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Elise Hu
@elisewho.bsky.social
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Hungry hungry journo. TED Talks Daily host, Forever35 co-host. Founded NPR's Seoul buro. Author of FLAWLESS. Ex-expat. Texan. Mammal. 刀子嘴豆腐心. elisehu.com @elisewho on instagram elisehu.substack.com
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Sep 18
"The message is chilling: in Trump’s America, even the most powerful media companies will silence their own talent if it keeps them in the administration’s good graces. It is a remarkable, and deeply alarming, moment for free speech."
— @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Inside ABC's Shock Kimmel Decision
At Disney, emergency meetings were convened after the FCC chair’s Jimmy Kimmel threat, with the late-night host ready to respond on-air—but Disney brass ultimately decided to bench the marquee talent ...
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Sep 6
if anyone else was looking up aryna sabalenka's kit today, found it! It's also available in black www.nike.com/t/nikecourt-...
NikeCourt Slam Women's Dri-FIT Tennis Dress
Find the NikeCourt Slam Women's Dri-FIT Tennis Dress at Nike.com. Free delivery and returns.
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Aug 29
"The CDC, once our nation's most powerful bastion against disease, injury, and disability, appears to be burning to the ground. This will be a prolonged, excruciating immolation, and people will die as a result."
RFK Jr. Is Making His Bid To Become One Of American History's Biggest Killers | Defector
True to the spirit of America, the most catastrophic thing to happen at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month was not the attempted mass shooting in Atlanta of the agency’s public ...
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Aug 26
Love a Foucault reference
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Aug 24
Just saw some clips of Summer I Turned Pretty and um, neither Conrad v Jeremiah come close to the hotness of Ben vs Noel back in my day
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Aug 11
This is a "systematic erasure of those who bear witness."

--Al Jazeera managing editor Mohamed Moawad
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Aug 11
"Israel is murdering the messengers...Israel wiped out an entire news crew. It has made no claims that any of the other journalists were terrorists. That's murder. Plain and simple."

--Committee to Protect Journalists regional director Sara Qudah
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Jul 9
oh my, this Rick and Morty clip is like a documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MU5...
Rick and Morty || Fascist dimensions
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Jun 29
"The Congressional Budget Office said Saturday that the Senate version would result in $930 billion in cuts to Medicaid, more than the roughly $800 billion that the House version proposes."
Senate Republicans vote to take up Trump’s tax bill, overcoming resistance in their ranks
Lawmakers pushed through the president’s massive tax and immigration bill in a crucial procedural vote Saturday night.
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Jun 17
it would be really helpful for a journalist to be in the signal chat right now
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 17
Breaking news: President Donald Trump will leave the G-7 summit a day early to attend to the conflict between Israel and Iran, the White House announced, hours after he declined to join a statement at the meeting calling for de-escalation by both sides.
Trump leaving G-7 meeting early to deal with Mideast, White House says
As the G-7 summit in Canada begins, Trump avoids personal conflicts that shaped previous meetings, but his remarks make clear that his goals differ from other leaders.
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Jun 11
budget question. If homeland security has used up its budget already (per that congressional hearing where Kristi Noem had to answer for running out of $), how does the agency afford more raids/higher quotas for raids?
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Jun 9
do headlines the right way i.e. slate in 2020
Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide
From New York to Los Angeles, police officers escalated the national unrest.
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Jun 8
A scene from the new UCLA Chancellor inauguration
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Jun 6
worth jumping off a call so i could focus on this sinner djokovic match
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · May 27
LeBron just casually showed up at a girls club volleyball tournament ystd to watch his kid; he’s just a sweet volleyball dad www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M2QmQc/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · May 26
had no idea what i was getting into but HOLY CRAP lilo and stitch was so so thrilling and well done
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · May 19
im still ending my voice memos with "bye bye" and no one can stop me
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Clare Duffy @claresduffy.bsky.social · May 13
From “tomato girl summer” to “looksmaxxing,” algorithms and AI filters are changing how we define beauty. How do we keep up?
Thanks to @elisewho.bsky.social for joining Terms of Service this week to discuss!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jxn...
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The algorithm-fueled race to keep up with beauty standards | Terms of Service
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · May 12
A vital conversation rn, esp given what we know about the carelessness of our tech overlords
humanetech.bsky.social Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · May 6
Tristan Harris sat down with @elisewho.bsky.social on TED Talks Daily to discuss his urgent new talk on the dangerous AI path we’re on now—and how we can chart a better one: bit.ly/3GTJyzm

And listen to the full talk here: bit.ly/4k4r4ur
Beyond the Talk: Tristan Harris in conversation with TED Talks Daily
TED Talks Daily · Episode
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · May 3
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · May 1
"To be a fascist, you have to think at some conceptual level, which Trump never does." —John Bolton, speaking with @vox.com
John Bolton on why Trump 2.0 is going nowhere, fast
Fascism, Bolton told Vox, is “too far above Trump’s capabilities.”
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Apr 5
"Where did these numbers come from? Apparently, an oversimplified calculation that several major AI chatbots happen to recommend."
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.
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Elise Hu @elisewho.bsky.social · Apr 3
"You have given up..."
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"I think when you revert to protectionism, you're on the way downhill. You have given up; you're not going to expand your markets. You're not going to be a world power. That's the beginning of the end. That's utter foolishness."
—frmer US Treasury Sec & Sen Finance Chair Lloyd Bentsen, in 1992
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Apr 2
Apartheid Clyde a petty, dangerous, incompetent man but what always amuses me is how no one likes him and he can’t even buy his way into getting people to like him. He can’t buy a good sense of humor or good looks or good reputation.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Mar 30
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
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