Brendan O’Kane
@bokane.org
Scrutable Occidental, erstwhile 北漂, quondam translator, Ming and Qing fiction enjoyer, congenital Philadelphian. Shitposty sinology. Cynicism makes you an easy mark. Signal: @bokane.1644.
http://www.burninghou.se
http://www.burninghou.se
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Postdoctoral position in global philology at U. Uppsala (apply by Nov. 26). Specialisations include: Comp./General Lx., Greek and Byzantine Studies, Indology, Iranian Languages, Latin, Semitic Languages, Sinology, and Turkic Languages. tinyurl.com/nhbk8fhh
Postdoctoral position in global philology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in global philology, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University
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November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Postdoctoral position in global philology at U. Uppsala (apply by Nov. 26). Specialisations include: Comp./General Lx., Greek and Byzantine Studies, Indology, Iranian Languages, Latin, Semitic Languages, Sinology, and Turkic Languages. tinyurl.com/nhbk8fhh
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Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back!
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back!
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
the dialect work in Task is crazy good
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
the dialect work in Task is crazy good
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It is so scummy that Fetterman turned off his voicemail months ago
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It is so scummy that Fetterman turned off his voicemail months ago
“Do not let familiarity dull your outrage” man you could do eye surgery with my outrage, we’re good on outrage
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Do not let familiarity dull your outrage” man you could do eye surgery with my outrage, we’re good on outrage
pov: you are on probation
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
pov: you are on probation
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Anyway I'd like to propose a new and improved version of the Basilisk: what would an aligned AI think of people who helped create a world where the average person thinks of AI as a technology which talks people into killing themselves?
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Anyway I'd like to propose a new and improved version of the Basilisk: what would an aligned AI think of people who helped create a world where the average person thinks of AI as a technology which talks people into killing themselves?
Ring any bells for anyone?
Ok Bluesky hive mind: trying to find a clip that was played in a class lecture about three years ago. It was a documentary (I think) featuring a rural Manchurian village where they’re doing a lottery. (Felt just like home LOL) @beijingpalmer.bsky.social @bokane.org any ideas?
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Ring any bells for anyone?
good job everybody, night night
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
good job everybody, night night
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Sliwa watch party is just him explaining to the cats that they’re always winners
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sliwa watch party is just him explaining to the cats that they’re always winners
pat dugan f’d around
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
pat dugan f’d around
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hahahahahahahah
just in: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is on track to win easily.
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
hahahahahahahah
I traveled around the world with this ape in my pocket. We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges. Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking. And now it's all over.
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I traveled around the world with this ape in my pocket. We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges. Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking. And now it's all over.
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Thousands more photos from the CCAS delegations are available in UCSD Library's Digital Collections @ucsandiego.bsky.social
library.ucsd.edu/dc/collectio...
library.ucsd.edu/dc/collectio...
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thousands more photos from the CCAS delegations are available in UCSD Library's Digital Collections @ucsandiego.bsky.social
library.ucsd.edu/dc/collectio...
library.ucsd.edu/dc/collectio...
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Is this book any good? Are there any Deleuzian Chinese religion heads from the 1980s on here? Book cover kind of looks like an early 1990s punk album cover...
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Is this book any good? Are there any Deleuzian Chinese religion heads from the 1980s on here? Book cover kind of looks like an early 1990s punk album cover...
good voter turnout at South Philly High as of a half-hour ago; AFAICT the only potential R voter was the Sowffluffya-native auntie I heard complaining "this is HARD, I don't know ANY of these people" from inside the booth
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
good voter turnout at South Philly High as of a half-hour ago; AFAICT the only potential R voter was the Sowffluffya-native auntie I heard complaining "this is HARD, I don't know ANY of these people" from inside the booth
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When we founded Contingent, we wanted to be a history magazine that didn't just publish "relevant" history that was responding directly to the news, because that often meant a narrow vision of history . . . but it was okay because in 2019, other outlets were publishing historians more. And now?
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
When we founded Contingent, we wanted to be a history magazine that didn't just publish "relevant" history that was responding directly to the news, because that often meant a narrow vision of history . . . but it was okay because in 2019, other outlets were publishing historians more. And now?
gonna retire to the countryside and open up a little pub called The Motte & Bailey
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
gonna retire to the countryside and open up a little pub called The Motte & Bailey
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the dsa international committee has endorsed andrew cuomo
June 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the dsa international committee has endorsed andrew cuomo
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I do not care for the noises they make
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I do not care for the noises they make
dreaming of atrocities all day long but too fucked-up on unprocessed cough medication to lift a paw
a sober koala is by all accounts a transcendently horrible little creature
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
dreaming of atrocities all day long but too fucked-up on unprocessed cough medication to lift a paw
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She's known for writing on politically significant events incl the 2009 play May 35th - euphemism for the 1989 June 4 Tiananmen crackdown. Ironically before HK's recent social movements & subsequently tightening political situation, Chong was once referred to (in 2013) as "A Playwright for Our Time"
Controversial playwright speaks out after cancellation of gay-themed play
Hong Kong playwright Candace Chong reflects on the off-on-off decision to cancel her play "We Are Gay" starring Antony Wong.
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Hong Kong playwright Candace Chong reflects on the off-on-off decision to cancel her play "We Are Gay" starring Antony Wong.
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/ar...
Controversial Hong Kong writer on her cancelled play starring Anthony Wong
Hong Kong playwright Candace Chong reflects on the off-on-off decision to cancel her play We Are Gay starring Antony Wong.
www.scmp.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
She's known for writing on politically significant events incl the 2009 play May 35th - euphemism for the 1989 June 4 Tiananmen crackdown. Ironically before HK's recent social movements & subsequently tightening political situation, Chong was once referred to (in 2013) as "A Playwright for Our Time"
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POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
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My tsundoku 積ん読 to be read book pile costume was originally crowned with a nightstand reading lamp on my head, but it toppled over…
#halloween
#halloween
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My tsundoku 積ん読 to be read book pile costume was originally crowned with a nightstand reading lamp on my head, but it toppled over…
#halloween
#halloween
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The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore brought kittens in to view their exhibition on cats in medieval manuscripts. www.instagram.com/thewaltersar...
The Walters Art Museum on Instagram: "Happy #NationalCatDay to all who celebrate 🐱 We thought it was only right that the muse behind Paws on Parchment, our latest Medieval manuscript exhibition, get a...
Discover the fascinating world of Medieval manuscripts at The Walters Museum, where our special guests, some adorable kittens from @barcsanimalshelter, get to experience the art firsthand. Get a glimp...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore brought kittens in to view their exhibition on cats in medieval manuscripts. www.instagram.com/thewaltersar...