“Readers can see what they want in this book, as if it is a textual Rorschach test…equal parts memoir, journalist prose and history. It offers insights into elite Chinese politics, Communist history and the economic boom years of the 1980s and 1990s. It is also a book of enduring filial love.”
A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today. n.pr/3Yz7j5F
'Fly, Wild Swans' is Jung Chang's painfully personal tribute to her mother
A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
“Readers can see what they want in this book, as if it is a textual Rorschach test…equal parts memoir, journalist prose and history. It offers insights into elite Chinese politics, Communist history and the economic boom years of the 1980s and 1990s. It is also a book of enduring filial love.”
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Each fate is like the history of a planet.
——
When people die, they do not die alone.
They die along with their first kiss,
first combat
They take away their first day in the snow
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko, “People”
trans. Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social
#everynightapoem
——
When people die, they do not die alone.
They die along with their first kiss,
first combat
They take away their first day in the snow
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko, “People”
trans. Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social
#everynightapoem
January 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Each fate is like the history of a planet.
——
When people die, they do not die alone.
They die along with their first kiss,
first combat
They take away their first day in the snow
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko, “People”
trans. Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social
#everynightapoem
——
When people die, they do not die alone.
They die along with their first kiss,
first combat
They take away their first day in the snow
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko, “People”
trans. Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social
#everynightapoem
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Having the World Cup and Olympics here under the Trump regime is really a recipe for disaster.
Again: why would any player or fan come here under these circumstances? Especially non-white people?
Expect more of this👇🏽
Again: why would any player or fan come here under these circumstances? Especially non-white people?
Expect more of this👇🏽
January 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Having the World Cup and Olympics here under the Trump regime is really a recipe for disaster.
Again: why would any player or fan come here under these circumstances? Especially non-white people?
Expect more of this👇🏽
Again: why would any player or fan come here under these circumstances? Especially non-white people?
Expect more of this👇🏽
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I keep saying it. But they’d rather just tweet.
Also, get the hell off Twitter. Tonight!
Also, get the hell off Twitter. Tonight!
Every damn Democratic congressperson should be physically standing together on the steps of the Capitol and demanding an end to this deadly abuse. Are they really unable to fight back against this despicable propaganda used to justify the killing by ICE and supported by Noem and Trump?
Kristi Noem accuses the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis of committing an act of "domestic terrorism"
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I keep saying it. But they’d rather just tweet.
Also, get the hell off Twitter. Tonight!
Also, get the hell off Twitter. Tonight!
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Nothing constrains these agents except whatever inhibits any individual one of them, personally, from brutalizing and murdering any person who disobeys them.
@albertburneko.bsky.social on the murder in Minneapolis
defector.com/ice-agent-ki...
@albertburneko.bsky.social on the murder in Minneapolis
defector.com/ice-agent-ki...
ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It | Defector
On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street. O...
defector.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Nothing constrains these agents except whatever inhibits any individual one of them, personally, from brutalizing and murdering any person who disobeys them.
@albertburneko.bsky.social on the murder in Minneapolis
defector.com/ice-agent-ki...
@albertburneko.bsky.social on the murder in Minneapolis
defector.com/ice-agent-ki...
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
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The World Council of Churches, the largest ecumenical organization in the world, condemns the US attack on Venezuela.
www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-con...
www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-con...
WCC condemns US Attacks in Venezuela, calls for respect for international law
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has strongly condemned recent attacks carried out by the United States of America in Venezuela, including the capture and d...
www.oikoumene.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The World Council of Churches, the largest ecumenical organization in the world, condemns the US attack on Venezuela.
www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-con...
www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-con...
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New year, new war. The USA is a warmongering nation.
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
New year, new war. The USA is a warmongering nation.
So many congrats, Austin! Excited to preorder a copy of this bad boy!
Spent the last month in a work sprint to get a bunch of stuff done before the new years. Then, on the day when I turn in my reviews, I get my author copies of Living in a DAISY Age! It's very, very surreal, but amazing, to hold a copy for the first time.
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
So many congrats, Austin! Excited to preorder a copy of this bad boy!
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A thoughtful, important and timely piece from Christine Zuba, a remarkable Catholic, now on Outreach: outreach.faith/2025/12/what...
What is it like being Catholic and transgender? - Outreach
For one transgender person, now more than ever is it important for greater visibility and witness in the church.
outreach.faith
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A thoughtful, important and timely piece from Christine Zuba, a remarkable Catholic, now on Outreach: outreach.faith/2025/12/what...
Had to hunt down The Antidote before a Christmas (sold out at first three local bookstores I tried), and so far, it has not disappointed.
Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote was her favorite.
Maureen Corrigan's 10 favorite books of 2025 — with plenty for nonfiction lovers
Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote was her favorite.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Had to hunt down The Antidote before a Christmas (sold out at first three local bookstores I tried), and so far, it has not disappointed.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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Ok, I don't usually do this, but the Molly Worthen piece on Christian Nationalism in the NYT? Apologetics.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ok, I don't usually do this, but the Molly Worthen piece on Christian Nationalism in the NYT? Apologetics.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
Definitely including use of AI/ LLM as plagiarism in my syllabus for next semester.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Definitely including use of AI/ LLM as plagiarism in my syllabus for next semester.
The sign you’re about to have an excellent coffee: when you’re immediately treated like shit by the baristas.
The coffee shop with the mean baristas but great flat whites has hired a nice cashier. I hope this doesn’t ruin everything!
December 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The sign you’re about to have an excellent coffee: when you’re immediately treated like shit by the baristas.
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DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
All right friends in the DMV, let’s go
There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
All right friends in the DMV, let’s go
lol this.
She expects us to believe that a university communicated anything of substance to an unsuccessful job candidate.
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
lol this.
A festive piece of home. Alabama’s a special place, y’all.
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A festive piece of home. Alabama’s a special place, y’all.
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Not sure what it would look like in practice, but I want in on this Christmas ghost throuple
you will be visited by three spirits
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Not sure what it would look like in practice, but I want in on this Christmas ghost throuple
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as a queer Catholic who's like, in the pews and reading the changing winds, I've often said that "the Francis effect" people talk about really existed outside of Francis the individual Pope (whose words & actions at times deeply sucked!) it's about the way it makes other people change their behavior
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how many Catholic parishes and power figures have been loudly and openly “fuck this”
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
as a queer Catholic who's like, in the pews and reading the changing winds, I've often said that "the Francis effect" people talk about really existed outside of Francis the individual Pope (whose words & actions at times deeply sucked!) it's about the way it makes other people change their behavior