"Posts that hype up pessimism and negativity with claims like 'hard work is useless' or 'studying is useless'... will also come under scrutiny, the regulator said." Them banning it is solid evidence that effort is in fact increasingly delinked from outcomes

The biennial tradition of documenting that Apple/Foxconn treat their workers terribly. Still. The high % of temp workers are straightforwardly illegal, but it is also baked into the whole organization of production, so the state looks the other way on.ft.com/48A22kc

This article (from May) by China's ambassador to Israel highlights how the China-operated Haifa port has stepped up for the cause since October 7. China supports Palestine rhetorically, its support for Israel is material www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...

To read the university’s triumphant all-campus email about restored NIH funding, you’d think UC administrators made it happen. But that’s not true. In fact the UC *Faculty Association* organized the lawsuit; administrators kept their heads down and hoped it’d go away.

Check back in November but my class is firing on all cylinders, I love it

I am once again reminding Xi Jinping that the world's second most powerful country could win immense goodwill and also be on the right side of history if they used some muscle to save dying Palestinians

I'll be there, come through if you're in town

Paper tigers get too much unwarranted attention. "Tofu tiger" is the Maoist deep cut that we need to revive.

His son's an "expat" and we're all immigrants.

Garment workers in Wuhan blocking a road over unpaid wages while the factory is forcibly demolished

You know Israel's really lost the thread when Singapore is saying this

"[Hong Kong CE John Lee's] Policy Addresses have mentioned 'hub' with increasing frequency: 10 times in his first, 25 in 2023, 26 last year, and a record 30 this year." When will hub fever break

Almost back to where it was when they changed the methodology in 2023. Safe to assume it would be several points higher if using the old approach.

None of the 19 points are giving people health care/pensions or raising wages, but they got an ace up the sleeve: "Authorities pledged to... extend the operating hours of popular museums and other scenic sites."

A tech hub and AI you say? Bold thinking

And what sort of difficult speakers or ideas do you mean?

I absolutely do not trust Bytedance or the Chinese government to protect data and Andreesen is also terrible albeit for somewhat different reasons. Possible to not have megalomaniacal authoritarians in charge of our data?

First thing I've read about Kirk that didn't make me feel crazy, Ta-Nehisi continuing his run

The pitch to Hong Kongers in 1997: sacrifice freedom for wealth. The pitch today: why not sacrifice both?

He went on to clarify, "lol not in the companies we run"

America is uninvestable. A foreign capital strike won't make us free, but at least it would put some pressure on the regime

"the number of non-local workers grew from fewer than 3,000 in 2023 to more than 50,000 in May this year." Massive expansion of guest worker programs is one of the many unpopular things they've done now that there's no pretense of democratic process

Fascinating project to document excessive hours for students in China. 611 = studying from 6am to 11pm

China and America arriving at a mutually self-harming and paranoid consensus

The book has a cover!

People still have the idea that Berkeley is a radical institution but trust me when I say the admin has never been that. My classmates and I faced police violence and repression that, at least pre-2024, would have shocked east coast schools

Good, throw whatever sand in the gears possible

Nobody will be surprised to learn he was an early adopter of China Virus

The technologies we have are shaped by our society and the economic incentives that drive their development. This week @abenanav.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss his vision for a more democratic, equitable economy and what it means for tech. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/293_...

Sounds familiar "students, faculty, administrators and sector experts are worried, as institutions struggle with plummeting enrolment of students from abroad, financial and other ramifications of federal changes to stem the tide of international students in Canada"

"The UAW will always stand with all workers – immigrant and native-born alike – against unsafe corporations and militarized attacks on our workplaces." How's it's done

"The bill had faced strong opposition from some pro-Beijing legislators and religious groups who say gay marriage erodes family values" They may not agree on the existence of God but can still reach across the aisle to advance their shared loathing of queer people

TAMU’s President is right about one thing: this definitely “isn’t about academic freedom.” It’s the exact opposite. It’s about restricting the teaching of material that goes against conservative ideology. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Presumably in this scenario Taiwan also allies with its "Asiatic kin" in China against America. Makes sense, if you've literally never talked to a person from East Asia in your life

Probably one of the best explainers I've read so far on the protests in Nepal in English here from @globalvoices.org Well worth a read.

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

Congrats to the standard bearers of liberal society for sticking it out "This year, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and UBS threaten to push China’s CICC and Citic off the medal podium in Hong Kong equity sales."

Great opportunity for junior scholars, Sept 15 deadline

We can all agree university rankings are dumb and we'd be better off without them. But given what's happening in US, China, India, UK and ofc Hong Kong, it's insane that academic freedom is not part of their calculation on.ft.com/4mNHQQ6

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

Sending solidarity to the good people of Chicago, the world is with you

Looking forward to receiving apologies from all those who claimed, referencing China, that state supervision of the economy is inherently progressive on.ft.com/46njdE6

I'm sympathetic to many of these concerns but the biggest threat in the eyes of the public, a war with Taiwan, is easily avoidable. Just leave Taiwan alone and, boom, war averted www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

I guess fascism + trains > fascism w/o trains

In part 2 of our interview with @elifriedman.bsky.social, the Cornell professor discusses the limits of economic nationalism and the meaning of China's 2022 protests against state COVID control policies. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

I don't think anyone cares what Rahm thinks anymore, but this is egregious

🫂Nuestro apoyo y nuestra fuerza están con la Flotilla Global Sumud que zarpa hacia Gaza. Contra el bloqueo. Por un corredor humanitario. www.ccoo.es/noticia:7349... ‼️‼️Puedes hacer una donación aquí para apoyar esta iniciativa: chuffed.org/project/1388... ¡El pueblo palestino necesita tu ayuda!

Happy Labor Day to All Workers Everywhere! Now is the Time to Organize! Fight! & Win! #LaborDay #WorkersDeserve

I see the Party school is teaching the section on increasing organic composition of capital as a how-to manual on.ft.com/3UVuSUo