Brendan O’Kane
Scrutable Occidental, erstwhile 北漂, quondam translator, Ming and Qing fiction enjoyer, congenital Philadelphian. Shitposty sinology. Signal: @bokane.1644.
http://www.burninghou.se
- ‘Karl Marx's ancestors were Chinese Muslims, surnamed Ma (and thus ethnically Hui), who followed the Mongols to Europe, though of course if you go back further they were descended from Zhou-dynasty Jews' is a world-class opener and the author doesn't appear to be joking
- (getting a call from an unfamiliar number) This better not be the Vatican again
- Reposted by Brendan O’KaneThe great irony here is that Trump II has basically proved wokeism correct (e.g. “making off-color racist jokes is a dogwhistle to bring racism to power.”). It just seems quaint now bc the racists were so successful they don’t dog whistle anymore
- Reposted by Brendan O’KaneVermeer formed out of books: Cuypers Library at the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social 🫨💙
- So long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum in painted quiet and concentration keeps pouring milk day after day from the pitcher to the bowl the World hasn't earned the world's end. -Wisława Szymborska, "Vermeer" (t. Clare Cavanagh) [Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid” 1657] #everynightapoem #ekphrasis
