Thomas Batchelor
@tobbinatorscw.bsky.social
Linguistics PhD, Sydney > Köln > 台北
Linguistics (Creoles, Australia, Asia-Pacific, morphosyntax, policy, endangerment), politics (Syria, Taiwan, Australia in particular ig), history and other ramblings
Anarchist at heart
@tobbinatorscw in most places
Linguistics (Creoles, Australia, Asia-Pacific, morphosyntax, policy, endangerment), politics (Syria, Taiwan, Australia in particular ig), history and other ramblings
Anarchist at heart
@tobbinatorscw in most places
a perfect gift pack ahead of christmas
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
a perfect gift pack ahead of christmas
"warped beauty standards shaped by media"
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media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"warped beauty standards shaped by media"
I like that each of the three Christian majority Indian states has a different predominant church too
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I like that each of the three Christian majority Indian states has a different predominant church too
Remember when people gathered to support each other through tough times, he said derogatorily
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Remember when people gathered to support each other through tough times, he said derogatorily
A lot of left-wing americans are well aware that the country can obviously be a lot better, but they don't seem to realise just how much worse it could get
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A lot of left-wing americans are well aware that the country can obviously be a lot better, but they don't seem to realise just how much worse it could get
I've previously written about some trips out to Xinjiang (medium.com/@tobbinators...)
And Transnistria (medium.com/@tobbinators...)
It's kinda fun tbh, even if barely anyone reads
And Transnistria (medium.com/@tobbinators...)
It's kinda fun tbh, even if barely anyone reads
Traversing Checkpoints in China’s New Frontier
In late 2017 I visited China’s Xinjiang province. I reflect upon what I saw then, and what we know now.
medium.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I've previously written about some trips out to Xinjiang (medium.com/@tobbinators...)
And Transnistria (medium.com/@tobbinators...)
It's kinda fun tbh, even if barely anyone reads
And Transnistria (medium.com/@tobbinators...)
It's kinda fun tbh, even if barely anyone reads
I remember even back in 2017 seeing all the knives chained to shop counters and being told we weren't allowed to buy souvenir knives because only those with Chinese id could do that (and iirc not allowed to be brought out of the province at all)
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I remember even back in 2017 seeing all the knives chained to shop counters and being told we weren't allowed to buy souvenir knives because only those with Chinese id could do that (and iirc not allowed to be brought out of the province at all)