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July 2, 2022

$1 million of the $29 million @NEHgov humanities bailout in Biden's ill-timed stimulus spending went to @AASAsianStudies for projects on "Queer Vietnam", Chinatowns as proof of US racism and imperialism, and "The Masculine World of Cycle Rickshaw Men."

$1 million of the $29 million @NEHgov humanities bailout in Biden's ill-timed stimulus spending went to @AASAsianStudies for projects on "Queer Vietnam", Chinatowns as proof of US racism and imperialism, and "The Masculine World of Cycle Rickshaw Men."

asianstudies.org/grants-awar…

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Published on July 02, 2022 23:35

Trigger warning: potentially unsafe photo of imperial monuments with Orientalist representations of the Other that may violate community guidelines.

Trigger warning: potentially unsafe photo of imperial monuments with Orientalist representations of the Other that may violate community guidelines.

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Published on July 02, 2022 07:57

The Dude still stands despite Woke mobs (Rhodes up in his alcove in Oxford I mean!).

The Dude still stands despite Woke mobs (Rhodes up in his alcove in Oxford I mean!).

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Published on July 02, 2022 01:48

This 2019 (already classic) article on the misuse of statistics is brimming with insights. In addition to the plague of junk citations, this is at the heart of the useless research being produced by our "globalized" research communities.

https://www.tan

This 2019 (already classic) article on the misuse of statistics is brimming with insights. In addition to the plague of junk citations, this is at the heart of the useless research being produced by our "globalized" research communities.

tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/…

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Published on July 02, 2022 01:29

June 29, 2022

Another alleged "colonial atrocity" revealed to be a myth. And as usual the spade work is done not by credentialed historians who are supposed to make truth their business but by amateurs.

https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/abori...

Another alleged "colonial atrocity" revealed to be a myth. And as usual the spade work is done not by credentialed historians who are supposed to make truth their business but by amateurs.

quadrant.org.au/opinion/abor…

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Published on June 29, 2022 19:08

Leftist commentators celebrating the red wave in Latin America but the crush of migrants to the US now includes middle class families who fly to Mexico and then feign persecution to walk across. Permanent revolution in LA + permanent Dem majority in US. Go

Leftist commentators celebrating the red wave in Latin America but the crush of migrants to the US now includes middle class families who fly to Mexico and then feign persecution to walk across. Permanent revolution in LA + permanent Dem majority in US. Gotta admire success!

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Published on June 29, 2022 13:14

RT by @BruceDGilley: If you get cornered, just play the call to prayer on your phone with the volume turned up. The crowd will immediately drop to their knees and start praying out of fear of being called Islamophobes. Then you can make your escape in a le

If you get cornered, just play the call to prayer on your phone with the volume turned up. The crowd will immediately drop to their knees and start praying out of fear of being called Islamophobes. Then you can make your escape in a leisure manner.

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Published on June 29, 2022 12:40

In the belly of the beast at Oxford for a two-day conference on the ethics of empire. Have not been "decolonized" by angry mobs yet!

In the belly of the beast at Oxford for a two-day conference on the ethics of empire. Have not been "decolonized" by angry mobs yet!

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Published on June 29, 2022 12:35

June 28, 2022

The problem of Pretendians is not limited to North America. As the financial and social rewards of being classified "indigenous" increase, the problem will worsen. DNA testing would solve it.

https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/abori...

The problem of Pretendians is not limited to North America. As the financial and social rewards of being classified "indigenous" increase, the problem will worsen. DNA testing would solve it.

quadrant.org.au/opinion/abor…

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Published on June 28, 2022 16:03

RT by @BruceDGilley: Here's 10 minutes of Democrats denying the presidential election results of 2000, 2004, and 2016.

Here's 10 minutes of Democrats denying the presidential election results of 2000, 2004, and 2016.

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Published on June 28, 2022 09:59

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