Scary to think what kind of people are going to hired by ICE with its $45B budget in the next 4 years. I thought it would be people who were too incompetent, racist, violent, or crazy for normal police or military jobs, but this paper studies the question systematically:
ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...

ICE killed a man www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

I was across the strait 9 days ago

Indonesia is truly beautiful,

But it’s striking to see so little mechanisation of agriculture. Whether I visit tobacco, rice, or fish farms, much is still done by hand.

So many potentially brilliant minds still trapped in drudgery - “Lost Einsteins”.

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Thank you.

The ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand is a major breakthrough after days of deadly clashes.

It’s vital both countries implement it in good faith.

I thank Malaysia as ASEAN chair for helping facilitate the negotiation process.

The authorities are investigating the death of a Canadian citizen who died Monday in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said in a statement. Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.

仁 (ren), the Confucian precept often translated as benevolence or humaneness, exemplified by the human adult instinct to protect children.

The Analects also states that if the ruler lacks ren, it will be difficult for his subjects to behave humanely.

More of ren, now.

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Chinese organised crime front serves Beijing’s interests, investigation shows – The Washington Post: ‘Wan’s deputies, several of whose roles are being identified for the first time, have expanded Hongmen’s footprint in the past five years largely unimpeded’

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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

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Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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One of the things about historic crises is that you find out who is actually up for the challenge. Very grateful for the leadership that @ryanenos.bsky.social and @stevelevitsky.bsky.social have been demontrating during these terrible times. It matters. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

"As a person of color living in New York City under the age of 30—with all my dreams of being able to afford to live here—his winning makes me feel like that’s actually possible."

@serenaalin.bsky.social reports from inside Zohran Mamdani's jubilant watch party in Queens.

Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":

「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」

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Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.

Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Cut out the noise.

Happy to see this out in the world!

In a nutshell: people are more willing to support violence when they don't see readily available nonviolent alternatives.

Chinese government revenue from selling land plunged to the lowest in a decade, contributing to the widening of budget deficit as the government ramped up spending in support of the economy – Bloomberg

This op-ed is extraordinarily authoritarian. Uses outright lies to justify illegal attack on Harvard and cruelty toward international students. A whiff of fascism. How could WaPo run this?

thttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/23/kristi-noem-harvard-foreign-students-dhs-restriction/

Iran launches missile attack on U.S. base in Qatar
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.

Gulf allies shaken by Trump’s Iran strikes https://on.ft.com/3T0cGrJ