✨ COMING UP: Translated By, Bristol is a new festival celebrating translators and translated literature, taking place in Bristol from 12-25 May To celebrate, here are two events to look out for involving University of Bristol colleagues [1/3]

It feels good to be back in the swing of my thesis but also sad that I only got support to attend campus more so late in the day - lots of reforms to the DSA process.

For me, one of the most interesting things about my study interviews was when asking players who thought certain games were Japanese why they thought that, not a single one mentioned the fact a Japanese word was in the title.

The first (primary) pass of coding on my data is finally finished and omg i could cry because it's been so tedious but also now I can actually start to SEE what I've got

Here are my two cents on GenAI in #gameloc. Because we can't let the BS peddlers destroy our industry from within, and silence is complicity. locdandloaded.net/2025/05/13/hum…

Data coding is perilous - every time I think I'm totally done with it, I can't help going back and doing more. When does it stop? How much is enough? Will I ever learn to love Nvivo?

Xiongnu update:

Call for papers special issue on Community Translation trans-int.org/index.php/tran…

🇨🇳 Many foreigners are amazed by China’s sleek, high-speed trains. But there’s another kind of train they rarely see - the poverty alleviation train, running through China’s most remote rural regions. 81 of these welfare trains serve over 12 million low-income residents,

A bit cringe

It was 9c when and grey when I left the house this morning. It's now 22c and I look like a lunatic wearing my thick-ass winter coat

much of DeepSeek traffic in China was (is?) driven by people using it for Traditional Chinese Divination of all kinds (most of them are derived from the I-Ching system)

Why oh why did I insist on so many data sources? Yes, it's more comprehensive and offers transparency BUT the actual organisational nightmare...

Remember when the conservative talking point was that Harvard was discriminating against Asians, with the aim of dismantling affirmative action policies. Now those same people are targeting Asian students. Same playbook, same racism, new target. Don't be a useful idiot.

Cake vendors everywhere in shambles

Wishing all exam-takers luck but also can't wait for the library study spaces to not be perma-rammed

Truly an excellent read about Yin Yang applied to many contexts. The essential point is that Yin & Yang are not permanent things, but relational. She has some great summaries. For ex, look how she explains what makes something qualify as being in a yin-yang RELATIONSHIP👇:

This headline and photo just made my stomach turn 😰😰😰😰😰