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PhD student on 1800s Caribbean political culture @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
PhD student on 1800s Caribbean political culture @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
Look at these hounds
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Look at these hounds
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I actually credit that the movie was so bad the whole movie making world all realized if they give JJ any more work people would start throwing things at the screen. The one nice thing TROS brought us was making Abrams a cursed name.
It’s crazy how Rise of Skywalker was his Josstice League re: a messy desperate redaction of a cinematic world’s vision for the sake of things you know thar also killed the director’s career (JJ‘s still a producer, but hasn’t directed anything since)
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I actually credit that the movie was so bad the whole movie making world all realized if they give JJ any more work people would start throwing things at the screen. The one nice thing TROS brought us was making Abrams a cursed name.
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Hong kongers: doing good things, ralling around victims, setting up support.
HKSARG: takes over, confiscated supplies and takes the names of the volunteer groups in what seems like intimidation.
SMH. Guess HKSARG sees any community organisation is a threat.
HKSARG: takes over, confiscated supplies and takes the names of the volunteer groups in what seems like intimidation.
SMH. Guess HKSARG sees any community organisation is a threat.
I have also spoken to a journalist that lives in the neighborhood and he has confirmed that the government "care teams" have started taking over relief centers, kicking out volunteers and taking over supplies donated by the general public.
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hong kongers: doing good things, ralling around victims, setting up support.
HKSARG: takes over, confiscated supplies and takes the names of the volunteer groups in what seems like intimidation.
SMH. Guess HKSARG sees any community organisation is a threat.
HKSARG: takes over, confiscated supplies and takes the names of the volunteer groups in what seems like intimidation.
SMH. Guess HKSARG sees any community organisation is a threat.
If WhatsApp is a social media platform then so are fax machines
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If WhatsApp is a social media platform then so are fax machines
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Pro-democracy parties existed to be thorns in the government’s side — true enough. But the official story, that they “politicised” everything while the establishment camp championed livelihood issues, does not match the reality.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Pro-democracy parties existed to be thorns in the government’s side — true enough. But the official story, that they “politicised” everything while the establishment camp championed livelihood issues, does not match the reality.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
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I worked at a best buy when I was young, and yearly this guy would line up days in advance to walk around, browse, then leave without buying anything. It genuinely planted the seed that turned me against capitalism. I had to leave Thanksgiving dinner early so this fucker could window shop.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I worked at a best buy when I was young, and yearly this guy would line up days in advance to walk around, browse, then leave without buying anything. It genuinely planted the seed that turned me against capitalism. I had to leave Thanksgiving dinner early so this fucker could window shop.
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black friday savings used to be good. like $100 for a $1000 tv before 6 am.. just another thing zoomers will never know like owning a home or falling in love
I don’t know if anyone actually likes Black Friday but even for a shameless celebration of crass materialism it kinda blows. Every year Amazon is like “want to save 30% on a blender?” and I just think no, leave me alone
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
black friday savings used to be good. like $100 for a $1000 tv before 6 am.. just another thing zoomers will never know like owning a home or falling in love
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insane title and cover design thank you
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
insane title and cover design thank you
I had a student from Latin America who would get annoyed every time America was used to refer to the US, because it encompasses people from two whole continents. A respectable stance, but linguistically ‘American’ does mean “person from the USA”. Means other things too, but that doesn’t negate this
Yeah, not sure where "USians" started, but it's dumb. People understand perfectly well what "Americans" means. We don't need to keep inventing new words to say the same shit.
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I had a student from Latin America who would get annoyed every time America was used to refer to the US, because it encompasses people from two whole continents. A respectable stance, but linguistically ‘American’ does mean “person from the USA”. Means other things too, but that doesn’t negate this
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No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
Is John Carpenter’s THE THING A Christmas Movie? Have Your Say
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
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Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
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Can 3 restaurant chefs make the meal of a lifetime during a sudden & violent train derailment? I'm Grobus Pissbread... and THIS is Meal Mashers.
January 21, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Can 3 restaurant chefs make the meal of a lifetime during a sudden & violent train derailment? I'm Grobus Pissbread... and THIS is Meal Mashers.
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“I had complete faith in this sceney access journalist until she called Joe Biden old”
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“I had complete faith in this sceney access journalist until she called Joe Biden old”
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ooooooh, so yimby and nimby like proshipppers and antishipper?
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ooooooh, so yimby and nimby like proshipppers and antishipper?
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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HK authorities have arrested 29 people over alleged attempts to sabotage next month’s “patriots only” legislative race, the city’s security chief has said. In full: buff.ly/IItmuIf
29 arrested over attempts to sabotage legislative polls: HK security chief
HK authorities have arrested 29 people over alleged attempts to sabotage next month’s “patriots only” legislative race, the city’s security chief has said.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
HK authorities have arrested 29 people over alleged attempts to sabotage next month’s “patriots only” legislative race, the city’s security chief has said. In full: buff.ly/IItmuIf
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Telling people to touch grass, constantly going off on how much he hates AI, getting swept up in poly drama... Truly he is the Poster's Pope
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Telling people to touch grass, constantly going off on how much he hates AI, getting swept up in poly drama... Truly he is the Poster's Pope
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It may be nothing, but when sudden cancellations happen in Hong Kong, a place with way too many topics deemed sensitive and controversial by GovHK, you can’t help but wonder…
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It may be nothing, but when sudden cancellations happen in Hong Kong, a place with way too many topics deemed sensitive and controversial by GovHK, you can’t help but wonder…
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The incident of this type that sticks out in my mind are the several times in - I wanna say Hangzhou or Nanjing (maybe both) - that some park/mall rent-a-cops made a huge stink and detained groups of 20-sthing cosplayers for "Dressing Japanese."
They were wearing hanfu.
They were wearing hanfu.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The incident of this type that sticks out in my mind are the several times in - I wanna say Hangzhou or Nanjing (maybe both) - that some park/mall rent-a-cops made a huge stink and detained groups of 20-sthing cosplayers for "Dressing Japanese."
They were wearing hanfu.
They were wearing hanfu.
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Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
Reader or Professor in Chinese Studies - AC2219 at University of St Andrews
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
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random Brazilian TV presenter whose entire life became a running joke for not causing 9/11
![Association with the September 11 attacks
According to Contigo magazine , Celso Portiolli became famous on the internet in 2019 when a Portuguese user created the Facebook page " Celso Portiolli had nothing to do with 9/11 ", a reference to the terrorist attack against the United States coordinated by Al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001. The humor of the meme lies in relating a well-known figure to an event far removed from their reality. Various montages were spread, relating or not relating the presenter to the event. [ 33 ] [ 34 ]
Portiolli said in an interview for the Flow Podcast that he initially disliked the joke and was afraid of being stopped at airports, but eventually accepted it and even started taking photos near buildings when he goes to New York](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreifa7bhgpfkfqkliegsej3646wlpybabzro5ucenligvbkrutncuvy@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
random Brazilian TV presenter whose entire life became a running joke for not causing 9/11
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7 x 3000+ students + 17 smaller institutions must mean 30,000+ affected students. That’s about the same size as Sheffield uni, which employs 8000ish staff. Why is the government tolerating the impending collapse of up to 24 related employers and 8000+ more lost jobs? Where is the sense of crisis?
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
7 x 3000+ students + 17 smaller institutions must mean 30,000+ affected students. That’s about the same size as Sheffield uni, which employs 8000ish staff. Why is the government tolerating the impending collapse of up to 24 related employers and 8000+ more lost jobs? Where is the sense of crisis?
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I find myself remembering how Chris Tang once said that any art can potentially be clandestine "soft resistance" if the govt thinks it could be interpreted that way.
In case you missed it, government authorities banned the selling of T-shirts with an image showing the hand sign for "LGBT+" in HK Sign language for no apparent reason at the Pride Event last Sunday.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I find myself remembering how Chris Tang once said that any art can potentially be clandestine "soft resistance" if the govt thinks it could be interpreted that way.
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I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine