Jason Protass
@protass.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Religious Studies at Brown Univeristy; Chinese Buddhist stuff
Like so many others, I’ll miss your posts here. Thank you for all your effort, knowledge, and entertaining-but-classy posts.
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Like so many others, I’ll miss your posts here. Thank you for all your effort, knowledge, and entertaining-but-classy posts.
That last thought about Etsy witches, just happened to be what I was reading this morning over coffee, right before I started posting.
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
That last thought about Etsy witches, just happened to be what I was reading this morning over coffee, right before I started posting.
This is a great piece. Thank you!
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is a great piece. Thank you!
English grammar is hard
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
English grammar is hard
People like Pickerel, for ramen, small bites, good vibes.
October 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
People like Pickerel, for ramen, small bites, good vibes.
PVD spots:
Jahunger is run by a Uyghur couple. The lamb skewers melt in mouth, and they use proper spices.
Aguardente serves Portuguese-Guatemalan fusion: baked avacado w chorizo; little necks in white wine; so much bread. Fab alcohol.
Also in Fox Point … Gardel is new for Argentine tapas …
Jahunger is run by a Uyghur couple. The lamb skewers melt in mouth, and they use proper spices.
Aguardente serves Portuguese-Guatemalan fusion: baked avacado w chorizo; little necks in white wine; so much bread. Fab alcohol.
Also in Fox Point … Gardel is new for Argentine tapas …
October 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
PVD spots:
Jahunger is run by a Uyghur couple. The lamb skewers melt in mouth, and they use proper spices.
Aguardente serves Portuguese-Guatemalan fusion: baked avacado w chorizo; little necks in white wine; so much bread. Fab alcohol.
Also in Fox Point … Gardel is new for Argentine tapas …
Jahunger is run by a Uyghur couple. The lamb skewers melt in mouth, and they use proper spices.
Aguardente serves Portuguese-Guatemalan fusion: baked avacado w chorizo; little necks in white wine; so much bread. Fab alcohol.
Also in Fox Point … Gardel is new for Argentine tapas …
Big King closed a few years ago :-( It is missed.
October 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Big King closed a few years ago :-( It is missed.
In August, I saw media coverage of how most companies are making ZERO money back from AI investments. The only companies making are Nvidia and the like. So, this idea is more than just a BlueSky bubble.
www.axios.com/2025/08/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...
www.axios.com/2025/08/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...
95% of organizations got zero return on AI investment in MIT study
Companies are investing tens of billions of dollars in generative AI with little to show for it.
www.axios.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In August, I saw media coverage of how most companies are making ZERO money back from AI investments. The only companies making are Nvidia and the like. So, this idea is more than just a BlueSky bubble.
www.axios.com/2025/08/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...
www.axios.com/2025/08/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...
It has been in the headlines for weeks, Bank of England, J. Dimon, all warning that AI stocks are overpriced, and a “correction” is coming sooner or later.
But. Messaging from banks is usually meant to signal something more than to describe objectively.
And the stock market is not the real world.
But. Messaging from banks is usually meant to signal something more than to describe objectively.
And the stock market is not the real world.
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It has been in the headlines for weeks, Bank of England, J. Dimon, all warning that AI stocks are overpriced, and a “correction” is coming sooner or later.
But. Messaging from banks is usually meant to signal something more than to describe objectively.
And the stock market is not the real world.
But. Messaging from banks is usually meant to signal something more than to describe objectively.
And the stock market is not the real world.