oh no

yesssssss

congratulations to the Seahawks, who are technically named after the gorgeous Osprey — a great victory for birders everywhere!

below is my rendition of an Osprey soaring to victory, drawn with full attention to detail. and no, this is not a photo!

When the commentators call your super bowl performance "a learning experience", is that good

which is different from last year's halftime show where Drake got smacked around

i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol

starting a rumor that billionaires don't use sunscreen

funny things your cat does

there are SO many things to unpack in that particular picture

tweet from BayAreaNewLibs

someone wearing a black shirt that says "(s?) mash communism" in the trans pride flag colors

white guy holding a sign that says tip your landlord

someone holding a sign that says "property rights are human rights" and wearing a shirt that says "I'm in a polycule with aella" and also there's a...centaur?

The Pro-Billionaires March thing was satire, right?
Right???

copy 🫠

Werewolf dick that destroys vampires, call that a garlic knot. Or something. I don’t fucking know, you shitpost then if it’s that easy

Or when project management says something in a meeting "copy" means "I acknowledge that words came out of your mouth"

(what doing classical piano competitions as Main Extracurricular Activity throughout high school does to a bitch)

copy 😭😭😭

it's so versatile though:

copy 🫡
copy 😐
copy 🧐
copy 🫩
copy 🫥

oh no

Proud to call this beauty My Mug! Thanks, Irena! @ili.bsky.social

YAY IT ARRIVED

copy

nice to meet you held in contempt, I’m dad

Fen Beatty

After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.

If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨

fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com

On Feb 7 2020, Dr Li Wenliang, known as one of the first whistleblowers on COVID, died from the disease in Wuhan.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY MY ART WHICH IS STIRRING AND LOVELY!!!

white with unglazed stripes and stars

another view of the white mug

black with unglazed stripes

striped ones with big handles

blobby, metallic red

black with cloud patterns

black, textured

I have made some new mugs

Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

baby!!!!

think it’s essential to build global alliances that better integrate Chinese perspectives. The starting point would be listening to and building alliances with grassroots organisations from within China and in the diaspora. As I have said, there are many creative forms of resistance to authoritarian and conservative nationalism within China and among the diaspora. The Western left space is not particularly used to hearing voices that are critical of both Western imperialism and non-Western authoritarianism, as well as drawing linkages between them. Sometimes, the concern about racism and not wanting to encourage imperialist foreign policies leads to an unwillingness to engage with criticisms of the Chinese state, including those from Chinese nationals and from minoritised groups in China. Yao Lin conceptualises this as what he calls ‘interregimatic missolidarisation’. By this he means an ostensibly supportive relationship that does not really correspond to struggles against injustice or oppression within a different regime. This is not only due to cultural or linguistic distance, but also because of the ways in which different structures give rise to different forms of injustice, creating both experiential and discursive barriers to transnational solidarity.38 Our conversations with diaspora Chinese organisers engaged in anti-racist, queer, feminist, and decolonial work reflect this. Their lived experiences are often exoticised or dismissed by ‘mainstream’ civil society, and they find it easier to connect with or be understood by other immigrant groups. This also brings to mind Shadi Mokhatari’s critique of the ‘uncritical anti-imperialist solidarities’ and the victimhood politics of the ‘anti-imperialist-branding states’. Here again, allegedly anti-imperialist actors mis-solidarise with the oppressor, conflate the state with citizens at large, as well as essentialist notions of culture, and disregard the agency of the oppressed.39

This vision of the so-called ‘multipolar civilizational order’ bears a disturbing resemblance to that of the European far right, where racial-civilisational categories are defined in terms of ontological and epistemological difference and ‘indigenous’ civilisational identity is placed in opposition to the ‘globalist’ order.41 For me, then, solidarity requires calling out this misplaced equation of geopolitical opposition with decolonisation or emancipation. It requires listening to and understanding the lived experiences of activists from across the Global South who are organising against authoritarianism and imperialism. Historically speaking, and in the aftermath of 1989, overseas Chinese pro-democracy politics tended to be aligned with the right in Europe and the US. But this is changing. Younger diaspora groups are now looking for new languages and imaginaries, creating decentralised spaces of resistance and solidarity. They are already building transnational alliances against the far right in many ways. What remains is for established left-wing movements to recognise, engage with, and support these emergent transnational practices.

solidarity means not mistaking geopolitical opposition for decolonization

inspired by the works of @linsantu.bsky.social @shadimokhtari.bsky.social and others

read the full interview here on China and the global politics of the far right www.tni.org/en/article/m...

The Washington Post’s management slashed their international teams and their Books section and I’d just like to take the opportunity to say that at @mekongreview.com we love reviewing books and bringing you Asian perspectives and don’t run editorials about how it’s a bad idea to tax billionaires