A stunning indictment of the U.S. health-care system, in one chart
Not a fan of trade wars, but this looks like a stunning victory for China as Trump seeks to restore US farm purchases before the election…
Bill passed to turn Taiwan Film Institute into a public body
“Link In Bio” is a slow knife 《Dismayed at the large number of academics who are oblivious to this pervasive closing off off the open web.》
“If anything, The Grouch was anti-productivity software, because it made emptying the Trash take longer, but we loved it nonetheless.” 《Yes we did!》
UCSC grad students strike, saying they will withhold grades until given a raise to afford housing
Sophie 🐕 hasn’t played with her friend Liangliang in a while, so she’s been restless. When I was taking a nap she would pick up her toy and drop it on my stomach — over and over until I woke up and played with her. Hasn’t she heard the expression “Let sleeping humans lie?”
Nothing is more racist than the idea (found in reporting on the Lessons Learned report) that Afghans could never aspire to democracy because it is a foreign concept. Yes, we wasted lives and money, but “culture” wasn’t the reason why it was a waste.
Harvesting the Blood of America’s Poor: The Latest Stage of Capitalism
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982: Feminist film reignites tensions in South Korea
Kinship terms in Taiwan (useful chart in Taiwanese and Mandarin)
《Was thinking about this article in the context of the US, where civics eduction is quite poor or non-existent.》 The High School Course Beijing Accuses of Radicalizing Hong Kong
Migrant Workers Hold Rally and March, Calling for End to Broker System