Kerim Friedman 傅可恩
@kerim.one
Taiwan-based anthropologist.
人類學家與台灣新住民。
https://kerim.one
My Triptych newsletter:
https://triptych.oxus.net/
人類學家與台灣新住民。
https://kerim.one
My Triptych newsletter:
https://triptych.oxus.net/
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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩
@kerim.one
· Feb 23
P. Kerim Friedman 傅可恩
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Here is thread about my current professional activities (teaching, writing, etc.) which I will pin to my profile to give people a better sense of who I am and what I do. You can find more about me at kerim.one
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Whale Evolution:
Flamingo-Legged Watermelon Mouse
Mutant Sewer Rat King
Gator Wolf
Steel-Jawed PollyWorg
Titan MerSausage
Flamingo-Legged Watermelon Mouse
Mutant Sewer Rat King
Gator Wolf
Steel-Jawed PollyWorg
Titan MerSausage
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Whale Evolution:
Flamingo-Legged Watermelon Mouse
Mutant Sewer Rat King
Gator Wolf
Steel-Jawed PollyWorg
Titan MerSausage
Flamingo-Legged Watermelon Mouse
Mutant Sewer Rat King
Gator Wolf
Steel-Jawed PollyWorg
Titan MerSausage
Schumer is on record for having called the deployment of DHS "dangerous authoritarian overreach." How stupid does he have to be to believe he can roll that back simply by passing "reasonable" reforms? We need to primary these fools.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Schumer is on record for having called the deployment of DHS "dangerous authoritarian overreach." How stupid does he have to be to believe he can roll that back simply by passing "reasonable" reforms? We need to primary these fools.
You have called the deployment of DHS "dangerous authoritarian overreach" - do you really believe you can roll that back simply by passing "reasonable" reforms?
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
You have called the deployment of DHS "dangerous authoritarian overreach" - do you really believe you can roll that back simply by passing "reasonable" reforms?
This is a point I've made numerous times: a big reason why it matters which party is in power is not simply what new laws they will pass (or repeal), but whether or not *existing* laws get enforced.
Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds
The Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.
arstechnica.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:58 AM
This is a point I've made numerous times: a big reason why it matters which party is in power is not simply what new laws they will pass (or repeal), but whether or not *existing* laws get enforced.
I really enjoyed the book, and I think you'd have to be a pretty incompetent filmmaker for it not to make a great film as well.
PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026) | Official Trailer
YouTube video by AMC Theatres
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I really enjoyed the book, and I think you'd have to be a pretty incompetent filmmaker for it not to make a great film as well.
Nearly every event in Taiwan includes food. Conferences will have a snacks with coffee and tea at 10 and 3 as well as bento boxes at lunch. Meetings a lunchtime will include lunch. Vegetarian options are always included.
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Nearly every event in Taiwan includes food. Conferences will have a snacks with coffee and tea at 10 and 3 as well as bento boxes at lunch. Meetings a lunchtime will include lunch. Vegetarian options are always included.
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Sad outcome in an important case. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Hong Kong democracy champion Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
The heavy sentence for the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder and British citizen was imposed as Beijing seeks to wipe out the city’s remaining press freedoms.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Sad outcome in an important case. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Earlier, I mentioned that I'm designing my own word processor.
I have started to keep a blog documenting the process. Over the months ahead, I'll be writing about learning to (vibe-)code, my vision for an academic word processor, and sharing some screenshots and short videos of how the app works.
I have started to keep a blog documenting the process. Over the months ahead, I'll be writing about learning to (vibe-)code, my vision for an academic word processor, and sharing some screenshots and short videos of how the app works.
Posts | Vibing With Kerim
Experiments in AI Coding
vibing.kerim.one
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Earlier, I mentioned that I'm designing my own word processor.
I have started to keep a blog documenting the process. Over the months ahead, I'll be writing about learning to (vibe-)code, my vision for an academic word processor, and sharing some screenshots and short videos of how the app works.
I have started to keep a blog documenting the process. Over the months ahead, I'll be writing about learning to (vibe-)code, my vision for an academic word processor, and sharing some screenshots and short videos of how the app works.
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The best story and so very Lebanese: A Lebanese car mechanic called up the who-is-who of the Lebanese political elite, pretended to be a Saudi Prince, and told them to vote a certain way. And they did: www.ft.com/content/7301...
The fake Saudi prince who fooled a nation’s elite
Lebanon’s MPs and aspiring politicians appear to have been duped in an audacious scam that has stunned the country
www.ft.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The best story and so very Lebanese: A Lebanese car mechanic called up the who-is-who of the Lebanese political elite, pretended to be a Saudi Prince, and told them to vote a certain way. And they did: www.ft.com/content/7301...
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SCMP, he is Chow Yun-fat. Why would you ever ask us mortals to be like a god
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
How people like 70-year-old Chow Yun-fat keep pushing their endurance limits
Chow ran a half-marathon last year, while silver stars like Natalie Grabow, Jeannie Rice and Hiromu Inada are breaking records. Here’s how.
www.scmp.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
SCMP, he is Chow Yun-fat. Why would you ever ask us mortals to be like a god
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
Chotiner: It does, actually. So you're suggesting that because Demelza was eighty-two, she deserved a violent and prolonged death at the hands of her friends and neighbors.
Villager: I never said that. You’re twisting my words.
Villager: I never said that. You’re twisting my words.
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Chotiner: It does, actually. So you're suggesting that because Demelza was eighty-two, she deserved a violent and prolonged death at the hands of her friends and neighbors.
Villager: I never said that. You’re twisting my words.
Villager: I never said that. You’re twisting my words.
Villager: Of course if you cherry-pick lines from an autopsy report it’s going to sound bad. “Blunt force trauma,” yeah, it’s scary, we sound like monsters. You’re being very misleading. That report is not a good representation of the facts. Does it mention that Demelza was eighty-two years old?
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Villager: Of course if you cherry-pick lines from an autopsy report it’s going to sound bad. “Blunt force trauma,” yeah, it’s scary, we sound like monsters. You’re being very misleading. That report is not a good representation of the facts. Does it mention that Demelza was eighty-two years old?
Chotiner: So last year, when Buell resident Demelza Delacroix died from—I’m going to quote the autopsy report here—from “blunt force trauma to the head and torso,” in your view that wasn’t murder?
Isaac Chotiner interviews one of the townspeople from "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson 🤣
(Thanks to @grahammoliver.bsky.social for this - from his newlsetter!)
(Thanks to @grahammoliver.bsky.social for this - from his newlsetter!)
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Chotiner: So last year, when Buell resident Demelza Delacroix died from—I’m going to quote the autopsy report here—from “blunt force trauma to the head and torso,” in your view that wasn’t murder?
Isaac Chotiner interviews one of the townspeople from "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson 🤣
(Thanks to @grahammoliver.bsky.social for this - from his newlsetter!)
(Thanks to @grahammoliver.bsky.social for this - from his newlsetter!)
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Isaac Chotiner interviews one of the townspeople from "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson 🤣
(Thanks to @grahammoliver.bsky.social for this - from his newlsetter!)
(Thanks to @grahammoliver.bsky.social for this - from his newlsetter!)
Chomsky’s career as a linguist is also pretty troubling
February 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Chomsky’s career as a linguist is also pretty troubling
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Solidarity to the incredible journalists at WaPo who lost their jobs today, many of whom have been trusted friends and colleagues for years.
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Solidarity to the incredible journalists at WaPo who lost their jobs today, many of whom have been trusted friends and colleagues for years.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Carter's reforms lasted longer than most, Obama's were largely ineffectual, and we are now far beyond what either the Church Committee or Snowden warned us about.
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Carter's reforms lasted longer than most, Obama's were largely ineffectual, and we are now far beyond what either the Church Committee or Snowden warned us about.
This post just made my e-reader problem worse...
February 5, 2026 at 3:52 AM
This post just made my e-reader problem worse...
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![Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidknpywgj44ox6nphuyzs6si6lozn77jyx75nbh7v67wsjr6dssl4@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
As a result, many of the basic rights, such as the freedom of religion and speech, the right to due process and equal protection under the law apply to citizens and noncitizens.
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
As a result, many of the basic rights, such as the freedom of religion and speech, the right to due process and equal protection under the law apply to citizens and noncitizens.
Many parts of the Constitution use the term "people" or "person" rather than "citizen." Rodriguez said those laws apply to everyone physically on U.S. soil, whether or not they are a citizen.
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Many parts of the Constitution use the term "people" or "person" rather than "citizen." Rodriguez said those laws apply to everyone physically on U.S. soil, whether or not they are a citizen.
Does the U.S. Constitution apply to undocumented immigrants?
"Yes, without question," said Cristina Rodriguez, a professor at Yale Law School. "Most of the provisions of the Constitution apply on the basis of personhood and jurisdiction in the United States."
"Yes, without question," said Cristina Rodriguez, a professor at Yale Law School. "Most of the provisions of the Constitution apply on the basis of personhood and jurisdiction in the United States."
What constitutional rights do undocumented immigrants have?
The administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy and the recent surge in family separations at the border -- a practice President Donald Trump ended through executive order -- has called atten...
www.pbs.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Does the U.S. Constitution apply to undocumented immigrants?
"Yes, without question," said Cristina Rodriguez, a professor at Yale Law School. "Most of the provisions of the Constitution apply on the basis of personhood and jurisdiction in the United States."
"Yes, without question," said Cristina Rodriguez, a professor at Yale Law School. "Most of the provisions of the Constitution apply on the basis of personhood and jurisdiction in the United States."
While I agree with the sentiment, and I know writers don't pick their headlines, I really wonder: which countries still belong to the "free world" these days?
“Taiwan is not just a democracy; it can also help shore up global democracy.” Read Foreign Affairs Minister of Taiwan Lin Chia-lung on Taipei’s value as an ally:
The Free World Needs Taiwan
Solidarity will protect prosperity.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
While I agree with the sentiment, and I know writers don't pick their headlines, I really wonder: which countries still belong to the "free world" these days?
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ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational