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A steppe mutt #SOAS #JLU. Mongolia, Technology and Authoritarianism. 🖼 art by Zolboo Tuguldur.
This is such an immersive and well-researched read. Perfect for the weekend. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 12, 2023 at 10:33 AM
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I summarized Meduza’s investigation into one of the main TG channels spreading anti-Semitic messages before Dagestan riot. Looks like Ilya Ponomarev’s need to take credit for things (Dugina murder, anti-draft protests) has repeatedly come back to bite him

meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Ponomarev’s monster How a Telegram channel created to tell the truth about the war in Ukraine ende...
One of the main vectors of misinformation about “refugees from Israel” that led to the anti-Semitic riot at the Makhachkala airport on October 29 was a Telegram channel called Morning Dagestan. Th...
meduza.io
November 4, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Interesting paper on Beijing’s response to international anti-China protests: “Killing Protests with Kindness: Anti-China Protests and China's Public Diplomacy” academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
November 6, 2023 at 10:04 AM
Fungi to haunt my nightmares. Nature is scary.
October 23, 2023 at 4:31 PM
International Expert Panel: Investigating the Influence of Russian Propaganda in Central Asia cabar.asia/en/internati...
October 23, 2023 at 5:14 AM
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People in Gaza are beginning to dehydrate to death
Fears grow people are dehydrating to death in Gaza as clean water runs out
UN agency warns residents exposed to cholera and dysentery as city’s last seawater desalination plant closes
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2023 at 7:49 PM
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Hey folks, anyone interested in cyber war, information warfare, technology and communication studies more broadly might wanna give Sean a follow and a welcome to bluesky….
October 14, 2023 at 1:09 AM
October 13, 2023 at 4:29 AM
Professor and global expert on Uyghur folklore Rahile Dawut named 2023 PEN international writer of courage www.theguardian.com/books/2023/o...
October 12, 2023 at 3:13 AM
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Bluesky after dark
October 10, 2023 at 2:55 AM
Logging in to check if this site is also full of misinformation containing footage of computer games, movies and unrelated conflicts 👀.
October 10, 2023 at 4:42 AM
Like most foreign media articles on this topic there seems to be a focus on what this appointment means for Ulaanbaatar, Beijing and Washington (given that boy is a US citizen). However, one aspect that often neglected is domestic struggle for dominance between different branches of buddhism.
The 8-Year-Old Boy at the Heart of a Fight Over Tibetan Buddhism
He may have to defend the faith in Mongolia against pressure from China’s ruling Communist Party.
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2023 at 4:55 AM
“Harmonisation of legislation” between the Russian Duma and Mongolia’s Parliament has never sounded more ominous. duma.gov.ru/news/57886/
September 27, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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There are over 1500 elderly victims documented as serving prison terms (potential death sentences): shahit.biz/elderlysente...

Name: Rahile Dawut
Age: 57
Status: serving a life sentence

shahit.biz?v=1
Entry 1: Rahile Dawut
Professor Rahile Dawut is a scholar of Uyghur folklore and the geography of Uyghur Sufi shrines. She founded the Ethnic Minorities Folklore Research Center at Xinjiang University where she built an in...
shahit.biz
September 21, 2023 at 5:43 PM
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"Twitter users arriving at Bluesky", Théodore Géricault, 1819
September 20, 2023 at 10:10 AM