Robert Delfs
robertdelfs.bsky.social
Robert Delfs
@robertdelfs.bsky.social
Fmr Far Eastern Economic Review China Economy correspondent (1981-86), Beijing bureau chief (1986-92), Tokyo bureau chief (1992-94). China/Japan consultant (1995-2002); (Indonesia-based conservation and sustainability consultant (2004-23).
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I'll be blunt: the Nazis knew better than to burn the Louvre. They knew destroying prized property would get more people into the streets of Paris than kidnapping entire neighborhoods of Jewish people. And they were right. White folk fetishize property & not vulnerable people. Stop doing that!
February 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's could be because of Philip Low's longer post about Elon Musk, which [as I understand it] replaces the original, shorter post on Facebook which has apparently been removed. I can see the post on BlueSky, but it is broken up into pages that I don't know how to handle on BlueSky.
February 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thanks for posting this!
February 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Be careful of the quaint, complacent view that civil conflict arising from constitutional crises is something only for the history books.
February 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hi Faine. What are you doing in Hanoi? (Reply when you get time!) — R.
December 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Hi Faine. I just got here. Unsurprised that I would run into you.

As for the candiru (made infamous by William S. Burroughs in Naked Lunch), we all want to believe, but that may the problem.
How are you? If I can figure out how to follow you on this I will.
(I'm at indigo.delfs@icloud.com)
November 26, 2024 at 1:38 AM