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Christopher Nugent

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Scholar of medieval Chinese literary and manuscript culture (mostly Dunhuang), occasional potter, avid bad tennis player.

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Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · Nov 10

A quick intro for new followers: I work on medieval (~5th–11th cent.) Chinese literary and manuscript culture. My most recent book came out late last year. I also throw pots when I have time.

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Textual Practices of Literary Training in Medieval China

"Textual Practices of Literary Training in Medieval China" published on 20 Oct 2023 by Brill.

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Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 3h

My parents were not academics, but my wife and I both are. Our teenage daughter thus knows more about academia than I did when I finished grad school.

Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 3h

I can't read your whole post, so perhaps you deal with this, but from the part I did read it does seem like you should look into the origins of the term and the movement. I suggest Brian Merchant's "Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech." I'd rather reclaim the term.

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Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 4h

You're on a roll today!

Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 5h

That's really beautiful coloration! And I'm in favor of any toad named after Xinjiang (and even "Pewzow" sounds like something Batman would yell [perhaps when both hitting someone and shooting them with a Star Wars blaster...]).

Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 5h

Our friend the Xinjiang Toad is also known as the Pewzow's Toad, named after the Russian explorer General Michail Wassiljewitsch Pewzow‎! They are a a tetraploid species coming from hybridization between Bufotes latastii and Bufotes perrini! (photo by Alexander A. Fomichev)

A tan toad with large greens splotches on their back! Each green splotch has a number of tiny black spots within it! They have somewhat bumpy skin!

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 16h

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 23h

Student government leaders of MIT, UVA, U of AZ, Dartmouth, UPenn, Brown, and Vanderbilt united in their opposition to the "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

www.instagram.com/p/DPm507ljBJ...

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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham @mauracunningham.bsky.social · 1d

A @chinafile.bsky.social Conversation that showcases the many contributions Jerry Cohen made to the study of Chinese law, and the innumerable lives he touched during his 95 years with us.

Remembering Jerome A. Cohen

Jerome Alan Cohen (July 1, 1930 – September 22, 2025) was a renowned American lawyer who was one of the foremost foreign scholars of Chinese law. After studying law at Yale, Cohen embarked on a…

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

Sigh. Guess it's that one day a year we have to utter that assholes name.

For Immediate Release
Italian-American Trade Unionists of America Condemn Columbus on Columbus Day

The ltalian-American Trade Unionists of America (IATUOA) has once again reaffirmed its condemnation of Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day.
"We only mention the son of a bitch's name once a year and it's when we announce that he's a son of a bitch on his name day," the IATUOA Executive Committee announced from a dark, smoke-filled room in the Italian-American Club of Shamokin, PA.

The IATUOA, founded on the principles of cultural solidarity through bargaining, mutual aid, shared dining experiences, and anti-imperialism, believes Columbus represents the antithesis of these core values. Based on his writing and contemporary accounts, Columbus was a greedy, self-indulgent strunz, a jerk-off that gleefully engaged in the enslavement and genocide of indigenous people for personal gain and fame.

Further, this fucking guy, supposedly Genoese, rarely spoke or wrote in Ligurian or any Italic language. What kind of "Italian" does that?

Italian-Americans deserve recognition and a holiday in the United States, but also deserve a figure worthy of their name. "If you're gonna name the fuckin' day Columbus Day, you might as well go-all in and make the fucking holiday Columbus/Mussolini Day to piss on a few more graves,"' the IATOUA Executive Committee further scoffed

As of this time,the IATUOA DaVinci Genealogy Caucus still questions the authenticity of Columbus' Italian ancestry. Based on this, and the organization's position that Columbus is "a piece of shit" the organization maintains its position that Italian-Americans (as well as indigenous people) deserve a holiday that truly recognizes our heritage and not one that celebrates a jackass.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23h

Holy crap

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 1d

Is it just me, or does it seem laughably anachronistic to think that most of the conservative SCOTUS judges actually care about something like interpretive consistency at this point?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

In the United States. Not another country. Happening right now.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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Michael Szonyi @michaelszonyi.bsky.social · 1d

1/ About a year ago I went to an interesting talk about Europe-China comparisons. I was disappointed that the speaker talked a lot about kinship in China without, apparently, having read my work.

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Chuck Tee @chutry.bsky.social · 1d

This is brilliant

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Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 1d

The rare accurate opportunity to use the phrase "end of an era." Goodbye, my wasted youth.

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 1d

If this isn't the last video that MTV ever plays, I will be so furious:

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's Argentina Bailout. Paying for healthcare for Argentines while cutting healthcare for Americans

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Paying for healthcare might be a problem for people here, but folks will be happy to know that Argentina's right-wing nutjob president says he has an unlimited supply of dollars from Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (The government pays for healthcare in Argentina.)

Argentina’s Economy Chief Says US Willing to Keep Buying Pesos

President Javier Milei’s finance chief said the US Treasury’s backstop of Argentina’s peso is unflinching as the libertarian leader prepares to travel to Washington ahead of a crucial midterm vote.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Good Place:

Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 2d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 1d

I assume NG.

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 3d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Christopher Nugent @cmbnugent.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t do it! They’re recording your screams to train a new neural net used to produce sounds for horror films!

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 2d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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