Solarina Ho
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Some Trump Admin policies can be traced to long held goals of the right. Some to donor priorities. Other to culture war biases.
This, the government suppression of an entire industry, is due to a property dispute the President had 15 years ago.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This, the government suppression of an entire industry, is due to a property dispute the President had 15 years ago.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Some Trump Admin policies can be traced to long held goals of the right. Some to donor priorities. Other to culture war biases.
This, the government suppression of an entire industry, is due to a property dispute the President had 15 years ago.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This, the government suppression of an entire industry, is due to a property dispute the President had 15 years ago.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Over the weekend, JD Vance said: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore.”
That’s a longtime theme of white supremacists in America, as Vance no doubt knows. In this thread, I cite similar racist rhetoric using the “apology” theme. 1/6 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
That’s a longtime theme of white supremacists in America, as Vance no doubt knows. In this thread, I cite similar racist rhetoric using the “apology” theme. 1/6 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Over the weekend, JD Vance said: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore.”
That’s a longtime theme of white supremacists in America, as Vance no doubt knows. In this thread, I cite similar racist rhetoric using the “apology” theme. 1/6 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
That’s a longtime theme of white supremacists in America, as Vance no doubt knows. In this thread, I cite similar racist rhetoric using the “apology” theme. 1/6 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
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“Sometimes my daughter doesn’t want to leave our room because she is so sad and just wants to leave this prison so badly. She cries and cries about all of this. I am so worried that I barely eat," one mother detained in Texas said.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Sometimes my daughter doesn’t want to leave our room because she is so sad and just wants to leave this prison so badly. She cries and cries about all of this. I am so worried that I barely eat," one mother detained in Texas said.
In case you needed more proof that Meta/Facebook is terrible:
A tenth of Meta's 2024 global revenue came from ads by Chinese businesses, but 19% of that – over $3 bln – were ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.
A tenth of Meta's 2024 global revenue came from ads by Chinese businesses, but 19% of that – over $3 bln – were ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.
December 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In case you needed more proof that Meta/Facebook is terrible:
A tenth of Meta's 2024 global revenue came from ads by Chinese businesses, but 19% of that – over $3 bln – were ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.
A tenth of Meta's 2024 global revenue came from ads by Chinese businesses, but 19% of that – over $3 bln – were ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.
Surprised term "far-right" doesn't appear even once. Only conservative/right-wing. Maybe it's implicit in "conspiracist", but it does feel like political spectrum has shifted. People once considered firmly right-leaning are now centrists, far-right now conservatives, some centre-lefts now far-left.
She was MAGA’s favorite conspiracist. Then she dug into Charlie Kirk’s killing.
The right-wing firebrand rose to prominence as a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist. Her latest claims have infuriated some of her former allies.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Surprised term "far-right" doesn't appear even once. Only conservative/right-wing. Maybe it's implicit in "conspiracist", but it does feel like political spectrum has shifted. People once considered firmly right-leaning are now centrists, far-right now conservatives, some centre-lefts now far-left.
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also, Boone seems to have been quoted by the same NYT reporter for a different article last month about "The Next Charlie Kirk"?
Talk👏🏻To👏🏻More👏🏻People👏🏻
Talk👏🏻To👏🏻More👏🏻People👏🏻
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
also, Boone seems to have been quoted by the same NYT reporter for a different article last month about "The Next Charlie Kirk"?
Talk👏🏻To👏🏻More👏🏻People👏🏻
Talk👏🏻To👏🏻More👏🏻People👏🏻
When I first saw the videos, I wanted to know how he did it and whether he was safe. This post gives an incredible account of his extraordinary bravery, why he decided to do this and how, his dramatic journey to the US, and the psychological toll of the last several years.
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of Uyghur concentration camps. Now, his fate hangs in the balance as he awaits his immigration hearing on December 15th. If sent back to China, he would face drastic consequences. Read: open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When I first saw the videos, I wanted to know how he did it and whether he was safe. This post gives an incredible account of his extraordinary bravery, why he decided to do this and how, his dramatic journey to the US, and the psychological toll of the last several years.
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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NEW EPISODE: Join NüVoices host and co-founder Joanna Chiu joins China human rights researcher Maya Wang to discuss the current state of China human rights advocacy amid Beijing's growing transnational oppression and the US cut of international aid:
NüVoices Podcast #126: A Conversation with Maya Wang on the Future of Chinese Human Rights Advocacy
This week, NüVoices host and co-founder Joanna Chiu joins China human rights researcher Maya Wang to discuss the current state of China human rights advocacy amid Beijing’s growing transnational oppression and the US cut of international aid.
nuvoices.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW EPISODE: Join NüVoices host and co-founder Joanna Chiu joins China human rights researcher Maya Wang to discuss the current state of China human rights advocacy amid Beijing's growing transnational oppression and the US cut of international aid:
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
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TV news having trouble triaging an antisemitic mass murder on Chanukah, a mass shooting at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, and the apparent murder of one of America’s most beloved movie directors
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
TV news having trouble triaging an antisemitic mass murder on Chanukah, a mass shooting at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, and the apparent murder of one of America’s most beloved movie directors
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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The twilight of the physical letter on.ft.com/4oRJ25l | opinion
The twilight of the physical letter
End of deliveries by Denmark’s mail service bodes ill for the epistolary form
on.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The twilight of the physical letter on.ft.com/4oRJ25l | opinion
Both pieces make you see and feel Hong Kong through their eyes, and highlight both the city's resilience as well as the deep-rooted problems plaguing many communities.
In separate op-ed pieces about the Tai Po apartment fires, Nüora co-founders @joannachiu.bsky.social and Crystal Tai wrote about their memories of Hong Kong, its resiliency, and the inequalities facing many of its residences:
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Both pieces make you see and feel Hong Kong through their eyes, and highlight both the city's resilience as well as the deep-rooted problems plaguing many communities.
National cohort study of 28 million individuals: "After standardizing the characteristics of vaccinated individuals to those of unvaccinated individuals, we observed a 25% lower standardized incidence of all-cause death in vaccinated individuals compared with unvaccinated ones."
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
National cohort study of 28 million individuals: "After standardizing the characteristics of vaccinated individuals to those of unvaccinated individuals, we observed a 25% lower standardized incidence of all-cause death in vaccinated individuals compared with unvaccinated ones."
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FreeWeChat has provided a window to and kept a record of how exactly the CCP censors the Chinese information space. It’s a total shame that an American company is bending to the CCP’s global censorship demands. Don’t fool yourself: this will come back to bite you. en.greatfire.org/blog/2025/de...
Tencent enlisting American cloud hosting providers to enforce censorship
The Chinese company Tencent has used the American cloud hosting company Vultr to censor FreeWeChat around the world.
en.greatfire.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
FreeWeChat has provided a window to and kept a record of how exactly the CCP censors the Chinese information space. It’s a total shame that an American company is bending to the CCP’s global censorship demands. Don’t fool yourself: this will come back to bite you. en.greatfire.org/blog/2025/de...
A sad tale that weaves together complex and conflicting threads around COVID origins, transnational repression, scientific misinformation, MAGA disinformation, the politics of fear/trust in science, and the deeply personal toll on individuals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A sad tale that weaves together complex and conflicting threads around COVID origins, transnational repression, scientific misinformation, MAGA disinformation, the politics of fear/trust in science, and the deeply personal toll on individuals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Loved this nuanced op-ed piece by @joannachiu.bsky.social that captures what is worth preserving -- and what is wrong and urgently needs fixing -- in Hong Kong.
I grew up feeling safe walking Hong Kong’s sidewalks under bamboo canopies.
The Tai Po fire was a tragedy made deadlier by inequality — not a craft that has shaped Hong Kong’s identity. My op-ed in @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #HongKongfire #taipofire #WangFukCourt
The Tai Po fire was a tragedy made deadlier by inequality — not a craft that has shaped Hong Kong’s identity. My op-ed in @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #HongKongfire #taipofire #WangFukCourt
Opinion: If Hong Kong’s heritage is to blame for the Tai Po fire, it wasn’t the bamboo
People were quick to fault Hong Kong’s famous bamboo scaffolding for the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court, but the city’s deep inequality is a far likelier culprit
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Loved this nuanced op-ed piece by @joannachiu.bsky.social that captures what is worth preserving -- and what is wrong and urgently needs fixing -- in Hong Kong.
Listening to @barackobama.bsky.social talk about establishing new fuel efficiency standards on cars, how the benefits of the regulations outweighed their costs by 6 to 1, and the challenges of making progress on climate change in chapter 21 of A Promised Land. Meanwhile, here we are in 2025...
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Listening to @barackobama.bsky.social talk about establishing new fuel efficiency standards on cars, how the benefits of the regulations outweighed their costs by 6 to 1, and the challenges of making progress on climate change in chapter 21 of A Promised Land. Meanwhile, here we are in 2025...
“The majority of cardiologists are men. The majority of patients with long COVID are female, and there’s a myth that the females [with long COVID] have a psychiatric disease."
Canadian Cardiologists Must Step Up Care for Long COVID
Cardiologists need to know how to recognize and manage the cardiac effects that can arise from SARS-CoV-2 infections or COVID vaccines, experts say.
www.medscape.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“The majority of cardiologists are men. The majority of patients with long COVID are female, and there’s a myth that the females [with long COVID] have a psychiatric disease."
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At @nuvoices.bsky.social, we are dedicated to diversifying and amplifying women and non-binary voices on China. We are an NGO and an editorial collective of volunteers. This Giving Tuesday, consider supporting our work!
nuvoices.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
At @nuvoices.bsky.social, we are dedicated to diversifying and amplifying women and non-binary voices on China. We are an NGO and an editorial collective of volunteers. This Giving Tuesday, consider supporting our work!
nuvoices.fundjournalism.org/donate/
nuvoices.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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2/ As the HK fire unfolded, flames engulfed 1,500 homes over in Bangladesh...
Donations welcome here: www.bracusa.org/news/brac-an...
And here: www.instagram.com/p/DRhGkqYkT_X/
Donations welcome here: www.bracusa.org/news/brac-an...
And here: www.instagram.com/p/DRhGkqYkT_X/
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
2/ As the HK fire unfolded, flames engulfed 1,500 homes over in Bangladesh...
Donations welcome here: www.bracusa.org/news/brac-an...
And here: www.instagram.com/p/DRhGkqYkT_X/
Donations welcome here: www.bracusa.org/news/brac-an...
And here: www.instagram.com/p/DRhGkqYkT_X/