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@stinson

American abroad in Tianjin, China. Educator. Photographer. Writer. Seen in , , . Formerly in Forbes China Tracker, Agenda Beijing.

Tianjin / Tampa Bay
Joined October 2007

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Oct 20

    When the world seems dark, menu can always brighten things up. Let’s start with a cold dish that’ll blow up your wallet.

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  2. Oct 31

    Mentioned on Twitter that there’s a nail house here in Tianjin that has a water cannon used for cleaning construction dust that continually fires at the nail house. Here’s a drive-by. @…

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  3. Oct 29

    So, yeah … fall hiatus time, methinks. See ya’ll sometime in winter.

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    Oct 29
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  5. Oct 29

    If Twitter removes the Like button, what happens to all the Likes we Liked before? Are they lost forever? Do we still have a record? Are we to pretend we have never had a Like button?

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  6. Oct 29

    Not unlike the synagogue shooter and Trump.

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  7. Oct 29

    The Bros Koch would like a word. But seriously, nobody ever really talks about Sheldon Adelson. Why’s that?

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    Oct 29
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  10. Retweeted
    Oct 29

    Drudge is not pleased.

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  11. Oct 29

    The final clause in this Tweet is key.

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  12. Retweeted
    Oct 29

    This is important and underappreciated. One of many reasons TV is a terrible way to get your information is that “being good on TV” is a specialized skill unrelated to domain expertise.

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  14. Retweeted
    Oct 29

    As someone for whom EP Thompson's classic essay subtitled "Class Struggle without Class" was a formative influence, can't help thinking this piece on 21st century China could've been called "Class without Class Struggle" cc

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    The new Brazilian President in his own words. 🇧🇷

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  16. Oct 29

    I suddenly want to eat some gummy candies.

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  17. Retweeted
    Oct 23

    A favor: my boy is a linguist working to create a dialect map like the one below, only for African American English. If ur a Black native speaker w/ 5 mins + a computer, you can help by taking the survey + reading the short story @

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    Oct 29
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    Add an edit button, remove the like button, then delete the whole site.

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    Oct 29
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    Oct 29

    In just a few months, Global Times has gone from denying internment camps in Xinjiang exist to suggesting they'd make a great export

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