@asdsky.bsky.social
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
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When asked which is the world’s top economic power, more people in
8 countries say the U.S.
12 countries say China
In 4 countries, about equal shares name the U.S. and China.
www.pewresearch.org/...
8 countries say the U.S.
12 countries say China
In 4 countries, about equal shares name the U.S. and China.
www.pewresearch.org/...
June 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When asked which is the world’s top economic power, more people in
8 countries say the U.S.
12 countries say China
In 4 countries, about equal shares name the U.S. and China.
www.pewresearch.org/...
8 countries say the U.S.
12 countries say China
In 4 countries, about equal shares name the U.S. and China.
www.pewresearch.org/...
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Now out in Sociological Methods & Research
We argue that one of the most important use cases of generative LLMs for social scientists is transforming unstructured content into structured data.
Our article shows how to do that — and what can go wrong.
We argue that one of the most important use cases of generative LLMs for social scientists is transforming unstructured content into structured data.
Our article shows how to do that — and what can go wrong.
NEW ARTICLE: Want to use LLMs to extract information at scale in sociology? @eollion.bsky.social @oms279.bsky.social and C. Ton have you covered. Read "From Codebooks to Promptbooks," now in Sociological Methods & Research
doi.org/10.1177/0049...
(Preprint @socarxiv.bsky.social: osf.io/wjvfq_v1)
doi.org/10.1177/0049...
(Preprint @socarxiv.bsky.social: osf.io/wjvfq_v1)
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Now out in Sociological Methods & Research
We argue that one of the most important use cases of generative LLMs for social scientists is transforming unstructured content into structured data.
Our article shows how to do that — and what can go wrong.
We argue that one of the most important use cases of generative LLMs for social scientists is transforming unstructured content into structured data.
Our article shows how to do that — and what can go wrong.
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The lone long-lost MingKwai typewriter, invented by Lin Yutang in 1947, has resurfaced in a NY basement. How did it get there? Where might it go next? The journey of the groundbreaking invention embodies the search for modernity and Chinese identity. My latest:
madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/l...
madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/l...
Lost and Found: The Unexpected Journey of the MingKwai Typewriter | Made in China Journal
It began as an innocuous inquiry on Facebook. Nelson Felix, a resident of New York State, posted in the group ‘What’s My Typewriter Worth?’ about a curious find he made while clearing out the basement...
madeinchinajournal.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The lone long-lost MingKwai typewriter, invented by Lin Yutang in 1947, has resurfaced in a NY basement. How did it get there? Where might it go next? The journey of the groundbreaking invention embodies the search for modernity and Chinese identity. My latest:
madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/l...
madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/l...
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Anna Shields and I have organized the first China-Princeton Digital Humanities workshop! This week-long workshop on the digital humanities for Chinese studies will be held in person at Princeton University, June 16th to 20th!
chinesedh2025.eas.princeton.edu
chinesedh2025.eas.princeton.edu
China-Princeton Digital Humanities Workshop 2025
chinesedh2025.eas.princeton.edu
April 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Anna Shields and I have organized the first China-Princeton Digital Humanities workshop! This week-long workshop on the digital humanities for Chinese studies will be held in person at Princeton University, June 16th to 20th!
chinesedh2025.eas.princeton.edu
chinesedh2025.eas.princeton.edu
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When I was an undergrad in 1970, Chinese history ended in 1911. After that it was called Chinese politics.
April 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When I was an undergrad in 1970, Chinese history ended in 1911. After that it was called Chinese politics.
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If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
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Scholars at Risk is seeking help with its Volunteer Proofreader Initiative—if you can, please donate some of your time to assist displaced scholars embarking on job searches in new academic environments.
Volunteer Proofreader Initiative | Scholars at Risk
Assist in the academic advancement and trajectory of SAR scholars as they (re)establish their academic careers in exile.
buff.ly
March 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Scholars at Risk is seeking help with its Volunteer Proofreader Initiative—if you can, please donate some of your time to assist displaced scholars embarking on job searches in new academic environments.
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GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
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My older daughter learned to ride a bike today. She was so happy. As she was riding, she said, “I feel free.” My heart is full.
November 18, 2024 at 1:54 AM
My older daughter learned to ride a bike today. She was so happy. As she was riding, she said, “I feel free.” My heart is full.
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I had the honor to be invited to contribute an essay for a section on 数字人文与史学发展 in 廣東社會科學. I focused on the development of a community among those constructing and analyzing historical Chinese databases. The issue is now out. 1/2 oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/...!
Building an Academic Community for China’s Quantitative Historical Databases
- CNKI
oversea.cnki.net
February 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I had the honor to be invited to contribute an essay for a section on 数字人文与史学发展 in 廣東社會科學. I focused on the development of a community among those constructing and analyzing historical Chinese databases. The issue is now out. 1/2 oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/...!
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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One more thing…
We're integrating DeepSeek R1, a local model, into Craft's AI assistant as an experimental feature. Tomorrow, a select group of people will be able to download it to their devices and use it offline as well! Follow us for early access! 🚀
We're integrating DeepSeek R1, a local model, into Craft's AI assistant as an experimental feature. Tomorrow, a select group of people will be able to download it to their devices and use it offline as well! Follow us for early access! 🚀
January 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One more thing…
We're integrating DeepSeek R1, a local model, into Craft's AI assistant as an experimental feature. Tomorrow, a select group of people will be able to download it to their devices and use it offline as well! Follow us for early access! 🚀
We're integrating DeepSeek R1, a local model, into Craft's AI assistant as an experimental feature. Tomorrow, a select group of people will be able to download it to their devices and use it offline as well! Follow us for early access! 🚀
The huge success of open source model.
Latest @craft.do announcement! 🔥
On-device AI on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your data never leaves your device, it's working offline and will be available for free for everyone!
On-device AI on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your data never leaves your device, it's working offline and will be available for free for everyone!
January 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The huge success of open source model.
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Advice on Marriage to Young Ladies.
[Pamphlet written by a suffragette in 1918, on display at the Pontypridd Museum in Wales]
[Pamphlet written by a suffragette in 1918, on display at the Pontypridd Museum in Wales]
November 18, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Advice on Marriage to Young Ladies.
[Pamphlet written by a suffragette in 1918, on display at the Pontypridd Museum in Wales]
[Pamphlet written by a suffragette in 1918, on display at the Pontypridd Museum in Wales]
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fascinating how the whole country will use the gregorian calendar the whole year and automatically switch to chinese calendar from about 3 days before the chunjie to 7 days after... (some people do more. mom will use chinese calendar to refer to dates at least until lantern festival)
January 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
fascinating how the whole country will use the gregorian calendar the whole year and automatically switch to chinese calendar from about 3 days before the chunjie to 7 days after... (some people do more. mom will use chinese calendar to refer to dates at least until lantern festival)
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New digital collection launched: "Muslims in China," features 1,000+ images documenting the lives of Muslims and Christian missionaries in Western China from 1920s-1930s. #Sinology #OpenAccess curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/claude-l-pic...
January 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New digital collection launched: "Muslims in China," features 1,000+ images documenting the lives of Muslims and Christian missionaries in Western China from 1920s-1930s. #Sinology #OpenAccess curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/claude-l-pic...
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I am watching 30 years of propaganda melt away at first contact with actual Chinese folks.
Every comment section on RedNote are the Chinese users welcoming the Americans, "I'm so glad you're here! We can be friends now! We are not enemy!"
Every comment section on RedNote are the Chinese users welcoming the Americans, "I'm so glad you're here! We can be friends now! We are not enemy!"
January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am watching 30 years of propaganda melt away at first contact with actual Chinese folks.
Every comment section on RedNote are the Chinese users welcoming the Americans, "I'm so glad you're here! We can be friends now! We are not enemy!"
Every comment section on RedNote are the Chinese users welcoming the Americans, "I'm so glad you're here! We can be friends now! We are not enemy!"
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the whole "US tiktok 'refugees' landing on xiaohongshu" thing will generate a number of papers in media and communication studies, I suppose
January 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
the whole "US tiktok 'refugees' landing on xiaohongshu" thing will generate a number of papers in media and communication studies, I suppose
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I know I will write about Xiaohongshu/RedNote one day, but I didn’t expect it to be today:
It’s #1 downloaded app in the US today. Why? Because the TikTok ban is pushing users to join another Chinese app out of spite. Also, they call themselves the “TikTok refugees.”
www.wired.com/story/red-no...
It’s #1 downloaded app in the US today. Why? Because the TikTok ban is pushing users to join another Chinese app out of spite. Also, they call themselves the “TikTok refugees.”
www.wired.com/story/red-no...
With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’
Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to "little red book," to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I know I will write about Xiaohongshu/RedNote one day, but I didn’t expect it to be today:
It’s #1 downloaded app in the US today. Why? Because the TikTok ban is pushing users to join another Chinese app out of spite. Also, they call themselves the “TikTok refugees.”
www.wired.com/story/red-no...
It’s #1 downloaded app in the US today. Why? Because the TikTok ban is pushing users to join another Chinese app out of spite. Also, they call themselves the “TikTok refugees.”
www.wired.com/story/red-no...
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I created a starter pack for sociologists studying China: go.bsky.app/NetJdDm. We study China’s labor, gender, family, inequality, organizations, education, professions, media, civil society, protests, immigration, as well as politics and history.
Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).
Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).
November 20, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I created a starter pack for sociologists studying China: go.bsky.app/NetJdDm. We study China’s labor, gender, family, inequality, organizations, education, professions, media, civil society, protests, immigration, as well as politics and history.
Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).
Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).
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If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
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Dongzhi #冬至, rather than the new year, traditionally marked the starting point of the year’s microseasons with 9x9 days of winter.
Northerners eat dumplings 餃子🥟and Southerners, tangyuan 湯圓—we often have both — the idea is to eat something warming to the heart and belly, 團團圓圓
#WinterSolstice #冬至
Northerners eat dumplings 餃子🥟and Southerners, tangyuan 湯圓—we often have both — the idea is to eat something warming to the heart and belly, 團團圓圓
#WinterSolstice #冬至
December 21, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Dongzhi #冬至, rather than the new year, traditionally marked the starting point of the year’s microseasons with 9x9 days of winter.
Northerners eat dumplings 餃子🥟and Southerners, tangyuan 湯圓—we often have both — the idea is to eat something warming to the heart and belly, 團團圓圓
#WinterSolstice #冬至
Northerners eat dumplings 餃子🥟and Southerners, tangyuan 湯圓—we often have both — the idea is to eat something warming to the heart and belly, 團團圓圓
#WinterSolstice #冬至
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Liu Minhua was among the over a million people who were relocated for the Three Gorges Dam project. when he had to leave his home forever (which would become submerged), he carried on his back the peach tree from home
Li Feng took the photo in 2012, but it was first published in 2019
Li Feng took the photo in 2012, but it was first published in 2019
December 21, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Liu Minhua was among the over a million people who were relocated for the Three Gorges Dam project. when he had to leave his home forever (which would become submerged), he carried on his back the peach tree from home
Li Feng took the photo in 2012, but it was first published in 2019
Li Feng took the photo in 2012, but it was first published in 2019