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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 5h

This past year has been a rough one in terms of losing Asian American labor greats.

A few months ago, Luisa Blue, RN, passed. She was a president of APALA, and the highest ranking Asian American union leader. She retired as Executive Vice President of SEIU.

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

Kent Wong, longtime worker advocate, has passed. He was the Founding President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Director of the UCLA Labor Studies Center, and a strident voice for justice.

A 5th generation Chinese American, Kent cut his teeth as a lawyer for SEIU in Los Angeles.

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 5h

Kent believed in, and lived a multiracial democracy.

He taught and mentored *generations* of fiery activists. Some, including Tam Tran and John Delloro, sadly predeceased him.

So much of what Kent fought for is under attack. He will be sorely missed. #RestInPower

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 5h

Building a core of devoted students and fellow educators.

In many ways, he was larger than life.

This right-wing website, which tracks prominent lefty activists, serves as a fairly robust digest of his influence:

keywiki.org/Kent_Wong

Kent Wong - KeyWiki

keywiki.org

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 5h

He pushed for equity for undocumented students at UCLA and beyond + for them to have pathways to work.

Kent served as the first staff attorney for Asian Americans Advancing Justice LA, and supported bringing worker centers into organized labor.

He taught Asian American studies and labor studies

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

He came up as an activist with now elected officials Maria Elena Durazno, Karen Bass, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Gil Cedillo.

With his booming voice and stature, Kent was a *presence* felt in every room he was in, and even when absent.

inthesetimes.com/article/jame...

On Losing “the Greatest Teacher of Nonviolence in America”

Rev. James Lawson was my teacher, mentor and friend. We must commit to honoring his legacy.

inthesetimes.com

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

Kent Wong, longtime worker advocate, has passed. He was the Founding President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Director of the UCLA Labor Studies Center, and a strident voice for justice.

A 5th generation Chinese American, Kent cut his teeth as a lawyer for SEIU in Los Angeles.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

We are the Pirates of the Caribbean. The dumbest, worst timeline (so far)

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

That is such a polite and charitable way to put it 😂

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

I like Cortex. And I don't see how this area is blighted.

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

Strategic ignorance is foundational to the United States. It's woven into Manifest Destiny, and even "New" Mexico.

It's what allows for the whitewashing of history.

rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/08/w...

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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👻 Autumn Nash 🎃 @withenoughcoffee.com · 18h

At first the Discord hack didn’t seem that bad because it was initially the third party help desk.

But then you find out they had got there age verification data. Come to find out they got 1.5 TB of government id and age verification data. This is going to become a case against age verification.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

Whew, this is a barnburner and a call to action. 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18h

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

About a decade ago, I had a convo with an older relative who lives in a blue state about my experience with attempted voter suppression in a red state. They said, "I didn't realize Asians experience this, thank you for sharing."

I think it was eye-opening for them, and also for me.

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Mx. Dizzy: God gave his sharpest teeth to his hurtiest gremlin @emexdizzy.bsky.social · 18h

Yep. Schoolhouse Rock was there to explain the systems, not the history. History has a habit of breaking the goddamn Bill of Rights.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · Jun 22

I think about this photo from right after Hurricane Katrina quite often.

See, Black America has been here before..

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 19h

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 19h

I knew the South came up further north in Missouri and Illinois than the actual state borders!

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

"Why is tourism revenue falling?" bemoaned the boosters.

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.

Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

www.cnn.com

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Put a bird on it, bless and protect Portland 🥰😂

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Blegh, he should leave these explainers to AG Jeff Jackson. Tho ig it's good he's trying to explain (?)

Guess he thought the Long Island couple that lives rent free in his head wanted this.

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!! I've had to up my game bc the folks here are wittier and more literate than the average over on the flailbird app.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Hence one of Alinsky's rules is to laugh at authority figures.

AOC is so good at this. Thanks to her, the second search that auto-populates when you look up a certain person is their "[name] height"

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Absurdity is one of the sharpest chisels against fear.

RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.bsky.social · 1d

This is why we need more costumed protesters

Hard to cosplay as a badass when a giant frog or a dino or a big pink pig is waving its arms and thrusting its pelvis at you

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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