David Hull 胡大衛
@hushuo.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Chinese, gamer, reader of books. Translator of Zhang Tianyi's The Pidgin Warrior and Mao Dun's Waverings among other things. Ex-98G.
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Tobacco will kill more than 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than ALL drug overdose deaths. Does that mean Trump is going to drone strike the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Can other countries target them? Why not?🤔
President Donald Trump say the United States will soon expand efforts to tackle Venezuelan drug trafficking. "We warn them, stop sending poison to our country,” says Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Tobacco will kill more than 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than ALL drug overdose deaths. Does that mean Trump is going to drone strike the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Can other countries target them? Why not?🤔
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
well, what the heck. it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and whoever is on here deserves a treat: the first new translation I've posted in a long while: the Life and Martyrdom of Susanna:
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
Life and Martyrdom of Susanna
andrewjacobs.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
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To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
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"Speaking outside his chateau in France" is so on brand for these people - depriving the rest of us our freedom of movement, but making sure they can enjoy the benefits the EU brings!
Soooo were any of Farage’s pals not taking bribes from Russia?
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Speaking outside his chateau in France" is so on brand for these people - depriving the rest of us our freedom of movement, but making sure they can enjoy the benefits the EU brings!
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Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
i also liked the fact that most of us who had come from the other site had the mentality of not giving "bad actors" the benefit of the doubt on here , and told all to block, not mute, an move on
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
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The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
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Great piece by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, and misogyny. Misogyny and racism over everything else in Trump’s world. And corruption, of course.
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Great piece by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, and misogyny. Misogyny and racism over everything else in Trump’s world. And corruption, of course.
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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I wrote a bit about this many years ago on Twitter-that-was: the algorithm has gradually eroded "here's what you want to see" by replacing it with "here's what we'd like you to want to see."
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I wrote a bit about this many years ago on Twitter-that-was: the algorithm has gradually eroded "here's what you want to see" by replacing it with "here's what we'd like you to want to see."
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
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I just walked past a little redheaded boy of about 3 toddling through the Railway Museum in York just saying, "Oh my gawsh oh my gawsh oh my gawsh" over and over and you know what? Same, little buddy same
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I just walked past a little redheaded boy of about 3 toddling through the Railway Museum in York just saying, "Oh my gawsh oh my gawsh oh my gawsh" over and over and you know what? Same, little buddy same
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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thomas has talked me into watching red october, which i’ve never seen bc why would i want to watch that
he told me it stars “murderbot’s father” and tim curry
i know sean connery has the world’s worst accent in it
he told me it stars “murderbot’s father” and tim curry
i know sean connery has the world’s worst accent in it
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
thomas has talked me into watching red october, which i’ve never seen bc why would i want to watch that
he told me it stars “murderbot’s father” and tim curry
i know sean connery has the world’s worst accent in it
he told me it stars “murderbot’s father” and tim curry
i know sean connery has the world’s worst accent in it
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Straight-up sociopath.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Straight-up sociopath.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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"You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit."
Thinking about for for decades Al Gore was the lyingest liar who ever lied because he actually understood ARPANET when he voted for it, and said so out loud.
Thinking about for for decades Al Gore was the lyingest liar who ever lied because he actually understood ARPANET when he voted for it, and said so out loud.
Trump during his Thanksgiving call with service members: "We're ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand new, beautiful, the best machines in the world. I'm a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect. You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit. The hulls. But we ordered a lot."
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit."
Thinking about for for decades Al Gore was the lyingest liar who ever lied because he actually understood ARPANET when he voted for it, and said so out loud.
Thinking about for for decades Al Gore was the lyingest liar who ever lied because he actually understood ARPANET when he voted for it, and said so out loud.
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all day I've been seeing that article about the pope saying polygamy is bad. like what did you expect from the pope. have we forgotten what the pope is
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
all day I've been seeing that article about the pope saying polygamy is bad. like what did you expect from the pope. have we forgotten what the pope is
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today, both Americas come together
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
today, both Americas come together
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Can someone show the White House Press Corpse a montage of the reporters who covered previous administrations, the ones who weren't complete cowards?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Can someone show the White House Press Corpse a montage of the reporters who covered previous administrations, the ones who weren't complete cowards?
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I'm ALIVE and MOVED and REJUVENATED so my energy will be focused on this
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm ALIVE and MOVED and REJUVENATED so my energy will be focused on this
And creating a nuisance
Sixty years ago this week in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle: "Saturday, Richard J. Robbins, 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of $25 in Lee District Court after pleading guilty of illegally disposing of rubbish...."
web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2
web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
And creating a nuisance
Rewatching this raises the question: How massive is the stage manager's prompt book for the Macy's parade?
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rewatching this raises the question: How massive is the stage manager's prompt book for the Macy's parade?
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Having seen this, I’ve got to say, the KPop Demon Hunter fans need to re-discover Final Fantasy X-2, where you play a girl band who changes fighting classes by changing dresses and has no less than two concerts on the way to saving the world from a giant weapon.
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Having seen this, I’ve got to say, the KPop Demon Hunter fans need to re-discover Final Fantasy X-2, where you play a girl band who changes fighting classes by changing dresses and has no less than two concerts on the way to saving the world from a giant weapon.
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Please reply to this thread with a pic of how high the TV is at wherever you are for Thanksgiving today 🙏🏼 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Please reply to this thread with a pic of how high the TV is at wherever you are for Thanksgiving today 🙏🏼 🦃
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We did it joe
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We did it joe
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MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes