Shelly Kraicer
@shellyk.bsky.social
Cinema / film art in China, Hong Kong, & Taiwan especially independent films & films from within the Chinese borderlands (Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hong Kong…). And I create English subtitles for Chinese-language films.
Hence the chains on the White House Don Lemon post.
Apparently Trump is speaking at a banquet tomorrow that commemorates Robert E. Lee's birthday.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Hence the chains on the White House Don Lemon post.
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The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
Breaking MS NOW:
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
Why is the New York Times covering American extreme right wingers and Nazis like they’re worthy of serious detailed attention? Name them what they are, the fascist fringe, and then leave them in obscurity. This kind of awed interest is just promotion. @nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Why is the New York Times covering American extreme right wingers and Nazis like they’re worthy of serious detailed attention? Name them what they are, the fascist fringe, and then leave them in obscurity. This kind of awed interest is just promotion. @nytimes.com
Do you think it's systematic, as in the regime and its cronies have a plan to violate and knock down constitutional rights? Or do they just blunder destructively into them and smash them, one by one, because those rights precisely protect Americans from the crimes the regime wants to perpetrate?
One by one, they're coming after our most fundamental freedoms, our basic rights. Systematically. Using every tool at their disposal. Freedom of expression. The right to assembly. The right to vote. They have been since Day 1. We're in serious trouble, folks. Fight back or lose them forever.
OPINION | Trump is seeking to execute the First Amendment in the same way that his thugs gunned down Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Do you think it's systematic, as in the regime and its cronies have a plan to violate and knock down constitutional rights? Or do they just blunder destructively into them and smash them, one by one, because those rights precisely protect Americans from the crimes the regime wants to perpetrate?
Yes!! Boycott threats can work
Breaking - Jim Pattison Developments say the sale of their warehouse for use as a proposed ICE facility will not be proceeding
January 30, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Yes!! Boycott threats can work
There’s another pretty common term for networked secret police “detention centres” of the scale.
Manzanar looking like the Ritz-Carlton compared to what they have in mind I’m afraid.
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:21 PM
There’s another pretty common term for networked secret police “detention centres” of the scale.
[reposting] Thoughts on MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (the film) by a deeply committed Sondheim fan:
1/6 MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (2025) dir. by Maria Friedman. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
I love Sondheim musicals, so this film version was something I hoped to savour. I had seen what I think was only the second production of "Merrily", after its initial flop, ... (cont'd)
I love Sondheim musicals, so this film version was something I hoped to savour. I had seen what I think was only the second production of "Merrily", after its initial flop, ... (cont'd)
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
[reposting] Thoughts on MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (the film) by a deeply committed Sondheim fan:
PM Carney et co.: get this cars into Canada ASAP!
Reading. (I've ridden in many of them as a passenger, and can confirm her impression.) www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore.
Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:23 PM
PM Carney et co.: get this cars into Canada ASAP!
Delightful! I should learn how too, but I have like a couple fewer languages than Luchs to start.
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Delightful! I should learn how too, but I have like a couple fewer languages than Luchs to start.
So, BACK TO THE PAST 尋秦記 (d. Ng Yuen-Fai & Jack Lai) has opened in Toronto. Is this one worth slogging through the frigid snow and buying a ticket to? Louis Koo (fine in BEHIND THE SHADOWS 私家偵探) and Bai Baihe (superb in GLOAMING IN LUOMU 罗目的黄昏) star, so this one might be worth seeing in a theatre?
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 AM
So, BACK TO THE PAST 尋秦記 (d. Ng Yuen-Fai & Jack Lai) has opened in Toronto. Is this one worth slogging through the frigid snow and buying a ticket to? Louis Koo (fine in BEHIND THE SHADOWS 私家偵探) and Bai Baihe (superb in GLOAMING IN LUOMU 罗目的黄昏) star, so this one might be worth seeing in a theatre?
1/6 MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (2025) dir. by Maria Friedman. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
I love Sondheim musicals, so this film version was something I hoped to savour. I had seen what I think was only the second production of "Merrily", after its initial flop, ... (cont'd)
I love Sondheim musicals, so this film version was something I hoped to savour. I had seen what I think was only the second production of "Merrily", after its initial flop, ... (cont'd)
January 30, 2026 at 5:11 AM
1/6 MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (2025) dir. by Maria Friedman. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
I love Sondheim musicals, so this film version was something I hoped to savour. I had seen what I think was only the second production of "Merrily", after its initial flop, ... (cont'd)
I love Sondheim musicals, so this film version was something I hoped to savour. I had seen what I think was only the second production of "Merrily", after its initial flop, ... (cont'd)
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I have a feeling that more American states would vote to join Canada right now than there are provinces keen to head the other way…
January 29, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I have a feeling that more American states would vote to join Canada right now than there are provinces keen to head the other way…
The Atlantic under Jeffrey Goldberg seems to be both-sidesing writing and intelligence. He hires eloquent writers offering wisdom, who represent one side, and balances them neatly with the stupidest, most offensive writers he can find. Taking balance a little too far, maybe?
There are better names you could draw just from the Epstein files.
We’re excited to announce that David Brooks is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. The Atlantic will be the home for all of his writing, and he will also host a new weekly video podcast that will launch later this spring. www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
January 29, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The Atlantic under Jeffrey Goldberg seems to be both-sidesing writing and intelligence. He hires eloquent writers offering wisdom, who represent one side, and balances them neatly with the stupidest, most offensive writers he can find. Taking balance a little too far, maybe?
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me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
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"I would love to believe that cycling infrastructure is coddled by the City of Toronto. But the policies, the maintenance standards, and the lived experience on our streets suggest otherwise." - @spacing.bsky.social
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @jnyyz.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @jnyyz.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"I would love to believe that cycling infrastructure is coddled by the City of Toronto. But the policies, the maintenance standards, and the lived experience on our streets suggest otherwise." - @spacing.bsky.social
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @jnyyz.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @jnyyz.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Canadian pariahs (or soon to be): Jim Patisson, who profits on the sale of a huge Virginia building to ICE to be used as a concentration camp; Hootsuite who serve ICE with data analysis; and Roshel, who build military assault vehicles for ICE to use in U.S. cities. Shame and boycott them all.
Contractors supplying services to Trump's secret police are becoming international pariahs. www.ft.com/content/8e38...
France presses Capgemini over ICE contract amid international backlash
US subsidiary CGS helps immigration agency locate migrants for deportation
www.ft.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Canadian pariahs (or soon to be): Jim Patisson, who profits on the sale of a huge Virginia building to ICE to be used as a concentration camp; Hootsuite who serve ICE with data analysis; and Roshel, who build military assault vehicles for ICE to use in U.S. cities. Shame and boycott them all.
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Stella Carlson - known as "Pink Jacket Lady" - is a hero!
Anderson Cooper is gentle as she recounts how her phone & whistle don't feel like enough.
And yet, with them, she created irrefutable evidence of Alex Pretti's murder. And now gives a sincere & articulate call for justice.
Anderson Cooper is gentle as she recounts how her phone & whistle don't feel like enough.
And yet, with them, she created irrefutable evidence of Alex Pretti's murder. And now gives a sincere & articulate call for justice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Stella Carlson - known as "Pink Jacket Lady" - is a hero!
Anderson Cooper is gentle as she recounts how her phone & whistle don't feel like enough.
And yet, with them, she created irrefutable evidence of Alex Pretti's murder. And now gives a sincere & articulate call for justice.
Anderson Cooper is gentle as she recounts how her phone & whistle don't feel like enough.
And yet, with them, she created irrefutable evidence of Alex Pretti's murder. And now gives a sincere & articulate call for justice.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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To say aloud that the vice president is friends with Nazis and to point out that his Holocaust tweet is crafted so as not to offend them is to sound crazy to everyone who doesn’t know both are stone cold facts. Frustrating thing.
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 5:34 AM
To say aloud that the vice president is friends with Nazis and to point out that his Holocaust tweet is crafted so as not to offend them is to sound crazy to everyone who doesn’t know both are stone cold facts. Frustrating thing.
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On what's left of Mozart's birthday, some specifics (beyond the antiauthoritarian furies of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni) regarding his indignant rage at injustices of his day: here, his letter of Aug. 8, 1781 regarding one of them (or many of them in one story):
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 AM
On what's left of Mozart's birthday, some specifics (beyond the antiauthoritarian furies of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni) regarding his indignant rage at injustices of his day: here, his letter of Aug. 8, 1781 regarding one of them (or many of them in one story):
A Holocaust remembrance statement from the U.S. Vice President that even American Nazis would be comfortable with. Remarkable.
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A Holocaust remembrance statement from the U.S. Vice President that even American Nazis would be comfortable with. Remarkable.
Why are leading Democratic Party politicians so much more timid than the brave folks they represent? "restrictions on ICE" is what they propose, when they have strong and obvious public support already for defunding and abolition? What is wrong with them? What's the root of their cowardice?
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Why are leading Democratic Party politicians so much more timid than the brave folks they represent? "restrictions on ICE" is what they propose, when they have strong and obvious public support already for defunding and abolition? What is wrong with them? What's the root of their cowardice?
All Biden had to do was change "we are not a nation who" to "we must not be a nation who" and the statement is great. As it stands...
“No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we —all of America - stand up and speak out. We know who we are. It's time to show the world.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
All Biden had to do was change "we are not a nation who" to "we must not be a nation who" and the statement is great. As it stands...
1) Bravo Philip Glass.
2) "'I cannot make everybody happy,' Noseda said." Your job is not to make everybody happy. You're not a clown. You could register your disgust with your landlord's fascist regime by refusing to play for him. Good people would be happy, and some bad people might be a bit sad.
2) "'I cannot make everybody happy,' Noseda said." Your job is not to make everybody happy. You're not a clown. You could register your disgust with your landlord's fascist regime by refusing to play for him. Good people would be happy, and some bad people might be a bit sad.
January 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
1) Bravo Philip Glass.
2) "'I cannot make everybody happy,' Noseda said." Your job is not to make everybody happy. You're not a clown. You could register your disgust with your landlord's fascist regime by refusing to play for him. Good people would be happy, and some bad people might be a bit sad.
2) "'I cannot make everybody happy,' Noseda said." Your job is not to make everybody happy. You're not a clown. You could register your disgust with your landlord's fascist regime by refusing to play for him. Good people would be happy, and some bad people might be a bit sad.
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Continuing to catch up on notable Hong Kong 2025 films: SMASHING FRANK 搗破法蘭克 2025, directed by Trevor Choi. One of the most impressive small Hong Kong films of 2025 (the negative reception online is a bit bewildering)... 1/6
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Continuing to catch up on notable Hong Kong 2025 films: SMASHING FRANK 搗破法蘭克 2025, directed by Trevor Choi. One of the most impressive small Hong Kong films of 2025 (the negative reception online is a bit bewildering)... 1/6