"If Breakneck allows Western readers to understand how China engineers the future from a familiar and safe perspective, then reading Hu’s account reveals how a gifted storyteller—an unfortunate everyman—becomes pinned to China’s ground, unable to escape." — @afrawang.bsky.social

On February 5, join @yilingliu85.bsky.social and @afrawang.bsky.social to discuss the recent history of censorship on the Chinese internet, how its users elude surveillance to talk (somewhat) freely within the Great Firewall, and Liu's new book, "The Wall Dancers."

Beyond excited to have @wired.com's new magazine entirely dedicated to one of the biggest issues in our lives: how to understand China's rise and rise and rise. Humanoid robots, EV batteries, cleansing crystals, AI boyfriends, gene-editing... Something made in China is already changing your life.

Spirited and wind ranging review of Breakneck & I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social by @afrawang.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/chin... cc @yilingliu95.bsky.social @joshchin.bsky.social @nuvoices.bsky.social

Spirited and wide ranging review of the @wwnorton.com book Breakneck & Jack Hargreaves's translation of Hu Anyan's I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (cc @wwborders.bsky.social ), in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social /review by @afrawang.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/chin...

Looking forward to being back at Stanford on December 2 for this very special event, on a program about Chinese typewriters, Lin Yutang, and all sorts of related issues with @tsmullaney.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social & other special people cc @afrawang.bsky.social @koxinga.bsky.social

Interesting piece on the influence of Silicon Valley's organic intellectuals on the Chinese tech scene. asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...

Our new magazine, Equator, is officially out in the world — and here @equatormag.bsky.social Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event in London: equator.org

Last week, I did two events, one at Stanford hosted by the Hoover Institution, the other at San Francisco's @cwclub.bsky.social in cooperation w/ @dissentmag.bsky.social /video of one and audio of the other are now up online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfZ2... & www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...

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Pleased by the lively & varied collection of friends who began arriving to chat after I took the photo: @chinarhyming.bsky.social Isabel Hilton Ed Pulford @afrawang.bsky.social Jeffrey Ngo Lijia Zhang Harriet Evans + soon to graduate history major Pan Siripark (who nicely came in from Cambridge)

👇 Today, in person, in London, talking about Orwell & China w/ @isabelh.bsky.social & Cindy Yu (our 3rd event as a trio, after 2 for Cindy's "Chinese Whispers" podcast, on protests www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/echo... & on the Qing (recorded in the British Museum) www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/did-...

The People's Republic of China is a rare example of a "Big Brother" state where Orwell's work is widely read. So, what *does* Orwell mean in China? Join us live in London with @jwassers.bsky.social, @isabelh.bsky.social and Cindy Yu. www.orwellfestival.co.uk/booking/p/ch...

Very proud of my former undergrad student @afrawang.bsky.social —who keeps doing new things & doing them well (& with style), from her work with the Loud Murmers podcast to this substack (excerpts below) afraw.substack.com/p/the-clock-...

I have a new book due out June 10 on protest & repression in HK and SE Asia, & I'm doing a lot of events related to the themes in April, in NYC, Boston, Minneapolis, at Pomona, &, for the 1st time, @ Luther College, Iowa, 2 events there www.luther.edu/event/youth-... & www.luther.edu/event/studen...

One of the best ways to understand DeepSeek via @afrawang.bsky.social The way we understand DeepSeek has to have some insider insights to fully make sense and here are observations to support that realization: DeepSeek's rapid adoption is highly symbolic. www.ai-supremacy.com/p/deepseek-a...

Don't miss our upcoming book talk with NPR correspondent Emily Feng, discussing her book "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom," identity in Xi Jinping's China, and her own journey as a journalist – in conversation with China Books Review editor Alec Ash. Register now to secure your seat! buff.ly/r73hVTg

d/acc, one year later: vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025...

Reposting this post of mine from 1.5 years ago... I still find this fascinating vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023...

Bluesky has passed 21M users.

Interesting to see the recent spike in activity over here. I have been around for a few such waves over on Farcaster, curious to see how it plays out over here.

合抱之木，生于毫末；九层之台，起于累土；千里之行，始于足下。

The plight of decentralized social networks echoes the plight of decentralized identity - and the plight of linking an ETH address to a real human.

Dwebbing

Proposed categorization of the Three Great Tribes of Health/Longevity: Steak, Kale, Metformin

hullo