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利大英

@gblee.bsky.social

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Writer and photographer

Gregory B. Lee is an academic, author, and broadcaster. Lee is Founding Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of St Andrews. He was until July 2020, Director of the French research Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies based at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 where he is currently Professeur émérite. Lee was previously Chair Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. From 2007 to 2010 Lee was First Vice-President (Research) of Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. In 2010, Lee was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Order of Academic Palms. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. .. more

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 6d

#photography #b&w #blackandwhite #stilllife

"Something of nothing, II"

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無 = nothing, absence, not having

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 6h

Some good photographs and paintings via
@monoeil.bsky.social

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

MonOeil.blog @monoeil.bsky.social · 6h

Photo de Eliot Elisofon - Kim Hunter & Marlon Brando dans Un tramway nommé désir (1951)
#photo #photography

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 6h

via @bougon.bsky.social @mediapart.fr

www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Donald Trump pousse Cuba dans le précipice

Washington a coupé le pétrole vénézuélien à l’île, prédisant la chute du régime castriste. Le président Miguel Díaz-Canel annonce des « temps difficiles » et le Mexique, menacé par Trump de sanctions…

www.mediapart.fr

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MonOeil.blog @monoeil.bsky.social · 6h

Edvard Munch - Rue Lafayette (1891)
#arte #art

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 6h

Near-miss high performing non-recipients of the @ec.europa.eu MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are meant to receive Seal of Excellence if they achieve a 85%+ score. This is meant to help them obtain alternative funding. But with the dramatic upsurge in applicants and high-scorers, what's worth now?

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 7h

@ec.europa.eu European Commission seems delighted with itself and is boasting about €404.3m awarded to 1,610 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship applicants. But, in fact the situation is deplorable👇

‘Brutal’ success rate for European postdoctoral fellowships www.timeshighereducation.com/news/brutal-...

‘Brutal’ success rate for European postdoctoral fellowships

Only 9.6 per cent of applicants awarded coveted Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships, with many postdoctoral researchers saying the programme has become too competitive

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 12h

For #ThickTrunkTuesday, here's one of my favorite paths at our botanical gardens. Just love these trees

#Photography #Trees #ClassicMono

A concrete path leads away from the camera, under a series of large arching branches from a line of large trees on the right. The sun shines in from the upper left corner, illuminating mostly the path.

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #birds

'Blue tit landing'

©📷 @gblee.bsky.social

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”

(Published Dec. 2025)

After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

www.propublica.org

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Brock’s Photographic Journey @bar44.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous art installation inside Sainte Chapelle, Chateau de Vincennes. #Photography #Sculpture #Architecture #Interior #France
#Art 📷

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

rohnertparkbirds @rohnertparkbirds.bsky.social · 1d

A familiar bird
from Canada to Mexico,
zorzal Americano.

American Robin, Feb. 2026, #RohnertPark, #California.
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #nature #birdwatching #BirdsofBluesky #sonomacounty #m43 #haiku

An American Robin with a privet berry in its bill.

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MonOeil.blog @monoeil.bsky.social · 1d

Alfred Sisley - Neige à Louveciennes (1874)
#arte #art

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#China #art #AiWeiwei #censorship

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘Was I scared going back to China? No’: Ai Weiwei on AI, western censorship and returning home

He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China’s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, the artist relives a momentous trip...

www.theguardian.com

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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 1d

Posez vos questions en direct à Clothilde Mraffko sur la mise en place dans l’enclave palestinienne du « Conseil de paix » de Donald Trump et sur la violence coloniale israélienne.

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Gaza, Cisjordanie : un avenir sous tutelle, avec Clothilde Mraffko

Posez vos questions en direct à Clothilde Mraffko sur la mise en place dans l’enclave palestinienne du « Conseil de paix » de Donald Trump et sur la violence coloniale israélienne.

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

英國國王沒把握。

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

🙏

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Géraldine @geraldine86.bsky.social · 1d

Pinson du Nord #birds #animals #photography #nature

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Timur @tmnd.bsky.social · 1d

Scenes of Sangenjaya

📷 Leica m2, Summilux 35mm F/1.4 ASPH pre-FLE
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ 400, developed in XTOL

#filmphotography #photography #bwfilmphotography #leica #hp5 #35mm #streetphotography #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #summilux #ilford

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Travertin📷🍀 @travertin.bsky.social · 1d

Coffee Shop & Restaurant
📍Al Khaluf, Sultanate of Oman
📷Rolf R. Dr. Fink
#travelphotography #travel #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #flickr flic.kr/p/2rTNeq5

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Rajiv Chopra @rajivchopra.bsky.social · 1d

Mahatta is a well-known photography store in Delhi, but I did not know they had a presence in Srinagar. Maybe they started in Srinagar. Who knows? I must walk in and ask them.
Edited in Lightroom Classic, with a bit of color grading.
FujifilmX 100V

fujifilmxindia
#travelphotography

Mahatta & Co

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ChildishBilly @childishbilly.bsky.social · 1d

#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #Photography

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Emel @royalcubit.bsky.social · 1d

I’m back 😊 #birds #handfeeding #nuthatch 🪶

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Mark @markhobbs.bsky.social · 1d

Door Gods - Appear across China they are usually pasted up on New Years Eve. They are traditionally posters of the Tang Dynasty generals 'Qin Shubao' and 'Yuchi Jingde'. They are placed side by side on doors and gates in the hope of fending off evil spirits
#Shangqiu, #Henan, #China
February 9, 2012

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #b&wphotography #nature #birds

'Doves in love #4'

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@gblee.bsky.social

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #nature #birds

'Doves in love #3'

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@gblee.bsky.social

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #nature #birds

'Doves in love #2'

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@gblee.bsky.social

Reposted by Iikka Korhonen

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #nature #birds

'Doves in love #1'

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@gblee.bsky.social

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #nature #birds

'Two collared doves'

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@gblee.bsky.social .social

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #nature #stilllife

'Dewdrop on twig' II

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@gblee.bsky.social

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #nature #stilllife

'Dewdrop on twig' I

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@gblee.bsky.social