I study animal and environmental history of Mongolia. Ph.D. he/him.
Kenny Linden
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18th century "cat contract" (ē“č²å å„å¼; based on a Yuan-dynasty original), laying out the cat's duties and responsibilities: tirelessly guarding the grain, repelling the "mousey bandits" (é¼ č³), not messing with the livestock, not stealing numnums "of any kind whatsoever" (äøå¾å·ēé£č«øč¬).
The global far right led by highly online white nationalists like Elon Musk has had its Kristallnacht moment, producing images that shock the conscience. How will the world respond?
Any adaptation of the Epic of Gilgamesh better show Enkidu the wild man having sex with Shamhat the sex worker for two weeks, after which he becomes civilized.
If Americans did not want me to turn CBS News into state media for the most right-wing regime since the Civil War, maybe they should have stopped my former New York Times colleagues from making fun of me on Slack in 2020.
by Bari Weiss
Gotta say even as a scholar of collectivization this is not an aspect I had ever considered.
I've been playing around with a lot of ttrpgs since I started playing... 8 years ago(?) in Mongolia. Ironsworn is one of my favorite systems, and it has resulted in my most meaningful and longest lasting campaign, for over 4 years, that is a 1 on 1 game. I can't wait to see the next edition.
āCat shut off wifiā is a game changer of an excuse. Use it wisely.
Sex workers have been banging the drum that moral panics around porn are a fascist project for years and years and people on this website still go "but it's ickyyyyy it's probably baaad for socieeetyyy"
Rabbits playing serious sumo. During 1871-73 it was popular for Tokyo residents to keep rabbits, and many rabbit pictures such as these were published. These will be exhibited at the āOta Memorial Museum collectionā exhibition until 7/26. [Text by Ota Memorial Museum of Artā]
Humanities are cheap. They also offer the best bang for the buck in higher education. Closing humanities does not save money. It was never about the money in the first place.
