Erin Hale
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A journalist and noted cat person based in Taiwan.
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Joel Chan
about 2 months ago
Jimmy Lai will not appeal his 20-year sentence for national security crimes, say his lawyers
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Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says
The legal team for Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-national-security-d5cbe77909e3de6c9334365974523a83#
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
‘Our consciousness is under siege’: Michael Pollan on chatbots, social media and mental freedom
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‘Our consciousness is under siege’: Michael Pollan on chatbots, social media and mental freedom
In his new book, the celebrated author explains why we need ‘consciousness hygiene’ to defend ourselves from AI and dopamine-driven algorithms
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/mar/05/michael-pollan-book-a-world-appears-consciousness-hygiene?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772766880
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Michael Turton
about 2 months ago
DPP's analysis of the KMT's defense budget proposal: "excludes future procurement, co-production, and any defense-industrial investment. @MoNDefense warns their cuts would set back Taiwan's most urgent defense needs. "
mailchi.mp/aca945d08c5c...
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Rapid Response: Why Taiwan's Government Is Pushing Back on the KMT's Defense Budget Proposal
https://mailchi.mp/aca945d08c5c/taiwan-dpp-mission-in-the-us-newsletter-17734497
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Austin Ramzy
about 2 months ago
Unsettling to see Drew Thompson worried about the sudden stop in PLA flights near Taiwan
chinadrew.substack.com/p/the-pla-ha...
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The PLA has stopped flying aircraft close to Taiwan - I can't figure out why and that worries me
I never expected to be worried by the lack of Chinese military coercion.
https://chinadrew.substack.com/p/the-pla-has-stopped-flying-aircraft
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Sarah McLaughlin
about 2 months ago
Dubai police are threatening jail time for "any content that contradicts official announcements."
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Dubai Police Threaten Arrest for Social-Media Posts Contradicting Officials
The police force of Dubai, an emirate known for its population of social-media influencers and adoption of the Western lifestyle, is threatening jail time for sharing content that contradicts official...
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-israel-us-strikes-2026/card/dubai-police-threaten-arrest-for-social-media-posts-contradicting-officials-jOi1PeF1tOOXRS0v9M1L?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqf0cOFl0DALnzPrnFEtzlQeovulhKSE71ZeDyKJvHvB1KbvvdQI2CEYPo0Ca3E%3D&gaa_ts=69a741c2&gaa_sig=4CqSkTXHxYjqh675s4TQ4BV2vWwx9Nn77-ZJmkiRnABXKdqEdzoZehoV9N2lAGlBcVxfV_goIyqgOOLM4rOJSA%3D%3D
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Jim Waterson
about 2 months ago
Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills
Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/6da50769-d669-410f-8bc0-de1e6a77abf9
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Hi! I'm a reporter with Al Jazeera English. We are trying to interview people who are still stuck in the Middle East
#Dubai
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#Doha
, etc and trying to leave. If you can share your story, please email
[email protected]
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about 2 months ago
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
5 months ago
The death toll from the massive fire in Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court has risen to 128, while around 200 residents are still unaccounted for, Hong Kong authorities have said In full:
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HK: Tai Po blaze death toll rises to 128, while 200 residents still missing
The death toll from the massive fire in Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court has risen to 128, while around 200 residents are still unaccounted for, Hong Kong authorities have said
https://buff.ly/9v1A0HB
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Adam Keiper
6 months ago
In case you're wondering what one week of nonstop playing of a single song does, "Monster Mash" makes about $1 million per year.
www.billboard.com/pro/monster-...
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How Much Is ‘Monster Mash’ Worth?
How much money does the "Monster Mash" Halloween song make each year?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/monster-mash-how-much-money-halloween-song-make-each-year/
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I'm at ASEAN this week, a region that's getting hit by two headwinds - US tariffs, but also a surge in Chinese exports. Some of these are due to China Plus One, but a significant (and likely growing) number are heading for Southeast Asian markets.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
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As Southeast Asia welcomes Trump, it battles headwinds unleashed by him
Southeast Asia and its 'China Plus One' supply chain are feeling the fallout from the US trade war.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/25/as-southeast-asia-welcomes-trump-it-battles-headwinds-unleashed-by-him
6 months ago
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Aaron Rupar
7 months ago
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot
7 months ago
Apparently Thursday nights on
#Fox
here in Australia will soon consist of
#ChicagoFire
followed by
#ChicagoPD
. I don’t know why we have as much US content on our screens down under, but I guess
#ChicagoMartialLaw
can’t be far from premiering for the trifecta.
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The Bulwark
7 months ago
Pritzker: “ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace.”
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Bruce Little
7 months ago
Legendary, veteran prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, known for targeting Osama bin Laden and bringing down the Illinois mob, is coming out of retirement to defend former FBI director James Comey.
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Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald who took down the mob is coming back
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, 64, served as a US attorney in Chicago for more than a decade, and he is a longtime friend and former colleague of Comey, 64.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15141913/patrick-fitzgerald-prosecutor-retirement-james-comey.html
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The Verge
7 months ago
From December 2023: With avowed ‘massive gamer’ Mohammed bin Salman at the helm, the kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are already remaking the global video game industry. Read more from
@lewisgordon.bsky.social
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Saudi Arabia’s plan to become the crown prince of gaming
With avowed “massive gamer” Mohammed bin Salman at the helm, the kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are already remaking the global video game industry.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/1/23948992/saudi-arabia-gaming-investment
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Redditors are reporting that Taiwan Threads - a very popular platform here – is getting flooded with Chinese and Russian bots. It's very timely as there is a lot of doubt in the government after the deadly flood last week in Hualien.
www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/com...
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From the taiwan community on Reddit: Russian/Chinese bot accounts flooding Threads trying to sow discord and profit from chaos.
Explore this post and more from the taiwan community
https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/1ntjnxy/russianchinese_bot_accounts_flooding_threads/
7 months ago
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Anthony Michael Kreis
8 months ago
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Joel Chan
8 months ago
A little bit of an update
add a skeleton here at some point
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Jordyn Haime 韩新慧
8 months ago
In 2023, I visited an Anne Frank-themed church in Japan, where Christians pray for the Jews and the restoration of Israel in a sanctuary built to resemble the "secret annex." My reporting and reflections w valuable input from Rev. Thomas Hastings and more:
jordynhaime.substack.com/p/the-japane...
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The Japanese Church Dedicated to Anne Frank
On Christian Zionism, Peace, Shrines, and Gaza
https://jordynhaime.substack.com/p/the-japanese-church-dedicated-to
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Joel Chan
9 months ago
Following a horrific incident involving a head-on collision of a Filipino tourist by an 80-year old taxi driver, the Hong Kong Taxi and Public Light Bus Association has objected to stricter health checks among cab drivers, saying more drivers would quit the trade
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
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Hong Kong taxi trade wants subsidised health checks amid calls for tougher rules
Public calls for annual checks after spate of crashes involving older drivers, but taxi trade warns that move could prompt more cabbies to quit.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3321107/hong-kong-taxi-trade-wants-subsidised-health-checks-amid-calls-tougher-rules
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What is chikugunya anyway? I had it once. I was covered in a rash that looked like the measles, just in time for Xi Jinping to visit Cambodia. Heat + fever is also a weird experience, as someone from a cold climate.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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What is the chikungunya virus, how are countries such as China battling it?
Since the start of 2025, about 240,000 people have been infected with chikungunya, with 90 deaths in 16 countries.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/6/what-is-the-chikungunya-virus-how-are-countries-such-as-china-battling-it#:~:text=Since%20the%20start%20of%202025,90%20deaths%20in%2016%20countries.&text=United%20States%20health%20officials%20are,America%20and%20the%20Indian%20Ocean
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CC🇨🇦🍁
9 months ago
I’m watching a live stream
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Christopher Webb
9 months ago
Such an important point: “Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd I wish more understood this. A confession… 🧵
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Al Jazeera English
9 months ago
Medical relief agency has treated more than 1,300 patients for wounds sustained near notorious GHF aid sites in Gaza.
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Gaza aid distribution declared ‘orchestrated killing’ by MSF
Medical relief agency has treated more than 1,300 patients for wounds sustained near notorious GHF aid sites in Gaza.
https://bit.ly/4owTxfB
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Trump's transshipment tariff is meant to target China, but it could spell disaster for Southeast Asia and the China Plus One supply chain.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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Trump’s transshipment crackdown spells danger for Southeast Asian economies
Trump’s 40 percent tariff on transshipped goods casts clouds over ‘China Plus One’ manufacturing model.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/6/trumps-transshipment-crackdown-spells-danger-for-southeast-asian-economies
9 months ago
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Christopher Webb
9 months ago
This morning, ICE rolled into a Home Depot parking lot using a moving truck loaded w/agents, like a Trojan horse, to snatch up Latino workers. Whoever they could find. No idea if they were undocumented or not. That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
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Ariaa®
9 months ago
Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
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Joel Chan
9 months ago
A history of Red and Black Rainstorm Warnings in Hong Kong, since they began in March 1998
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Brian Hioe
9 months ago
Useful and comprehensive read about many of the questions that will go into the question of whoever comes next after Xi, though I suspect that won't be anytime soon
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/after-...
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After Xi
The succession question obscuring China’s future—and unsettling its present.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/after-xi-jinping-jost-mattingly
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1/ Taiwan's drone ambitions are too small. 🇹🇼 wants to make 15,000 drones/month by 2028 + acquire 700 military grade UAV + 3422 dual use + maybe 47,000 (not set in stone) + 1000 US UAV. 👉 Ukraine, by contrast, is aiming to make 200,000 drones/month in 2025 🇺🇦
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
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In the shadow of China, Taiwan is building a drone army to stop an invasion
Taipei sees homegrown drones as key to its defence, but analysts say its plans do not go far enough.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/31/in-chinas-shadow-taiwan-is-building-a-drone-army-to-repel-an-invasion
9 months ago
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Today marks 50 years since the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh - April 17, 1975z The Cambodian People’s Party had used the KR, the war and their role in helping to topple Pol Pot’s genocidal regime to stay in power ever since.
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via @AJEnglish
about 1 year ago
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POV: you have a clingy cat (work set up)
about 1 year ago
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Happy Monday (sort of) ~ Today's track: 1983's WINDY SUMMER by ANRI (Japan)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dri...
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WINDY SUMMER
YouTube video by ANRI - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4driqASPxqc&themeRefresh=1
about 1 year ago
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Reuters
about 1 year ago
Pakistani forces have rescued 155 passengers from a train that was hijacked by separatist fighters in the southwest of the country, security sources said, while the government said an operation was underway to rescue dozens still held hostage
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Pakistan train hijack: 155 passengers rescued, others still held hostage
Pakistani forces have rescued 155 passengers from a train that was hijacked by separatist fighters in the southwest of the country, security sources said on Wednesday, while the government said an operation was underway to rescue dozens still held hostage.
https://reut.rs/3Fy28MJ
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Looking to speak to an
#economist
who can break down the recent conspiracy theories about
#Trump
tanking the stock market on purpose?
about 1 year ago
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Bloomberg News
about 1 year ago
A Palestinian student activist at Columbia University who led anti-Israel protests last spring was detained by immigration authorities at his home.
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US Immigration Officials Detain Palestinian Activist Student
A Palestinian student activist at Columbia University who led anti-Israel protests last spring was detained by immigration authorities at his home.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-09/immigration-officials-detain-palestinian-activist-student?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business
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Sun in Taipei 🌞 Upside: I feel great 🤠 Downside: My brain is deactivating from work mode 😑
about 1 year ago
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Sorry, MAGA - Google Trends is helpful for some things like tracking a sudden spike in interest, but it's not a scientific tool.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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Why are MAGA followers claiming Google is exposing crimes by the DC elite?
Trump supporters are seizing on Google searches to claim Washington elites are fearful of being exposed for crimes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/20/why-are-trump-supporters-claiming-google-search-is-revealing-dc-corruption
about 1 year ago
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Mimi Mihailescu
about 1 year ago
🚨 Conspiracy strikes again! 🚨 I spoke to
@erin-hale.bsky.social
sky.social
for
@aljazeera.com
about how MAGA supporters see everything as part of a grand plot as
#Trump
“cleans house.” Their proof? Google searches. No, really. Read more:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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Why are MAGA followers claiming Google is exposing crimes by the DC elite?
Trump supporters are seizing on Google searches to claim Washington elites are fearful of being exposed for crimes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/20/why-are-trump-supporters-claiming-google-search-is-revealing-dc-corruption
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Scroll
about 1 year ago
Trump pauses law barring firms from bribing foreign officials, viewed as potential relief for
#GautamiAdani
.
scroll.in/article/1075...
However, can Indian laws hold the billionaire accountable for the $265 million bribery and fraud case? Vineet Bhalla explains
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Explainer: What does US law say about Adani’s indictment – and can he be charged in India?
The billiionaire businessman faces serious charges of bribery and fraud in the US, with potential fines and prison time.
https://scroll.in/article/1075944/
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Dailycast Newstalk Radio
about 1 year ago
As Trump cut hundreds more jobs from the FAA this past weekend. As Trump said he's doing a "beautiful job with air travel." As the transportation secretary was was joy riding on Trump's plane to Daytona 500. The 8th air accident happened on Trump's watch. A Delta jet landed upside down.
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ProPublica
about 1 year ago
Several Department of Education employees told ProPublica they were directed not to contact students and schools about their pending civil rights cases. “We’ve been essentially muzzled,” an attorney said. By
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social
and
@jodiscohen.bsky.social
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“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and…
https://propub.li/3Qk2IQu
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Really excited about the direction the US is moving
about 1 year ago
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Reuters
about 1 year ago
Indonesian police arrested 56 men at a ‘gay sex party’ in the capital Jakarta, three of whom could face up to 15 years in jail on charges of breaching pornography laws, a spokesperson said
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Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta "gay sex party"
Indonesian police arrested 56 men at a "gay sex party" in the capital Jakarta, three of whom could face up to 15 years in jail on charges of breaching pornography laws, a spokesperson said.
https://reut.rs/4hL1x8x
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Amy Klobuchar
about 1 year ago
Shutting down USAID is not about efficiency—it’s about undermining America’s global leadership. USAID counters extremism, fights diseases, and creates more markets for U.S. exports. This is reckless and dangerous.
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The Japan Times
about 1 year ago
The country's ruling and opposition parties have generally agreed in discussions so far that female members should be allowed to remain in the imperial family after marriage.
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Parliament to resume discussions over imperial family succession this month
The two chambers of parliament plan to resume talks Jan. 31 on measures to secure a sufficient number of imperial family members.
https://buff.ly/40IoWS6
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NPR
about 1 year ago
Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
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Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/nx-s1-5272664/costco-board-rejects-anti-dei-motion-hiring
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Not my Chinese teacher making me say 這是美國憲法 第十四條修正案所保障得權利 On repeat today
over 1 year ago
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Besides the 14th Amendment, Trump and Co. would have to overturn the United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) to take away birthright citizenship.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
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United States v. Wong Kim Ark - Wikipedia
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