Francis at large
@thefranciscao.bsky.social
Research in #production of normative knowledge, teach #money & #credit, #neoliberal #China, co-organizer at Law & Pol. Econ. CRN at Law&Society Association, @Uni Frankfurt, prev. Peking Uni/Penn Law, unprofessional drifter, based in P-Berg, Berlin(he/him)
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Review essay: Can Germany find a better China strategy? – Michael Laha for China Books Review: ‘Germany has been sitting in a dark room in which it dares not stand up, for fear of tripping over a piece of precious Chinese porcelain. Are they finally about to switch on the lights?’
Can Germany Find a Better China Strategy? | China Books Review
Under Merkel and Scholz, Germany was criticized as being soft on China. Three new books explain the backstory to Berlin’s relationship with Beijing, and how — with a new Chancellor incoming — the pros...
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March 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Review essay: Can Germany find a better China strategy? – Michael Laha for China Books Review: ‘Germany has been sitting in a dark room in which it dares not stand up, for fear of tripping over a piece of precious Chinese porcelain. Are they finally about to switch on the lights?’
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My amazing partner's PhD thesis is up for anyone to download!!! Please go download it I wanna make their metrics EXPLODE, they've worked so hard on this and I'm so proud of them ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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‘All work is prostitution’: an exploration of sex work, exploitation, and dis-organising - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
The sex workers’ rights movement has rallied around the slogan that ‘sex work is work’. However, this tells us surprisingly little about how this work can and should be understood. Through approaching sex work as a form of work, this project explores and clarifies how this work is best understood.
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February 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My amazing partner's PhD thesis is up for anyone to download!!! Please go download it I wanna make their metrics EXPLODE, they've worked so hard on this and I'm so proud of them ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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No weapon formed against Philadelphia shall prosper
February 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
No weapon formed against Philadelphia shall prosper
Along with many, I felt this was a terrible joke until so many emails poured into my inbox in the last couple of days. It wasn't supposed to happen this way, especially when we badly needed his voice and praxis. RIP.
Renowned academic Michael Burawoy, 77, was killed in a hit-and-run in Oakland this week.
Sociology Professor's Death Shocks UC Berkeley Campus
Renowned academic Michael Burawoy, 77, was killed in a hit-and-run in Oakland this week.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Along with many, I felt this was a terrible joke until so many emails poured into my inbox in the last couple of days. It wasn't supposed to happen this way, especially when we badly needed his voice and praxis. RIP.
I often feel powerless as my knowledge of constitutional law seems outdated or just an illusion.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the plans tell NBC News.
February 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I often feel powerless as my knowledge of constitutional law seems outdated or just an illusion.
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100.000 Menschen in Berlin! In dunklen Zeiten sind wir ein Lichtermeer. ♥️
Sie stellen sich gegen die AfD und den Plänen von Friedrich Merz, gezielt eine gemeinsame Mehrheit mit den Rechtsextremen im Bundestag zu suchen.
Wir Demokrat:innen müssen zusammenstehen und wir stehen zusammen!
Sie stellen sich gegen die AfD und den Plänen von Friedrich Merz, gezielt eine gemeinsame Mehrheit mit den Rechtsextremen im Bundestag zu suchen.
Wir Demokrat:innen müssen zusammenstehen und wir stehen zusammen!
January 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
100.000 Menschen in Berlin! In dunklen Zeiten sind wir ein Lichtermeer. ♥️
Sie stellen sich gegen die AfD und den Plänen von Friedrich Merz, gezielt eine gemeinsame Mehrheit mit den Rechtsextremen im Bundestag zu suchen.
Wir Demokrat:innen müssen zusammenstehen und wir stehen zusammen!
Sie stellen sich gegen die AfD und den Plänen von Friedrich Merz, gezielt eine gemeinsame Mehrheit mit den Rechtsextremen im Bundestag zu suchen.
Wir Demokrat:innen müssen zusammenstehen und wir stehen zusammen!
Guess I need to share this post with my students.
"Using LLMs for historical research requires careful attention and disciplinary expertise." Can't find it again but someone asked about AI and historical research, and someone else recommended this @cblevins.bsky.social blogpost -- indeed interesting & helpful. cblevins.github.io/posts/llm-pr...
A Large Language Model Walks Into an Archive... | Cameron Blevins
Personal website for Cameron Blevins, Associate Professor, Clinical Teaching Track at University of Colorado Denver
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January 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Guess I need to share this post with my students.
valuable and timely insights that we all need now!
Jamestown’s China Brief published my article trying to conceptualise how China’s international order building exports its Leninist political system, building ties at various levels in various arenas to form a ‘Leninist leash’ Beijing can pull on to exert control: jamestown.org/program/the-...
The Leninist Leash: How Beijing’s Answer to Global Demand for Choice Makes the World More Closed Off
Executive Summary: Many so-called “Global South” countries feel it is time to do away with what they regard as the double standards of rich countries and are open to alternatives. However, Beijing’s o...
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January 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
valuable and timely insights that we all need now!
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Das Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz darf den Landesverband Sachsen der AfD als gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung einstufen. Dies hat das Sächsische Oberverwaltungsgericht heute entschieden und damit die Beschwerde gegen einen Beschluss des Verwaltungsgerichts Dresden zurückgewiesen
January 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Das Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz darf den Landesverband Sachsen der AfD als gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung einstufen. Dies hat das Sächsische Oberverwaltungsgericht heute entschieden und damit die Beschwerde gegen einen Beschluss des Verwaltungsgerichts Dresden zurückgewiesen
excited to share and support the vital research of mygood pal from our college days!—let's give it the attention it deserves!
My 2023 article co-authored with Dr. Paul Froese is still relevant in today's context. Using multiple waves of national samples, we find there are two popular notions of Christian America, Christian Statism and Religious Traditionalism. 1/3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Duality of American Christian Nationalism: Religious Traditionalism versus Christian Statism
While posited as a unified ideology, Christian Nationalism (CN) actually contains two distinct views of what it means to be a “Christian Nation”—one which envisions a Christian civil society separate....
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January 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
excited to share and support the vital research of mygood pal from our college days!—let's give it the attention it deserves!
Edinburgh‘s winter
December 15, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Edinburgh‘s winter
After pressing the submission button, I felt a sense of relief that is second to none. All these years, months, and days, worth it. Thank you, Berlin
December 5, 2023 at 4:50 AM
After pressing the submission button, I felt a sense of relief that is second to none. All these years, months, and days, worth it. Thank you, Berlin
Reflecting on the profound impact of loss, it’s disheartening to realize how the magnitude of tragedy is often measured in numbers. I was once told by a former member of China’s propaganda department that a significant event, marked by a death toll of 20 or more, would warrant an investigation.
October 17, 2023 at 8:58 PM
Reflecting on the profound impact of loss, it’s disheartening to realize how the magnitude of tragedy is often measured in numbers. I was once told by a former member of China’s propaganda department that a significant event, marked by a death toll of 20 or more, would warrant an investigation.
Words can’t deliver my feelings now
October 17, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Words can’t deliver my feelings now
“On the future of democracies”, don’t even let me start.
October 5, 2023 at 3:13 PM
“On the future of democracies”, don’t even let me start.