Mei Fong
@meifong.bsky.social
CCO @hrw, Pulitzer winning journo, author ‘One Child’ Ambie, duPont. Interested in all things storytelling
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The last time I got an update on Andrew Lih, I was walking around Seattle with his equally formidable wife, my friend @meifong.bsky.social. Next thing I knew he was one of two people who disarmed a man with a gun at a @wikipedia.org conference. Andrew's related post is a must read: lnkd.in/grjXzhHV
Why Wikipedia Still Matters in the Age of AI and Grokipedia
It was Friday, October 17, 2025, at the WikiConference North America in New York City. During the opening session, a man walked onto the stage with a gun and threatened to end his life after a dispute...
lnkd.in
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The last time I got an update on Andrew Lih, I was walking around Seattle with his equally formidable wife, my friend @meifong.bsky.social. Next thing I knew he was one of two people who disarmed a man with a gun at a @wikipedia.org conference. Andrew's related post is a must read: lnkd.in/grjXzhHV
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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
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Newsom addresses Trump directly: "Where's your decency, Mr President? Stop ... it's immoral. You're creating the conditions that you claim you're solving."
June 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Newsom addresses Trump directly: "Where's your decency, Mr President? Stop ... it's immoral. You're creating the conditions that you claim you're solving."
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Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"
June 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"
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JOURNALISTS IN LA or COVERING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT:
Press rights groups are trying to coordinate responses to unlawful attacks by federal officers against journalists during protests. If you can help ID individuals in charge of operations (incident commander, etc.) & contact info please LMK.
Press rights groups are trying to coordinate responses to unlawful attacks by federal officers against journalists during protests. If you can help ID individuals in charge of operations (incident commander, etc.) & contact info please LMK.
June 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
JOURNALISTS IN LA or COVERING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT:
Press rights groups are trying to coordinate responses to unlawful attacks by federal officers against journalists during protests. If you can help ID individuals in charge of operations (incident commander, etc.) & contact info please LMK.
Press rights groups are trying to coordinate responses to unlawful attacks by federal officers against journalists during protests. If you can help ID individuals in charge of operations (incident commander, etc.) & contact info please LMK.
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How is language important? Media expert Sriparna Pathak discusses how China sponsors Indian journalists to visit Tibet, who return calling it "Xizang." The terminology normalizes not just China's sovereignty over Tibet but also Chinese territorial claims in dispute with India.
China's Quiet Push in India - China Media Project
Indian scholar Sriparna Pathak examines how China seeks to influence India's diverse media landscape through academic infiltration and digital manipulation.
chinamediaproject.org
June 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
How is language important? Media expert Sriparna Pathak discusses how China sponsors Indian journalists to visit Tibet, who return calling it "Xizang." The terminology normalizes not just China's sovereignty over Tibet but also Chinese territorial claims in dispute with India.
Good Morning, Good Luck. Watching live broadcast of Clooney’s #GoodNightGoodLuck Sunday morning Kuala Lumpur time with Malaysian friends. The state of press freedom & new McCarthysim is something that concerns the world, not just America.
June 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Good Morning, Good Luck. Watching live broadcast of Clooney’s #GoodNightGoodLuck Sunday morning Kuala Lumpur time with Malaysian friends. The state of press freedom & new McCarthysim is something that concerns the world, not just America.
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The Hong Kong Human Rights Art Exhibition is showing at Taiwan's National 228 Memorial Museum. Curated by Kacey Wong, here's one look: letters written to political prisoners, which visitors are welcome to sit down and engage with. The tangible nature of this work deeply moved me.
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Hong Kong Human Rights Art Exhibition is showing at Taiwan's National 228 Memorial Museum. Curated by Kacey Wong, here's one look: letters written to political prisoners, which visitors are welcome to sit down and engage with. The tangible nature of this work deeply moved me.
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NEW: Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the Lebanese town of Younine between Sept. and Nov. 2024 were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
At least one of the attacks used an air-dropped bomb equipped with a United States-produced JDAM guidance kit.
At least one of the attacks used an air-dropped bomb equipped with a United States-produced JDAM guidance kit.
Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians
Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the northeastern Lebanese town of Younine between September and November 2024, which killed 33 civilians, 15 of them children, were apparent indiscriminate attacks on c...
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April 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NEW: Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the Lebanese town of Younine between Sept. and Nov. 2024 were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
At least one of the attacks used an air-dropped bomb equipped with a United States-produced JDAM guidance kit.
At least one of the attacks used an air-dropped bomb equipped with a United States-produced JDAM guidance kit.
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"HERE AND NOW" —— A video work by Badiucao for Hong Kong 2025
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March 28 to April 3 | From 10 am to 10pm every hour - every days
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April 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"HERE AND NOW" —— A video work by Badiucao for Hong Kong 2025
Vertical Billboard | 33A, Argyle Street, Mong Kok
Horizontal Billboard | 6-12 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok
March 28 to April 3 | From 10 am to 10pm every hour - every days
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Horizontal Billboard | 6-12 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok
March 28 to April 3 | From 10 am to 10pm every hour - every days
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2024 was a year of reckoning, testing the integrity of democratic institutions and the principles of international human rights and humanitarian law.
With more rigor and urgency than ever, governments should respect and defend human rights. bit.ly/4gUvG5f
#Rights2025
With more rigor and urgency than ever, governments should respect and defend human rights. bit.ly/4gUvG5f
#Rights2025
January 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
2024 was a year of reckoning, testing the integrity of democratic institutions and the principles of international human rights and humanitarian law.
With more rigor and urgency than ever, governments should respect and defend human rights. bit.ly/4gUvG5f
#Rights2025
With more rigor and urgency than ever, governments should respect and defend human rights. bit.ly/4gUvG5f
#Rights2025
RIP Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter, former US president who was committed to human rights, has died. He was 100 years old.
Carter set a powerful example for world leaders to make human rights a priority, and he continued to fight for human rights after he left office.
Carter set a powerful example for world leaders to make human rights a priority, and he continued to fight for human rights after he left office.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care.
apnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:41 AM
RIP Jimmy Carter
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WATCH: Scuffles at South Korea's parliament as special forces take control under martial law
December 3, 2024 at 3:50 PM
WATCH: Scuffles at South Korea's parliament as special forces take control under martial law
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South Korea's National Assembly in a midnight meeting votes to lift the president's surprise imposition of martial law. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...
December 3, 2024 at 4:09 PM
South Korea's National Assembly in a midnight meeting votes to lift the president's surprise imposition of martial law. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...
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I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
December 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
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But not heritage foundation
November 21, 2024 at 11:27 PM
But not heritage foundation
CHILLING: Today US House of Reps passed H.R. 9495, which would allow authorities to remove tax-exempt status of any US nonprofit group it designates a terrorist supporting organization--with no clear definition nor requirement of evidence.
November 21, 2024 at 11:26 PM
CHILLING: Today US House of Reps passed H.R. 9495, which would allow authorities to remove tax-exempt status of any US nonprofit group it designates a terrorist supporting organization--with no clear definition nor requirement of evidence.
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‼️#ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024
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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against h...
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:18 PM
‼️#ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024
apnews.com/article/icc-...
apnews.com/article/icc-...
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My cartoon on Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion under China's national security law.
漫画《香港国安法与47人颠覆案》
首发大声媒体 @dashengmedia.bsky.social
漫画《香港国安法与47人颠覆案》
首发大声媒体 @dashengmedia.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 12:21 PM
My cartoon on Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion under China's national security law.
漫画《香港国安法与47人颠覆案》
首发大声媒体 @dashengmedia.bsky.social
漫画《香港国安法与47人颠覆案》
首发大声媒体 @dashengmedia.bsky.social
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Delta’s CEO says Trump has promised to roll back a rule requiring automatic refunds on canceled flights and another requiring airlines to disclose the full cost of a ticket up front
Delta CEO says the Trump administration will reverse government 'overreach' seen under Biden
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden.
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Delta’s CEO says Trump has promised to roll back a rule requiring automatic refunds on canceled flights and another requiring airlines to disclose the full cost of a ticket up front
Breaking: Arrest warrants out for Netanyahu and Gallant for #crimesagainsthumanity #Gaza. For more details check out @hrw & partners work on starvation, forced displacements, indiscriminate bombing of civilians, collective punishment, etc. www.hrw.org/middle-east/...
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November 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Breaking: Arrest warrants out for Netanyahu and Gallant for #crimesagainsthumanity #Gaza. For more details check out @hrw & partners work on starvation, forced displacements, indiscriminate bombing of civilians, collective punishment, etc. www.hrw.org/middle-east/...
Singing the joys of Malaysian hawker food— rich, complex, and deserving of a million Michelin stars.
June 29, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Singing the joys of Malaysian hawker food— rich, complex, and deserving of a million Michelin stars.
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There's a false narrative that tells people to fear someone sentenced to life without parole.
But in a new report, HRW shows how people in the state of California have flourished since returning home. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/28/us-californians-once-facing-life-without-parole-give-back
But in a new report, HRW shows how people in the state of California have flourished since returning home. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/28/us-californians-once-facing-life-without-parole-give-back
US: Californians Once Facing Life without Parole Give Back
People formerly sentenced to life without parole (LWOP) in the state of California have flourished since they have had an opportunity to return home.
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June 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM
There's a false narrative that tells people to fear someone sentenced to life without parole.
But in a new report, HRW shows how people in the state of California have flourished since returning home. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/28/us-californians-once-facing-life-without-parole-give-back
But in a new report, HRW shows how people in the state of California have flourished since returning home. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/28/us-californians-once-facing-life-without-parole-give-back
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court outlaws consideration of race as a factor in college admissions.
June 29, 2023 at 2:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court outlaws consideration of race as a factor in college admissions.
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One of the more interesting roundtables at RightsCon: "Ni China ni Silicon Valley" — neither China, nor Silicon Valley — with Lat Am / Caribbean folks in a room rejecting the tech paradigms established by US tech capitalism AND Chinese techno-authoritarianism.
June 12, 2023 at 11:53 AM
One of the more interesting roundtables at RightsCon: "Ni China ni Silicon Valley" — neither China, nor Silicon Valley — with Lat Am / Caribbean folks in a room rejecting the tech paradigms established by US tech capitalism AND Chinese techno-authoritarianism.