Chinese Cyberattack Hits Telegram, App Used by Hong Kong Protesters

It sometimes seems as if “Fully Automated Luxury Communism” is just around the corner, but we have to first survive the next few decades first!

A Statement by International Scholars against the Proposed Extradition Bill Amendments in Hong Kong

No, Influencers Aren’t Flooding Chernobyl to Take Photos

Sichuan cuisine

Lost Sole (or, “Someone had a crappy morning”)

Chinese users are beating the censors to talk about Hong Kong

Joe Biden can’t stop using the toxic “lock up your daughters” joke

It is so cute when pundits use the term “realpolitik” as if it actually means something — as if pragmatic interests aren’t always shaped by norms and ideology.

Hong Kong Protests: Demonstrators Block Council from Debating Extradition Bill

Journalist David Neiwert: Twitter Suspended Me for Displaying Book About Far-Right

The Biggest Barrier to a Leftist Foreign Policy: Democrats

A Dalit Woman’s resilience forms the bedrock of the Forest Rights struggle in Sonbhadra

John Turturro Finishes Big Lebowski Spinoff Based on Jesus Quintana

Happy to discover that What is Democracy? by Astra Taylor can be bought online for about $10. Plan to watch this Summer…

Facebook claims to be cracking down on fake news, but they keep advertising shitty kickstarter scams based on false science.

Telegram user? You can now follow Kerim’s Micro Blog on its own Telegram Channel

The Unknowable Kamala Harris: The complicated career of a self-proclaimed progressive prosecutor

Half of All Translated Books In The Us Come From Just Nine Countries

I encourage everyone to take a 20 min break from following the protests in HK to watch Hasan Minhaj on the ongoing protests happening in Sudan

half of all buildings in San Francisco could be deemed unoccupiable immediately after a major earthquake

Kraftwerk’s “The Robots” Performed by German First Graders in Adorable Cardboard Robot Outfits

Why Joe Biden Gets Away With It

How Payday Lenders Spent $1 Million at a Trump Resort — and Cashed In

Just two years ago, I had hard time finding a decent cup of milk tea in Tokyo. That seems to be changing.