here's another one. spent lots of space proving "there's no mass killing", a big strawman, and the rest talking about economic development. Of course, reeducation camps became "vocational centres" and forced labour transfer became development policies. Of course, no mention of the hundreds of

this is very unfortunate, especially for someone who supposedly works on decolonial queer feminism

The consistent trouble with Bluesky is that the same harmful issues the global north faces (fuel costs, transphobia, police brutality) have no longevity or interest when we discuss global south people as the victims. When was the last time crackkkkkkersky went in depth on India, Haiti, etc

Ofc people can do both. But they’re not doing both is the thing

I’m bothered by the fact that theres been more effort made responding to a Harry Potter thing than to link up to and show solidarity to LGBTQ people in India at this point in time because the latter is materially damaging a lot of people quickly

China’s capital enjoyed a calm spring day last Sunday, at least according to the local news. But videos on X told a different story in one part of the city. Register for free

the more I read about his famous advices/quotes the more I'm reminded of Paulo Freire's "when education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor" translation in alt text

UK is now refusing entry to students from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Cameroon and Sudan because it now calls their right to claim asylum ‚an abuse‘. This contravenes the Refugee Convention.

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

honestly bluesky vs twitter is becoming the like 27-35 year old space vs 18-23 year old space

kotone

In my experience, the reasons for being banned go beyond just vulgar or explicit content. Discussing the suspected stabbing death of a trans woman in a men’s restroom can get you banned;discussing HRT medications can get you banned; discussing efforts to rescue people detained in conversion therapy

birch bones

Outside of English speaking spaces I’m still not sure how people discuss Jkr because I’ve had the impression Chinese consumers didn’t care as much. Gonna look into this brb

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting was demonized and harassed because JK Rowling claimed she was male. Her boxing career was disrupted for over a year. Now, she's been cleared to compete as female after further "sex eligibility reviews." This is going to happen again. www.reuters.com/sports/olymp...

“To opt out, GitHub users should visit /settings/copilot/features and disable "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" under the Privacy heading.” https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/github_ai_training_policy_changes/

India's Lok Sabha passed a bill significantly rolling back trans rights. It eliminates self ID and instead requires a medical board certificate. It restricts legal recognition to intersex and cultural groups such as the Hijra. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lok-sa...

Remember when the official account for Israel got mad at Greta Thunberg for having an autism octopus onscreen and said it meant she was antisemitic?

rack em

How the fuck do you have a reporter free news room?

Just noticed that the owner of r/mtf_zh deleted her account, just like she did on Telegram.

i would say it's amazing that a magazine whose politics emphasize working class solidarity would treat engagement with lived realities in China as optional, but it's such a durable feature of US leftist China discourse that by this point all I can muster is a smirk and a shrug

"Jacobin Glorifies Leftist Yellowface, Ignores Chinese Perspectives in Article on 'Chinamaxxing'" by @brianhioe.bsky.social