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Adam Smith

@AdamDSmith1970

Assoc. Curator, Penn Museum Views are mine, not my employer's UK (1970-1993) PRC (1993-2001) US (2001-) https://xitter.cf/t.co/U4KRI8CejO @adsmit.bsky.social

Joined July 2013
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Jin Xu 徐津@xujnx19h
My first book talk, followed by a conversation with Asia Society curator Dr. Xiaohan Du, was actually recorded and is now available online (link in the comment):
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Exit polls suggest a red tsunami.
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@XHNewsNov 6
Chinese President Xi Jinping cast his ballot at a polling station in Beijing on Friday to elect deputies to a local people's congress. Read #XiFocus for more: xhtxs.cn/bgfn
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Chinese-themed Imperial Court Masquerade in the Anichkov Palace, Russia, 1837. Watercolor painting by Nikolay Becker.
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Edward W.@edwardW2Nov 5
Thing is, the deity Doumu is acknowledged by the Quanzhen sect to be of indic- or indeed, Buddhist origin. The first line of her hymn says that clearly: (translation in Livia Kohn's "Doumu: the Mother of the Dipper")
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@fncischenNov 3
she goes to a lot of abandoned grottos in Shanxi Province... crazy how these Buddhist murals like this exist but are like half preserved
陈东成 (@fncischen) profile picture陈东成
@fncischenNov 3
Crazy how there are like random Ming Dynasty era abandoned Buddhist grottos like this in Shanxi Province (万花洞窟) that are just… damaged
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I certainly don't begrudge anyway celebrating today, but there remains *so* much work to be done to ensure this never happens again.
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Tibetan compression algorithms.
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Koji Hirata@hirako13Nov 3
これはすごい。
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山岸美喜　Miki Yamagishi (@yamagishimadam) profile picture山岸美喜　Miki Yamagishi
@yamagishimadamNov 3
明治、大正時代になると 交流の証に サイン付きの写真を 送り合う習慣がありました。 直筆のサイン付きの写真は やはり１つ、思いが入ります。 曽祖父と 孫文、袁世凱と交流があったと知って その向こうにある、遥かなる歴史を 垣間見ている気持ちになります。
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Last two paragraphs of a less-than-positive review by Zeb Raft of Edward Shaughnessy's Odes translation: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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First paragraph:
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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasanNov 3
There's no such thing as a "defensive strike" when you're illegally attacking another country.
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@APNov 3
BREAKING: The U.S. has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official says. apnews.com/article/iran-us-t…
US has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, US official says

US has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, US official says

A U.S. official says the U.S. has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasanNov 3
There is always a tweet
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) profile pictureDonald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump29 Nov 2011
In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.
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@QuanLujunNov 1
视频做的太好了，动作表情都如此传神，艺术已成！
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明治、大正時代になると 交流の証に サイン付きの写真を 送り合う習慣がありました。 直筆のサイン付きの写真は やはり１つ、思いが入ります。 曽祖父と 孫文、袁世凱と交流があったと知って その向こうにある、遥かなる歴史を 垣間見ている気持ちになります。
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Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mouse study suggests. science.org/content/article/…
Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mouse study suggests

Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mouse study suggests

Scientists say work could help identify “castration mimetics” that boost longevity

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For fifty years, the same bizarre objections to Dawkins' book have been repeated over and over. 1/ "determinism [no definition given] troubles me" 2/ "sightless cave fish seem like an example of Lamarckist inheritance of acquired characteristics" .... nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
The Selfish Gene, 50 years on — it’s time for an update

The Selfish Gene, 50 years on — it’s time for an update

Nature - A focus on the gene alone has become outdated. Books that capture the complexity of life deserve centre stage.

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3/ "Scientific consensus must be ideology" 4/ "Complexity means evolution is not random." 5/ "Cell division is not 'when evolution happens'" 6/ "I've been reading a book I like." The only one missing in this horrible Nature essay is: 7/ "God did it"
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Nathaniel Comfort’s misguided take on The Selfish Gene at 50 whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/…
Nathaniel Comfort’s misguided take on The Selfish Gene at 50

Nathaniel Comfort’s misguided take on The Selfish Gene at 50

Nathaniel Comfort is identified by Wikipedia as “an American historian specializing in the history of biology. He is an associate professor in the Institute of the History of Medicine at John…

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"pulviscular"
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@KulambqNov 1
Italo Calvino's 14 principles for defining a classic.
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Happy Reformation Day
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