Ocasio-Cortez takes victory lap after Amazon goes to NYC — even after she helped block $3 billion in subsidies

Analysis of official deceased organ donation data casts doubt on the credibility of China’s organ transplant reform - BMC Medical Ethics

Ojibway youth dubs popular cartoons in Anishinaabemowin and Cree

China is No. 1 on PISA — but here’s why its test scores are hard to believe

Inventing the Way of Tea in Taiwan

My first @anthrodendum blog post in over a year was written as response to that cringe-worthy NY Times article.

From Xinjiang to Ningxia, China’s ethnic groups face end to affirmative action in education, taxes, policing 《If only concentration camps counted as “affirmative action” they could end those too…》

How I Get By: A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier

Hard to believe, but yes, it’s true, I’m writing a blog post.

TikTok Secretly Hid Videos by Fat, LGBTQ, Mentally Disabled Users

Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed

Someone on the internet called me an idiot for not knowing geography and then proceeded to call Taiwan “a city.” (sigh) Thank god for the block button.

Irish living in the world’s best city: ‘I miss the Irish weather’

Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India - The New Yorker

Only once did I encounter another dive bar where the owner, an older woman who seemed to be in her seventies, referred to Big Brother Zeng as “Little Zeng” (小曾), and I came away quite impressed.

Why Leftists Should Support Hong Kong’s Fight for Democratic Rights

Update from WT.social: “If you see something inappropriate, you can report users in the subwikis ‘spammers’, ‘vandalism’, and ‘report a post’, which are being monitored by the administrators to catch issues” (Not very elegant, but better than nothing!)

Google fired us for organizing. We’re fighting back.

Uber Office Had Separate Bathrooms for Drivers and ‘Employees’

See How the World’s Most Polluted Air Compares With Your City’s

China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West

No one benefits from simplistic whataboutary. Whataboutary is nothing but a technique of distraction and a call for inaction. It is also perfectly possible to condemn multiple forms of oppression at the same time while still respecting their differences.

David Graeber another Jewish voice on antisemitism and Jeremy Corbyn

Totally addicted to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast, a chatty retelling of the novel with sarcastic asides and historical footnotes. (He also has one on The Water Margin. Both are in English.)

Me on the couch with the dog: I need to go hang out with other humans.

Me with other humans: I need to get back to the dog and the couch.

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Jimmy Hoffa and ‘The Irishman’: A True Crime Story?