK, #Canada. It's time to shut down these creeps, who want to run on hateful rhetoric. You can let her know how you feel on these platforms: Xitter: @DhallaRuby IG : @rubydhalla1 And please repost this. #canada #politics #canada-election #Liberals

Photograph of Ruby Dhalla, running to be leader of Liberal Party of Canada. Slogan below her reads:

Ruby Dhalla will deport every illegal immigrant living in Canada as Prime Minister

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Historian @quinnslobodian.com pulls some threads together to explain recent events… (see alt text for source) #grindset #ufc #masculinity #oligarchs #ideology

Lightly edited from the transcript at:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/donald-trump-s-billionaire-administration-transcript-1.7430717

On average, eight years of discussion of Trump’s hypocrisy, greed, wealth, corruption, literal felonies, etc., didn’t deter average Americans in the majority from supporting him as a political candidate, for voting for him for president. There is a culture of impunity when it comes to the wealthy that is becoming a mass mentality in the U.S. And there are a couple of things that I attribute that to.

One is crypto, which is almost a magical manifestation that sucks in the imagination of a lot of really young people, young men in particular. It seems like you can create value out of nothing, anyone can get rich. You just have to log on and have the right “grindset” and watch the right YouTube videos. This idea of self-help and self-actualization, which pans out as self-enrichment, is an ideology that helps to cleanse any stigma from rule by the wealthy. It makes them seem like people who just “grinded” harder.

The popularity of things like UFC and WWE wrestling is also not to be underestimated. This world of just getting into the ring and beating yourself black and blue and subjugating your opponent is an ethos too. It’s entertainment, but it’s also a way of looking at other humans. It has led to a certain celebration of unbridled masculinity and aggression that is becoming an legitimating ideology for a lot of this stuff.
—QUINN SLOBODIAN (CBC Front Burner podcast, 14 Jan 2025)

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This is how it begins... One lawmaker suggests removing term limits for the Dear Leader. One employee is fired for criticizing an oligarch.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Look what’s happened to the price of #eggs since a certain #president took office... What’s that you say? #Inflation is caused by a variety of complex, global factors related to supply and demand, and is not controlled by a single person? NO! WHY ORANGE MAN NOT MAKE EGGS CHEAP? #Trumpflation

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

It doesn't help when people do stuff like this...

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The downside is that a GIS of “aster” will result in images of daisies (left), rather than the Eupatorium chinense on the right. Still, it’s not as far off as “orchid”, which really has nothing to do with 蘭 until the Song dynasty (according to Kroll, at least).

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

#Italy night at the Halpé-Sanders household tonight consists of making #Tagliatelle alla Bolognese from an 1891 recipe and watching Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini in “Big Night” (1996)...

Tagliatelle Alla Bolognese

Recipe by Pellegrino Artusi, from his book La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiar bene, published in 1891.

Makes 4 servings

INGREDIENTS:

Salt
14 ounces | 400 grams tagliatelle (or macaroni)
5½ ounces | 150 grams lean veal (preferably fillet)
2 ounces | 50 grams pancetta
¼ onion
½ carrot
2 medium celery stalks
1½ ounces | 40 grams unsalted butter
Freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon | 5 milliliters all-purpose flour
Nutmeg (optional)
1 pint | 500 milliliters good-quality beef stock
Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano for serving

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta.
2. Cut the veal into very small pieces and finely chop the pancetta, onion, carrot and celery.
3. Heat the butter in a pan and add the veal, pancetta and vegetables all at the same time; season with black pepper and a tiny pinch of salt.
4. Once the veal has browned, add a sprinkle of flour, nutmeg if desired, and a ladle of stock.
5. Continue to cook for 10 minutes, continuing to add more stock as necessary. Meanwhile, cook the tagliatelle according to the package instructions until al dente. Drain, toss together with the sauce and serve with grated Parmigiano- Reggiano.

Stanley Tucci standing across from Tony Shalhoub in a restaurant kitchen in a scene from the 1996 film Big Night.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I found this rattling around in my #toolbox. One day, I will need #power in a spot that has a standard light #socket but no #outlet, and this small device will come to the rescue! Until then, it will spend a few more years rattling around in my toolbox.

A hand holding a light socket to electrical outlet adapter, with a bowl of clementine oranges in the background.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Recipe for relaxation at home: this, plus...

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Check out the 2025 season of milongas with Solidaridad Tango… @solidaridadtango.bsky.social Last Sunday of every month at DROM (458 Queen W, Toronto): 1–2 Tango dance lesson 2–3 DJ music 3–5 Live music by Solidaridad Great food, drink, friends, dancing, and music. ($15 cover, dance lesson $15)

The women of tango orchestra Solidaridad Tango with their instruments, flanked by a woman DJ and tango dance teacher. Text of poster reads:

Milonga Café Domínguez with Tango Lesson, DJ, and Live Music
1-5PM LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
1-2PM Dance Lesson with Ani Sanchez ($15)
2-5PM Milonga with Solidaridad Strings & DJ Naz ($15)
DROM TABERNA 458 QUEEN ST. W

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

In a bid to get away from machine-based reminders, alerts, and #health metrics, I have adopted the practice of #drinking a glass of #water every time I pee (rather than trying to remember throughout the day). I have succeeded in turning myself into a human #sōzu #添水...

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

You're welcome! I picked them here in October... www.chudleighs.com (My spouse pulled a William Tell with one)

Woman in red hat and sunglasses balances a large Creston apple on her head.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Holy Crap! For #nostalgia ‘s sake, I tried out #Centipede Recharged on #Netflix Games and it was amazingly addictive. It almost felt like I was back in the underground #videogame #arcades of Yonge & Dundas in the 1980s: Defender, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Centipede, Battlezone, Donkey Kong, etc. 🕹

Splash screen of the vintage video game Centipede, now on Netflix as Centipede Recharged.

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Graham Sanders (he/him) @gmsprof.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

There’s an elderly woman (whom I refer to as The Venerable Woman) in our building, who calls me for help on a regular basis. Today, I changed the batteries on her blood sugar meter. She gave me two giant Honeycrisp #apples! (Sometimes it’s latkes, or lemon poppy seed loaf, always delicious).

Two large, shiny, mostly red Honeycrisp apples, sitting on a book cover, with a window in the background.

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