aohsu
@aohsusometimesy.bsky.social
Medieval Chinese Buddhology. Textiness of texts: scriptures, canons, citations, anthologies. He/him/his.
"ai" blames california and the pacific world more generally lol
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"ai" blames california and the pacific world more generally lol
This is just not true??
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is just not true??
About an hour into the audiobook and I have to say it’s delightful that the British voice actors have to perform what the Chinese-American says they should have to say, in pretendsies Victorian Britain
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
About an hour into the audiobook and I have to say it’s delightful that the British voice actors have to perform what the Chinese-American says they should have to say, in pretendsies Victorian Britain
But if you did... every time someone id'ed themselves as a "Christian"... it'd be funny
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
But if you did... every time someone id'ed themselves as a "Christian"... it'd be funny
Is this any good? (btw I think I hate Camus)
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Is this any good? (btw I think I hate Camus)
Last letter disappears in the titles of some of these contributions, in the abstract? Is this intentional? #overvie #divin #interminabl
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Last letter disappears in the titles of some of these contributions, in the abstract? Is this intentional? #overvie #divin #interminabl
Just finished Conrad’s _Secret Agent_. Ummm does anybody else think it’s hilarious? Postcolonial boomerang paranoiac police detective novel: the heart of darkness is London, ‘burn after reading’ levels of shambolic nonsense
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Just finished Conrad’s _Secret Agent_. Ummm does anybody else think it’s hilarious? Postcolonial boomerang paranoiac police detective novel: the heart of darkness is London, ‘burn after reading’ levels of shambolic nonsense
People won’t believe us when we tell them syllabi used to be short. I barely believe it myself!
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
People won’t believe us when we tell them syllabi used to be short. I barely believe it myself!
Fifth grade textbook from 1942. Found in Elkhart, IN
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Fifth grade textbook from 1942. Found in Elkhart, IN
“Dark academia” (玄學) ???
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Dark academia” (玄學) ???
Trying to figure out why we need all these data centers to do the AI, what the AI is for, and maybe what the AI is for is generating podcast scripts for Brookings about data centers no one will listen to
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Trying to figure out why we need all these data centers to do the AI, what the AI is for, and maybe what the AI is for is generating podcast scripts for Brookings about data centers no one will listen to
MLA top 100 (1999) (ranked, 9. Sons and Lovers; 48-9. Rainbow/Women in Love) -> Time 100 Best [Eng-lang] Novels (2005) (alphabetical, no Lawrence) -> Guardian top 100 English novels (2015) (chronological, only Rainbow)
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
MLA top 100 (1999) (ranked, 9. Sons and Lovers; 48-9. Rainbow/Women in Love) -> Time 100 Best [Eng-lang] Novels (2005) (alphabetical, no Lawrence) -> Guardian top 100 English novels (2015) (chronological, only Rainbow)
About 2/3rd through. It reminds me of the LA I know from television shows I watch.
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
About 2/3rd through. It reminds me of the LA I know from television shows I watch.
"fifty-two exorcists, readers, and doorkeepers" is "exorcist, reader, and doorkeeper" a single position? or three different ones, and they add up to 52? follow-up question: how many exorcists does a Church really need to function? does it depend on demon density?
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"fifty-two exorcists, readers, and doorkeepers" is "exorcist, reader, and doorkeeper" a single position? or three different ones, and they add up to 52? follow-up question: how many exorcists does a Church really need to function? does it depend on demon density?
the evil immigrant who put 'Africana studies' in scare quotes here did his own course in 'Philosophy', 'Politics', and 'Economics' ('first' class 'honours') at 'Oxford'
![Baker was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, United Kingdom and holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (first class honours).[1][3][4] Though he long remained a British citizen,[5] Baker took American citizenship in December 2023.[6] He was left-of-centre during his university years,[5][7] and was elected as a Labour vice-president of the student union.[7] He subsequently moved towards the right.[5][7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yoruzm6gs4bj42id2ye7yz7/bafkreihqbh3enfytz6opum3guq7ehf2nauljxwacrzkqpjspxszrkufrfq@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the evil immigrant who put 'Africana studies' in scare quotes here did his own course in 'Philosophy', 'Politics', and 'Economics' ('first' class 'honours') at 'Oxford'
oh wow it's not photoshopped. i can't believe i never learned that the reagans were buried in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum in the third c. bce and were only unearthed in the 1980s, by Deng Xiaoping's regime. That explains a lot.
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
oh wow it's not photoshopped. i can't believe i never learned that the reagans were buried in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum in the third c. bce and were only unearthed in the 1980s, by Deng Xiaoping's regime. That explains a lot.
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...
An eventful first century, knowledge-wise!
November 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
An eventful first century, knowledge-wise!
Excerpts. Can you read them?
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Excerpts. Can you read them?
I never know what a little googl search is gonna turn up ...
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I never know what a little googl search is gonna turn up ...
“Unlike in Europe, there has been no interruption of knowledge in East Asia from ancient times to the present. ”
From Brian Lander's _The King's Harvest_ (2021).
I get that "Dark Ages" is misleading from the perspective of early modern Paris. What about from Song Dynasty Kaifeng?
From Brian Lander's _The King's Harvest_ (2021).
I get that "Dark Ages" is misleading from the perspective of early modern Paris. What about from Song Dynasty Kaifeng?
![“The administrative structures and techniques of the Qin Empire have been passed down since then despite two millennia of changing political practice. This happened not because China remained immobile but because each new ruler needed an administration and China’s unparalleled tradition of historical writing gave the educated classes a detailed historical record of the administrations of previous empires. While China’s literate elite claimed to draw their ideas from the wisdom of the Zhou rulers recorded in the Confucian classics, they actually knew much more about the Qin and Han system, which was laid out clearly in texts such as Sima Qian’s Historical Records (Shi ji), Ban Gu’s Han History (Han shu), and Fan Ye’s Later Han History (Hou Han shu). These histories, compiled by central government officials, contain detailed explanations of the Han dynasty’s administration as well as lively biographies of powerful men that are filled with useful lessons for aspiring administrators. These histories were extremely popular, and scholars all over East Asia learned practical administrative methods and acquired general political acumen from them. This created some continuity in the history of Chinese administration. Of course the fact that people in the region have been reading these texts since[…]”
Excerpt From
The King’s Harvest: A Political Ecology of China from the First Farmers to the First Empire
Brian Lander](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yoruzm6gs4bj42id2ye7yz7/bafkreib73d34kcimyngyd2xq7l4lqk2det7g3rugsbywv3ldww5b5tjwwa@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Unlike in Europe, there has been no interruption of knowledge in East Asia from ancient times to the present. ”
From Brian Lander's _The King's Harvest_ (2021).
I get that "Dark Ages" is misleading from the perspective of early modern Paris. What about from Song Dynasty Kaifeng?
From Brian Lander's _The King's Harvest_ (2021).
I get that "Dark Ages" is misleading from the perspective of early modern Paris. What about from Song Dynasty Kaifeng?
Calley Means in and Casey Means out? I don't know what any of this means? Reversion to the Means?
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Calley Means in and Casey Means out? I don't know what any of this means? Reversion to the Means?
No. But that doesn't stop silently reading Christians from imagining it's talking just to them
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
No. But that doesn't stop silently reading Christians from imagining it's talking just to them