'we write the best history when the specificity, the novelty, the awe-fulness, of what our sources render up bowls us over with its complexity & its significance. Our research is better when we move only cautiously to understanding...' CWB 'Wonder' AHR 1997. Thanks to @hagenilda.bsky.social

Is it not that one is saying “alas dumpster is aflame, but X is great, so let’s keep faith in the humans” … while the other says “even X isn’t great anymore, and the dumpster fire means we can’t get it back.”

I don’t know about finding a file, but the title is 謝康樂集注 by 黃節.

That’s terrific for all of us. Thank you for your service.

Like so many others, I’ll miss your posts here. Thank you for all your effort, knowledge, and entertaining-but-classy posts.

That last thought about Etsy witches, just happened to be what I was reading this morning over coffee, right before I started posting.

This is a great piece. Thank you!

English grammar is hard