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i have been meaning to write something longer about how the various ideologies of the tech right are just warmed over pro-slavery apologetics
So much of the reactionary tech elite and rationalist movements' views, epitomized in Elon Musk, are indistinguishable from Calhounism. Here is Calhoun's famous 1948 speech arguing that Jefferson's assertion that "all men are created equal" was wrong. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/spe...
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
i have been meaning to write something longer about how the various ideologies of the tech right are just warmed over pro-slavery apologetics
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Good interview with @yasminjullah.bsky.social in @elpais.com
"Because genocide isn't just the killing, which certainly happened, but also the destruction of identity and restrictions on reproduction"
Yasmin on point as always.
"Because genocide isn't just the killing, which certainly happened, but also the destruction of identity and restrictions on reproduction"
Yasmin on point as always.
Yasmin Ullah, activista rohinyá: “En Myanmar hay un proceso intencionado para aniquilarnos”
La defensora de derechos humanos lamenta la falta de apoyo de la comunidad internacional a su pueblo, objeto de una “limpieza étnica”, según la ONU
elpais.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Good interview with @yasminjullah.bsky.social in @elpais.com
"Because genocide isn't just the killing, which certainly happened, but also the destruction of identity and restrictions on reproduction"
Yasmin on point as always.
"Because genocide isn't just the killing, which certainly happened, but also the destruction of identity and restrictions on reproduction"
Yasmin on point as always.
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Guten Tag #PortfolioDay!
I'm Ned, a queer cartoonist whose work focuses on heroes, health, and history. I'm open to all work and an agent.f
My most recent book - WHO DISCOVERED HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER? JACQUES COUSTEAU with @hudrewthis.bsky.social is an NSTA-CBC best STEM book of the year.
I'm Ned, a queer cartoonist whose work focuses on heroes, health, and history. I'm open to all work and an agent.f
My most recent book - WHO DISCOVERED HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER? JACQUES COUSTEAU with @hudrewthis.bsky.social is an NSTA-CBC best STEM book of the year.
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Guten Tag #PortfolioDay!
I'm Ned, a queer cartoonist whose work focuses on heroes, health, and history. I'm open to all work and an agent.f
My most recent book - WHO DISCOVERED HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER? JACQUES COUSTEAU with @hudrewthis.bsky.social is an NSTA-CBC best STEM book of the year.
I'm Ned, a queer cartoonist whose work focuses on heroes, health, and history. I'm open to all work and an agent.f
My most recent book - WHO DISCOVERED HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER? JACQUES COUSTEAU with @hudrewthis.bsky.social is an NSTA-CBC best STEM book of the year.
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Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
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howling at the fact that someone just took photos of this man's phone from behind him. he was talking shit with his phone font set to large and screen at max brightness
The Mercury has obtained a series of images of group messages that show racist, sexist, and homophobic tropes used by a local developer and other local conservative political activists during a council president election. Readers may find this content offensive.
"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color
Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election
www.portlandmercury.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
howling at the fact that someone just took photos of this man's phone from behind him. he was talking shit with his phone font set to large and screen at max brightness
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1945 flight over wartime Hong Kong: youtu.be/lYLmB2N-rkE
Explore Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, via aerial photos taken by an American aircraft on 1 Feb 1945.
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #ww2
Explore Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, via aerial photos taken by an American aircraft on 1 Feb 1945.
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #ww2
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
1945 flight over wartime Hong Kong: youtu.be/lYLmB2N-rkE
Explore Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, via aerial photos taken by an American aircraft on 1 Feb 1945.
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #ww2
Explore Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, via aerial photos taken by an American aircraft on 1 Feb 1945.
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #ww2
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So People magazine is now teaching The New York Times how to do professional, competent reporting.
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
So People magazine is now teaching The New York Times how to do professional, competent reporting.
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It is not just that they refuse to investigate the actual killer.
Minnesota DOJ prosecutors resigned after Trump appointees pushed to investigate the victim's wife.
Ghouls.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Minnesota DOJ prosecutors resigned after Trump appointees pushed to investigate the victim's wife.
Ghouls.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It is not just that they refuse to investigate the actual killer.
Minnesota DOJ prosecutors resigned after Trump appointees pushed to investigate the victim's wife.
Ghouls.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Minnesota DOJ prosecutors resigned after Trump appointees pushed to investigate the victim's wife.
Ghouls.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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Death to insurrectionists.
You are either serious about protecting democracy or you are not.
You are either serious about protecting democracy or you are not.
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Death to insurrectionists.
You are either serious about protecting democracy or you are not.
You are either serious about protecting democracy or you are not.
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i know this isn't exactly mindblowing but i'm fucking mad that it's easier to become an ice agent than to get a us visa slate.com/news-and-pol...
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
i know this isn't exactly mindblowing but i'm fucking mad that it's easier to become an ice agent than to get a us visa slate.com/news-and-pol...
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I should add that whenever the Journal has commissioned me since then there's been no political push one way or another. To wit: www.wsj.com/economy/slav...
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I should add that whenever the Journal has commissioned me since then there's been no political push one way or another. To wit: www.wsj.com/economy/slav...
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I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
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CDT Quote of the Week:
chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/01/cdt-...
chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/01/cdt-...
!["When confronted by that force constantly threatening to drag us down, we must deliberately exert a countervailing force, lest we be overcome by that downward momentum. [...] Don’t give in to anger, or lower yourself to the level of your opponents, or succumb to defeatism if at first you don’t succeed." - Legal scholar Lao Dongyan, in one of 2025's most notable Chinese essays, offering advice for combatting "political depression"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ppd3ypfty6f2rlonrydgsjgj/bafkreibpxznjt5enwcxsn6lgv2w6d3hhjfcmppt56ptuvgdngzdgrkjufy@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
CDT Quote of the Week:
chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/01/cdt-...
chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/01/cdt-...
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I love the idea of a privacy-oriented LLM, but the use of China's DeepSeek as the underlying engine is an issue
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I love the idea of a privacy-oriented LLM, but the use of China's DeepSeek as the underlying engine is an issue
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All the talk of "balance" in journalism produced a culture where constant sane-washing of the right isn't just allowed, it's expected and required.
The news outlets that have so far covered this have omitted the description of the GoFundMe from the creator himself: "The stupid cunts wanna make a go fund me for the stupod bitch that got what she deserved i made one for the ice officer that did his job lets get this man some money." /
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
All the talk of "balance" in journalism produced a culture where constant sane-washing of the right isn't just allowed, it's expected and required.
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She was kidnapped for almost a month. That's an excellent way to destroy a person's life given that most people live paycheck to paycheck.
Maryland mother arrested by ICE reunited with family, attorney says
Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales, who was arrested by ICE in Baltimore on Dec. 14, was reunited with her family after almost a month in ICE custody, according to Zachary Perez.
www.wbaltv.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 AM
She was kidnapped for almost a month. That's an excellent way to destroy a person's life given that most people live paycheck to paycheck.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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American netizens are devising ingenious puns to avoid the country's pervasive online censorship.
Turns out Instagram will immediately delete your story if you attempt to write “Fuck ICE,” so that’s fun.
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
American netizens are devising ingenious puns to avoid the country's pervasive online censorship.
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
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My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on PRC #Consular Pop-ups in Canada
📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces
📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved
📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals
⚡️x 8
jamestown.org/consular-pop...
📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces
📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved
📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals
⚡️x 8
jamestown.org/consular-pop...
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on PRC #Consular Pop-ups in Canada
📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces
📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved
📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals
⚡️x 8
jamestown.org/consular-pop...
📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces
📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved
📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals
⚡️x 8
jamestown.org/consular-pop...
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Secretary for Security Chris Tang:
⚠️ The protective nets' fire-protection performed up to spec, but the foam boards installed on windows surrounding the buildings were highly flammable.
The extreme heat caused the windows to burst, allowing the fire to enter buildings
⚠️ The protective nets' fire-protection performed up to spec, but the foam boards installed on windows surrounding the buildings were highly flammable.
The extreme heat caused the windows to burst, allowing the fire to enter buildings
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Secretary for Security Chris Tang:
⚠️ The protective nets' fire-protection performed up to spec, but the foam boards installed on windows surrounding the buildings were highly flammable.
The extreme heat caused the windows to burst, allowing the fire to enter buildings
⚠️ The protective nets' fire-protection performed up to spec, but the foam boards installed on windows surrounding the buildings were highly flammable.
The extreme heat caused the windows to burst, allowing the fire to enter buildings
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A must-read account of a Wang Fuk Court resident who escaped the deadly blaze: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/28/i...
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A must-read account of a Wang Fuk Court resident who escaped the deadly blaze: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/28/i...
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When people from Hong Kong / who are familiar with Hong Kong tell you it is not the bamboo but the corrupted system is responsible, listen. Don't shut your ear because "it is difficult to understand" or it is different from your reasoning. 2/
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
When people from Hong Kong / who are familiar with Hong Kong tell you it is not the bamboo but the corrupted system is responsible, listen. Don't shut your ear because "it is difficult to understand" or it is different from your reasoning. 2/
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A few takeaways from my reporting Hong Kong lecture:
Context is everything.
Talk & listen to local people (not just your taxi driver).
But always consider their safety.
Give credit where you can.
Know what you don’t know.
Acquiring In-depth local knowledge requires time, experience & humility.
Context is everything.
Talk & listen to local people (not just your taxi driver).
But always consider their safety.
Give credit where you can.
Know what you don’t know.
Acquiring In-depth local knowledge requires time, experience & humility.
I hope the Western media uses the same standard of investigation and reasoning of the Grenfell Tower fire when they explain the catastrophic residential blocks fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong. 1/
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A few takeaways from my reporting Hong Kong lecture:
Context is everything.
Talk & listen to local people (not just your taxi driver).
But always consider their safety.
Give credit where you can.
Know what you don’t know.
Acquiring In-depth local knowledge requires time, experience & humility.
Context is everything.
Talk & listen to local people (not just your taxi driver).
But always consider their safety.
Give credit where you can.
Know what you don’t know.
Acquiring In-depth local knowledge requires time, experience & humility.
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International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.