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Opinion | ‘Controversies Not Germane to the Course’

In theory, a policy statement is meant to bring clarity to a situation where individual interpretation may be necessary, but the Board of Regents for the UT system's recent statement does the opposite. https://bit.ly/4cxm5SA

#EDUSky #AcademicSky

Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri The US State Department will be required to use Times New Roman instead of Calibri for official documents, starting 10 December.

Even that is political, alt righters hate sans-serif fonts because they’re allegedly “woke” www.bbc.com/news/article...

In grad school we were always told Times NR for journal submissions and book publishers often specify it in the formatting/submissions instructions on their websites, but that’s in the humanities…I’m an Avenir guy myself—seems ideal for screen and printing to my eye.

Turning research into art: Graphic novel on Chinese migrant women in Taiwan - Focus Taiwan The idea of turning a 240-page, text-heavy doctoral dissertation into a graphic novel came to sociologist Beatrice Zani when she realized that the findings of her English-language thesis were largely ...

Looks like a fascinating read on the lives of Chinese spouses of Taiwanese after relocating in Taiwan

focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...

That’s shocking and a shame, and I really wonder how termination was justified. It couldn’t have been money since we’ve had all these tax windfalls lately…I think this country really has a problem understanding how important its image is in the world, and how closely it is tied to the written word.

Say what you will about the tenets of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, at least they care about national infrastructure (The US has built 0 miles of HSR since forever)

a photo of Chiang Kai Shek edited to look like Shrek

Chiang Kai-shrek isn't real he can't hurt you.

Chiang Kai-shrek:

Taiwan in Time: Refugees shot on sight - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Han Cheung on the Leiyu Massacre of Vietnamese boat people in 1987
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
#Taiwan

Great reporting: “most prominent member of the opposition in Iran…You haven’t been in Iran in 50 years…”!

And they’re everywhere! (Highest density in the world)

Taichung, Taiwan

meanwhile, the Taiwan branches look like this:

bus and noodles crashing through a wall

This 7-11 mural near campus demands recognition

Lily Chao - Tea Plucking and Catching Butterflies [Taiwan, Mandarin Pop/Beat Music] (1968)

Lily Chao - Tea Plucking and Catching Butterflies [Taiwan, Mandarin Pop/Beat Music] (1968)
https://redd.it/h7pd63
https://youtu.be/VdGc91PDNcw

Kaohsiung’s Lotus Lake temple of the Dark Heavens Deity 玄天上帝, where he holds the sword of Lü Dongbin (a Tang Dynasty scholar sage who became one of the Taoist 8 Immortals 八仙), is quite impressive in the morning.

“Sorry, i’m just not very good at the old sex” - Saul Tenser

Aha, the line this whole movie has been building toward…

This sounds like an interesting book worth checking out
#文化研究

Vietnamese workers abroad mark Tết through video calls - Focus Taiwan As Taiwanese households gather for Lunar New Year celebrations, many Vietnamese workers abroad unable to return home for Tết, resort to video calls to spend the holiday with loved ones thousands of ki...

Nice read on how Vietnamese migrant workers in Taiwan commemorate Tết

focustaiwan.tw/society/2026...

Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社) - Spectral Codex Documenting the original locations and remaining relics of the hundreds of Shinto shrines built in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era, most of which were destroyed following the end of colonial r...

I've been documenting the locations and conditions of former Shinto shrines in Taiwan for several years by now. This map now shows 464 sites... and I'm sure there are dozens more to uncover! ⛩ spectralcodex.com/themes/taiwa...

Taichung, 2016

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

The latest issue of WIRED devoted to China is actually very good, esp. this piece by Afra Wang on Chinese SF and 《臨高啟明》: https://www.wired.com/story/china-sci-fi-morning-star-lingao/

The latest issue of WIRED is actually very good, especially this piece by Afra Wang on the Chinese alt-right SF novel《臨高啟明》https://www.wired.com/story/china-sci-fi-morning-star-lingao/

What all my voice message transcriptions look like, because iphone still thinks Mandarin is English:

Oldest photo on device: 01/30/2005
Taken at Taipei’s 龍山寺, I think, wandering the big city.

Festive murderbots--still don't get it.

#spring

In Eightball #1, Daniel Clowes presents a self-described “Orgy of Spite, Vengeance, Hopelessness, Despair, and Sexual Perversion”! We're celebrating our 50th anniversary with a one-time rerelease of this iconic comic--out 3/4, available for pre-order now 👀 https://ow.ly/BwtF50Yfm4I

Much has changed since then—like, we don’t wear scooter helmets into stores as much.

Yeah, unfortunately you won’t get that from the LEDs that are almost everywhere now. Wait, when was the last time…?

Good old neon (from 2007?)