May-lee Chai (she/her)
@mayleechai.bsky.social
Writer. Prof at SFSU. Tomorrow in Shanghai & Other Stories; Useful Phrases for Immigrants; The Girl from Purple Mountain, etc. Board member of NBCC @bookcritics. Web: https://may-leechai.com/
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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A US Marshal who is part of Trump's surge of feds in DC shot and killed someone in DC yesterday evening and there is barely any coverage and not a single post on here yet about it? wtop.com/dc/2026/02/u...
Member of US Marshals Service shoots, kills person in DC’s Mayfair neighborhood - WTOP News
Members of the U.S. Marshals Service shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C.’s Mayfair neighborhood, a law enforcement source told WTOP.
wtop.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
A US Marshal who is part of Trump's surge of feds in DC shot and killed someone in DC yesterday evening and there is barely any coverage and not a single post on here yet about it? wtop.com/dc/2026/02/u...
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Uniter
Bad Bunny’s Grass Nation depicted Puerto Rico’s Sugar-Rum-Slavery Triangle Trade
Puerto Rico outlawed slavery in 1873, Cuba in 1886 & Brazil in 1888. More would know, but Trump likes us uneducated.
🎥 @ajplus.net #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #BlackHistoryMonth
Bad Bunny’s Grass Nation depicted Puerto Rico’s Sugar-Rum-Slavery Triangle Trade
Puerto Rico outlawed slavery in 1873, Cuba in 1886 & Brazil in 1888. More would know, but Trump likes us uneducated.
🎥 @ajplus.net #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #BlackHistoryMonth
February 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Uniter
Bad Bunny’s Grass Nation depicted Puerto Rico’s Sugar-Rum-Slavery Triangle Trade
Puerto Rico outlawed slavery in 1873, Cuba in 1886 & Brazil in 1888. More would know, but Trump likes us uneducated.
🎥 @ajplus.net #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #BlackHistoryMonth
Bad Bunny’s Grass Nation depicted Puerto Rico’s Sugar-Rum-Slavery Triangle Trade
Puerto Rico outlawed slavery in 1873, Cuba in 1886 & Brazil in 1888. More would know, but Trump likes us uneducated.
🎥 @ajplus.net #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #BlackHistoryMonth
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There are kind volunteers of the grassroots organization called Haven Watch who support released detainees in MN. They often don’t have a phone, money or clothes for the weather.
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 AM
There are kind volunteers of the grassroots organization called Haven Watch who support released detainees in MN. They often don’t have a phone, money or clothes for the weather.
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
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The people of Minnesota, and Minneapolis especially, have set the blueprint for our resistance.
They were tough, determined, disciplined, peaceful and kind. They remained united throughout the ICE occupation.
Thank you, Minneapolis, for leading the way.
Please support Haven Watch.🙏💙
They were tough, determined, disciplined, peaceful and kind. They remained united throughout the ICE occupation.
Thank you, Minneapolis, for leading the way.
Please support Haven Watch.🙏💙
There are kind volunteers of the grassroots organization called Haven Watch who support released detainees in MN. They often don’t have a phone, money or clothes for the weather.
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
February 13, 2026 at 6:56 AM
The people of Minnesota, and Minneapolis especially, have set the blueprint for our resistance.
They were tough, determined, disciplined, peaceful and kind. They remained united throughout the ICE occupation.
Thank you, Minneapolis, for leading the way.
Please support Haven Watch.🙏💙
They were tough, determined, disciplined, peaceful and kind. They remained united throughout the ICE occupation.
Thank you, Minneapolis, for leading the way.
Please support Haven Watch.🙏💙
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It's behind a paywall, but let's just say that the knives are out for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 AM
It's behind a paywall, but let's just say that the knives are out for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a huge success. Here is how grassroots groups beat big money and are now raising tons of money for mixed income, rent stabilized housing. (We call it “social housing.”)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a wild success. #taxtherich @House Our Neighbors: Yes on 1A @Tech 4 Housing
TikTok video by Ron Davis
www.tiktok.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
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This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
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Oh my this is such a scathing article about Noem and DHS. Kudos to WSJ. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Oh my this is such a scathing article about Noem and DHS. Kudos to WSJ. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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February 13, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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I’d campaign my ass off for her. I don’t agree with every choice she’s made in every circumstance. But just that she comes from a working class background and has not let four terms in Congress swing her to the middle says a lot about her integrity. She’s also a great communicator.
anybody currently raging about Newsom needs to be stopped better get on board or I might think your outrage is a tad performative
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I’d campaign my ass off for her. I don’t agree with every choice she’s made in every circumstance. But just that she comes from a working class background and has not let four terms in Congress swing her to the middle says a lot about her integrity. She’s also a great communicator.
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(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
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The coldest storms so far this winter are forecast to hit the Bay Area next week, potentially dropping the rain-snow line to 3,000 feet or lower. #CAwx
Onslaught of storms is headed to California — with chance of snow in Bay Area
An onslaught of California storms are predicted to bring heavy rain, breezy winds, big waves and the potential for low-elevation snow.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The coldest storms so far this winter are forecast to hit the Bay Area next week, potentially dropping the rain-snow line to 3,000 feet or lower. #CAwx
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What a story:
“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
1/
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
What a story:
“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
1/
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
1/
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
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It's not over. They aren't gone yet. Even after they're gone, it's not over. They are building concentration camps all over the U.S. They will be back. They will be in other cities. It's not over. DO NOT GIVE ICE ANY MORE MONEY. @schumer.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
It's not over. They aren't gone yet. Even after they're gone, it's not over. They are building concentration camps all over the U.S. They will be back. They will be in other cities. It's not over. DO NOT GIVE ICE ANY MORE MONEY. @schumer.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov
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This proves that men didn't have to go to the island to take advantage of those young girls.
So ppl can stop trying to tie those perverts to the island. Epstein had 4 homes that we know of in the continental U.S.
knewz.com/epstein-orde...
So ppl can stop trying to tie those perverts to the island. Epstein had 4 homes that we know of in the continental U.S.
knewz.com/epstein-orde...
Epstein 'ordered girls to be buried' who were 'strangled to death'
An email from an ex-employee of Jeffrey Epstein claimed the convicted child abuser ordered the burial of two girls in the hills near his New Mexico ranch.
knewz.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
This proves that men didn't have to go to the island to take advantage of those young girls.
So ppl can stop trying to tie those perverts to the island. Epstein had 4 homes that we know of in the continental U.S.
knewz.com/epstein-orde...
So ppl can stop trying to tie those perverts to the island. Epstein had 4 homes that we know of in the continental U.S.
knewz.com/epstein-orde...
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How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad.
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad.
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Judge blocks Trump administration move to cut $600 million in HIV funding from states
Judge blocks Trump administration move to cut $600 million in HIV funding from states
A federal judge granted California and other states a temporary restraining order halting the administration's health funding cuts for 14 days while the litigation continues.
www.latimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Judge blocks Trump administration move to cut $600 million in HIV funding from states
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a thing that's great is when your employer expects you to write and publish, but when you finally get a bit of time to work on those things, they interrupt you non-stop with pointless and absurd administrative tasks that in no way support or advance your research, teaching, or service.
February 12, 2026 at 7:26 PM
a thing that's great is when your employer expects you to write and publish, but when you finally get a bit of time to work on those things, they interrupt you non-stop with pointless and absurd administrative tasks that in no way support or advance your research, teaching, or service.
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unconscionable and unsurprising in the heart of trump country. republicans are child abusers.
The 16-year-old who was allegedly waterboarded told DCFS about similar incidents of abuse by Wasatch County GOP Chair David Nephi Johnson involving other, younger relatives.
Wasatch County GOP chair charged with felony child abuse
Wasatch County GOP Chair David Nephi Johnson, accused of waterboarding a 16-year-old relative, has been arrested on charges of felony child abuse.
www.sltrib.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
unconscionable and unsurprising in the heart of trump country. republicans are child abusers.
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Federal officials for days claimed a snow shovel and broom attack led an agent to shoot one of the men in the leg.
DOJ moves to drop charges against Venezuelan men arrested after ICE shooting
Federal officials for days claimed a snow shovel and broom attack led an agent to shoot one of the men in the leg.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Federal officials for days claimed a snow shovel and broom attack led an agent to shoot one of the men in the leg.