Reading Meredith McKinney's "Travels with a writing brush: Classical Japanese travel writing from the Manyoshu to Basho," I wonder about the re-use of themes: does "pervasive presence of allusion" mean "pervasive presence of absence"? #Senryu

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Women and people of color can risk their lives in Trump's reckless wars of choice but can't get well deserved promotions. No, those only go to white men in Hegeth's DoD. This story about Hegeth's on-going purge is revolting. GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

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"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone." -- Adam Serwer

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the Nazi bar analogy as it applies to an entire political party. David Duke and Tucker Carlson and the idiot gryoper trolls are all of the same cloth, and they've been allowed back on Twitter the same way they've been welcomed back into the Republican party. They're all tainted willingly.

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As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.

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