Jason Li
jasonli.bsky.social
Jason Li
@jasonli.bsky.social
Designer🤹🏻‍♂️artist🤹🏻‍♂️educator. Co-creator of The Hanmoji Handbook, 🦙, 🪳. Editor at Paradise Systems ✍🏽.

Links and things 👀 https://links.byjasonli.com/
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🦺 Digital safety checklist update! 🦺 Glad it’s held up in the last 7 months. But lots to catch up on — like the sudden uptick in attention to cross-border travel and shiny new things

Full guide 👉 zebracrossing.narwhalacademy.org

🧵👇 for the updates, like why we 👎 burner phones, Chrome and Samsung.
Zebra Crossing: An easy-to-use digital safety checklist
An easy-to-use digital safety checklist
zebracrossing.narwhalacademy.org
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Lots of people are calling out the fact that X is filled with fake MAGA influencers from far away countries, but I wanted to point out that this, not "ideological censorship," is why companies have trust & safety teams that work on stopping inauthentic behavior.
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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First, you create your face, expressing a specific emotion...

Then, other players have to figure out which emotion you're expressing
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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This Saturday, come to No Quarter to play brand new game, THIS MUST BE THE FACE by me & @okremiok.bsky.social

Compete in a head to head to head to head battle of expressivity. Will they understand you're in love or will they think you just ate a weird egg?

gamecenter.nyu.edu/events/no-qu...
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." You will want to read this investigation on how The Local's Nick HUne-Brown uncovered what seems to be an ambitious AI journalism scam that's hit major publications worldwide.
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I have been on media almost everywhere (locally) but here about this- let me give you an update about our work to protect a public park, an ecologically significant beach area, from being developed into a golf course.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The CEO of Patreon is a great video creator, but perhaps he shouldn’t use that superpower to make a video op-ed. tedium.co/2025/11/19/p...
Should CEOs Produce Their Own NYT Video Op-Eds?
The New York Times’ choice to publish a video op-ed by the CEO of Patreon points at why exec-produced video op-eds might be a bad idea.
tedium.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Also was telling friends I reaaaaally hope we have enough NSFW18+ zine submissions to place them in their own room 👀
We are launching the 2025 edition of the ZINE COOP Virtual Party in December, and we are looking for zine friends who want to exhibit their zines and participate. Whether you are a first-time zine maker or a veteran artist collective, all are welcome to apply! 🥰

Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Attention comics creators!

We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.

Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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anyone have makeup recs for snorkeling/diving? my fav waterproof eyeliner isn't ocean-proof
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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A screenshot from Hanwha Ocean's Instagram account, which I think was shared elsewhere too, showing some marketing efforts by Hanwha in the race to sell Canada 12 new submarines. Something quite interesting happening here with all this public marketing.
Hope more journalists discuss this.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Unacceptable.

Canadian officials asked a former UN rapporteur trying to enter Canada:
• “What exactly will you be saying about Israel in Ottawa?”
• “Why did your UN reports criticize Israeli military actions?”
• “What is your position on the war in Gaza?”

countercurrents.org/2025/11/the-...
The Interrogation of Richard Falk: When Speaking Truth Becomes a “National Security Threat” | Countercurrents
Author’s Note I wrote this essay to show what really happened when Richard Falk and Hilal Elver were detained at the Canadian border — and to explore what it reveals about power, accountability…
countercurrents.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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yippee! zines! rad time with @jasonli.bsky.social 🪿
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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It's crazy that so much of Toronto being flat or shrinking is unremarked or actively hidden. You get Cllr Mike Colle, whose ward grew only 1.7pc, saying his constituents are "threatened" by constant change. Or residents in the Annex, which has fewer people, saying there's no space for more density
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Come work with me!



We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.



A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
Assistant Professor Digital Arts, Game Arts 2026 (71102)
The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Game Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2026. The successful ca...
www.schooljobs.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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"A former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians says he was interrogated by Canadian authorities on “national security” grounds as he travelled to Canada this week to attend a Gaza-related event."
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Also was telling friends I reaaaaally hope we have enough NSFW18+ zine submissions to place them in their own room 👀
We are launching the 2025 edition of the ZINE COOP Virtual Party in December, and we are looking for zine friends who want to exhibit their zines and participate. Whether you are a first-time zine maker or a veteran artist collective, all are welcome to apply! 🥰

Apply: airtable.com/appxoXiTT0nn...
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Oh I’m devastated to hear this- Alice had been so kind to me helping with people in Gaza and her Crips for eSIMs project helped so many of them be able to tell their stories
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Crips for eSims for Gaza is a great option for those looking to donate eSims because they do all the legwork for you! All you need to do is send them the money, and they process the eSims. Super easy.
November 6, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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And for a behind the scenes look, here’s how our virtual party/zine fair has evolved over its first three editions:
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art will begin reopening after the longest government shutdown in US history.
Smithsonian to Reopen After Longest Government Shutdown in US History
The institution’s 21 museums will slowly begin welcoming visitors along with the National Gallery of Art.
hyperallergic.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM