Dan Knorr
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Dan Knorr
@dknorr.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of East Asian history at Illinois State University. Research focuses on urban China, place, empire, and state-making during the Qing (1636–1912).
Don’t give AWS any ideas.
October 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Audibly groaned when I saw the news.
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Do you know to get through to the governor's office by phone? I tried calling one of the Springfield office phone lines on this page, and it just sent me to an automated service.

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October 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Taken seriously enough for the requested edict to be issued, at least.
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m not cool enough to know what the heck Cava is. Are we talking paper, plastic, canvas…?
September 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM