Sylvia Chong
@sylviachong.bsky.social
Asian American and film studies professor. Waster of time on cat sim games.
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"With Tesla’s continued sales drop, Musk is getting a harsh reminder that he’s not the only one who can wield a pocketbook to send a message."
Damn right he is. And we're gonna keep on sending it. #teslatakedown www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/b...
Damn right he is. And we're gonna keep on sending it. #teslatakedown www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/b...
Everything is blowing up in Elon Musk’s face | CNN Business
All it took was losing $100 billion in three months to make Elon Musk change his tune on government work.
www.cnn.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"With Tesla’s continued sales drop, Musk is getting a harsh reminder that he’s not the only one who can wield a pocketbook to send a message."
Damn right he is. And we're gonna keep on sending it. #teslatakedown www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/b...
Damn right he is. And we're gonna keep on sending it. #teslatakedown www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/b...
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US citizen. Lawyer. Targeted and harassed at customs on his way home from Spring Break with his family. This is Trump's America. Who do you think is safe if they're targeting US citizen attorneys, folks?
“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
US citizen. Lawyer. Targeted and harassed at customs on his way home from Spring Break with his family. This is Trump's America. Who do you think is safe if they're targeting US citizen attorneys, folks?
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the law clinic repping this student, CLEAR, is based out of CUNY.....once again the public city university absolutely flounces the ivy league when it comes to having a backbone and standing on actual principles
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation
Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Immigration agents visited residences looking for her.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
the law clinic repping this student, CLEAR, is based out of CUNY.....once again the public city university absolutely flounces the ivy league when it comes to having a backbone and standing on actual principles
Holy f***! Now permanent residents and visa holders are being deported after trying to return to the U.S. from an international trip. Everyone be careful out there. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
www.browndailyherald.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Holy f***! Now permanent residents and visa holders are being deported after trying to return to the U.S. from an international trip. Everyone be careful out there. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Yesterday (2/27) was a strange day in Charlottesville. In addition to the stabby guy near UVA that prompted the 2nd shelter-in-place alert THIS WEEK, we were driving S on 29 around 5 and saw a mini-police chase (a little dark grey car that swerved across 4 lanes of traffic into the Staples lot).
February 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Yesterday (2/27) was a strange day in Charlottesville. In addition to the stabby guy near UVA that prompted the 2nd shelter-in-place alert THIS WEEK, we were driving S on 29 around 5 and saw a mini-police chase (a little dark grey car that swerved across 4 lanes of traffic into the Staples lot).
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assoc vp for student affairs marsh pattie, incidentally, seems to be the university's liaison for threatening students with cops. he also bought into the CRT panic & publicly spouted chud talking points in opposition to anti-racism + queer inclusivity so this is for sure his time to shine
![public comments to albemarle county school board, may 27 2021:
marsh pattie-
...our kids are being presented with methods that while well intentioned to support a more just society, are serving to do the opposite. they sew division and conflict rather than promote positive relationshipos and mutual respect. they victimize people and force them into categories. they promote equity at the cost of equality. in the name of anti-racism these ideas and philosophies preach an unending cycle of conflict. kendi wrote in his book how to be an anti-racist "the only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. the only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination." aside from having no basis in scholarly resarch to suggest the effectiveness of such an approach, these ideas teach children a simplified world view. your curricula is [sic] informed almost exclusively by a single world view, critical race theory. CRT informs your courageous conversations about race, your culturally responsive teaching program, and your inquiry design model. you may not realize that CRT is a branch of post-modernism that rejects objectivity and liberalism, small L liberalism, defined by rational thinking, empirical inquiry and individual rights and freedoms. liberalism is not perfect because it has been maintained by imperfect people, but it is the system that allows for constant improvement. challenging assumptions through reason, universal human rights, and equality of opportunity. these values have fought against slavery, colonialism, fascism, communism, and discrimination. i fear what you are doing in our school threatens the progress of that system of the past two and a half centuries. so i ask you to read more broadly, seek different viewpoints, and recommit to our classical liberal values. remove critical theory from our schools. instead close the achievement gaps by teaching respect for self and others, relationships and resilience. thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5udoh2yruu6u2njprrhkkr3y/bafkreielouefwuospoo4v77au7yrdlt52mzbc5n2j35xadyhtzkoruagjq@jpeg)
February 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
assoc vp for student affairs marsh pattie, incidentally, seems to be the university's liaison for threatening students with cops. he also bought into the CRT panic & publicly spouted chud talking points in opposition to anti-racism + queer inclusivity so this is for sure his time to shine
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A deportation flight leaving the U.S. Thursday carrying 135 mostly Asian undocumented migrants is expected to land in Costa Rica in the afternoon. Almost half of the migrants will be children.
On a U.S. deportation flight of mostly Asians to Costa Rica, half will be minors
A flight carrying primarily Asian undocumented migrants, 65 of whom are minors, is expected to land in San Jose, Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A deportation flight leaving the U.S. Thursday carrying 135 mostly Asian undocumented migrants is expected to land in Costa Rica in the afternoon. Almost half of the migrants will be children.
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“Forty-one U.S. senators could use the filibuster to block most legislation that enables the funding of Musk’s companies. With 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two independents in the Senate, such a push is numerically possible, though politically difficult.“
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
interc.pt
February 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“Forty-one U.S. senators could use the filibuster to block most legislation that enables the funding of Musk’s companies. With 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two independents in the Senate, such a push is numerically possible, though politically difficult.“
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Charlottesville:
The UVA Board of Visitors is hosting a “special meeting of the full board” this Friday, Feb. 21 from 9:30-11:30AM to discuss and possibly restrict gender-affirming care at UVA medical facilities for those <19 again despite the executive order being blocked twice in court last week.
The UVA Board of Visitors is hosting a “special meeting of the full board” this Friday, Feb. 21 from 9:30-11:30AM to discuss and possibly restrict gender-affirming care at UVA medical facilities for those <19 again despite the executive order being blocked twice in court last week.
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Charlottesville:
The UVA Board of Visitors is hosting a “special meeting of the full board” this Friday, Feb. 21 from 9:30-11:30AM to discuss and possibly restrict gender-affirming care at UVA medical facilities for those <19 again despite the executive order being blocked twice in court last week.
The UVA Board of Visitors is hosting a “special meeting of the full board” this Friday, Feb. 21 from 9:30-11:30AM to discuss and possibly restrict gender-affirming care at UVA medical facilities for those <19 again despite the executive order being blocked twice in court last week.
I guess I should be happy that Kaine and Warner didn't also vote for brain worm and for drunk nuke codes. Why can't our Democrats stand up for anything while our country is burning?!?
February 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I guess I should be happy that Kaine and Warner didn't also vote for brain worm and for drunk nuke codes. Why can't our Democrats stand up for anything while our country is burning?!?
Just found out that my VA senators are PRACTICALLY Republicans re: 47's cabinet nominees: Kaine voted for the dog killer Noem, multimillionaire Bessent, spineless USAID-killing Rubio, and Ratcliffe, and Warner voted for all of these except for Noem. Seriously?!?
February 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Just found out that my VA senators are PRACTICALLY Republicans re: 47's cabinet nominees: Kaine voted for the dog killer Noem, multimillionaire Bessent, spineless USAID-killing Rubio, and Ratcliffe, and Warner voted for all of these except for Noem. Seriously?!?
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Lawsuit filed by families of transgender children arguing that the recent EO discriminates against transgender people and exceeds presidential authority.
www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...
Here’s the complaint:
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...
Here’s the complaint:
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Trump administration sued over order banning transgender healthcare for minors
Families of transgender children on Tuesday asked a federal court to block U.S. President Donald Trump's order to end all federal funding or support for healthcare that aids gender transitions for people younger than 19.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Lawsuit filed by families of transgender children arguing that the recent EO discriminates against transgender people and exceeds presidential authority.
www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...
Here’s the complaint:
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...
Here’s the complaint:
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
So UVA sells out trans and non-binary kids (like mine) on Friday and halts their care to prevent their precious federal grants from being affected, and today, we hear that all of the NSF and NIH funding portals have been shut down anyways, so no one can get to their grant money.
February 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
So UVA sells out trans and non-binary kids (like mine) on Friday and halts their care to prevent their precious federal grants from being affected, and today, we hear that all of the NSF and NIH funding portals have been shut down anyways, so no one can get to their grant money.