Lindy Leong
@lindyleong.bsky.social
she/her | cultural worker 🎸educator 📚 academic-archivist
📍 Los Angeles, CA USA
📍 Los Angeles, CA USA
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Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.
A Guide to Thesis Writing and a Guide to Life
Writing and research manuals like Umberto Eco’s “How to Write a Thesis” offer a vision of our best selves, Hua Hsu wrote, in 2015.
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June 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.
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Last Wednesday, President Trump issued a proclamation targeting international students at Harvard, in which he repeatedly invoked the Chinese menace. “The alarm rings familiar, and so does the cost of overreach,” Michael Luo writes.
The Victims of the Trump Administration’s China-Bashing
A Cold War-era report is a reminder of how long suspicion has trailed people of Chinese descent in the U.S.
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June 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Last Wednesday, President Trump issued a proclamation targeting international students at Harvard, in which he repeatedly invoked the Chinese menace. “The alarm rings familiar, and so does the cost of overreach,” Michael Luo writes.
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The Trump administration took less than 24 hours to decide on a historic deployment of the National Guard. The response from Trump risks broadening isolated protests in Los Angeles into a wider law enforcement challenge.
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News Analysis: A political lesson for L.A. from an unrestrained president
A series of isolated, heated clashes in Los Angeles prompted a historic response from the Trump administration that risks broadening anti-ICE protests into a wider law enforcement challenge.
www.latimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Trump administration took less than 24 hours to decide on a historic deployment of the National Guard. The response from Trump risks broadening isolated protests in Los Angeles into a wider law enforcement challenge.
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And here lies the challenge: as algorithms take over large-scale description tasks for audio and video, archives must ensure that their algorithms can distinguish between organic and synthetic content with greater accuracy than humans can
AI in the Archive: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Media History.
On February 2, 2022, the corporate communications department of the BBC released a video on its social media channels titled "This is our BBC." Starting Sunday, February 6, the video also aired on…
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May 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And here lies the challenge: as algorithms take over large-scale description tasks for audio and video, archives must ensure that their algorithms can distinguish between organic and synthetic content with greater accuracy than humans can
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Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin took a trip to Minneapolis and spoke to the city's mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison and national civil rights attorney Ben Crump to reflect on how the city and nation have changed.
How did George Floyd's murder change policing and criminal justice? Three leaders reflect
Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin took a trip to Minneapolis and spoke to the city's mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison and national civil rights attor...
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May 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin took a trip to Minneapolis and spoke to the city's mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison and national civil rights attorney Ben Crump to reflect on how the city and nation have changed.
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Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
May 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
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The Elon Musk Act aims to ban ‘special government employees’ from having federal contracts
The Elon Musk Act aims to ban ‘special government employees’ from having federal contracts
U.S. Democratic Representative Mark Pocan plans to introduce a bill designed to ban “special government employees” like Elon Musk from having federal contracts so they can’t steer spending towards their own self-interest. The proposed bill is called the…
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February 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Elon Musk Act aims to ban ‘special government employees’ from having federal contracts
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“DEI is not a threat, it’s a gift,” said Alicia Keys.
“This not the time to shut down the diversity of voices,” Keys said in her speech on the #Grammys stage, in a clear riposte to current politics.
Read our Grammys live coverage: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“This not the time to shut down the diversity of voices,” Keys said in her speech on the #Grammys stage, in a clear riposte to current politics.
Read our Grammys live coverage: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
February 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“DEI is not a threat, it’s a gift,” said Alicia Keys.
“This not the time to shut down the diversity of voices,” Keys said in her speech on the #Grammys stage, in a clear riposte to current politics.
Read our Grammys live coverage: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“This not the time to shut down the diversity of voices,” Keys said in her speech on the #Grammys stage, in a clear riposte to current politics.
Read our Grammys live coverage: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Thousands of protesters rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday against President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and his aggressive deportation policies.
Thousands of protesters rally in downtown Los Angeles against Trump's immigration policies
Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran and flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets
www.latimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Thousands of protesters rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday against President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and his aggressive deportation policies.
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NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.
Opinion: Remembering Marianne Faithfull
NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.
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February 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.
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Los Angeles’ Palisades and Eaton wildfires are now fully contained
Los Angeles’ Palisades and Eaton wildfires are now fully contained
The blazes killed 29 people and are estimated to have caused more than $250bn in damages
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires, which killed at least 29 people and burned across about 60 sq miles (155 sq km) around Los Angeles, have been fully contained.…
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Los Angeles’ Palisades and Eaton wildfires are now fully contained
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A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts from Sundance 2025.
These films took the top prizes at Sundance – plus 11 films our critic loved
A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts from Sundance 2025.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts from Sundance 2025.
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We tried out DeepSeek. It works well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan
We tried out DeepSeek. It works well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan
The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and its government
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January 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
We tried out DeepSeek. It works well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan
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‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
Exclusive: Wiener Holocaust Library has digitised more than 150,000 items including letters, pamphlets and photos
One of the world’s largest Holocaust archives is accessible online for the first time after a three-year digitisation of much of the…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
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If Mariann Budde’s sermon earlier this week—in which she addressed Donald Trump, personally and directly—came across as radical, that just says something about the times we are in, the bishop says.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If Mariann Budde’s sermon earlier this week—in which she addressed Donald Trump, personally and directly—came across as radical, that just says something about the times we are in, the bishop says.
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The 4K restoration of Tarsem Singh's gorgeous, genre-defying cult classic THE FALL screens next weekend at brunch at Nitehawk Prospect Park.
January 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The 4K restoration of Tarsem Singh's gorgeous, genre-defying cult classic THE FALL screens next weekend at brunch at Nitehawk Prospect Park.
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If you are in the L.A. area and recently lost your home to wildfire, join us for Real Estate & Recovery, a free, informational session curated to assist you in navigating the complexities of rebuilding. Saturday, January 25, 11AM @ ARRAY, 180 Glendale Blvd., 90026
RSVP: www.ArrayPlay.com
RSVP: www.ArrayPlay.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you are in the L.A. area and recently lost your home to wildfire, join us for Real Estate & Recovery, a free, informational session curated to assist you in navigating the complexities of rebuilding. Saturday, January 25, 11AM @ ARRAY, 180 Glendale Blvd., 90026
RSVP: www.ArrayPlay.com
RSVP: www.ArrayPlay.com
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💙 Tickets still available for our upcoming BLUE VELVET (1986) screenings next week at LF3 💙
Tues. 1/28 at 10 pm
Wed. 1/29 at 10 pm
We will have standby lines for all of our other shows in our ‘Directed by David Lynch’ series — with more films TBA!
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/
Tues. 1/28 at 10 pm
Wed. 1/29 at 10 pm
We will have standby lines for all of our other shows in our ‘Directed by David Lynch’ series — with more films TBA!
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/
January 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
💙 Tickets still available for our upcoming BLUE VELVET (1986) screenings next week at LF3 💙
Tues. 1/28 at 10 pm
Wed. 1/29 at 10 pm
We will have standby lines for all of our other shows in our ‘Directed by David Lynch’ series — with more films TBA!
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/
Tues. 1/28 at 10 pm
Wed. 1/29 at 10 pm
We will have standby lines for all of our other shows in our ‘Directed by David Lynch’ series — with more films TBA!
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/
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CFP from THE MOVING IMAGE!
Special issue: "Reassessing Small Gauge, Amateur, and Nontheatrical Film"
Guest editors: Hugo Ljungbäck, Louisa Trott, and Patricia Ledesma Villon
Proposals due — April 1, 2025
Final manuscripts due — October 1, 2025
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Special issue: "Reassessing Small Gauge, Amateur, and Nontheatrical Film"
Guest editors: Hugo Ljungbäck, Louisa Trott, and Patricia Ledesma Villon
Proposals due — April 1, 2025
Final manuscripts due — October 1, 2025
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January 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
CFP from THE MOVING IMAGE!
Special issue: "Reassessing Small Gauge, Amateur, and Nontheatrical Film"
Guest editors: Hugo Ljungbäck, Louisa Trott, and Patricia Ledesma Villon
Proposals due — April 1, 2025
Final manuscripts due — October 1, 2025
amianet.org/wp-content/u...
Special issue: "Reassessing Small Gauge, Amateur, and Nontheatrical Film"
Guest editors: Hugo Ljungbäck, Louisa Trott, and Patricia Ledesma Villon
Proposals due — April 1, 2025
Final manuscripts due — October 1, 2025
amianet.org/wp-content/u...
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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on this National Day of Service—a day to uplift others and drive meaningful change. His vision of justice and equity inspires us at UCLA Ed&IS to advocate for a better, more inclusive world. Together, let’s make a difference. 💙 #MLKDay #UCLAEdIS
January 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM