Sam Crane

They’re going to smuggle him in the back door of the Great Hall and then rush him back to the airport 😆

I'm exporting the content and might park it somewhere, but that's likely futile Ah well, Dao is vast and flows where it will regardless of our expectations. The Useless Tree is gone from its old place but its formless integrity continues. /fin

It was a fun time, the old time of blogs but that's all gone now. I did make a book of some parts of it, so that remains. 4/ amazon.com/Blogging-Chi....

Coming back here to mark an ending, since Twitter had been an important channel for my old blog. Typepad, the old blogging platform, just announced that they are closing down. That means the real end of the Useless Tree. 1/ uselesstree.typepad.com/useless_tree/

Not on here much, but if you're in London on October 27, stop by. soas.ac.uk/about/event/po…

Haven’t been here in a while but if you’re in Dublin on May 19th, come by Trinity College for my talk.

Thread on Jimmy Lai testimony

My latest: Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in jail under subversion charges, marking an end to the largest national security case in Hong Kong under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing. voanews.com/a/hong-kong-im…

Please consult the Zunghar Khanate…. Oh, right…

@EarnshawBooks Blue Sky

Our Twitter/X interactions seem to be dwindling... We don't know if it's our content, or if the platform isn't showing our posts to you deliberately. Perhaps it's time for change. What do you use more?

Here's an injustice that strikes close to home.

Looking at Trump's national security picks, seems like he's going for people who lack the standing, authority, backbone, or wisdom to stand up to him, no matter what he decides to do. #TeamofLackeys

Fabulous talk!

@ExeterCollegeOx But also something about it in the waning autumn sun that reassures.

There is something about Exeter College at night that makes us feel like we are in a dark academia novel 📚 #ExeterCollegeOxford #OxfordUniversity #DarkAcademia