Eric Hundman
@ehundman.bsky.social
China analyst and research director at BluePath Labs, scholar, sometime artist. 中文通（非中国通), sci-fi geek, ex-STEM. Security, tech, and foreign policy in China + Taiwan. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
http://www.erichundman.com/
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Spring baby’s first snow!
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Spring baby’s first snow!
I do sometimes miss the constant zaniness of living in China
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I do sometimes miss the constant zaniness of living in China
It is November www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is November www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
So if I understand correctly, in the last 48 hours we’ve seen:
1) planes diverted from DFW due to a bomb threat
2) planes diverted from DCA due to a bomb threat
3) plane crash at Louisville
1) planes diverted from DFW due to a bomb threat
2) planes diverted from DCA due to a bomb threat
3) plane crash at Louisville
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
So if I understand correctly, in the last 48 hours we’ve seen:
1) planes diverted from DFW due to a bomb threat
2) planes diverted from DCA due to a bomb threat
3) plane crash at Louisville
1) planes diverted from DFW due to a bomb threat
2) planes diverted from DCA due to a bomb threat
3) plane crash at Louisville
In this as in so many other areas of American life, China has been the model
nowadays every app wants to be a platform, and platform logic requires that they become the *only* platform.
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In this as in so many other areas of American life, China has been the model
Some sliver of hope restored by this rather transcendent performance at CSO by an Uzbek-born pianist (who is based in Missouri) to a highly diverse crowd who were all held rapt by his talent for two hours
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Some sliver of hope restored by this rather transcendent performance at CSO by an Uzbek-born pianist (who is based in Missouri) to a highly diverse crowd who were all held rapt by his talent for two hours
His majesty had no thoughts whatsoever
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
His majesty had no thoughts whatsoever
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Has anyone ever attempted a Mandarin transcription system alignment chart? 🍿
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Has anyone ever attempted a Mandarin transcription system alignment chart? 🍿
In which I am reminded that despite its tone of authority, the Economist often gets American politics very, very wrong
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In which I am reminded that despite its tone of authority, the Economist often gets American politics very, very wrong
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Same, girl, same.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Same, girl, same.
Cannot imagine how I would have gotten through the last six months of horrors without the addition of this little guy
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Cannot imagine how I would have gotten through the last six months of horrors without the addition of this little guy
If you ever wonder why fascism is so popular, just spend some time working to make things better in a small-d democratic institution and you’ll understand. (Yes, this is an HOA subskeet.)
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you ever wonder why fascism is so popular, just spend some time working to make things better in a small-d democratic institution and you’ll understand. (Yes, this is an HOA subskeet.)
👇 @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on academia’s future, saying the quiet part out loud
We had a shot with green economy transformation. But now it is either war (and not the technological warfare we do now) or just more rapid boom cycles as we spiral into a new, smaller, bifurcated system.
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
👇 @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on academia’s future, saying the quiet part out loud
October 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rupert enjoying, and thankfully not urinating on, his great-grandmother’s quilt
October 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Rupert enjoying, and thankfully not urinating on, his great-grandmother’s quilt
Reposted by Eric Hundman
The thing is, there *is* something revolutionary happening. But too many don’t realize they are the ones currently deciding what that something will result in.
It's weird. They've all interpreted Trump's win, by a mere 2.2 million votes in 2024, to be some unprecedented mandate that they all have to bow to. The sheer implausibility of his two presidencies has convinced them there is something revolutionary happening - they need to blindly support it or die
I really was not prepared for the fact that so many of our major institutions would be inhabited by such cowards. From Congress to media/tech corporations to *some law firms and universities. I guess I watched too many “heroic protagonist” films… so I didnt expect so many people to suck so bad.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The thing is, there *is* something revolutionary happening. But too many don’t realize they are the ones currently deciding what that something will result in.
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Rupert, who is not a fascist, sends greetings
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Rupert, who is not a fascist, sends greetings
Rupert, who is not a fascist, sends greetings
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Rupert, who is not a fascist, sends greetings
OK if true this is very cool
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
OK if true this is very cool
Not now, dear cephalopods
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Not now, dear cephalopods
This was much more enlightening than I expected, although I suspect not in the way Klein hoped. He comes across as flailing, philosophically and intellectually, because he has never had to understand adversity in the way Coates has. 1/3
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This was much more enlightening than I expected, although I suspect not in the way Klein hoped. He comes across as flailing, philosophically and intellectually, because he has never had to understand adversity in the way Coates has. 1/3
Wait
Did we all sleep poorly and woke up earlier than we wanted?
September 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wait
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM