Taken near Taipei's Huashan arts precinct yesterday.
January 24, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Taken near Taipei's Huashan arts precinct yesterday.
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Little has impacted me more than those that said these things to me
Among them, one is now serving over 10 years in prison & others have been/are in prison
#FreeOurFriends isn't just literal, also means wanting a world where no kid is faced with sacrificing their childhood fighting for their rights.
Among them, one is now serving over 10 years in prison & others have been/are in prison
#FreeOurFriends isn't just literal, also means wanting a world where no kid is faced with sacrificing their childhood fighting for their rights.
It is *extremely* depressing talking to very young activists who have done nothing wrong but fight for rights tell you they're expecting to go to jail for a long time, or they're not going to see their friends for a long time because the friends are going to be in jail for a long time
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Little has impacted me more than those that said these things to me
Among them, one is now serving over 10 years in prison & others have been/are in prison
#FreeOurFriends isn't just literal, also means wanting a world where no kid is faced with sacrificing their childhood fighting for their rights.
Among them, one is now serving over 10 years in prison & others have been/are in prison
#FreeOurFriends isn't just literal, also means wanting a world where no kid is faced with sacrificing their childhood fighting for their rights.
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How ready do you think the PRC military is to successfully invade Taiwan given purge that is going on of its top ranks?
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has placed his most senior general under investigation, extending a relentless crackdown on military corruption and disloyalty that has swept through the top ranks of one of the world’s most powerful armed forces.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
China’s Xi Places His Top General Under Investigation as Military Purges Heat Up
Gen. Zhang Youxia is the most senior member of China’s military hierarchy to face dismissal since the fallout of the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
www.wsj.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:45 AM
How ready do you think the PRC military is to successfully invade Taiwan given purge that is going on of its top ranks?
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NYT - An FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this month has resigned from the bureau. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us...
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 AM
NYT - An FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this month has resigned from the bureau. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us...
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Absolutely damning details on the disturbing proposed hepatitis trial that is already (apparently) being rolled out in Guinea-Bissau.
It beggars belief that the people funding this unethical experiment on African children claim to be the guardians of "gold standard science".
It beggars belief that the people funding this unethical experiment on African children claim to be the guardians of "gold standard science".
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Absolutely damning details on the disturbing proposed hepatitis trial that is already (apparently) being rolled out in Guinea-Bissau.
It beggars belief that the people funding this unethical experiment on African children claim to be the guardians of "gold standard science".
It beggars belief that the people funding this unethical experiment on African children claim to be the guardians of "gold standard science".
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Very good long-read interview with a central source in the Baltics👇
"Brains have left, people are full of violence. They are willing to turn a blind eye to whatever evil."
@holgerroonemaa.bsky.social #Russia #Ukraine #Estonia
"Brains have left, people are full of violence. They are willing to turn a blind eye to whatever evil."
@holgerroonemaa.bsky.social #Russia #Ukraine #Estonia
"We know that the Kremlin is very worried."
An interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence's top analyst
balticflank.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Very good long-read interview with a central source in the Baltics👇
"Brains have left, people are full of violence. They are willing to turn a blind eye to whatever evil."
@holgerroonemaa.bsky.social #Russia #Ukraine #Estonia
"Brains have left, people are full of violence. They are willing to turn a blind eye to whatever evil."
@holgerroonemaa.bsky.social #Russia #Ukraine #Estonia
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January 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
The White House posted a digitally altered image showing a demonstrator involved in interrupting a church service in Minnesota last weekend crying as she was arrested on Thursday.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
White House Posts Altered Photo Showing Arrested Minnesota Protester Crying
The New York Times ran the image posted by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, as well as the one posted by the White House through an A.I. detection system. It concluded that the White House’s version showed signs of manipulation.
nyti.ms
January 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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One of the things I was most worried about is starting to come to fruition.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
Moderna curbing investments in vaccine trials due to US backlash, CEO tells Bloomberg TV
Moderna does not plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from U.S. officials, CEO Stephane Bancel said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Th...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
One of the things I was most worried about is starting to come to fruition.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
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A reminder that one of the reasons why tankies and gullible others think "the Chinese economy is doing great" is because, in addition to often swallowing Chinese government propaganda wholesale, "China" to them is really only Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen for the most part, if actually real at all.
. #Chinese rural banks are unable to find buyers for hundreds of foreclosed properties they’re auctioning despite offering steep discounts, deepening a real estate crisis & adding to risks for the financial sector & the broader economy.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
China's rural banks struggle to sell seized properties despite hefty discounts
Chinese rural banks are unable to find buyers for hundreds of foreclosed properties they are auctioning despite offering steep discounts, deepening a real estate crisis and adding to risks for the fin...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 AM
A reminder that one of the reasons why tankies and gullible others think "the Chinese economy is doing great" is because, in addition to often swallowing Chinese government propaganda wholesale, "China" to them is really only Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen for the most part, if actually real at all.
These disgusting fucking scumbag judges.
It's a grotesque retirement racket at the expense of Asian democrats.
Mocking the US over Trumpian corruption and transactionalism? Look in your own backyard, Aussies and Kiwis. These fuckers are here, too.
An indictment of the Australasian legal industry.
It's a grotesque retirement racket at the expense of Asian democrats.
Mocking the US over Trumpian corruption and transactionalism? Look in your own backyard, Aussies and Kiwis. These fuckers are here, too.
An indictment of the Australasian legal industry.
Doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the judiciary.
Might some of the chief justices be pondering their own options for lucrative post-retirement appointments? #auspol #nzpol
Might some of the chief justices be pondering their own options for lucrative post-retirement appointments? #auspol #nzpol
Trans-Tasman judges reject call for tighter controls on foreign work
New Zealand and Australia's top judges knock back request to bar retired members for working for authoritarian regimes such as Hong Kong. Sam Sachdeva reports.
newsroom.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 AM
These disgusting fucking scumbag judges.
It's a grotesque retirement racket at the expense of Asian democrats.
Mocking the US over Trumpian corruption and transactionalism? Look in your own backyard, Aussies and Kiwis. These fuckers are here, too.
An indictment of the Australasian legal industry.
It's a grotesque retirement racket at the expense of Asian democrats.
Mocking the US over Trumpian corruption and transactionalism? Look in your own backyard, Aussies and Kiwis. These fuckers are here, too.
An indictment of the Australasian legal industry.
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon."
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
Pentagon wants a ‘refocus,’ but Stripes hasn’t wavered from its true mission
www.stripes.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon."
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
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Move over, democratic peace theory. Glittery condo peace theory has dropped.
There are many who do not see GAZA as Kushner and Trump’s commercial real estate development to profiteer from. The bogus “Board of Peace” is hawking a real estate development at Davos today:
January 23, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Move over, democratic peace theory. Glittery condo peace theory has dropped.
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Good. Tucson is standing up for its people against ICE. Throw every possible wrench in the gears.
Tucson moves to block ICE use of city property - AZ Luminaria
The Tucson City Council directed the city manager and attorney Wednesday to craft an ordinance barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from staging or carrying out civil immigration enforceme...
azluminaria.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Good. Tucson is standing up for its people against ICE. Throw every possible wrench in the gears.
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They darkened her skin. They made her heavier. They made her look older. They made it look like she was crying when she was courageous.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.aol.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
They darkened her skin. They made her heavier. They made her look older. They made it look like she was crying when she was courageous.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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While Trump has sucked up all the air, please take a moment to learn about heroes like Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho. Don't let the Beijing and Hong Kong governments get away with repression when the world is not looking. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Hong Kong national security trial of three pro-democracy activists begins
Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, are accused of inciting subversion
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 AM
While Trump has sucked up all the air, please take a moment to learn about heroes like Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho. Don't let the Beijing and Hong Kong governments get away with repression when the world is not looking. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Crews today dismantled plaques telling the stories of enslaved people who lived in the President's House in Philadelphia following orders by President Trump and Interior Secretary Burgum to remove content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the US. 6abc.com/post/philade...
Slavery exhibits at President's House in Philadelphia removed after Trump administration directive
Crews dismantled plaques telling the stories of the nine enslaved people who lived in the President's House and were owned by George Washington.
6abc.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Crews today dismantled plaques telling the stories of enslaved people who lived in the President's House in Philadelphia following orders by President Trump and Interior Secretary Burgum to remove content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the US. 6abc.com/post/philade...
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A billionaire known as “Bitcoin Jesus” was under indictment for massive criminal tax fraud and very likely going to prison.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A billionaire known as “Bitcoin Jesus” was under indictment for massive criminal tax fraud and very likely going to prison.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
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he’s literally rotting
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
he’s literally rotting
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I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
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Starmer naively thinks he goes to Beijing in a position of strength having just given Xi what he wants, whereas he will go there totally humiliated, with no face, and with no cards left to play.
This government’s China policy has been a total shambles from start to finish.
This government’s China policy has been a total shambles from start to finish.
'Kowtow Keir' #Starmer to visit Beijing for trade talks with President Xi Jinping - just days after Labour approved #China 's mega-embassy plan.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer to visit China days after approving mega-embassy plan
The Prime Minister is expected to make his first visit to China next week with a host of British business chief executives in tow.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Starmer naively thinks he goes to Beijing in a position of strength having just given Xi what he wants, whereas he will go there totally humiliated, with no face, and with no cards left to play.
This government’s China policy has been a total shambles from start to finish.
This government’s China policy has been a total shambles from start to finish.
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Bill Bishop points out that CMC Vice Chair Zhang Youxia and CMC Member Liu Zheli were absent from this study session, leaving Zhang Shengmin the only present uniformed CMC member: open.substack.com/chat/posts/4...
Bill Bishop in Sinocism
CMC vice chair Zhang Youxia and CMC member Liu Zhenli appear to have been absent from today's opening of a study session on the 4th plenum at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (National Ac...
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Bill Bishop points out that CMC Vice Chair Zhang Youxia and CMC Member Liu Zheli were absent from this study session, leaving Zhang Shengmin the only present uniformed CMC member: open.substack.com/chat/posts/4...