May-lee Chai (she/her)

Breakfast of Birds | Gabriele Münter

In 1981, photographer Liu Xiangcheng captured Pu Jie, younger brother of the last Qing emperor Puyi, sitting in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City.
Born inside that palace once filled with thousands of courtiers, he now returns as an ordinary visitor.
History can be ironic.

She doesn’t use genAI for historical research, she uses genAI to plagiarise the work of historians who conduct research.

Number of trafficking victims in Europe might be 'higher' than thought More than 39,000 human trafficking cases were recorded in Europe in 20 years. War and displacement, especially in Ukraine, are fuelling the crisis, as victims face forced labour and sexual exploitation.

More than 39,000 human trafficking cases were recorded in Europe in 20 years. War and displacement, especially in Ukraine, are fuelling the crisis, as victims face forced labour and sexual exploitation. #EuropeInMotion

Over 10,000 Chinese citizens returned from Middle East amid war Chinese authorities and airlines have ​assisted over 10,000 Chinese citizens in returning from ‌the Middle East, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the war in the region forced airspace closures and grounded ​commercial flights.

Over 10,000 Chinese citizens returned from Middle East amid war reut.rs/4bvRt2N

Anthropic sues Trump administration over Pentagon blacklisting.

The firm alleges the US government retaliated against Anthropic for refusing to let its Claude AI model be used for autonomous lethal warfare and mass surveillance of Americans

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Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in Manhattan federal court Three brothers, including two of the nation's most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex trafficking Monday after a five-week trial.

Three brothers, including two of the nation's most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex trafficking Monday after a five-week trial. n.pr/4ll3dbB

(AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline, the agency said in ⁠a notice on ​Tuesday.

Myriam Gurba presents THE HARD STUFF, a six-day craft seminar and workshop where we will access different techniques that enhance, enrich, and complicate prose that addresses the defining word of our age: TRAUMA! Magic realism, ancestral influence, co-authorship with the more-than human, humor, epistolary perspectives, and multimedia authorship will be the themes that structure our first five meetings. The final meeting will be participant led. For more information, email gurbamyriam@gmail.com (mailto:gurbamyriam@gmail.com)

I’ll be facilitating a writing seminar and workshop soon!

If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.

People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.

Epstein Latest: A newly surfaced document reveals an inmate told the FBI he overheard guards talking about covering up Epstein's death the morning he died.

Miami Herald Investigative Reporter, Julie K. Brown, describes what the inmate claims he heard.

United States was "likely" responsible for bombing of girls' school in Iran, per early U.S. assessment The preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment suggests that the U.S. is "likely" responsible for the bombing of the girls' school in Iran on Feb. 28.

Malachy Browne: In addition to Reuters & WSJ, sources now tell CBS that the Pentagon's preliminary findings point to a U.S. strike on the school in Minab that killed 175. Seems inevitable that an admission will be forthcoming.

They are trying to keep married women & people of color from voting ever again. We must stop this BS from passing.

you don’t hate rich people enough

Might be time to bring back war criminal trials that include rich people this time

can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives

Y’all.

I can't compete with this.

Top Pentagon official recalls the 'whoa moment' when defense leaders realized how indispensable Anthropic is and saw the risk of losing access | Fortune "I'm not biased," Michael said. "I just I want all of them. I want to give them all the same exact terms because I need redundancy."

The Defense Department’s reliance on Anthropic’s AI came as a shocking realization that ultimately led to their dramatic schism, according to a top Pentagon official. https://bit.ly/4d3JATq

Why autism should not be treated as a single condition A better understanding of its biology will lead to better interventions

What if autism is not a single condition, but several? Research into the spectrum’s enormous diversity could help lead to better treatments and interventions

everything was hunky-dory until 1953. that’s when shit truly went sideways, after Mossadegh broke the eleventh commandment — Thou Shalt Not Fuck With Big Oil — by nationalizing Iran’s oil industry. our CIA and Britain’s MI6 got themselves worked into a Big Mad over this, and engineered a coup that overthrew Mossadegh and turned Iran back into a monarchy, restoring Reza Pahlavi as the Shah. the thing about the Shah of Iran is that he was a repressive piece of shit who was hated by his people, and his fuckery led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 — and that’s how Iran went from being a repressive monarchy to being a repressive theocracy. meet the new boss, yadda yadda. that’s why we’re in this mess right now — because we couldn’t leave well enough alone 73 years ago.

did you know Iran used to be a western-style democracy, with an elected prime minister? but then one day in 1953, the CIA ousted him in a coup, and restored the repressive and corrupt Shah to power — that's REALLY how this mess all got started. you can read all about it in my post: bit.ly/4lfWn7c

She was arrested for holding a protest sign in small-town California: ‘This is a testing ground’

Jenny O’Connell-Nowain was put under house arrest and her husband, Benjamin, lost his job after they protested at board of supervisors meetings

They’re literally pushing out Black women to make sure they can try to permanently staff the federal government with white supremacists.

McSweeney hits the nail on the head again! 😂

Just one of many creative ideas proposed to recruit students to History classes: Feed instructor with lowest student evaluations to lions in Roman-style
spectacle that brings history to life! 🦁

A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.

Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO.

More here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

In this world of personalized power and whim-leadership, a CEO change can mean the end of the acquisition and its object permanence

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining Bluesky as interim CEO. I deeply believe in what this team has built and the open social web they're fighting for. More here: toni.org/2026/03/09/c...

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Graber stepping down as CEO of Bluesky www.wired.com/story/bluesk...