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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 8h

This was my favorite place for roast duck in San Francisco, and I'm glad to see they found a new spot not too far away.

Luke Tsai @theluketsai.bsky.social · 9h

Here's an update on the new Cantonese barbecue counter coming this month to the Tenderloin, courtesy of the brothers behind the old Hing Lung Co. — one of my all-time favorite Chinatown spots before it closed last year. www.kqed.org/arts/1398223...

A Quintessential SF Chinatown Barbecue Shop Moves to the Tenderloin

Quack House is the newest addition to the Hing Lung Co. roast duck empire.

www.kqed.org

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 10h

Someone came and rescued my parents as their neighborhood was flooding during Hurricane Harvey.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that we publish 100-word CNF? We call them “short-shorts”! And today’s feature is @melissahung.bsky.social’s “Border Crossings, Macau to Hong Kong, 1957.”

We love its long, breathless sentence with an ending that cuts like a 🔪
inshortjournal.com/melissa-hung/

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 2d

"If you are a billionaire buying a media organization to consolidate your power, you could not find a more eager servant than Weiss, someone blissfully captured by the richest people alive, and invested in smashing the last vestiges of liberal power in this country" defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

defector.com

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 2d

Rude of this wave of grief to hit me just now. I’m just trying to eat my lunch.

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 4d

“With plenty of historical analogs to choose from, privacy advocates warn that any surveillance that starts as a method of capturing immigrants could soon be deployed for ulterior purposes.”

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 4d

“With plenty of historical analogs to choose from, privacy advocates warn that any surveillance that starts as a method of capturing immigrants could soon be deployed for ulterior purposes.”

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7d

NEW — Freedom Flotilla Coalition says there may soon be an attempt by Israel to intercept the Global Sumud Flotilla. Say radars show roughly 12 unidentified vessels, just 5-15 miles away.

Some flotilla boats seem to be losing connection, possibly experiencing signal jamming.

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 16d

First-day-of-fall greetings to everyone except the woman at the literary reading in the 1,500-seat theater last night who was scrolling on her phone during most of it.

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Aaron Glantz @aglantz.bsky.social · 19d

Journalism is an optimistic endeavor. By surfacing truths the powerful prefer to keep hidden, we provoke discussion and unlock change.

This happened hours after we published an investigation exposing the Trump admin's sweeping retreat on human trafficking www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

House panel pushes Trump administration on combating human trafficking

Committee’s action comes after Guardian investigation revealed rollbacks of anti-trafficking efforts; Trump administration says it is committed to fighting trafficking

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 18d

The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts to combat human trafficking, leaving traffickers to operate with increased impunity, experts say. Guardian investigation by @aglantz.bsky.social, Bernice Yeung, & Noy Thrupkaew.

Revealed: Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation

Experts say decades of progress are under threat; Trump officials say administration remains committed to fighting trafficking and sex abuse

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 28d

It’s soooo good

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 29d

I'm sorry to hear this. Thinking of you and your family.

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Josephine Lee @josephinelee.bsky.social · 29d

Tomorrow Wed Sept 10 at 7pm, join @motherjones.com, @capitalb.bsky.social, @texasobserver.org at the Julia Ideson Building in downtown Houston for an evening of stories, action & resilience in the 20 years after Hurricane Katrina.

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 29d

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 29d

Looking forward to this collection of poems by @asaldrake.bsky.social. Explorations of “lineage and future lineage of a body shaped by economic, ecological, and political dissonance” are my jam. Coming February 2026!

Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 29d

Thrilled that @debutiful.bsky.social has the cover reveal for Maybe the Body: Poems by @asaldrake.bsky.social!🐇🐍💖

“A radiant collection.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Cover design by Beth Steidle.

Read more about Maybe the Body and the cover design at the link below!🐇🐍💖

debutiful.net/2025/09/09/s...

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 29d

Time to submit to this literary journal that keeps rejecting me so they can reject me again in 6 months. Can't wait.

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 29d

Yay! What a striking cover

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · Sep 8

The one I got yesterday in Brooklyn was (pfizer)

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · Sep 8

When I brought up Hochul's executive order allowing anyone to get the vaccine, they said that it was for Moderna but not Pfizer (what they had in stock) — which makes no sense. I can't find any info on that, so I think that pharmacy worker was wrong.

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · Sep 7

Got my COVID & flu shots today at a local Brooklyn pharmacy. But there's confusion out there. First they said I needed an RX, then they said I didn't, but made me write down my health condition. (I am immunocompromised.)

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 6

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US.

Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.