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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 3d

Who becomes a scientist, what kind of work does she do, and why? Generations of women in China have explored these questions. For @madeinchinajournal.com, I trace their stories and the different answers their struggles and achievements reveal—on the purpose of science and the meaning of womanhood.

Beyond Representation: On Being a Woman in Science in China | Made in China Journal

In the autumn of 1995, Ye Shuhua made a speech. During the NGO Forum at the United Nation’s Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, the 68-year-old astronomer took to the microphone and cal...

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 1d

"Generations of Chinese women have been rendered voiceless by the patriarchy. Their stories refuse soft burials."
So honored to have a review essay out in Banned Books Week @chinabooksreview.com on two of Fang Fang's most acclaimed novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame, tr. @bairuiwen.bsky.social:

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18h

Byline Times has been told by various sources that Farage has maintained a close interest in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia…
But Farage’s ignorance of this particular set of pro-Russian influencers around Nathan Gill is even more questionable….

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“Thank you to President Putin!”

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 17h

The filing accusing James of bank fraud and making false statements listed “Brooklyn, New Jersey” instead of New York

Trump Prosecutors Make Error in Letitia James Indictment

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

"Brexiteers boasted that leaving the EU would be worth hundreds of billions a year. Cambridge Econometrics estimates that over the next decade Britain's economy will be £300bn smaller than if we had not left the EU. This is self-harm on a heroic scale."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Robster @unilecturerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Yawn

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

*keep smiling, humor him, it will be over soon, oh god why is my face stuck like this help*

Dr. Oz listening to Trump with a creepy smile

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Robster @unilecturerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Hence the whacky Tariff announcement. Well that and the lingering calls to release the Epstein files.

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GLEN JACKSON @glenjackson.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans have fumbled their response to their shutdown of the federal government.

@davidnir.com @atrupar.com

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Republicans are losing the shutdown

The GOP was not expecting Democrats to play their cards this well.

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Robster @unilecturerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Just release the Epstein files FFS

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says he’s going to put a 100% tariff on China “over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying.”

“Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.”

Donald J. Trump
@reaDonald Trump
It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.
Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November Ist, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.
It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

it's fun how every Trump tantrum about China has a 95 percent chance of blowing over in two weeks and a 5 percent chance of destroying the global economy.

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Robster @unilecturerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Some of those sent the PRC letter are under the subjugation of the CCP’s neocolonial B&RI

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 1d

❗️Trump imposes new tariffs on China.

"The United States will impose a 100% tariff on goods from China on or before November 1, above the level that Beijing currently pays."

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

GOP pollster warns of 'hell to pay' if these 2 groups hit by shutdown

Longtime GOP strategist Frank Luntz had a harsh warning for Capitol Hill on CNN Friday afternoon as the government shutdown drags on into its second week: don't let the two most electorally important groups become a casualty of the standoff, or they will blitz the ballot box with a vengeance.There c...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

Good morning from Greenbelt, Md.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys will argue in federal court for his release from immigration detention. Now feds want to send Abrego to Ghana.

Reporting live.

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 1d

Japanese politics was rocked on Friday as the Kōmeitō announced it would leave its coalition with the LDP after twenty-six years. To understand why this happened and what it means, I wrote a guide for the perplexed.

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Kōmeitō quits the coalition

A guide for the perplexed

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Dr Sari Arho Havrén @sariarhohavren.bsky.social · 1d

It is actually positive news that President Trump will not meet with the Chairman of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

Let's say he was an Antifa "member" (whatever that means). Should federal agents shoot ANYONE just for standing there disagreeing with them?

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 1d

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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Robster @unilecturerrob.bsky.social · 1d

Of course they did.

Robster @unilecturerrob.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not a peace deal it’s a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

**IF** he organises an actual permanent all encompassing Middle East / Arab-Israel “peace deal” then I’ll pin the Nobel medal on him myself.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

The UK’s failing fiscal framework is a Brexit tribute act on.ft.com/3VVWiKi | opinion

The UK’s failing fiscal framework is a Brexit tribute act

The path and peak of policy uncertainty over the past year eerily mimics sentiment at the time of the 2016 referendum

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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 1d

"We did it, Matan is coming home!"

Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, waits for Matan's girlfriend, Ilana Gritzewsky, as she arrives back in Israel with a delegation from Washington. Look at their smiles and enormous hug.

Soon, they'll both get to hug Matan, too.

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