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Victor Seow @eastasiascitech.bsky.social · 3h

So glad to have hosted @jdimoia.bsky.social in the Harvard S&T in Asia seminar series yesterday! His account of Korean containerization into and through the Vietnam War offered a compelling preview of his ongoing research on KODCO 🚢

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

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John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · 10d

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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 7d

This is huge - congratulations to @sebphilippe.bsky.social news.wisc.edu/two-uw-madis...

Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows

Atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships.

news.wisc.edu

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John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · 10d

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 17d

James Millward: "One of the things about history in China is that it's very, very often, for thousands of years, been controlled by the state. And I really don't want to see our own history be Tiananmenized the way that the Chinese Communist Party tries to censor its own past."

Citizen historians document Smithsonian exhibits under White House scrutiny

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It's a public-private trust that has long operated at arm's length from the White House, but now finds itself...

www.pbs.org

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John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · 29d

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Sep 11

Charlie Kirk fans threaten HBCUs because they want to lash out at Charlie’s enemies, and theirs, and they’re conceding that means black people. Not ONLY, but definitely.

CNN @cnn.com · Sep 11

Multiple Historically Black Universities and Colleges in the South were on lockdown or have cancelled classes on Thursday over a potential threat.

Potential threats trigger lockdowns at several HBCUs across the South | CNN

Multiple historically Black colleges and universities in the South were on lockdown or cancelled classes on Thursday over potential threats.

www.cnn.com

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Sep 12

UC-Berkeley giving Judth Butler's name to the Trump administration? How.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................performative

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Sep 12

UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe

UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...

www.sfchronicle.com

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Sep 12

the influencer government at work!

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · Sep 12

Trump’s FBI Director, Kash Patel, is under fire for spreading misinformation about the Charlie Kirk case, undermining confidence in the bureau, forcing out the counterterrorism agent in Utah with expertise in these types of investigations, and cursing out agents for his own failures.

Scrutiny Mounts of F.B.I. Under Patel as Kirk’s Killer Remains at Large

www.nytimes.com

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · Sep 2

This is the first time that a Bill Belichick-coached team has ever allowed 48 points in a game.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 30

“.. Mr. Trump, frustrated by the tariff negotiations, reached out to Mr. Modi several times ..

“.. Mr. Modi did not respond to those requests.”

@nytimes.com 🇮🇳
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...

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Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · Aug 29

Special counsel indicts ex-first lady on corruption charges | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

(LEAD) Special counsel indicts ex-first lady on corruption charges | Yonhap News Agency

(ATTN: UPDATES with announcement of indictment; CHANGES headline)By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, A...

en.yna.co.kr

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John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · Aug 24

North American Taiwan Studies Online Summer School: Taiwan Studies Initiative: Programs: East Asian Studies Center: Indiana University Bloomington

North American Taiwan Studies Online Summer School information

easc.indiana.edu

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Aug 23

To explain this photo a bit more: back then, most programming was done on paper (sometimes on special coding sheets), then punched onto cards/tape, then fed into a mainframe to be tested (& if necessary debugged). Counterintuitively, needing LESS computer time was the mark of a better programmer!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Aug 22

Anne Moffatt's memoir, The IT Girl, details the story behind the photograph with the baby—where Moffatt, then Technical Lead at Shirley’s company, Freelance Programmers, programmed the black box flight recorder for the Concorde

Figure 13-3. Ann Moffatt writes software for the Concorde at home on coding sheets on her kitchen table as her baby daughter looks on. Moffatt's memoir, The IT Girl, details the story behind the photograph.

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John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · Aug 21

wonder how much of that targets speculators in general, and how much specifically aimed at buyers from China

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · Aug 20

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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Terence Stamp: a life in pictures

The actor Terence Stamp, one of the key faces of the 1960s and later the star of The Limey, Superman and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, has died at the age of 87. We look back at hi...

www.theguardian.com

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John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · Aug 5

YEONSOO GO HAS BEEN RELEASED.

This doesn’t change the monstrous injustice of her detention.

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NY high school grad detained by ICE released

Editor’s note: The video aired before it was announced that Yeonsoo Go would be released. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Yeonsoo Go, the Scarsdale High School honors graduate who was detained by IC…

pix11.com

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · Jul 24

That's unfortunate because we have 3.5 years left....

Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · Jul 23

You know that scene in an action movie when the bad guy runs through the kitchen of a restaurant and pulls down all the pots and pans behind him to slow down his pursuers? We're in that part of the Trump presidency.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · Jul 15

BREAKING: Egypt and China central banks decided to abandon the SWIFT system and move to trade in local currencies and the use of the Chinese Cross-border Interbank Payment System (CIPS)

Do you see what’s going on?

You won’t recognise the world in 2030.

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · Jul 14

Sometimes I need to take a step back and get the very basics. That's what this episode with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social is about.

How do we know? What's the evidence? What's the history? Didn't we already have an Iran deal?

A History of the Iranian Nuclear Program

ometimes it’s good to back up and ask the basic questions: How do we know Iran was even developing nuclear weapons?

angryplanetpod.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 16

FIFA Club World Cup ticket sales tank dramatically after the Dept. of Homeland Security bragged that agents would be “suited and booted" at the stadium in a now-deleted social media post

FIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium

Tickets to the opening match that were once $349 (and up) could be had for just $4.

www.huffpost.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 16

We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.

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John P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · Jun 13

Oh, I know that place

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