Yanlin Lu

[Ian Johnson @iandenisjohnson]

This is an outstanding selection of primary source materials. We are really grateful that Professor Zhou shared it with us. Please share this further.

[Aaron Nagler @AaronNagler]

This piece by Kristen Radtke about her childhood best friend Alex Pretti is worth your time, Packers fans.
https://t.co/9QrPEKuZdN

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: A letter from Alex Pretti’s Final Nursing Student:

“I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal.

Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera.

It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm. He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well.

Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together.

I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and care for those in need.

Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity.

Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.”

[李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele]

你看那通天的巨塔，每时每刻都有人往下跳。我小时候不懂，以为那是雪花。

[John Alekna @JohnAlekna]

Today is publication day! A critical history of news, technology, and politics, the book sheds new light on the emergence of modern mass societies, not only in China but around the world.

Happy to share a discount code through SUP. Questions welcome!

[China Books of The Year 📚 @NewChinaBooks]

MAKING MAO'S STEELWORKS

A history of the iconic Anshan Steel plant — from Japanese colonialism through Mao to the post-socialist era. "An intimate portrayal of how modern China operates and adapts from ground up."

August 2024
@hirako13
@CambridgeUP
https://t.co/uZL4iTko9I

[Emily Baum @emilybaumUCI]

With China reopening to research & academic exchange, many of us are uncertain what to expect.
Join Denise Ho & me for an upcoming webinar series, "Researching China in a New Era," kicking off Jan. 16!
Register: https://t.co/0UHlRHXpPG
Details in 🧵

[Johan Östling @ostling_j]

We have a new book: “The History of Knowledge” (Cambridge Elements)

Published today. Open access. Feel free to spread the word.

https://t.co/1e4Pq6kuK9

[李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele]

COS原型：《霸王别姬》的经典桥段
文革批斗段晓楼，程蝶衣

[Emily Baum @emilybaumUCI]

An @ACLS1919 report I coauthored with @yingyi_ma is finally out. Through a series of interviews, it explores the challenges that China studies scholars currently face in the new geopolitical climate: from barriers to research & collaboration to tensions in the classroom.

[Tianyu Fang @tianyuf]

3/ Many intellectuals in the 1980s examined China's quest for modernization in cybernetic terms; the best known among them were Jin Guantao and Liu Qingfeng, who famously argued that China's historical stagnation was a result of its 'ultrastable system' in the 1984 兴盛与危机.

[Tianyu Fang @tianyuf]

Li Keqiang and cybernetics, a short thread:

1/ During the post-Mao era there was a renewed interest in cybernetics which, alongside von Bertalanffy's systems theory and Shannon's information theory, was known as the "(old) 3 theories" (老三论).

[Jiaxuan Li @AstroJacobLi]

Two years ago, @dr_guangtou asked me an intriguing question: "Can you infer the galaxy population directly from SDSS photometry w/o fitting for individual galaxies?"
The answer is "yes", with our method PopSED🍿: https://t.co/YYRhapEpRy, with @peter_melchior and @changhoon_hahn

[Emily Baum @emilybaumUCI]

Thrilled that @iandenisjohnson will be returning to UCI to talk about his latest book, Sparks. Join @LongInstitute on Oct. 16 at 4pm - books will be available for purchase and signing. More info: https://t.co/30VKoCwky8

[Leo Yang 杨阳 @YangYang_Leo]

Thrilled to share the launch of the "China County Chronicles Full-Text Database", a collaboration between myself, Leo Y. Yang from #UCSD, and Prof. Ting Chen @colomct from #HKBU. Step into a rich world of over 3000 County Chronicles since the inception of the PRC! (1/8)

[Shellen @ShellenX]

Going back to where my intellectual journey started in @PrincetonEAS this Wednesday, 9/6. @stanfordpress @LehighHistory https://t.co/ZJOlEAPBYU

[李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele]

8月6日，涿州
洪水褪去后，河北省委书记视察“北京护城河”
遭遇民众怒呛：水大的时候怎么不来？弄完了你们来了。