Andrew Leonard
@koxinga.bsky.social
Sichuan food, Chinese history, and the Dao. https://andrewleonard.substack.com/
My Mamdani Martini.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My Mamdani Martini.
The triumph of Silicon Valley. Purposeful flooding the info sphere with inaccuracy and inappropriateness. One of stupidest goddam things humanity has ever done.
August 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The triumph of Silicon Valley. Purposeful flooding the info sphere with inaccuracy and inappropriateness. One of stupidest goddam things humanity has ever done.
A gold wire on this transistor is broken. Re-do it.
¬ After magnifying it 30 times ¬ under the microscope, do the 80 times magnification
No merest blemish
No tiny dent
open.substack.com/pub/andrewle...
¬ After magnifying it 30 times ¬ under the microscope, do the 80 times magnification
No merest blemish
No tiny dent
open.substack.com/pub/andrewle...
February 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A gold wire on this transistor is broken. Re-do it.
¬ After magnifying it 30 times ¬ under the microscope, do the 80 times magnification
No merest blemish
No tiny dent
open.substack.com/pub/andrewle...
¬ After magnifying it 30 times ¬ under the microscope, do the 80 times magnification
No merest blemish
No tiny dent
open.substack.com/pub/andrewle...
Blowing my mind every other paragraph
December 19, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Blowing my mind every other paragraph
I wanted to know why Frederick "The Great Elector" William started collecting Chinese manuscripts in the 17th century, so I started digging into Donald Lach's dissertation, "Contributions of China to German Civilization, 1648-1740." Now I cannot stop thinking about this portrait of the Elector:
December 14, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I wanted to know why Frederick "The Great Elector" William started collecting Chinese manuscripts in the 17th century, so I started digging into Donald Lach's dissertation, "Contributions of China to German Civilization, 1648-1740." Now I cannot stop thinking about this portrait of the Elector:
The San Francisco I believe in.
July 14, 2023 at 1:23 PM
The San Francisco I believe in.
My back yard redwoods on a sunny California afternoon.
July 8, 2023 at 10:41 PM
My back yard redwoods on a sunny California afternoon.
Might have to frame these stamps and never use them.
June 30, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Might have to frame these stamps and never use them.
Spotted in a back yard Berkeley garden.
June 15, 2023 at 3:37 PM
Spotted in a back yard Berkeley garden.
Don’t have a pet to post pictures so I will have to make do with my plants.
June 14, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Don’t have a pet to post pictures so I will have to make do with my plants.