realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Found this not on purpose, but immediately thought @hushuo.bsky.social would delight in its 老外 awfulness. You don't have to listen to the whole thing; I know I couldn't. 100
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Still seeking panelists for a guaranteed roundtable at next year's MLA convention in Los Angeles: "Reducing Technology Dependence in Chinese Language and Culture Pedagogy" Hoping especially for Professional Track Faculty in the Los Angeles area, but all are welcome. 100
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realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Seeking panelists for a guaranteed roundtable at next year's MLA convention in Los Angeles: "Reducing Technology Dependence in Chinese Language and Culture Pedagogy" 1/3 243
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Academic translators who do it for walking around money, what are your rates? Professional translators, what are yours and do you feel that me doing this because I have another source of income undercuts your work? 000
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Every ranking member of a House or Senate committee should be doing exactly this. 101009235
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 15/06/2025No man, this is what happened stop lying 836152
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialMike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Sometimes I do feel like messaging is a lot simpler than people make it out to be. 192321452
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Good thing he can't read, or we'd be opening Angel Island back up as well. 000
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialAlison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.bookshop.orgBookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community. 4533742793
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I don't know why Elon Musk is sitting in on Pentagon briefings. If he wants to know about war contingencies for China he can just head on into the shitter at Mar-a-lago like everyone else with a guest pass. 000
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Two part panel on "Projecting the Future Across Asia" asianstudies.confex.com/asianstudies... Come see us! #AAS2025 011
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025A questionable method for grading midterms more quickly: a) grade one midterm b) count stack of midterms c) count stack of midterms, this time from the bottom d) repeat steps a-c 3 times, then take a well-deserved break 000
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second. 20245395436867
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I know it's only February, but I'm sure ready for 2020 to be over. 000
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9 47999485725
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Turnabout is fair play. 722564444
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025CFP MLA 2026 Guaranteed Panel: "The Afterlives of Protest: Representations of Protest in the Sinophone World" MLA Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Executive Committee seeks submissions for a guaranteed panel for MLA 2026 in Toronto. 111
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialKerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 11/02/2025Masha Gessen offers up a typology of all the different ways that people "obey in advance": 1. responsibility for others 2. To serve a "higher purpose" 3. The pragmatism of picking and choosing one's battles 4. The "if-I-don’t-do-it-someone-else-will argument" 5. The zeitgeist argument 072
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Educators, how many weeks did it take you to go from "if you type it, you'll use Chat-GPT, so I'm having you answer reading questions in class," to "your hand-written answer is the result of studying a Chat-GPT summary of the text, not the actual text"? 000
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I guess worse things from The Simpsons have come true, but all the same, does everything from The Simpsons have to come true? 030
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025The MLA Forum for Modern and Contemporary Chinese invites self-nominations for executive committee candidates. Committee members serve a five-year term, beginning at the MLA Annual Convention in 2026, and must retain MLA membership and regularly attend the MLA Convention during this period. 111
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Suddenly wanting to learn the ins and outs of topping off someone's jail kitty so they have all the ramen, cigarettes, and toothpaste they could possibly need while they are inside. 000
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/211...jobs.ncsu.eduAssistant ProfessorThe Department of World Languages and Cultures at North Carolina State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Sinophone and/or Chinese Literary and Cultural... 110
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Man, Trump really does have a head start on his incoming term. 020
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialDr. Frances C. Basich @kaya2915.bsky.social · 23/11/2024#RESIST 🇺🇸 1489632529151
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Must be a pretty good telenovela to be watching it at full volume on the toilet in Withers Hall. I'd ask the guy, but that would have felt weird. 000
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Seeking opinions (while I show off) - which cover should I go with for the Russian translation of my book, Bluesky? 000
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.social💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 15/11/2024The IWW be right. 916779779
Reposted by @realnisaacson.bsky.socialAndrew West 魏安 @babelstone.co.uk · 13/11/2024Unicode 17.0, planned for release in early September 2025, will include a new block for CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J with 4,298 characters (U+323B0 through U+33479), including 906 characters submitted by the UK (shown below) 24713
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) Trans-national sf movies produced in Asia in the 60s. 2) Li Ziqi and Breaking Bad share a desire for unalienated labor. 211
realnisaacson.bsky.social @realnisaacson.bsky.social · 13/11/2024I assume everyone here tried Mastodon, and left when it became exclusively Robert Reich pointing out things that made sense? Or was that just my feed? 030
