Burying the Nakba: How Israel systematically hides evidence of 1948 expulsion of Arabs
Not surprised to learn that machines sound more human than people in marketing…
(From 2016. Important context for the CCP tourist ban.) “Some China tourists eager to see free-wheeling democracy in action in Taiwan”
Learned a new word: 入櫃。 It describes how, when someone comes out 出櫃 to their parents, the parents then “enter the closet” with their children.
Vietnamese customs officer writes ‘Fuck You’ on Chinese passport, covering up nine-dash line
Who Are the Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples? (Written by Ciwang Teyra, from Taiwan’s Truku Nation)
Abraham Lincoln: Karl Marx influenced his opposition to slavery and ideas about capitalism
AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans Missed
Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable ‘tipping point’
If you are looking for reliable reviews of personal tech (headphones, speakers, cameras, laptops, etc.) I highly recommend looking at the Wirecutter website, which is now owned by the NY Times.
Communist Party Rappers Urge Hong Kong to “Keep Head Up” in New Music Video
Beijing says Chinese troops in Hong Kong can be deployed at HK government’s request to restore order
On the one hand, it feels like a real luxury to spend a month doing nothing but working on a single academic paper. On the other hand, 😱😱😱😱😱😱
Lychees and Longans Could Become Impossible to Get at Any Price (OK, that’s the last straw. We have to do something about this climate change thing!)
More on CCP’s use of thugs, from last year: “Nice Democracy You’ve Got There. Be a Shame If Something Happened to It.“
Tiny Apartments and Punishing Work Hours: The Economic Roots of Hong Kong’s Protests
Banqiao Senior High School to allow male students to wear skirts
Cooperation Between Police and Gangsters in Hong Kong Draws Parallels to Taiwan
2014 New Yorker article about the use of thugs by the CCP. Newly relevant because of today’s news from HK, but a common phenomenon in Taiwan as well.