Sign in

Andréa Worden

@andreaworden.bsky.social
1.3K followers 2.4K following 480 posts

Human rights activist/lawyer, #joyfulwarrior focused on China /Asia. Former CECC general counsel, Intl Campaign for Tibet, Asia Catalyst; ex-adjunct at AU WCL and JHU Krieger School. Writer. Translator. Still asking: #WhereIsPengShuai

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 15/09/2026
#华语青年挺藏会 argues the #Kyirong disaster was not simply a natural disaster: Beijing knew the border region faced severe geological risks but continued expanding ports, roads, & settlements there, prioritising development and border security over ecological risk & safety. www.lhasaspring.org/p/jilong
lhasaspring.org
藏尼边境泥石流灾害谈:功劳归于党,代价归于人民
项目建设要感恩党的开发,项目冲毁要感恩党的救援。无论何时何地,党都是伟大的、光荣的、正确的。
133
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 14/09/2026
More than 60 #Tibetans were detained in Delhi protesting Xi Jinping’s visit for the BRICS summit, raising political prisoners, religious repression, environmental destruction, & Beijing’s new "Ethnic Unity" law. www.tibetanreview.net/over-60-tibe...
tibetanreview.net
Over 60 Tibetans reported held for protesting at BRICS summit in Delhi; contrasting statements issued on Xi-Modi meeting - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Sep13’26) – As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Sep 12 afternoon and took part in the two-day BRICS summit in New Delhi, followed by bilateral talks with Prime ...
043
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 14/09/2026
Tibet and Nepal faced the same catastrophic Himalayan flood, but radically different information environments. AFP examines how restrictions, rumours, & state control shaped what the public could know about the disaster. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com
How China and Nepal are battling flood rumours online
China and Nepal have taken different approaches to information after a Himalayan flood, shaping what the public saw of a disaster that killed more than 1,400 people.
055
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 14/09/2026
📻 “In Nepal, international journalists move freely. Contrast that to Tibet—we were wholly reliant on Chinese media.” NPR’s @jpak25.bsky.social on Beijing’s tight control of reporting after the devastating Nepal–Tibet floods. www.npr.org/2026/09/12/n...
npr.org
How China tried to control the narrative on the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet
Reporting over so-called "the Great Firewall," a journalist details how to report for a global audience from Beijing despite tight obstacles imposed by the government.
0135
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Every word of this re #Zverev and today's #USOpen men's singles final. The ATP, and ESPN/ABC, have been whistling on the porch hoping the parade goes by. Meanwhile two women accused Zverev of physical violence, including choking, against them. www.si.com/tennis/tenni...
si.com
Tennis Still Doesn’t Know How to Handle Alexander Zverev
The German star finally won his first major title at Roland Garros, bringing to light his complicated place in the sport.
45925
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Something worth remembering 25 years after 9/11: in the aftermath of catastrophe, people look around, they see what is needed, and they help.
1033826810
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
481127933762
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of the biggest legacies of 9/11 was the rapid growth of mass surveillance. Whether it's the PATRIOT Act, Palantir, or Flock cameras, Americans don't want more erosions of our civil liberties in the name of "security."
13442251285
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 08/09/2026
The cancellation of a 700-delegate #Tibetan Studies conference in Kathmandu shows how transnational repression can work without an explicit order: signals of displeasure prompt officials & institutions to censor pre-emptively, while Beijing retains plausible deniability:
064
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Nicola Macbean @nicolamacbean.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Looking forward to reading this both for the insights into Tibet from a real expert but also for how @robbiebarnett.bsky.social uses open source data on coercion in such an opaque context.
044
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Amy Worden @newsy1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As the best tennis players in the world duke it out at the US Open, one has been missing for years, leading @andreaworden.bsky.social to revive the question #WhereisPengShuai and call on the heavy hitters in pro tennis to do the same.
132
Andréa Worden @andreaworden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
While some of y'all are perhaps enjoying the amazing tennis on display in NYC and virtually this Labor Day, perhaps take a moment to remember Peng Shuai, who's still disappeared, and ask: #WhereIsPengShuai: andreawordenwords.com/2026/09/07/w...
andreawordenwords.com
“Where the hell is Peng Shuai?” – A periodic reminder (9/7/26)
About seven months ago, a redditor in r/tennis asked “Where the hell is Peng Shuai?” I don’t hang out on reddit, but the question showed up recently when I googled “Peng Shu…
010
Reposted by Andréa Worden
laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.
272161476
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word. Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality. Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too. Two giants who helped change America. Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
306155714126
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Amy Worden @newsy1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.” - Gloria Steinem
02217
Reposted by Andréa Worden
america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😅😅🔥🇨🇦 #Canada #LakeOntario
46130123147
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 31/08/2026
From watching Venus Williams and Camila Osorio practice to meeting the workers who make it all possible — the final day of US Open Fan Week was unforgettable. I’m grateful to USTA & everyone behind the scenes at Fan Week for giving New Yorkers public, affordable access to world-class tennis.
Mayor Mamdani shakes hands with a US Open fan at Arthur Ashe StadiumMayor Mamdani greets workers at Arthur Ashe StadiumMayor Mamdani shakes hands with a US Open fan at Arthur Ashe Stadium
152235295
Reposted by Andréa Worden
World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 28/08/2026
In Bidur, the capital of Nuwakot District in Nepal, WCK restaurant partner Nepalaya Rooftop Restaurant served samosas and vegetable momos, along with fresh fruit and water, to evacuees and search and rescue teams working around the clock following this week's flash flooding. #ChefsForNepal
614458
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every law student in America should be required to read this as a cautionary tale. Every lawyer at Paul Weiss should be required to read this to understand what they have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
nytimes.com
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
491439549
Reposted by Andréa Worden
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/07/2026
NEWS: The tarp is STILL covering the restored Kennedy Center name as the legal fight heads back to court next week. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social reports.
2032425794
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/07/2026
"But then, like many others, he made the decision to abandon his previous ideals, to bury the patriotism that was once so important to him, and to become, instead, a loud, opportunistic collaborator." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
The Quintessential Politician of This Era
The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA.
731371414
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/07/2026
this, for me, is the defining Lindsey Graham statement
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
358110962275
Andréa Worden @andreaworden.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’m shocked!
static.klipy.com
Philip J Fry's Shocked Reaction
ALT: Philip J Fry's Shocked Reaction
010
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"
887278999765
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/06/2026
Today I signed an Executive Order for every worker exposed to extreme heat on the job. It requires multilingual heat safety guidance for workers, a review of construction site heat safety practices, and heat illness prevention plans at every mayoral agency.
Mayor Mamdani and workers celebrate the signing of the new executive order.
379201713389
Reposted by Andréa Worden
CoolHandNuke @mrfawkes50.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Sealant Team Six guarding our vulnerable shores against Algae-Qeada, Algaetifa. And Algae Sharpton.
1354194745074
Reposted by Andréa Worden
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/06/2026
lol
1277149403173
Reposted by Andréa Worden
USDemocracy @usdemocracy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The right to vote is the foundation of everything. Healthcare. Education. Housing. Jobs. None of it happens without voters who can show up and speak out. Our vote is our voice. Our voice is our power. July 17-19, we get into #GoodTrouble #USDemocracy
320895
Reposted by Andréa Worden
WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Paul Krugman is right: there is nothing “inevitable” about Social Security cuts. The crisis is political, not mathematical. Corrupt Republicans took new revenue off the table so they can force benefit cuts onto workers. Don’t swallow the gaslighting. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
02211
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Zohran’s speech at the Knicks ceremony & Obama’s speech at the presidential center opening are cousins — two different ways of getting at the belief that hope is a choice, that hard work is worth it, that setbacks are never permanent & long odds are not fate. Stubborn collective optimism is back!
533309653
Reposted by Andréa Worden
RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
NOTUS: The Department of the Interior must restore exhibits that mentioned topics like race, climate and LGBTQ+ communities — and ensure that they “remain available and visible to the public” when reinstalled, a federal judge ruled.
415863
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Brought to you in collaboration with Mountain Dew.
The reflecting pool (I think) in Washington (I think, I'm not American) which has been turned a lurid green for some reason
3945892867
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/06/2026
One of my favorite moments of the day. If you missed it, take a moment… 🤎 John Legend and Common performing “Glory.”
49097182717
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
517278326367
Reposted by Andréa Worden
The Tattooed Historian @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Support our libraries!
119113302922
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Amy Worden @newsy1.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
#SNL cold open features real DC institution Martin’s Tavern as the secret watering hole for Hegseth, Kavanaugh and Patel.
1499
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/05/2026
I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.
21792931494
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A Supreme Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places the Court at odds with democracy itself. This is the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts. I opposed his nomination back in 2005, and I stand by that.
312107873344
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
UPDATE: The Trump administration is deporting "nonviolent medically impaired grandparents" to Laos over a 33-year-old drug conviction, a decision Judge Tana Lin says is "inhumane" and "cruel" — but says she is powerless to stop. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
30773378
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Fight The Right… 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
200127474355
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Poland joining Ireland and Wales in a World Cup boycott is as welcome as it is expected. 🇵🇱💪🏼
1296136989
Reposted by Andréa Worden
The Voice of J Kulcha. 77✨ @jkulcha.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Jamaica doing the right thing and boycotting this summers World Cup in the USA. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🇯🇲
398172112354
Reposted by Andréa Worden
NPR @npr.org · 31/03/2026
A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment. n.pr/3PUBm6t
n.pr
Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR defunded
A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.
441872557
Reposted by Andréa Worden
don-brown.bsky.social @don-brown.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
181142912690
Andréa Worden @andreaworden.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I walked over to the Mall yesterday for #NoKings but found #AllKites instead. Perfect weather and a perfect American moment: all ages, colors, genders, languages, cuisines for picnics, & kiting pros helping the clueless, etc. Lots of laughter and joy. ❤️
Jellyfish kite flying high near the Washington Monument. 3/28/26Crowd surrounding the Kite Doctor booth at the Blossom Kite Festival 3/28/26Sign for the Kite Hospital, next to the Kite Doctor’s booth: sign says “pre-existing conditions accepted!”
020
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Shout out to Birmingham, Alabama and Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska! 🎉
334171521
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 28/03/2026
#NoKings DC
People dressed up as French courtiers and someone in an inflated frog costume
620449
Reposted by Andréa Worden
Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
8 AM in the DC suburbs and people are already getting on the subways to go downtown for the No Kings protests. gatherings planned for every overpass on the freeway going north from my house. This is going to be big. #nokings
1146273
Andréa Worden @andreaworden.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In other words, Be Alysa Liu. ⛸️💪❤️
000