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(He/他) The fourth Hudson Coleman Lockett. Asia columnist at Reuters Breakingviews; former Asia capital markets corro for the Financial Times; longtime China and Hong Kong corro. Decent Mando, swears in Canto, brushing up on Japanese. Views = mine
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Toyota’s buyout options all come with a taint - tinyurl.com/mvaxxssc - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
Breakingviews - Toyota’s buyout options all come with a taint
If group insiders succeed with their $36 bln Toyota Industries bid, they’ll shortchange shareholders – and risk a years-long court battle with Elliott. If they fail, they’ll look like cynical opportun...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Toyota’s buyout options all come with a taint - tinyurl.com/mvaxxssc - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
Throwing some serious shade at the Bank of Japan here
Reserve Bank of Australia becomes the first major central bank since 2023 to lift rates. Says "inflation is likely to remain above target for some time." www.rba.gov.au/media-releas...
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Throwing some serious shade at the Bank of Japan here
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New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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An hour-long set of Seu Jorge singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese (from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic) to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's death. "Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of São Paulo." [kottke.org]
Seu Jorge’s Lovely Tribute to David Bowie
For his 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson enlisted Brazilian musical artist Seu Jorge to perform several of David Bowie’s songs in Portuguese. Jorge released an album of the songs about a y
kottke.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
An hour-long set of Seu Jorge singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese (from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic) to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's death. "Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of São Paulo." [kottke.org]
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Japan's election adds fuel to repatriation fire - tinyurl.com/9uw5dzfe - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
Japan's election adds fuel to repatriation fire
Fiscal fears ahead of the vote sent local bond yields higher and renewed concerns that the country's investors may dump $2 trln of foreign debt. A fast change looks difficult. But rising returns drive...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Japan's election adds fuel to repatriation fire - tinyurl.com/9uw5dzfe - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social
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My nomination for the most influential scientific visualization ever produced.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #visualscicomm #sciviz #dinosaurs
alwayssomethingtosee.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #visualscicomm #sciviz #dinosaurs
alwayssomethingtosee.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
The Age of Reptiles: How One Mural Changed The Way The World Saw Dinosaurs
My nomination for the most influential scientific visualization ever produced
alwayssomethingtosee.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:42 PM
My nomination for the most influential scientific visualization ever produced.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #visualscicomm #sciviz #dinosaurs
alwayssomethingtosee.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #visualscicomm #sciviz #dinosaurs
alwayssomethingtosee.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
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'He asks the right questions but has the wrong answers' was said of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen by Socialist PM Laurent Fabius back in 1984, an idea reprised in this great column from Rana Foroohar: Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions - as.ft.com/r/7933bb9e-4...
Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions
[FREE TO READ] The US president has an uncanny ability to spot the faultlines in the old order and manipulate them to his advantage
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 AM
'He asks the right questions but has the wrong answers' was said of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen by Socialist PM Laurent Fabius back in 1984, an idea reprised in this great column from Rana Foroohar: Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions - as.ft.com/r/7933bb9e-4...
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
New for @breakingviews.reuters.com: Elliott has raised its Toyota Industries stake as insiders push for a $36 bln take-private deal undervaluing the firm. The fund's bet is already in the money and its rep in Japan will be burnished whatever the outcome www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
Breakingviews - Elliott's Toyota bet already looks golden
The US activist has raised its Toyota Industries stake to 6.7% as insiders push for a $36 bln take-private deal undervaluing the firm. With the shares trading above the offer price, Elliott's bet is i...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 AM
New for @breakingviews.reuters.com: Elliott has raised its Toyota Industries stake as insiders push for a $36 bln take-private deal undervaluing the firm. The fund's bet is already in the money and its rep in Japan will be burnished whatever the outcome www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
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Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How rice prices could throw Japan's PM off course - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/4cs5wnj5
Breakingviews - How rice prices could throw Japan's PM off course
Sanae Takaichi came to power promising to tame inflation. But she’s boosting the crop’s cost to appease a subsidy-fuelled $361 bln political machine. Voters are restless ahead of a February snap elect...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:12 AM
How rice prices could throw Japan's PM off course - @hudsonlockett.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/4cs5wnj5
In investorspeak, "ideological, political" can often be translated as "bad, in that it is making clients ask me uncomfortable questions".
useful balance here. it's interesting in so far as it reflects on the wider mood though
as we reported y'day
www.ft.com/content/4e54...
as we reported y'day
www.ft.com/content/4e54...
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In investorspeak, "ideological, political" can often be translated as "bad, in that it is making clients ask me uncomfortable questions".
Props to Jeremy for continuing to do the hard, worthy work of explaining legal developments in China to non-expert readers. This case seems especially pertinent to a wider audience though, as the piece notes, doesn't match 1:1 with Grok in terms of the potential harm being addressed.
I wrote some notes on China's Alien Chat case: the case of AI chat developers sentenced to prison for their chatbot's dirty talk- which is currently being appealed. www.chinalawtranslate.com/22286-2/
Alien Chat: China's 1st Case of Criminal Responsibility for AI-Generated Content
As the rest of the world struggles with how to best address the flood of degrading images generated by Elon Musk’s Grok AI, China sentenced two operators
www.chinalawtranslate.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Props to Jeremy for continuing to do the hard, worthy work of explaining legal developments in China to non-expert readers. This case seems especially pertinent to a wider audience though, as the piece notes, doesn't match 1:1 with Grok in terms of the potential harm being addressed.
In-depth piece for @breakingviews.reuters.com - Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi has vowed to tame inflation and called a snap election for Feb 8. She’s also backing a policy to boost rice prices, which have doubled since 2024 and got the last premier sacked. I explain why: www.reuters.com/commentary/h...
Breakingviews - How rice prices could throw Japan's PM off course
Sanae Takaichi came to power promising to tame inflation. But she’s boosting the crop’s cost to appease a subsidy-fuelled $361 bln political machine. Voters are restless ahead of a February snap elect...
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 AM
In-depth piece for @breakingviews.reuters.com - Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi has vowed to tame inflation and called a snap election for Feb 8. She’s also backing a policy to boost rice prices, which have doubled since 2024 and got the last premier sacked. I explain why: www.reuters.com/commentary/h...
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‘The family said no warrant was presented, agents did not ask for Thao’s ID, but they “nevertheless forcibly entered the home with weapons drawn.” ‘
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM
‘The family said no warrant was presented, agents did not ask for Thao’s ID, but they “nevertheless forcibly entered the home with weapons drawn.” ‘
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
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We spent our whole lives training and working to undermine US soft power and to be honest we’ve never felt so unnecessary. 😢
Breaking news: In a message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his insistence on taking over Greenland to his grievance over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize — adding a new twist to Trump’s stoking of a trade war.
Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
Trump’s push to take over Greenland and unleash a trade war with European nations has sparked the greatest transatlantic crisis in generations.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We spent our whole lives training and working to undermine US soft power and to be honest we’ve never felt so unnecessary. 😢
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Some self-respecting journalist, it matters not who, really needs to ask Trump directly how he squares this with the Greenland stuff at the earliest possible opportunity. And then ask follow-up questions, plural.
January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Some self-respecting journalist, it matters not who, really needs to ask Trump directly how he squares this with the Greenland stuff at the earliest possible opportunity. And then ask follow-up questions, plural.
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The DOJ is not investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a top official said Sunday.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe
Frey and the governor’s office both said Sunday that the DOJ has not contacted them about the investigation.
bit.ly
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The DOJ is not investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a top official said Sunday.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
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The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage