Katharin Tai 戴恺琳
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Katharin Tai 戴恺琳
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Probably somewhere in an archive near berlin. phd-ing @ MIT Political Science on Chinese politics, technology policy, bureaucracy & GDR computing. Also at mstdn.social/@ktai
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Residents of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po spent more than a year trying to raise the alarm about use of substandard construction materials. They were ignored.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Officials Had Been Warned for Over a Year Before Hong Kong Fire
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Want to take advantage of @bookshop.org's free shipping today? Don't forget that you can find lists of books by Drafting the Past guests, books mentioned on the show, and craft books in our shop: bookshop.org/shop/draftin...
Drafting the Past Bookshop
Drafting the Past is a podcast dedicated to the craft of writing history, hosted by Kate Carpenter. Shop books by our guests, their recommendations, and some of our favorite craft books and support th...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Jede Woche werden Menschen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Berufen abgeschoben. Das gibt es in allen Bundesländern.

Dafür gibt es viele Gründe. Einer, der dazu beiträgt, ist der, dass besonders hohe Abschiebezahlen als politisches Ziel formuliert werden, das dann von vielen auch eingefordert wird. 1/3
"Demnach betrachtet Deutschland den promovierten, approbierten, berufstätigen, ins Team integrierten, Steuern zahlenden Arzt Jamil Nawlo ausschließlich als Flüchtling."

Kann mir einer erklären, wieso es diese Geschichten immer wieder gibt? Ich. Verstehe. Es. Nicht.
www.maz-online.de/lokales/bran...
Notfall-Chirurg droht Ausweisung, weil Ausländerbehörde nicht reagiert
Jamil Nawlo, vor elf Jahren aus Syrien geflüchtet, lebt in Brandenburg an der Havel und arbeitet als Chirurg fest in der Notaufnahme in Cottbus. Seit 2023 bemüht er sich um die Einbürgerung, doch die ...
www.maz-online.de
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Das heißt: Klimaschutzgeld soll ERNEUT für teilfossile Technologien verwendet werden.
Deutschland wird sich auch dafür einsetzen, dass Fahrzeuge in Kombination von fossil&E auch nach 2035 zugelassen werden können, dazu wird Merz einen Brief an die EU-Kommission schreiben.
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Spectral Codex just surpassed 5,000 mapped locations, most of them here in #Taiwan. Historical sites, abandoned places, photo hotspots, and more. Hundreds already include photos and field notes; many others are still simple stubs, awaiting further documentation.

👁️ spectralcodex.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de!

Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher

3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026

Please share widely 🙏
Postdoctoral Research Position
Deadline: 15.12.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Das Bild einer Entfremdung: Die Stipendiaten der Deutschlandstiftung Integration verlassen bei der Rede des Bundeskanzlers den Saal.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Take note Starmer and co
The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Next week, with the Progressive Politics Research Network, we are going to publish 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. While housing has become a huge grievance across Europe, it is often absent from progressive parties‘ agendas. Our group of experts discusses different aspects of this
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."

latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Save the Date!
Remember that our 4th APSG Summer Conference will take place June 15-16, 2026 at @qmulsse.bsky.social with support from the @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social.
Put it in your calendars and stay tunned for the Call for Papers!
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Das Projekt #ZumFeindGemacht steht vor dem Aus, weil die Förderung der Bundesministeriums der Finanzen nicht fortgeführt wird. Trotz intensiver Bemühungen konnte bislang keine neue Förderung gefunden werden. Deshalb versucht das sehr engagierte Team hinter dem Projekt es jetzt mit Crowdfunding.

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#ZumFeindGemacht - Bildungsprojekte beim Bundesverband für NS-Verfolgte
Als einziger Verein in Deutschland vertreten wir die Interessen aller Überlebenden der NS-Verfolgung und ihrer Nachkommen. Jedes Jahr kämpfen wir für die Finanzierung unserer Bildungsprojekte. Hilf un...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Assistant Prof job in history of science (related to water?) at Madison. Strong program, nice town (aside from winter)

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69456
Professor of History | H-Net Job Guide
jobs.h-net.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Science Bluesky, I need a question answered that is not yielding to Google!

Can you carbon-14 date an alien?

Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Just want to point out that this one little square (Employment-Based Immigration Law) is one of the most bureaucratically baroque and difficult things I've encountered in the law. Makes "closing on a real estate deal" look like napkin math.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...

applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome

pls share with your networks
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Especially his ads in various languages have had me wondering if Berlin will ever have a (candidate for) mayor like Mamdani, who tries to speak to all parts of the city in so many different ways.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Especially his ads in various languages have had me wondering if Berlin will ever have a (candidate for) mayor like Mamdani, who tries to speak to all parts of the city in so many different ways.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Berlin und Laura? Ein Traumpaar! Leider hat der Berliner Wohnungsmarkt da andere Pläne. Ich suche dringend eine Wohnung, 2–3 Zimmer, max. 850 € warm und idealerweise in Neukölln (aber Hauptsache im Ring). Ich kann flexibel umziehen, bin ruhig und liebe Ruhe (arbeite von zuhause aus). Gerne Repost 💚
October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally.

The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Another insanely cruel move by Trump et al.

Literally all the automatic extension did was extend your current work auth if yours expired WHILE YOU WAITED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCESS YOUR RENEWAL.

And you don't just lose work auth: I couldn't even renew my driver's license while mine was pending.
Awful news: employers are about to have to reluctantly fire 10s of thousands of workers going into the holidays for no good reason.

Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated

www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Public Inspection: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
www.federalregister.gov
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM