A spider made from a variety of black and red beads. It has silver patterned bead for its head and a big fat disco ball bead for its butt.

Today’s spider: BLOOD DISCO

that there is some data security amirite

love it so much

A dark gray pitty (named Blueberry) happily sitting on a sidewalk with the multicolored label “GOOD DOG” pointing at him.

breaking news out of Los Angeles: Blueberry is good

clay envelope!!!

a doodle of an artist kitty looking at an empty sheet of paper

the kitty bangs its head on the paper

there’s now a stamp of the kitty in the paper, and it has a bandage on the forehead

creative process

it helps that Harley is extremely round

henceforth anyone who places their cat in a taco costume must declare "this is a medical taco"

A gray tortie named Harley sitting like a loaf wearing a taco outfit to keep her from licking her fur off. She is a rather thicc taco.

to be clear this is not just for torment it is a medical taco but regardless she will plot the death of her humans

A gray tortie named Harley sitting like a loaf wearing a taco outfit to keep her from licking her fur off. She is a rather thicc taco.

A gray tortie named Harley sitting up wearing a taco outfit to keep her from licking her fur off. Her eyes look bewildered and personally offended by her palindromic existence.

when they made you a taco cat and you'll never get over it

A spide made from dark blue and silver sparkly beads with round silver discs on the end of its feetsies.

Today's spider: slightly splatted

ooo love these little guys

how do I endorse this harder

A spider made of varying shades of blue beads, with an opalescent body.

A spider made of varying beads that are gold, light blue, and pink, with long spindly legs and fat blue beads for feetsies.

For reasons that are not yet clear, my mother has been making dozens of spiders out of beads and shows no sign of stopping. 🕷️

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East Asia/Asia-related job ads:

postdoc
🔸Law: National University of Singapore (x2)

N/A
🔸Admin: Syracuse University

Japan-related job ads:

TT
🔹Lit & Culture: National Taiwan Uni (x2)

non-TT
🔹East Asian Studies: Nabunken (x2)
🔹History: Trinity College Dublin
🔹Lang: Marshall Uni; Kyoto Sangyo Uni; Japan Foundation, Saitama
🔹Art Hist: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études

N/A
🔹Museums: National Museum of Asian Art

China-related job ads:

TT
🔸Literature & Culture: University of Virginia

non-TT
🔸Literature & Culture: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (x2)
🔸Political Science: University of Oxford (China & Middle East)

N/A
🔸Library Services: Library of Congress

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A speak decorated in neon chalk markers that says ADOPT ME in big green and purple letters followed by “tag your shelter/vet! Bring those doggos!” There are hearts above with paw prints in them and colors in the background cascading from blue to pink.

A sidewalk with Brie liquid chalk markers that’s said GOOD DOG with an arrow pointing to where the dogs sit, which is surrounded by neon starry shapes.

A Saturday morning spent doing the important stuff, like making an outdoor photo op for local shelters. 🫶

😂 I got used to using a travel mouse with a retractable cord and now I can’t go back.

hold his flipper please

Like “heterodox,” the term “viewpoint diversity” is a dog whistle everyone should be aware of. Fundamentally anti-intellectual and anti-academic efforts to platform people with dubious credentials and/or “research” in the name of (typically ultra-conservative) agendas, masked as “academic freedom.”

men listening to this episode like

Unfortunately it’s a sort of “if you know then you know” situation a lot of the time, as these groups will hold events or release surveys that have sometimes transparent and sometimes less clear agendas.

Yeah we’ve seen quite a bit of this in recent years, particularly in relation to people associating themselves with the “Heterodox Academy” and its various branches.

Note also this critical point: “new hires would not be housed in a standalone institute. Instead, they would be appointed at the University level and embedded across schools and departments.” Which tells you a lot.

Like “heterodox,” the term “viewpoint diversity” is a dog whistle everyone should be aware of. Fundamentally anti-intellectual and anti-academic efforts to platform people with dubious credentials and/or “research” in the name of (typically ultra-conservative) agendas, masked as “academic freedom.”

if you go only one boob free you can claim something something Amazonian vibes

will do he hates that