Michael Manangu
@manangu.bsky.social
Filipino student of politics and policy, University of the Philippines Diliman • independent social policy researcher • democracy, social welfare, and education in Southeast Asia
But what does "be held accountable" mean, exactly? We'll know once the actual post-arrest polling comes in.
www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artc...
www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artc...
March 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
But what does "be held accountable" mean, exactly? We'll know once the actual post-arrest polling comes in.
www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artc...
www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artc...
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Sunday reading: The Modern Conservative Tradition and the Origins of Trumpism
I wrote about how to situate the radicalism that defines today’s Right in the history of Modern Conservatism - and why Trumpism came to dominate rightwing politics and identity so easily.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about how to situate the radicalism that defines today’s Right in the history of Modern Conservatism - and why Trumpism came to dominate rightwing politics and identity so easily.
This week’s piece:
The Modern Conservative Tradition and the Origins of Trumpism
Today’s Trumpist radicals are not (small-c) conservatives – but they stand in the continuity of Modern Conservatism’s defining political project
thomaszimmer.substack.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Sunday reading: The Modern Conservative Tradition and the Origins of Trumpism
I wrote about how to situate the radicalism that defines today’s Right in the history of Modern Conservatism - and why Trumpism came to dominate rightwing politics and identity so easily.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about how to situate the radicalism that defines today’s Right in the history of Modern Conservatism - and why Trumpism came to dominate rightwing politics and identity so easily.
This week’s piece:
The death of Mother Teresa
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 18, 2024 at 9:37 AM
The death of Mother Teresa
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me in the family group chat
December 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
me in the family group chat
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We’ve had fake names used in contexts of fraud and embezzlement in Philippine politics before: Jane Ryan, Jose Velarde, Jose Pidal. But oh boy, did they screw up with ‘Mary Grace Piattos’ because that is absolutely cartoon villain territory.
November 25, 2024 at 2:51 AM
We’ve had fake names used in contexts of fraud and embezzlement in Philippine politics before: Jane Ryan, Jose Velarde, Jose Pidal. But oh boy, did they screw up with ‘Mary Grace Piattos’ because that is absolutely cartoon villain territory.
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“Hungary’s key lesson is you don’t protect democracy by talking about democracy — you protect democracy by protecting people. Only a democracy that works for the people is sustainable.”
He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:10 AM
“Hungary’s key lesson is you don’t protect democracy by talking about democracy — you protect democracy by protecting people. Only a democracy that works for the people is sustainable.”
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Meanwhile, in a country not the U.S…
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
Police accuse 37 people of crimes including conspiracy and trying to tear down one of world’s largest democracies
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Meanwhile, in a country not the U.S…
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A bit of a belated analysis, but here's some thoughts on Thaksin Shinawatra's attacks on the People's Party. #Thailand kenlmathis.com/2024/11/20/t...
Thaksin Attacks the People’s Party
One of the biggest open questions in Thai politics is 1) what the “grand compromise” between the Thaksinites and the conservatives entailed, and 2) whether or not there is a possibility…
kenlmathis.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:31 AM
A bit of a belated analysis, but here's some thoughts on Thaksin Shinawatra's attacks on the People's Party. #Thailand kenlmathis.com/2024/11/20/t...
The lack of private lists on this app is severely limiting its usefulness to me rn 🤔
November 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM
The lack of private lists on this app is severely limiting its usefulness to me rn 🤔
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Who has precedence over children’s education? Parents or the state?
And what should they be taught?
That question matters to authoritarians, conservatives & liberals.
It has shaped the history of primary education.
My podcast with @aspaglayan.bsky.social 🚌✏️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
And what should they be taught?
That question matters to authoritarians, conservatives & liberals.
It has shaped the history of primary education.
My podcast with @aspaglayan.bsky.social 🚌✏️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Who has precedence over children’s education? Parents or the state?
And what should they be taught?
That question matters to authoritarians, conservatives & liberals.
It has shaped the history of primary education.
My podcast with @aspaglayan.bsky.social 🚌✏️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
And what should they be taught?
That question matters to authoritarians, conservatives & liberals.
It has shaped the history of primary education.
My podcast with @aspaglayan.bsky.social 🚌✏️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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After 14 years, Mary Jane Veloso is heading home.
November 20, 2024 at 12:52 AM
After 14 years, Mary Jane Veloso is heading home.
Ok I just needed a moment to marvel at the sheer absurdity of CDO trying to sell me Christmas ham on *Linkedin* 💀
November 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Ok I just needed a moment to marvel at the sheer absurdity of CDO trying to sell me Christmas ham on *Linkedin* 💀
A dark day for democracy in Hong Kong today
Today 45 activists in HK were sentenced to a total of 245 years and six months in prison for trying to use democratic means (ie primaries) to contest an election. A generation of civil society leaders has been jailed.
hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...
hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...
Benny Tai, Joshua Wong among 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to 10 years in landmark national security case
Pro-democracy activist Benny Tai has been jailed for 10 years over organising an unofficial primary election in 2020, as Hong Kong’s High Court delivered sentences in the city’s largest…
hongkongfp.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:51 PM
A dark day for democracy in Hong Kong today
I fear that nothing can ever quite replace the old bird app at its peak, but we've gotta start somewhere, don't we?
November 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I fear that nothing can ever quite replace the old bird app at its peak, but we've gotta start somewhere, don't we?
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Still looking for Southeast Asia watchers to add to my SEA Starter Pack! bsky.app/starter-pack...
Could Starter Packs be used to reverse-engineer Bluesky communities that don't yet exist?
1. create an empty starter pack for, say, Southeast Asian Politics
2. invite people to express interest in that community by requesting to join
3. presto, a curated audience, incentivizing content creation
1. create an empty starter pack for, say, Southeast Asian Politics
2. invite people to express interest in that community by requesting to join
3. presto, a curated audience, incentivizing content creation
November 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Still looking for Southeast Asia watchers to add to my SEA Starter Pack! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Another reason to deactivate X, especially if you care about having your words and ideas plagiarized
X has a new terms of service that goes into effect on November 15. It says that by using X, you agree that everything you post can be used to train their AI models.
November 12, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Another reason to deactivate X, especially if you care about having your words and ideas plagiarized
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The latest infuriating thing about this to come to mind: How well did this excuse work for Aaron Swartz and Sci-Hub when they did it for free? How well has it been working for the Internet Archive so far? Why are we only supposed to consider it acceptable when someone’s profiting?
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2024 at 12:55 AM
The latest infuriating thing about this to come to mind: How well did this excuse work for Aaron Swartz and Sci-Hub when they did it for free? How well has it been working for the Internet Archive so far? Why are we only supposed to consider it acceptable when someone’s profiting?
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New (and Open Access!) article in Perspectives on Politics: “A Case for Description”
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
A Case for Description | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
A Case for Description
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2023 at 10:18 AM
New (and Open Access!) article in Perspectives on Politics: “A Case for Description”
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
Shopping around for dogs to adopt and sa sobrang lala ng class-coding around dog breeders, you wonder what you're really paying for
The less jeje the page, the more expensive the dogs
The less jeje the page, the more expensive the dogs
October 31, 2023 at 8:48 AM
Shopping around for dogs to adopt and sa sobrang lala ng class-coding around dog breeders, you wonder what you're really paying for
The less jeje the page, the more expensive the dogs
The less jeje the page, the more expensive the dogs
I'm trying out a bunch of text-to-speech apps for academic papers to help my goldfish brain out and the high price points are particularly frustrating as a grad student in the Global South 💸💸💸
October 16, 2023 at 1:16 PM
I'm trying out a bunch of text-to-speech apps for academic papers to help my goldfish brain out and the high price points are particularly frustrating as a grad student in the Global South 💸💸💸
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Its sort of crazy that a member of Congress who is neither Jewish nor a citizen of Israel, and has never served in the Israeli army has been going around pretending to be an Israeli soldier.
He spent a month volunteering with the IDF packing medical supplies. Thats it.
He spent a month volunteering with the IDF packing medical supplies. Thats it.
October 14, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Its sort of crazy that a member of Congress who is neither Jewish nor a citizen of Israel, and has never served in the Israeli army has been going around pretending to be an Israeli soldier.
He spent a month volunteering with the IDF packing medical supplies. Thats it.
He spent a month volunteering with the IDF packing medical supplies. Thats it.
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😂
Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
October 11, 2023 at 5:52 AM
😂
Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
Musk clearly doesn't understand how the EU - as a regulator much less a political entity - works
It's for him to demonstrate compliance with the DSA. Not the other way around
Day 41: Every new estrangement provides even more motivation to make this period of temporary and intentional unemployment as rehabilitative as possible.
Putting together a new cardio routine to replace my bike commute probably should have come sooner, but we're finally getting to it.
Putting together a new cardio routine to replace my bike commute probably should have come sooner, but we're finally getting to it.
October 11, 2023 at 5:54 AM
Day 41: Every new estrangement provides even more motivation to make this period of temporary and intentional unemployment as rehabilitative as possible.
Putting together a new cardio routine to replace my bike commute probably should have come sooner, but we're finally getting to it.
Putting together a new cardio routine to replace my bike commute probably should have come sooner, but we're finally getting to it.
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New Halloween costume this year.
October 1, 2023 at 1:37 PM
New Halloween costume this year.