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Taco Bell stan account, Phoenician by choice. Mostly tweets about China stuff. Opinions are not my employer's.

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Celebrating the existence of Hong Kong heroine(s) Gwyneth Ho (and Chow Hang-tung) on International Women's Day.

What a sad indictment of Hong Kong that they are political prisoners. At the same time, it is a tribute to (pre-NSL) Hong Kong that it produced women like them.

08.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Rain or shine we appreciate your poasting which by the Zuckerberg transitive property means we also appreciate you

09.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store"

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago

bit.ly/4bxp5ND

09.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

07.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 5698 πŸ” 1674 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 100
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Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran U.S. media agency, voiding layoffs Sweeping layoffs at Voice of America made by Trump appointee Kari Lake were declared void by a federal judge, who said she served unlawfully.

Kari Lake, incompetent and also unlawfully appointed? Happy Saturday night.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

08.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 271 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

In completely unrelated news I will soon be listing my 2011 Toyota Prius for sale for 50000 dollars

08.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Not an Iran guy but but if we're destroying their oil infrastructure hard to see what incentive they have left not to go as hard as possible on the Hormuz Strait

08.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Living that unbothered and unburdened seems kind of nice?

07.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely torn about whether becoming the kind of person who can openly admit I just learned a basic geopolitical fact and then hand down cosmic pronouncements on likely outcomes is something I want for myself

07.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If they put a Bobson Dugnutt jersey on sale tomorrow for a hundred dollars I would buy it

07.03.2026 06:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely feeling much more ηΊ’ than δΈ“ lately

07.03.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

θ‡ͺζˆ‘ε…³ηˆ±

07.03.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Officially a Khaman Maluach stan

07.03.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was like you saw the future in the beady bird eyes

06.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reserve now!

06.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also greatly enjoyed this piece. If we didn't live in a borked info environment it'd get something like the attention of the original announcement.

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And yes it is

06.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TFW you start singing the song back from memory to see if taiwan's in it

06.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's gotta be a Japanese or German word for the feeling when you see a nemesis post something absolutely cringe but you can't send to any mutual haters because you're the only ghoul still doomscrolling this late and you don't want to wake them up if they still have notifications turned on, right?

06.03.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 12284 πŸ” 7423 πŸ’¬ 293 πŸ“Œ 336

Hard agree on this

05.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For what its worth, this really just reinforces my view of popular polling having little to no weight for NatSec decision-making. Its more of a topic for the gossip column of reporting.

05.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Also improves bargaining position vis a vis China, whose gulf petro purchases are currently stuck in port

05.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Treedent - Tab Manager - Chrome Web Store Treedent transforms tab chaos into clarity, using intuitive tree-structured navigation designed for focus and flow.

man not fit your data security needs but as someone who also drowns in tabs during research i've found this extension to be a great 'break glass in case of emergency' option. tabs much easier to parse horizontally and creates 'trees' to follow tab history chromewebstore.google.com/detail/treed...

05.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

him getting Red Guarded out of DoD to take the fall for Dear Leader's stalled war of choice is absolutely the funniest possible Colby outcome

05.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a look at the actual article in which Lucian Pye made the famous statement "China is a civilization pretending to be a state" and oh my. I haven't seen so much exemplary Orientalism in a while. it was published in 1990 so it explains.

05.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

There's something fascinating to untangle here

05.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you need one last song to throw on repeat to push some writing over the line and your algorithm delivers

05.03.2026 05:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And with such grace. A true champion

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