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"Trump also acknowledged the U.S. wanted access to Greenland’s rich deposits of rare-earth materials, and later made that access part of the framework of a deal he worked out with NATO.... KoBold, at the time, was deploying its AI technology to look for minerals in Greenland."

“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.” - OCTAVIA BUTLER, born on this day in 1947 in Pasadena, California

Since he's returned to office Trump has attacked the Smithsonian as "out of control" where everything discussed "is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was." Lonnie Bunch has been the person who has put himself between Trump and the Smithsonian. This is the story of his work to protect it.

"Be beige, not rainbow."

A good excuse to share this sublime Leonard Cohen story about the Chelsea Hotel, Janis Joplin, and Kris Kristofferson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk7D...

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

Meet Crumb, Button, and Clover. A friend in the Bay Area found them behind a gas station. Unfortunately, she isn't able to keep them, so if she can't find someone to adopt them, they will be going to a shelter. Can you help me find them a home? They are in good health and very tame.

Scottish soccer fans in town for the World Cup made a side-trip to Fenway on Sunday and brought actual magic with them. It was such a delight and honor to get to accompany their singing.

The largest Cape Verdean community in the US is in SE Massachusetts, originally brought there as part of the whaling industry in New Bedford. That city and community deserve a win and today's game feels like one. newbedfordlight.org/50-years-lat...

[turning on a world cup match] oh wow, cape verde, i wonder where that is [55 minutes later] if cape verde wins it will be the greatest day of my life

Apropos of nothing: Scaffolding by Seamus Heaney

"What Does 'It's My Duty' Mean?" ByteDance Chatbot: "This Content is in Suspected Violation of Terms of Use."

ICE has no idea of the forces it is up against in California. bsky.app/profile/jwbe...

Among her many wonderful children's books, Owl Moon is the one I read most often with my children and still most frequently gift to new parents. Such a beautiful, calming book.

Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

#Tibetan kindergarteners are reportedly being taught military drills, salutes, & “national defence education” under CCP programmes in Tibet. Childhood should nurture curiosity and culture .. not prepare children for ideological conformity. Read more @savetibet.org: savetibet.org/chinese-comm...

In 1994 I was a broke college student who bought last minute tickets to a World Cup game (Saudi Arabia vs Belgium IIRC) for dirt cheap and had a blast. As it should be.

Translation: Foreign Forces, Fake Patriots, and Adulterated Berries "'It feels like external forces are actively working to harm our Chinese fruit farmers.' What a waste that the creative genius behind that isn’t in Hollywood writing spy thrillers."

Merge two movies: THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY RICH ASIANS

We remember today those who died in the 8964 massacre & we remember our friends, who can no longer comemorate publicly. It is heavy but looking at this pic of two protesters dancing before the crackdown, showing the joy, smiles & comradery displayed in resistance, that can't be forgotten either.

"It's my duty"

‘Sharon, one of CUA’s Chinese editors, who uses a pseudonym to protect her identity because of threats from the Chinese government, says that “history cannot only be written by officials”.’

@sfomuseum.bsky.social continues to drop nothing but bangers

Netizen Voices: “Money Can’t Get Out, and Neither Can People” "Retail investors are state-owned assets." "If your skills are considered valuable, your brain belongs to the rulers."

Translations: On the Coal Mine Explosion in Liushenyu, Shanxi, That Killed 82 Miners and Injured 128

Translations: Censored Articles Decry Chinese Schoolchildren Being Used as “Props” in Vladivostok's Victory Day Celebrations "On some historical questions, our reaction is knee-jerk, a conditioned response. But when it comes to Russia, there are suddenly all sorts of justifications."

Translation: The Decade-long Death of a Campus Media Outlet, Part 2: The Decline of Student Journalism and the Rise of AI "When it comes to crafting words that exhibit depth of thought, or political precision, or genuine warmth—that kind of writing requires a human being behind it."

Pretty cool job opening in Berkeley for someone passionate about Chinese film: bampfa.org/page/curator...

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...

1974 Cultural Revolution book translated: “Ancient Satirical Fables and Jokes Criticizing Confucius and Confucianism” 英文翻译：文革著作：《古代反孔批儒寓言笑话选》 gaodawei.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/1...

I love democracy, but 61 candidates for governor is a bit much even for you, California.

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

Sensitive Words and Censored Content Related to the Recent Sino-American Summit

This whole debate, including that phrase, the censorship, the posts about the censorship, and the underlying historical messaging, is super interesting and highly articulate. More Chinese blogosphere curations please!

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for April 2026 Foreign forces accused of inciting slackerism; property mogul's trial; campus media's erosion; woman detained after bus stop smoking altercation; feminist WeChat account closure; knife attack; Beijing's declining youth population

Translation: “Why Do Urban Chinese Have So Many Misconceptions About the Countryside?” (Part Two) "Rural people's invisibility isn't because no one else is looking, it's because people who are suffering are not allowed to be seen—because that would disrupt ‘harmony.’"

Cool to see 19 new wind turbines generate as much electricity as 400 (!) old turbines in CA's Altamont Pass. The U.S. could more than double its onshore wind capacity with no new land via repowering, per a Stanford study: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/a-repowered-... via @justingerdes.bsky.social

When I graduated from NYU, our graduation speaker was Neil Diamond, and he sang "Louie Louie."

Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in love. Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe Upon a dwarfish thief.

Beijing insists the Chinese nation is not imagined, but a “historical inevitability.” Yet China’s new ethnic unity law suggests the opposite: national consciousness must be legislated, operationalised, and continuously forged. My latest for @chinabrief.bsky.social: jamestown.org/new-law-engi...

Translation: The Decade-long Death of a Campus Media Outlet (Part One) "As physical spaces were being sealed off, layer by layer, the boundaries of speech were silently closing in as well. One after another, the corners in which raising questions had once been possible disappeared."

And they have been for a very long time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yuc...

I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims

Why and how would one person’s comments be expected to represent the diversity of views across an entire faculty?!

Berkeley CA yesterday - only marginally better than the most expensive station in LA. I saw it over $7 in SF last week.

China is the reason why @rightscon.org, one of the world's largest human rights conferences attended by thousands, has been canceled in Zambia — a location specifically chosen to honor the Global South. I've been to the past three (Taipei, Costa Rica, online). Some thoughts... 1/5

Really shocking. Comes a few days after Zambia signed a cooperation agreement with China. It was a big effort to bring this conference (which was in Taiwan last year) to Africa Sad state for #humanrights right now around the world www.404media.co/rightscon-hu...