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
Now if Germany would amend the laws that boot you out of academia permanently if you can't find a professorship within only 6 years of starting your postdoc...
But great for the Americans!
But great for the Americans!
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Now if Germany would amend the laws that boot you out of academia permanently if you can't find a professorship within only 6 years of starting your postdoc...
But great for the Americans!
But great for the Americans!
We're still 4 months off from our next Big Trip and we're already starting to plan the Big Trip after that. May be getting a tad ambitious here.
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We're still 4 months off from our next Big Trip and we're already starting to plan the Big Trip after that. May be getting a tad ambitious here.
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"Apple has removed two of the most popular gay dating apps in China from the App Store after receiving an order from China’s main internet regulator and censorship authority."
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"Apple has removed two of the most popular gay dating apps in China from the App Store after receiving an order from China’s main internet regulator and censorship authority."
Got me a camera almost twice as old as I am
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Got me a camera almost twice as old as I am
if i were to hypothetically want to play a final fantasy game, what would be the most accessible/best one for a newbie?
(or just not try at all)
(or just not try at all)
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
if i were to hypothetically want to play a final fantasy game, what would be the most accessible/best one for a newbie?
(or just not try at all)
(or just not try at all)
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
KMT finally manages to commemorate a white terror victim and they find the one man who actually was a spy
New KMT Chair Cheng Li-wen attends memorial event for White Terror victims organized by pro-unification group. The event honored, among many others, convicted and executed CCP spy General Wu Shi, whom the CPP named a Revolutionary Martyr in 1973.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
Memorial not focused on spy: KMT’s Cheng - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
KMT finally manages to commemorate a white terror victim and they find the one man who actually was a spy
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I mean, no one should be doing this in general, but doing this in the current environment in the US once again shows Beijing truly does not give a shit about its own nationals or diaspora
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I mean, no one should be doing this in general, but doing this in the current environment in the US once again shows Beijing truly does not give a shit about its own nationals or diaspora
took an excellent car ad pic with a disposable camera on holiday last month
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
took an excellent car ad pic with a disposable camera on holiday last month
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by the way, I've written a couple of things on the "western civilization is killed by suicidal empathy" line of reactionary thought. start with the Three Body Problem fans.
madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/t...
madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/t...
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
by the way, I've written a couple of things on the "western civilization is killed by suicidal empathy" line of reactionary thought. start with the Three Body Problem fans.
madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/t...
madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/t...
Watching Long Way Round and realising how even 2004 is just a totally different world
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Watching Long Way Round and realising how even 2004 is just a totally different world
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Independent Chinese-language film festival in US canceled after pressure campaign – Nikkei Asia: ‘said that he did not feel he was in physical danger but that the relentless messages forced him to shut down the event.’
Indie Chinese film festival in US canceled after pressure campaign
Organizer's reports of harassment echo other allegations of transnational repression
asia.nikkei.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Independent Chinese-language film festival in US canceled after pressure campaign – Nikkei Asia: ‘said that he did not feel he was in physical danger but that the relentless messages forced him to shut down the event.’
I'm sure this will be great, calming input for Taiwan Plus' continued identity crises
New Control Yuan report auditing #TaiwanPlus condemns the hiring process for an English-language TV channel for prioritizing English writing and speaking abilities?
Claims that T+ needs to broadcast in "Taiwanese English" and not discriminate against local accents?
www.cy.gov.tw/CyBsBoxConte...
Claims that T+ needs to broadcast in "Taiwanese English" and not discriminate against local accents?
www.cy.gov.tw/CyBsBoxConte...
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I'm sure this will be great, calming input for Taiwan Plus' continued identity crises
Nvm got the other rejection today
Applied for two positions at the same place a while ago and just got the rejection email for one of them, that's a de facto offer for the other one, right
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Nvm got the other rejection today
Haven't done a conference talk in a good couple of years and man I can feel it
apparently the timing was ok though!
apparently the timing was ok though!
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Haven't done a conference talk in a good couple of years and man I can feel it
apparently the timing was ok though!
apparently the timing was ok though!
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Next @tobbinatorscw.bsky.social talking about 'Expressions of Miriwoong identity in Kununurra Kriol'. Miriwoong is a critically endangered language, and Kriol and Aboriginal English are spoken in the area. 104 people recorded speaking Miriwoong inthe 2021 census, compared to <50 claiming Kriol.
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Next @tobbinatorscw.bsky.social talking about 'Expressions of Miriwoong identity in Kununurra Kriol'. Miriwoong is a critically endangered language, and Kriol and Aboriginal English are spoken in the area. 104 people recorded speaking Miriwoong inthe 2021 census, compared to <50 claiming Kriol.
I like to think they spent most of the time debating the definition of "sandwich"
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I like to think they spent most of the time debating the definition of "sandwich"
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Remember all the ‘just release the hostages & Israel will stop starving people’ comments you used to get if you said something like ‘Israel should stop starving people’ ?
“Nothing has improved in Gaza… Medicine is still blocked. Even food has not changed.
“We hear about a truce, but we feel no safety or relief.”
Gaza residents talk to our Hasan Jaber in Bureij refugee camp
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
“We hear about a truce, but we feel no safety or relief.”
Gaza residents talk to our Hasan Jaber in Bureij refugee camp
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
‘Truce is just a name’: Israel has killed more than 220 Gazans since start of ceasefire, Palestinians say
Next phase of peace plan not moving forward, with remains of seven Israeli hostages still unaccounted for
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Remember all the ‘just release the hostages & Israel will stop starving people’ comments you used to get if you said something like ‘Israel should stop starving people’ ?
Applied for two positions at the same place a while ago and just got the rejection email for one of them, that's a de facto offer for the other one, right
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Applied for two positions at the same place a while ago and just got the rejection email for one of them, that's a de facto offer for the other one, right
Slapping together a powerpoint less than 24 hours before the conference talk. I missed doing this kinda stuff.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Slapping together a powerpoint less than 24 hours before the conference talk. I missed doing this kinda stuff.
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In case you missed it, Kerry Brown wrote a book that plagiarized Shelley Rigger’s classic book title.
I, along with others who were asked to review Kerry’s manuscript, said verbatim to change the title.
In the most tacky and unprofessional fashion, he stole her title anyway.
I, along with others who were asked to review Kerry’s manuscript, said verbatim to change the title.
In the most tacky and unprofessional fashion, he stole her title anyway.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In case you missed it, Kerry Brown wrote a book that plagiarized Shelley Rigger’s classic book title.
I, along with others who were asked to review Kerry’s manuscript, said verbatim to change the title.
In the most tacky and unprofessional fashion, he stole her title anyway.
I, along with others who were asked to review Kerry’s manuscript, said verbatim to change the title.
In the most tacky and unprofessional fashion, he stole her title anyway.
Might just casually buy a 60 year old camera
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Might just casually buy a 60 year old camera
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"there were at least 166 attacks affecting Chinese investments in Myanmar from January 2024 to March of this year... In response, China has pledged billions of dollars’ worth of aid to Myanmar’s junta, and Chinese state-owned companies are increasingly helping to arm the military"
China says it doesn’t interfere. The war next door suggests otherwise.
Despite Beijing’s stated policy of “noninterference,” analysts say its efforts to shape Myanmar’s civil war have made the conflict more intractable.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"there were at least 166 attacks affecting Chinese investments in Myanmar from January 2024 to March of this year... In response, China has pledged billions of dollars’ worth of aid to Myanmar’s junta, and Chinese state-owned companies are increasingly helping to arm the military"
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It seems the decision was made after threats, not for financial reasons, which is still terrible, but for different reasons.
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It seems the decision was made after threats, not for financial reasons, which is still terrible, but for different reasons.
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Chinese companies are colluding with Myanmar's junta to repress unions. Ten worker activists have been imprisoned
缅甸｜中资企业勾结军方，多名工会组织者被捕
2025年7月下旬，缅甸团结工会（Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar, STUM）多名组织者被指 “非法结社”，遭被缅甸军政府逮捕，工会办公室也遭查封，多人迄今仍在狱中，外界难以知晓详细处境。此次大规模抓捕背后，牵涉中资企业“万信达”箱包厂与军方的勾结，旨在打压工人维权行动。
cnlaborsolidarity.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Chinese companies are colluding with Myanmar's junta to repress unions. Ten worker activists have been imprisoned