Em Gunter 顧安 🍉
@emgunter.bsky.social
Aspiring anthropologist studying in Taiwan who always stands up for what is right. I care about immigration and queer life in the American South. I'm also a photographer and something of a journalist.
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@emgunter.bsky.social
· Oct 22
August 11, 2017 - white nationalists march the lawn with tiki torches, no police intervention
May 4, 2024 - students protest israel's ongoing genocide of palestine, riot police beat and arrest protesters
it's not about the protesting, it's what we're protesting
May 4, 2024 - students protest israel's ongoing genocide of palestine, riot police beat and arrest protesters
it's not about the protesting, it's what we're protesting
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I generally think it quite important to remind what the Chinese death toll from an invasion would be when we usually talk only about Taiwanese deaths--perhaps if the Chinese public was aware, this would be a restraining force on the CCP leadership
focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait...
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China would suffer 100,000 fatalities in Taiwan invasion: Report - Focus Taiwan
China could sustain up to 100,000 military fatalities if it invaded Taiwan through amphibious landings, resulting in its ultimate retreat, but it would likely gain control over Taiwan's offshore Kinme...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I generally think it quite important to remind what the Chinese death toll from an invasion would be when we usually talk only about Taiwanese deaths--perhaps if the Chinese public was aware, this would be a restraining force on the CCP leadership
focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait...
focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait...
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Wrote about domestic reactions in Taiwan to China's military drills as well as the US's actions in Venezuela in my latest for
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PLA Drills, US Strike on Venezuela Spark Debate in Taiwan
The PLA exercise raised the specter of a blockage, while American actions against Venezuela sparked different fears in Taiwan.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Wrote about domestic reactions in Taiwan to China's military drills as well as the US's actions in Venezuela in my latest for
@thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2026/01/pla-...
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The most unsubtle, heavy-handed claims made by pomo academic types have turned out to all be true. Gender is a relation of domination that requires constant, affirming witness. Capitalism will require extractive colonial relations. There’s no subtlety. Every day is like a 101 seminar at Oberlin.
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The most unsubtle, heavy-handed claims made by pomo academic types have turned out to all be true. Gender is a relation of domination that requires constant, affirming witness. Capitalism will require extractive colonial relations. There’s no subtlety. Every day is like a 101 seminar at Oberlin.
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There's a persistent myth that the cops "let people in."
It's nonsense.
There's extensive evidence that rioters knew they were breaking the law.
Here's one of the rioters making a call, knowing that she might need to be bailed out of jail.
It's nonsense.
There's extensive evidence that rioters knew they were breaking the law.
Here's one of the rioters making a call, knowing that she might need to be bailed out of jail.
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
There's a persistent myth that the cops "let people in."
It's nonsense.
There's extensive evidence that rioters knew they were breaking the law.
Here's one of the rioters making a call, knowing that she might need to be bailed out of jail.
It's nonsense.
There's extensive evidence that rioters knew they were breaking the law.
Here's one of the rioters making a call, knowing that she might need to be bailed out of jail.
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It seems it is once again time for everyone to familiarize themselves with this anti-imperialist classic.
January 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
It seems it is once again time for everyone to familiarize themselves with this anti-imperialist classic.
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This is why, even if there is a big electoral defeat for the GOP in '28, the Dems need to ruthlessly strike while the iron is hot and dole out real consequence to the major and minor players here. Four years later and swing voters will no longer believe any of this is bad.
My dad a day after 1/6 was rattled, borderline horrified. Two weeks later he was asking me how I could get so worked up about a walking tour of the U.S. Capitol. Propaganda works!
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This is why, even if there is a big electoral defeat for the GOP in '28, the Dems need to ruthlessly strike while the iron is hot and dole out real consequence to the major and minor players here. Four years later and swing voters will no longer believe any of this is bad.
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The Jan 6 riot was successful. Maybe this will put to bed the constant admonition that "riots don't work."
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The Jan 6 riot was successful. Maybe this will put to bed the constant admonition that "riots don't work."
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Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
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How you manufacture consent.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
How you manufacture consent.
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OK - now at US v. Nicolas Maduro presentment in SDNY, in Venezuela narco case 1st indicted in 2011, Maduro added in 2020, wife Cilia Flores added last week. Inner City Press has covered it all, including in UN until banned, and will live-skeet, thread below
January 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
OK - now at US v. Nicolas Maduro presentment in SDNY, in Venezuela narco case 1st indicted in 2011, Maduro added in 2020, wife Cilia Flores added last week. Inner City Press has covered it all, including in UN until banned, and will live-skeet, thread below
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Explosion at Iran’s biggest dairy factory. Cause not revealed.
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Explosion at Iran’s biggest dairy factory. Cause not revealed.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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This is a photo of our SS, these guys will not hesitate to blackbag US citizens and politicians because this is what they have been doing to other people abroad for the last 20 years. I am not being hyperbolic. We need to dismantle jsoc as we know it.
I can't help but note how every single one of these dudes is white. All dudes, all white.
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This is a photo of our SS, these guys will not hesitate to blackbag US citizens and politicians because this is what they have been doing to other people abroad for the last 20 years. I am not being hyperbolic. We need to dismantle jsoc as we know it.
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
@katz.theracket.news I bought my Dad Gangsters of Capitalism from The Beautiful Idea back in the spring and he's been putting off reading it but I finally convinced him to pick it up after what happened over the weekend! It already turned his girlfriend into a leftist so I'm hoping he enjoys it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
@katz.theracket.news I bought my Dad Gangsters of Capitalism from The Beautiful Idea back in the spring and he's been putting off reading it but I finally convinced him to pick it up after what happened over the weekend! It already turned his girlfriend into a leftist so I'm hoping he enjoys it.
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Out here starting a war because someone made fun of them
January 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Out here starting a war because someone made fun of them
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Uhh so you got a heads up on the administration's war crimes (before Congress??) and said hm could be risky for the people doing the war criming if we say anything
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
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January 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Uhh so you got a heads up on the administration's war crimes (before Congress??) and said hm could be risky for the people doing the war criming if we say anything
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
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Charlie Kirk was a husband and a father. We heard it over and over again
Only certain types of people get to be husbands and fathers. Some people are simply civilians. Faceless, nameless and without consequence. Civilians die. It's what they do
Only certain types of people get to be husbands and fathers. Some people are simply civilians. Faceless, nameless and without consequence. Civilians die. It's what they do
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Charlie Kirk was a husband and a father. We heard it over and over again
Only certain types of people get to be husbands and fathers. Some people are simply civilians. Faceless, nameless and without consequence. Civilians die. It's what they do
Only certain types of people get to be husbands and fathers. Some people are simply civilians. Faceless, nameless and without consequence. Civilians die. It's what they do
When will you be submitting Articles of Impeachment representative Moulton?
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
When will you be submitting Articles of Impeachment representative Moulton?
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Clinton appointee Judge Alvin Hellerstein has Maduro’s case. Last spring, he barred the Trump admin from removing Venezuelans from the US under the Alien Enemies Act, which he said had been applied unlawfully
“These people are being thrown out of the country because of tattoos”
“These people are being thrown out of the country because of tattoos”
Happening now: From the bench, Judge Alvin Hellerstein indicates he’ll extend a TRO barring removals of Venezuelans detained in SDNY under the Alien Enemies Act. Detailing horrific conditions at CECOT, he partly cited the likelihood of irreparable harm.
“What way is that to treat a (human) being?”
“What way is that to treat a (human) being?”
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Clinton appointee Judge Alvin Hellerstein has Maduro’s case. Last spring, he barred the Trump admin from removing Venezuelans from the US under the Alien Enemies Act, which he said had been applied unlawfully
“These people are being thrown out of the country because of tattoos”
“These people are being thrown out of the country because of tattoos”
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I know, I know, it's nigh impossible for me to look at a problem in and/or caused by the United States and not think 'if y'all would just take the Reconstruction Amendments serious....'
.........but if y'all would just take the Reconstruction Amendments serious!!!
.........but if y'all would just take the Reconstruction Amendments serious!!!
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I know, I know, it's nigh impossible for me to look at a problem in and/or caused by the United States and not think 'if y'all would just take the Reconstruction Amendments serious....'
.........but if y'all would just take the Reconstruction Amendments serious!!!
.........but if y'all would just take the Reconstruction Amendments serious!!!