Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night. In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem

THREAD: Verified videos of anti-establishment protests currently unfolding in Iran Protesters push back police and security forces on Tehran's Jomhouri Street. Location: maps.app.goo.gl/LKZH6YbnT2WE... @geoconfirmed.org

Just texted a friend "can you remind me when you're around tomorrow/overmorrow" and I just think if a few of us really gave it a try suuuper casually we could bring back this word for day after tomorrow next year

'Mistress Dispeller' has been shortlisted for the Oscars. Here is a recent interview with director Elizabeth Lo by ChinaFile Editor-in-Chief Susan Jakes:

for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun

Unfortunately think this is still going to be coming in our near future. www.theverge.com/news/847891/...

I am the…

The grim convergence.

How long before Trump pardons him? Or doesn't he have any money left?

He was even saying it in 2004! "我们坚持扩大内需方针" hprc.cssn.cn/wxzl/wxysl/l...

"To boost domestic demand is a long-term strategic policy for China's economic growth." Wen Jiabao, 2009

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

ProPublica is hiring and we have a slew of great job opportunities: * Copy editor * Texas reporter * Senior editor, Business * Senior editor, LRN * YouTube senior producer * YouTube producer (two-year) job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica

Chart via @taxfoundation.bsky.social / @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

WATCH: Advocates for political violence among those welcomed to conference at Tennessee state park www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Slop, lies, and radar in the latest @thechinaweek.com: The incoherent Trump doctrine and escalating China-Japan tensions.

"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas

“So if you want to be heard as a female China analyst, the best way may simply be to join an institution that produces China-focused podcasts – or start your own.”

Hey Gang, Do You Remember 1999? The Y2K Nonsense? The Even More Nonsensical Blair Witch Project? Well Just In Case You Forgot; MAD Magazine Presents The 20 Dumbest People, Events, & Things Of 1999 👉🏻Tap Here For Full Dept👇🏻 .

The reason I liked the movie Civil War, and thought some missed the point, was that it depicted the miserably chaotic societal breakdown of a civil conflict, in contrast to fantasists’ imagination of what a civil war would look like. Just about anyone who thinks they’d like a real one is wrong.

As someone who went through this process, just…no words

Don't skip this Rhyming Chaos podcast, hosted by @goldkorn.bsky.social, in which journalist Soyonbo Borjgin discusses his life in Inner Mongolia, protests against CCP ethnic minority policies, and going through re-education.

Is there a graphic novel of Ubu Roi?

I did a Q&A with Violet Feng on her new film:

From R. Crumb's satirical "City of the Future" in Zap Comix (1968)

I chat to Soyonbo Borjgn about: - Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia - Scandals and corruption at state media - Changes in China’s ethnic policies - Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression - Drinking, and more:

hahaha the 1980s Japan discourse all over again

I chat to Soyonbo Borjgn about: - Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia - Scandals and corruption at state media - Changes in China’s ethnic policies - Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression - Drinking, and more:

The weekly 驻京办 dinner club that a few friends and I founded 10 years ago is still going strong and eating well, as nicely reflected in this piece by a current participant www.eastside.asia/articles/the...

The greatest danger is when the tide turns…

Putin knows how to flatter narccissists.

Just want to call out this incredible move by the Guardian to embed a year on their social sharing graphic so it's very clear that something is not new reporting. Should be standard operating procedure.

China started doing this right after the Snowden revelations

In the latest @thechinaweek.com: • ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’ • A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump • China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda • Recommended reading and listening • Important China news from the last week or so

Good morning!

A camel train leaving Peking, early 1920s by Herbert G Ponting. Camels arrived with coal,fruit, charcoal or vegetables from the Western Hills nearby or from further with tea etc. But, they left with at best some rugs, grass mats (pongs) or small toys and other items for the return journey….

War is peace over at Trump's Truth Social feed:

China vs US US workforce stats 2022: agriculture 1.62%, industry 19.28%, services 79.1% US household spend 2023: housing 32.9%, transportation 17%, food 12.9%, personal insurance & pensions 12.4%, healthcare 8%, entertainment 4.7% Sources: www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/201... www.bls.gov/news.release...

It’s here!

Tennessee-7 can elect a progressive woman who wants to eliminate the grocery tax in TN, or they can elect a Tr*mp loyalist who supports every terrible thing Tr*mp is doing to regress America. @aftynbehn.bsky.social

New AI-generated propaganda music video from China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency.From a tweet with this text: “‘Mess with fire, you're gonna get fried…’ Enjoy a new song from China's CD Rev rap group, say no to Japanese militarism” From: x.com/XHNews/statu...

Elon Musk did it for the LOLz

RIP Google Reader 😭

I did a Q&A with Violet Feng on her new film:

To which one should add that the white nationalist, although most definitely not of color, is from a developing country and is already ruining America.

Stuart Reid is author of The Lumumba Plot, a rip-roaring Cold War cloak-and-dagger tale. In this podcast, I talk to him about the CIA's plans to assassinate the Congolese prime minister in 1960, and resonances with the Trump regime's Caribbean killings.

It remains very striking to me that some of the most sober, clear-eyed reporting on the neo Nazi movement in America comes from local reporters like Phil Williams. I can't think of anything as frank and grounded as this from national outlets. Give this guy a follow.

Stuart Reid is author of The Lumumba Plot, a rip-roaring Cold War cloak-and-dagger tale. In this podcast, I talk to him about the CIA's plans to assassinate the Congolese prime minister in 1960, and resonances with the Trump regime's Caribbean killings.

gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...