Yasmine Krings
@tanizakisdirtysock.bsky.social
First gen PhD student studying representations of mixed-race-ness in postwar Japan with specific focus on blackness
日本語ok!
I went in a cave in 2020 but I'm outside now
日本語ok!
I went in a cave in 2020 but I'm outside now
There's a petition to get UCLA Chancellor Frenk to sign a letter by the American Assoc of College/Unis to present a united front and statement against the Trump Admin. Here's the petition: sites.google.com/view/constru...
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Anonymous is also ok!
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Please circulate this widely at
https://tinyurl.com/constructive-engagement
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April 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
There's a petition to get UCLA Chancellor Frenk to sign a letter by the American Assoc of College/Unis to present a united front and statement against the Trump Admin. Here's the petition: sites.google.com/view/constru...
Anonymous is also ok!
Anonymous is also ok!
Any good Japanese history related memes/tweets/jokes? I've got some stockpiled, but I think it might be a nice touch to show my students in the Japanese history survey course
March 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Any good Japanese history related memes/tweets/jokes? I've got some stockpiled, but I think it might be a nice touch to show my students in the Japanese history survey course
They are very close to their goal (99% funded). Any donation helps! Even if it's not much, it's better to give. I can't afford big donations but I usually give $25. Basically what I might have spent on eating out that week.
March 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
They are very close to their goal (99% funded). Any donation helps! Even if it's not much, it's better to give. I can't afford big donations but I usually give $25. Basically what I might have spent on eating out that week.
Thinking a lot about universities complying in advance or acquiescing to the Trump Administration's various witch hunts. But I can't stop thinking about the fact that members of the Columbia's board might have forwarded information of students to "officials" forward.com/news/703018/...
Jewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested him
Pro-Israel Jewish groups targeted Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University, days before ICE agents arrested him.
forward.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thinking a lot about universities complying in advance or acquiescing to the Trump Administration's various witch hunts. But I can't stop thinking about the fact that members of the Columbia's board might have forwarded information of students to "officials" forward.com/news/703018/...
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BREAKING: Columbia University says it has expelled, suspended or revoked degrees from some students who seized a building during a pro-Palestinian protest.
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
bit.ly
March 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
BREAKING: Columbia University says it has expelled, suspended or revoked degrees from some students who seized a building during a pro-Palestinian protest.
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If you have to take steps to conceal the IP address of your A.I. data torrenter so it's not traced back to your company's servers as you harvest terabytes of copyrighted books, you just might be operating outside of ethical norms
February 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you have to take steps to conceal the IP address of your A.I. data torrenter so it's not traced back to your company's servers as you harvest terabytes of copyrighted books, you just might be operating outside of ethical norms
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We’ve found and preserved an unknown/previously lost silent, pre-war Japanese film from a 35mm nitrate print.
Its name is Longing for Rocks and Snow (雪と岩へのあこがれ) produced by the Yokohama Cinema Company and released sometime around 1930. No further details are available.
Its name is Longing for Rocks and Snow (雪と岩へのあこがれ) produced by the Yokohama Cinema Company and released sometime around 1930. No further details are available.
February 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We’ve found and preserved an unknown/previously lost silent, pre-war Japanese film from a 35mm nitrate print.
Its name is Longing for Rocks and Snow (雪と岩へのあこがれ) produced by the Yokohama Cinema Company and released sometime around 1930. No further details are available.
Its name is Longing for Rocks and Snow (雪と岩へのあこがれ) produced by the Yokohama Cinema Company and released sometime around 1930. No further details are available.
It's been a while since I taught and people mentioned issues with AI. I didn't really see it all quarter until midterms. But it was obvious because of voice but especially because it got basic facts and citations wrong. It does not know Chushingura 😔
February 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's been a while since I taught and people mentioned issues with AI. I didn't really see it all quarter until midterms. But it was obvious because of voice but especially because it got basic facts and citations wrong. It does not know Chushingura 😔
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The @nytimes.com accidentally sent an internal email to the Electronic Intifada, which used it to show the internal workings of their anti-Palestinian bias.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
NY Times killed investigation of Israeli hooligans, internal email reveals
Reporter reveals frustration that editors blocked story on Amsterdam events falsely portrayed as anti-Semitic.
electronicintifada.net
November 19, 2024 at 12:58 AM
The @nytimes.com accidentally sent an internal email to the Electronic Intifada, which used it to show the internal workings of their anti-Palestinian bias.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
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Reposted by Yasmine Krings
Low-income students have been a ridiculously tiny share of elite college enrollment for a century
November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Low-income students have been a ridiculously tiny share of elite college enrollment for a century
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Hello new Bluesky users! Did you know that Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre visited Japan in 1966? By way of self-introduction I'm reposting a link to my website, Beauvoir in Japan, for anyone interested in Japanese culture, history or feminism. Yoroshiku!
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storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/91a8...
Beauvoir in Japan
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre spent a month in Japan in the fall of 1966. They lectured to overflow crowds, debated issues ranging from the threat of nuclear weaponry and the war in Vietnam ...
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Hello new Bluesky users! Did you know that Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre visited Japan in 1966? By way of self-introduction I'm reposting a link to my website, Beauvoir in Japan, for anyone interested in Japanese culture, history or feminism. Yoroshiku!
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/91a8...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/91a8...
Going to start posting stuff related to research or teaching (sharing resources) but I was like can I post a tiny picture from a magazine I saw at the NDL 🤔 and the answer is NO! But seriously like so much konketsuji mondai stuff in shukan that are like "here's the most racist caricature"
November 18, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Going to start posting stuff related to research or teaching (sharing resources) but I was like can I post a tiny picture from a magazine I saw at the NDL 🤔 and the answer is NO! But seriously like so much konketsuji mondai stuff in shukan that are like "here's the most racist caricature"