高大伟 David Cowhig

Beijing October 2005 near the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing. Taken from a taxi. One of my best photos. The composition turned out well by accident! I'm more of a snapshotist than a photographer.

Girano in questi giorni diverse mie foto false, generate con l’intelligenza artificiale e spacciate per vere da qualche solerte oppositore. Devo riconoscere che chi le ha realizzate, almeno nel caso in allegato, mi ha anche migliorata parecchio. Ma resta il fatto che, pur di attaccare e di inventare falsità, ormai si usa davvero qualsiasi cosa. Il punto, però, va anche oltre me. I deepfake sono uno strumento pericoloso, perché possono ingannare, manipolare e colpire chiunque. Io posso difendermi. Molti altri no. Per questo una regola dovrebbe valere sempre: verificare prima di credere, e credere prima di condividere. Perché oggi capita a me, domani può capitare a chiunque.

MAGA Will Kill Many Americans open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugma…

2026: Teacher Li's 'Cyber Petition Office' Details Petition Cases 李老师不是你老师 赛博信访局揭露上访者冤案 gaodawei.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/202…

I left China after eight years. Here's what I experienced as a Japanese person reporting for an American outlet, at a time when a distrust of foreigners has come to permeate everyday life in China. wsj.com/world/china/im… via @WSJ

ZELENSKYY: Americans discussed May 9 ceasefire with Russians. No one contacted us officially, nothing has been officially proposed. This is Russia’s war against Ukraine. America and Russia are not at war with each other. What ceasefire are they even discussing? It's not serious.

For people like me who grew up in Taiwan and were taught how KMT ruled all of China, historical maps like this one (c. 1931) can be a bit jarring It’s a reminder that what we think we know about history is often very different from how things really were

@micah_erfan It shows how far the GOP has strayed. It has become a far right caricature of a once genuinely conservative party.

The Voting Rights Act was reauthorized by Reagan and Bush, and enforced by a Republican Supreme Court majority for 55 years. The idea that it was far-left partisan Democratic legislation is just ahistorical.

During the Nuremberg Trials, Hermann Göring gave an interview to psychologist Gustave Gilbert and said: “Of course the people don’t want war. Why would some poor farmer want to risk his life in a war when the best he can hope for is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, people don’t want war. No one wants war in Russia, England, America — not even in Germany. That’s obvious. But in the end, it’s the leaders of a country who determine policy. And it’s always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it’s a democracy, a communist state, a parliament, or a fascist dictatorship.” Gilbert objected: “But there is one difference in a democracy — the people have a voice through their elected representatives.” To which Göring replied: “That’s all well and good, but whether the people have a voice or not, they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nuremberg Diary, April 18, 1946 Doesn’t it sound familiar?

@MykhailoRohoza Yup. Checked the quote. Gustave M. Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947; Signet edition, 1961, pp. 255–256, entry for April 18, 1946. chatgpt.com/share/69f7336a… Can't be too careful these days. archive.org/stream/the-nur…

Aziz Ansari just appeared as Kash Patel on SNL, and they went innnnn on him "I'm a trailblazer. I'm the first Indian person to suck at their job. Everyone says Indian people are smart, hardworking, incredibly intelligent. I prove without a shadow of a doubt that we can be just as incapable and incompetent as the whites."

Good free book. I've used it studying Chinese poetry with a friend. library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.…

Professor Owen spent nearly a decade to translate the entirety of Du Fu's work into English. His magnum opus, "The Poetry of Du Fu," is free to read or download. Link here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.…

@FiringLineShow @AEI @newtgingrich The Gingrich/Hastert rule of the rule of the majority of the majority prevented legislation with wide bipartisan support from coming up if it couldn't muster a majority within the GOP. Not entirely a GOP innovation, but a stronger version than ever before imposed.

Yuval Levin of @AEI says by centralizing power, @newtgingrich didn’t just reshape Congress—he weakened it, turning lawmakers into loyalists and the speaker akin to a prime minister. “The idea that the speaker should function as a kind of prime minister, that he should be able to wield Congress as a weapon against the president of the other party, ended up meaning that the rest of the members of Congress look to party leaders for direction.” “In many ways this would be James Madison's nightmare,” said @RosenJeffrey, CEO emeritus of the @ConstitutionCtr.

@WhitakerTA_ Check it out... JD Vance is heavily invested in a company that buys farms out of receivership. Isn't that cute?!?! It's almost like this was part of the plan. Destroy the economy so the #EpsteinClass oligarchy can come around and buy it all up for pennies on the dollar!!

A photograph of the "Chapelle du grand collège du Sichuan oriental," early 1900s, China.

Disappearing people: A global demographic data crisis threatens public policy | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🇹🇼🇨🇳La Chine continue de couper les câbles sous-marins connectant Taïwan au reste du monde. Ces coupures ralentissent considérablement le débit internet dans un pays en plein boom économique. Une action de guerre hybride de la Chine qui envoie ses navires traîner leurs ancres sur les fonds marins afin d'endommager voire même carrément de rompre ces câbles. Plus de 95 % du trafic mondial de données passe par ces infrastructures invisibles. Pour Taïwan, puissance technologique et économique majeure, leur bon fonctionnement est vital. Lorsqu’un câble est sectionné, ce sont des connexions ralenties, des entreprises perturbées, et potentiellement des opérations financières ou industrielles critiques qui sont affectées. Dans un monde ultra-connecté, couper les câbles, c’est toucher directement au cœur du fonctionnement d’un pays. Surtout pour Taïwan et ses industries de semi-conducteurs comme TSMC qui sont largement responsables de la bonne santé économique de l'île. Dans ce contexte, Taïwan essaie d'éviter une escalade directe avec la Chine et développe ses propres capacités satellitaires, un peu dans le même style que Starlink, pour éviter de trop dépendre des câbles sous-marins à l'avenir. C'est un bon exemple pour illustrer comment la Chine perturbe la vie quotidienne des Taïwanais qui veulent juste vivre en paix. #Partenariat

Um fato pouco conhecido, e impressionante, sobre a Igreja Católica na Coreia do Sul é que ela não começou com missionários, como aconteceu na maior parte do mundo. No fim do século XVIII, estudiosos coreanos entraram em contato com textos cristãos vindos da China, especialmente obras de Matteo Ricci. Movidos por uma busca intelectual sincera pela verdade, eles mesmos começaram a estudar, praticar e difundir a fé, sem nunca terem visto um padre. Em 1784, um desses estudiosos, Yi Seung-hun, viajou até Pequim, foi batizado e voltou à Coreia, onde passou a batizar outros. Assim, a Igreja coreana nasceu de leigos para leigos, algo praticamente único na história do catolicismo. Quando os primeiros missionários chegaram anos depois, encontraram uma comunidade já estruturada, e também perseguida. Essa origem ajudou a moldar o caráter firme da Igreja coreana, que mais tarde daria inúmeros mártires, hoje reconhecidos como santos. É um exemplo raro de fé que brota primeiro como busca da verdade e só depois encontra seus pastores.

@gaodawei Very interesting, given how Hu has become a leading guide & executioner of Xi Jinping's genocide against the Uyghurs; now targeting Taiwan. He doubled down on the Machine and join in to lead its surveillance, oppression, and erasure of the nations conquered by China's empire.