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Just 100 users were responsible for almost 70% of online conspiracy posts from influential accounts they examined in Canada. An analysis of over 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada found that 87% of conspiratorial claims come from these influencers. But this tiny minority of true believers can have a momentous impact on local politics, influencing what people view as normal and acceptable and leads to self-censoring to avoid attacks from conspiracy theorists. nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/new… These extremists create what we call "the funhouse mirror" effect of social media, where a small number of users create misperceptions of social norms. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Hongkonger fights in #Ukraine as diaspora marks grim anniversary Nid sees parallels between Ukraine’s resistance and Hong Kong’s own struggles. “We’re both being occupied by a neighboring power that’s gradually assimilating us.” @kellywsheung globalvoices.org/2026/03/02/hon…

Civilizationalism, the idea that world politics revolves around culturally bounded civilizations led by great powers, is energizing the Right on both sides of the Atlantic. It is key to the effort to dismantle universalism and remake the international order. jacobin.com/2026/02/civili…

As things stand, now that Jimmy Lai’s case is mostly done, the only “big” national security cases left are those relating to Tiananmen vigil leaders Chow Hang-Tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, as well as another case against Joshua Wong. China would look to ride out those remaining cases and then have Hong Kong be completely forgotten in international consciousness. It is up to all of us who care about Hong Kong to make sure China does not succeed in “disappearing” Hong Kong’s crackdown from the world.

Two decades ago, observers in the advanced liberal democracies said China could never catch up: the technological gulf was too vast and China's authoritarian institutions would obstruct innovation. How did we get here? My essay in @ForeignAffairs foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-s…

It is shocking how little coverage there is of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine due to Russia's destruction of its energy grid. It's -20C outside and half of the country experienced a total blackout today. Metro trains stopped operating in Kyiv and Kharkiv today. Rolling blackouts have been ongoing for weeks, often with no heating and running water inside people's houses. People get sick and die because of this. In the meantime, Russians laugh and call for more strikes to punish Ukraine for its unwillingness to surrender. These are strikes affecting millions of civilians amid the harshest winter in decades. These are crimes against humanity that Russia is confident it will get away with. We cannot let that happen

Critics say Hong Kong fire was due to negligence, not scaffolding The fire has already claimed 156 lives and the city needs an independent investigation into the cause. @oiwan globalvoices.org/2025/12/02/cri…

@SamaHoole No, one set of data doesn’t tell the story. Hongkong has lowest private car ownership. And people have to walk a lot. And the city has zero natural disasters because of excellent infrastructure. Car accident also lowest in the world

Hong Kong has the longest life expectancy in the world: 85 years. They also have the highest meat consumption per capita in the developed world. Over 140kg of meat per person annually, most of it pork. They eat: - Roast pork - Char siu (BBQ pork) - Roast duck - Chicken - Beef - Fish and seafood daily - Pork in literally everything Vegetables are a side dish. Meat is the meal. But Hong Kong isn't a Blue Zone because this data is catastrophically inconvenient for plant-based advocacy. So we just don't talk about it. Longest-lived population on Earth, highest meat intake, not worth mentioning in discussions of dietary longevity. Funny how that works.

Despite disagreement, I do respect Lingling's work and her professionalism, but I must respectfully disagree again with several key points in the article below. I've lived in both countries too as a scholar. Reducing China's governance to "the Party controls everything" and implicitly romanticizing US governance as "freedom and debate" is a deliberate oversimplified binary narrative. China's challenges are not about "too much socialism." America’s challenges are not about "too much democracy." I think the real contrast is this: ➡️ The US is drifting toward "capital capturing policymaking." ➡️ China practices "the state regulating capital in the public interest." In China, maybe you can't insult the government freely, but you won't go bankrupt because of medical bills, tuition fees. In the US, you can insult the government all day- but you can go bankrupt because of medical bills, tuition fees, or just trying to stay alive. She says: "You don't buy a home; you buy a 70-year lease from the government, which it can revoke." But in America, millions can't even afford a lease. Additionally, some heirs of wealthy families have had to donate their parents' mansions because they can't afford the property taxes. She says: "In Mamdani’s New York, you can protest his policies outside City Hall." But in the US, the reality is far more cynical: You protest-nothing changes. You vote-nothing changes. Because money matters more than votes. In China, when you call the mayor's hotline or file a petition, the case is registered, processed on a timeline, and officials are held accountable if they ignore it. "We the People" petition site, oh, looks like a joke. China is not perfect. But China tries its best to improve public welfare and build a functioning state that prioritizes people's needs. The US used to do that-but administrations since the Bush era have largely given up on governing for the public good. One system measures its success by how many problems get fixed; the other measures success by how loudly people can complain. Good governance is not about who talks better. It's about who delivers better. Be better, the United States of America.

@tomgrundy Wtf?

Lol.

Anyone forgotten about the Epstein Files? Stay Focused.

Charlie Kirk: "The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein...Every file should be released to the public." Megyn Kelly: "Put them all out there. Because if there's nothing in there, then we can see there's nothing in there."

@KFCQZ 他16號還有在寫推呢…

🙏🙏🙏 发现一个同志走了，生命无常！

My op-ed for the Telegraph on Gaza famine denialism and the false tropes used to promote it

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近日，一首说唱歌曲《焦作》引发广大网友共鸣。歌词诉说了河南焦作一位中年底层农民工面临的生存困境和家庭困境。 然而7月20日，网传作者“亚细亚旷世奇才”被焦作当地部门要求修改歌词和歌名，随后歌手发布了自己签字画押的手写道歉信。 除了歌词被大面积删改，歌名也从《焦作》改成了《漂泊》。