America colonisation ‘cooled Earth’s climate’

EVA Air & The Sad State of Taiwanese Corporate Culture

The White House quietly rolled back workplace safety rules during the shutdown

Erik Prince company to build training center in China’s Xinjiang

Kind of sad that #chabudwellian (Chinese “chabuduo” + Orwellian) never cought on. Not just useful in China! Like how airlines invariably combine my first and middle name because the surveillance state apparently still hasn’t learned about middle names?

In Memoriam: Joseph Buttigieg, Kenan Professor Emeritus of English

About all I get to see of Taipei before I fly out again…

#CollectiveLetter Against the Eradication of Polish Anthropology

Sunset over Saigon

General Strikes, Explained (I wish my niece was old enough for Teen Vogue…)

Grad program director steps down after warning students not to speak Chinese

Google doesn’t want employees to use work email to organize, per report

The genius behind ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’ headline dies at 74 (“What should we have said? ‘Decapitated cerebellum in tavern of ill repute’?”)

Jonas Mekas, ‘Godfather’ of American Avant-Garde Film, Is Dead at 96

Why flight attendant union head Sara Nelson called for a general strike during the shutdown.

Official convicted over Iran-Contra scandal appointed to help ‘restore democracy’ in Venezuela (Post-irony)

The tragedy of Venezuela

Airport Shutdowns Force Trump to Reopen the Government (It was the unions…)

Breaking: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reaffirms Award for Angela Davis

I’m an English heir of a noble house whose been away for 10 years warring in the holy lands. When I come back, all my family has died, who do I have to prove to that I’m the legitimate successor and how would I go about this?

Millions of Americans Flood Into Mexico for Health Care

New York’s Punjabi Deli: A Safe Place for Cab Drivers at Risk of Disappearing (Lots of great detail, worth reading the whole thing.)

RIP Erik Olin Wright

Colleges Lose a ‘Stunning’ 651 Foreign-Language Programs in 3 Years (Maybe it’s the xenophobia?)

Excellent article about the modern creation of “Uyghurs” as an ethnic identity.