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new anti-drug dance moves lmao

insert your custom variation of a "asians all look alike" joke :)

wtf lmao. I wonder how one makes such a mistake?

(for those who cannot read Chinese, the author confuses me with a completely different person, eg the name in Chinese is not my name).

Huge win for justice against mercenary spyware!

Congratulations to @davidgreene.bsky.social & @eff.org colleagues

I write about Loujain's case and the @citizenlab.ca's investigations into it in my book, Chasing Shadows chasingshadowsbook.ca

One of the most courageous people I've ever met

Fundraiser: Climbing a virtual Everest with the Global Voices Community The ride is raising funds for Global Voices and in support of its mission.

How do you celebrate & support the hard, beautiful work of cultivating understanding across difference?

Next weekend, I'm riding my bicycle up 10k meters of elevation in an "Everest Roam" to support the journalism, translation, & community at @globalvoices.org

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Glad to share this new article on digital transnational repression, its impacts on women and queer individuals, and the responses of host states. #DTR

muse.jhu.edu/article/965783 Project MUSE - Targeted Across Borders: Digital Transnational Repression, Gender Dimensions, and the Role of Host States

Today PornHub introduced mandatory age verification for UK users - as demanded by the Government's new Online Safety Act.

In other news, searches for "VPN" in the UK just went through the roof.

Wall St Journal set to plead not guilty in lawsuit filed by HKJA head The Wall Street Journal is set to plead not guilty in a lawsuit against Selina Cheng, Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) chairperson, who accuses the American newspaper of unlawful dismissal aft...

"A spokesperson ... would not comment on “specific individuals.” They also said that the Journal “has been and continues to be a fierce and vocal advocate for press freedom in Hong Kong and around the world.”"

how do you spell hee-po-cree-see?

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yeah this seems the most likely explanation.

let’s ignore for a second how ridiculous this is. but how did they even know it was him? were there cameras in the toilet?

One response to Trump grabbing traveler's social media data is that this has been happening for years.
That misses how much wider and more intrusive the new practices are, e.g. now DHS wants to review social media posts of green card holders applying for citizenship.

Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All “Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained by WIRE...

Great to know the Anthropic CEO thinks so highly of us.

"The “media / Twitter / the outside world” is “always looking for hypocrisy, while also being very stupid and therefore having a poor understanding of substantive issues,”

www.wired.com/story/anthro...

721 六年｜警元朗站巡邏　市民穿黑衫到場「見證」 - 集誌社 今日是 721 事件六年，警方於下午 3 時 45 分，在元朗站外部署戰術巴士、衝鋒車，另分別派約十多名軍裝、便衣警員在站內巡邏。有市民身穿印上「做對的事永遠都是時候」字句的黑色衫，在黃昏來到元朗站。記者下午於站內觀察期間，一度被警員截查，登記資料後獲放行。

"Today marks the sixth anniversary of the 721 incident. At 3:45 pm, the police deployed tactical buses and assault vehicles outside Yuen Long Station"

More police at Yuen Long MTR to suppress commemoration than responded to the attack. 😒

Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say Unknown attackers exploited a “significant vulnerability” in Microsoft’s SharePoint collaboration software, hitting targets around the world.

A global zero-day attack on common SharePoint server software from Microsoft has breached hundreds or thousands of organizations worldwide, including some federal and state agencies, we report at the Post. It started with a bad patch. Gift link: wapo.st/3TRrqcP

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Autocratic populism produces poverty and decline

In The Mood For Love (25th Anniversary) - LAB111 Deze liefdeswals met fotografie van Wong Kar Wai’s favoriete cameraman Christopher Doyle, geldt nog steeds als een onovertroffen portret van ingehouden, gepassioneerde sensualiteit.

For those who are in the Netherlands and like Wong Kar Wai, they are screening In The Mood For Love (25th anniversary)

www.lab111.nl/movie/in-the...

Five years ago, I asked the question "what if trump got SNL cancelled". Turns out it is the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

If you're not sure what @globalvoices.org is or why people are donating to it, take a quick look at our main page. You'll find news from local contributors and partners, all over the world-just on the top line today, we've got Thailand, Trinidad&Tobago, Armenia-Azerbaijan, & Turkey

TIL it is not spelled "renumeration", but "remuneration".

Disclaimer: I'm on the board of Global Voices. I don't get remuneration for this. I also wrote my PhD dissertation (back in the day) on Global Voices, which I'm still quite proud of!

Global Voices is one of the places on the internet that still gives me hope. A true oasis.

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jimmy went from making jokes for a living to being a joke for a living.

Support Global Voices as we launch our donation campaign Sharp cuts to foreign aid by a number of governments are shrinking the available funds for nonprofits, with digital rights organizations like ours taking a particular hit.

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This is really important for us to continue providing free, ad-free and tracker-free independent journalism from around the world. Please consider donating if you can.

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I get asked a lot about what brings me hope. Some days, that's a really tough question to answer. But reading @globalvoices.org gives me hope, because I believe in the power of stories to create empathy & the power of the internet to help us break down geographical and language divides

how about this one? www.fantasticfiction.com/b/thea-beckm...

i used to like going to this one :(

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Chinese Students Feel a Familiar Chill in America Surveillance, censorship, detention were things to worry about back home. Now they’re here.

"Chinese students are familiar with surveillance, scrutiny, and expansive definitions of national security. They just didn’t expect all of that from the U.S. government, as well."