Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️
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migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
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Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
making unfortunate arguments when American leftists project their racial politics onto the rest of the world. as early as Du Bois.
![Notably, the growing gap between the reality of white dominance and Du Bois's frustration that China was in economic and social disarray reconfirmed his previously held belief that China must cooperate with Japan, and Du Bois contended that this was the only solution for the “China problem.” Du Bois acknowledged that a clear path for the future of Asia faced obstacles. He asked: “Why it is that you [the Chinese people] hate Japan more than Europe when you have suffered more than England, France, and Germany, than from Japan?” (Du Bois Citation1937b).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t5kwnyqf6dqkhw6vi2quqnxz/bafkreifietya5vnj4udjrwxuy5mnnnp5psxu3gpt347no2u7cnib7ygywq@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
making unfortunate arguments when American leftists project their racial politics onto the rest of the world. as early as Du Bois.
In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin
A leading liberal politician has quit in fear of her physical safety. It is a crushing setback for democracy in one of the world’s most open societies, says journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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the em dash is not used a lot, because it's very difficult to type (Shift + Option + hyphen on Mac, Alt + 0151 on Windows. it's 5 keys, to this day I have never typed em dash once on my keyboard). hyphens (used in the OP) and en dashes are commonly used by humans.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
the em dash is not used a lot, because it's very difficult to type (Shift + Option + hyphen on Mac, Alt + 0151 on Windows. it's 5 keys, to this day I have never typed em dash once on my keyboard). hyphens (used in the OP) and en dashes are commonly used by humans.
can't begin to describe how ignorant, harmful, and demeaning this is. on brand with their politics.
Reform UK’s Richard Tice says children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’
Reform UK’s Richard Tice says children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’
Tice was outlining Reform’s Doge (Department of government efficiency) unit’s progress
www.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
can't begin to describe how ignorant, harmful, and demeaning this is. on brand with their politics.
that China & Russia abstained in the security council voting tells you how far their anti-imperialist posing will go
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
that China & Russia abstained in the security council voting tells you how far their anti-imperialist posing will go
I don't know if it's my algorithm or it's the algorithm in general, I feel there's more sinofantasy than sinophobia types of content on X now. every time I log in there's some Yilin-style bs and people in the RTs will say "you can never have this in the west".
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I don't know if it's my algorithm or it's the algorithm in general, I feel there's more sinofantasy than sinophobia types of content on X now. every time I log in there's some Yilin-style bs and people in the RTs will say "you can never have this in the west".
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This is absolutely disgusting. Larry Summers discussed wanting to fuck a former Harvard student who was Chinese with Epstein. He nick named her "peril" a reference to the racist "yellow peril."
Larry Summers needs to resign.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Larry Summers needs to resign.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is absolutely disgusting. Larry Summers discussed wanting to fuck a former Harvard student who was Chinese with Epstein. He nick named her "peril" a reference to the racist "yellow peril."
Larry Summers needs to resign.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Larry Summers needs to resign.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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We are looking for a new editorial team to take over the running of the European Journal of International Relations (EJIR) from 1 January 2027.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
✨ Exciting opportunity to lead a world-class #IR journal ✨
📕 The Joint Management Committee of @ecprsgir.bsky.social & @europeanisa.bsky.social are seeking a NEW editorial team for @ejir.bsky.social
🔖 4-year term
🔖 Proposals up to 5,000 words
🔖 Deadline 31 Mar 2026
#IRSky #AcademicSky
📕 The Joint Management Committee of @ecprsgir.bsky.social & @europeanisa.bsky.social are seeking a NEW editorial team for @ejir.bsky.social
🔖 4-year term
🔖 Proposals up to 5,000 words
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Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
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Besides the obvious Nazi comparisons, this far more closely resembles the looting of personal property of Turks and Greeks on the wrong side of their postwar border, and of Hindus and Muslims on the wrong side of the Partition, and of Jews expelled as revenge for the loss of the 1st Arab-Israeli War
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Besides the obvious Nazi comparisons, this far more closely resembles the looting of personal property of Turks and Greeks on the wrong side of their postwar border, and of Hindus and Muslims on the wrong side of the Partition, and of Jews expelled as revenge for the loss of the 1st Arab-Israeli War
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Hard to find a clearer distillation of the gen ai project.
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Hard to find a clearer distillation of the gen ai project.
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'I’m no expert but I know what it means to be dehumanized, rendered disposable, and oppressed,' Alice wrote of the imperative to be in solidarity with Palestine. 'I know that all people deserve freedom. I know that genocide is a mass disabling event and a form of eugenics.'
Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice
Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice Alice Wong Several years ago I organized an event at a local Jewish organization and planned another collaboration when some c…
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
'I’m no expert but I know what it means to be dehumanized, rendered disposable, and oppressed,' Alice wrote of the imperative to be in solidarity with Palestine. 'I know that all people deserve freedom. I know that genocide is a mass disabling event and a form of eugenics.'
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I will spend the rest of my life thinking and writing and talking about Alice, but my voice isn't what's needed right now. Her own words are, so here are some of them.
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I will spend the rest of my life thinking and writing and talking about Alice, but my voice isn't what's needed right now. Her own words are, so here are some of them.
the US at least played one "positive" role in this... in the early 2010s, the US embassy's monitoring and publicizing of Beijing air quality created a legitimacy crisis of some kind and made PM2.5 a household term in China. ironic enough, this project ended in 2025 due to funding cut.
This is a great article. #China is smashing #Trump’s #US on this front: economically
and geo-strategically. When people look back at this time they may well wonder how the #USA could’ve so spectacularly dropped the ball. Click on link to read…
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
and geo-strategically. When people look back at this time they may well wonder how the #USA could’ve so spectacularly dropped the ball. Click on link to read…
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
China's Clean Energy Boom Could Win the Race to Power the Future
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
the US at least played one "positive" role in this... in the early 2010s, the US embassy's monitoring and publicizing of Beijing air quality created a legitimacy crisis of some kind and made PM2.5 a household term in China. ironic enough, this project ended in 2025 due to funding cut.
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My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
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Note, the far right guys aren’t going ‘we can vote Labour now they’re speaking our language’, they’re going ‘look, these idiots are smoothing the way for the extremist parties we have very openly said we’ve going to vote for for several years now.’
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Note, the far right guys aren’t going ‘we can vote Labour now they’re speaking our language’, they’re going ‘look, these idiots are smoothing the way for the extremist parties we have very openly said we’ve going to vote for for several years now.’
also the fact that the people featured here all have uncontroversially essential and morally well regarded occupations: emergency medicine doctor, engineerer helping enhance the country's defense capabilities, multiple sclerosis charity. understandable editorial choice. but. if it comes to this...
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
also the fact that the people featured here all have uncontroversially essential and morally well regarded occupations: emergency medicine doctor, engineerer helping enhance the country's defense capabilities, multiple sclerosis charity. understandable editorial choice. but. if it comes to this...
many liberal dissidents in China are pro Israel as well. BUT also many critical of authoritarianism are pro Palestine. meanwhile there are also pro-regime nationalists who are very supportive of Israel... me and Yao Lin did a podcast on this landscape for 从河至海, but...
“During the hour-and-a-half programme, she declared that there are no ‘peaceful residents’ in Gaza, Israel has the right to ‘cleanse Gaza and turn it into a parking lot,’ and that Palestinians need to be ‘dissolved in hydrochloric acid’.”
Why Russia’s liberal opposition is so anti-Palestinian
Many Russian dissidents claim to embrace liberal values while fully subscribing to a racist view of the world.
www.aljazeera.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
many liberal dissidents in China are pro Israel as well. BUT also many critical of authoritarianism are pro Palestine. meanwhile there are also pro-regime nationalists who are very supportive of Israel... me and Yao Lin did a podcast on this landscape for 从河至海, but...
coming from a semi-rural township, I still remember my own etiquette moment. during my uni years, and one of the first times I was in a café like place, a well-intentioned person told me for the first time that the tea spoon is not drinking coffee but for stirring. at 20 I probably felt
funny to come across "etiquette influencer" type of content on Instagram today in the 2020s. I'm reminded of how in the 1990s China, there were many books teaching "western meal etiquette" (西餐礼仪). it was not only aspirational class anxiety, but also national aspiration about "getting integrated
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
coming from a semi-rural township, I still remember my own etiquette moment. during my uni years, and one of the first times I was in a café like place, a well-intentioned person told me for the first time that the tea spoon is not drinking coffee but for stirring. at 20 I probably felt