valerie soe
@vsoe.bsky.social
filmmaker, writer, teacher, Auntie Sewing Squad agitator, BOICE.
We can't pretend everything is okay. Because we shouldn't normalize this sht.
beyondasiaphilia.com
We can't pretend everything is okay. Because we shouldn't normalize this sht.
beyondasiaphilia.com
Pinned
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The United Nations rights chief deplored Monday the 20-year-sentence handed to Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, demanding that the verdict be "promptly quashed". In full: buff.ly/rJG7jYE
UN deplores HK media mogul Jimmy Lai's jailing, demands release
The United Nations rights chief deplored Monday the 20-year-sentence handed to Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, demanding that the verdict be "promptly quashed".
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February 10, 2026 at 4:15 AM
The United Nations rights chief deplored Monday the 20-year-sentence handed to Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, demanding that the verdict be "promptly quashed". In full: buff.ly/rJG7jYE
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Today marks the fifth year Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Owen Chow is spending his birthday behind bars.
youtube.com/shorts/DAr5I...
youtube.com/shorts/DAr5I...
It is the fifth year Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Owen Chow is spending his birthday behind bars.
YouTube video by Human Rights Foundation
youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Today marks the fifth year Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Owen Chow is spending his birthday behind bars.
youtube.com/shorts/DAr5I...
youtube.com/shorts/DAr5I...
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In the home stretch of postproduction for #TheAuntieSewingSquadResistancePlaybook! Can't wait to share it with the world!
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
In the home stretch of postproduction for #TheAuntieSewingSquadResistancePlaybook! Can't wait to share it with the world!
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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They practiced on Gaza.
A reminder to stand up against injustice and atrocity everywhere. Because it’s morally required of us. But also because if they get away with it in one place, they try it in another and another and another.
A reminder to stand up against injustice and atrocity everywhere. Because it’s morally required of us. But also because if they get away with it in one place, they try it in another and another and another.
January 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
They practiced on Gaza.
A reminder to stand up against injustice and atrocity everywhere. Because it’s morally required of us. But also because if they get away with it in one place, they try it in another and another and another.
A reminder to stand up against injustice and atrocity everywhere. Because it’s morally required of us. But also because if they get away with it in one place, they try it in another and another and another.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
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👇👇👇👇💯💯💯💯
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Sweet America 🇺🇸 🙏
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Sweet America 🇺🇸 🙏
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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”Ripple”
Here is list of White House ballroom donors. Please do what you will with it.
We will be coming back to share more about the companies, as it relates to public health specifically.
Source: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
We will be coming back to share more about the companies, as it relates to public health specifically.
Source: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
”Ripple”
Where to even start
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Where to even start
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Judith Butler on being named to a list of UC Berkeley faculty & students provided to the Department of Education to be investigated for anti-semitism, w/ zero transparency about what they're being accused of or by whom. Pure McCarthyism & totally indefensible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
September 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Judith Butler on being named to a list of UC Berkeley faculty & students provided to the Department of Education to be investigated for anti-semitism, w/ zero transparency about what they're being accused of or by whom. Pure McCarthyism & totally indefensible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is clown car stuff. “A.i.” as it exists is NOT on track to become “smarter than humans.” It’s just fancy autocorect, and it sucks for nearly everything except cheating and scamming.
We’re in a tech race with China– and there’s no area more important to win than on artificial intelligence.
September 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is clown car stuff. “A.i.” as it exists is NOT on track to become “smarter than humans.” It’s just fancy autocorect, and it sucks for nearly everything except cheating and scamming.
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I know professors personally who have had their lives destroyed by being doxxed by the Professor Watchlist organized by Turning Point USA, for saying the "wrong thing" in class one time. I will not celebrate violence but I also will not pretend this is "practicing politics the right way."
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I know professors personally who have had their lives destroyed by being doxxed by the Professor Watchlist organized by Turning Point USA, for saying the "wrong thing" in class one time. I will not celebrate violence but I also will not pretend this is "practicing politics the right way."
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
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“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”.
-Charlie Kirk
-Charlie Kirk
September 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”.
-Charlie Kirk
-Charlie Kirk
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
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Sound and Vision: Yuan Goang-Ming, Isaac Julian, Ruth Asawa exhibit reviews
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…
Sound and Vision: Yuan Goang-Ming, Isaac Julian, Ruth Asawa exhibit reviews
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it has in fact been a long time coming, especially here in the Bay. Despite the diverse demographics of the city, SF museums have a bit of a history of not exhibiting contemporary BIPOC artists.
beyondasiaphilia.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sound and Vision: Yuan Goang-Ming, Isaac Julian, Ruth Asawa exhibit reviews
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…
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Last night, a minyan of T'ruah rabbis wearing tallitot and holding sacks of flour and rice blocked 2nd Avenue in New York City, in front of the Israeli consulate. We held signs that said "Food --> Gaza" and posters with images of starving Gazan children. 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Last night, a minyan of T'ruah rabbis wearing tallitot and holding sacks of flour and rice blocked 2nd Avenue in New York City, in front of the Israeli consulate. We held signs that said "Food --> Gaza" and posters with images of starving Gazan children. 🧵
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In NYC, 40+ Jews arrested calling to LET GAZA LIVE
This is what Torah looks like.
Second photo, top left, that’s the incredible Rabbi Ari Lev Fonari getting arrested.
This is what Torah looks like.
Second photo, top left, that’s the incredible Rabbi Ari Lev Fonari getting arrested.
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In NYC, 40+ Jews arrested calling to LET GAZA LIVE
This is what Torah looks like.
Second photo, top left, that’s the incredible Rabbi Ari Lev Fonari getting arrested.
This is what Torah looks like.
Second photo, top left, that’s the incredible Rabbi Ari Lev Fonari getting arrested.
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Not many omnibus films in the National Film Registry, beyond Disney’s Fantasia. This year I’m nominating my favorite 21st Century example of the form, which would be the first Registry entry for segment directors Caveh Zahedi, Jay Rosenblatt, @vsoe.bsky.social, Paul Harrill, Ira Sachs & many others.
Underground Zero (2002)
A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.
boxd.it
August 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Not many omnibus films in the National Film Registry, beyond Disney’s Fantasia. This year I’m nominating my favorite 21st Century example of the form, which would be the first Registry entry for segment directors Caveh Zahedi, Jay Rosenblatt, @vsoe.bsky.social, Paul Harrill, Ira Sachs & many others.
Sound and Vision: Yuan Goang-Ming, Isaac Julian, Ruth Asawa exhibit reviews
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…
Sound and Vision: Yuan Goang-Ming, Isaac Julian, Ruth Asawa exhibit reviews
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it has in fact been a long time coming, especially here in the Bay. Despite the diverse demographics of the city, SF museums have a bit of a history of not exhibiting contemporary BIPOC artists.
beyondasiaphilia.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sound and Vision: Yuan Goang-Ming, Isaac Julian, Ruth Asawa exhibit reviews
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…
Toplining, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, Isaac Julian This year three of the major art museums in San Francisco had toplining shows of contemporary artists of color. While this might seem unremarkable in the 21st century it…