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Cornell Sexual Assault Investigation to Be Reopened

Remember how the Feds and university sprung into action to expel non-violent protestors in 2024? That happened at precisely the same time these men were engaging in actual monstrous behavior against other students, with most getting a slight rap on the knuckles as punishment.

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After outrage over allegations in a lawsuit, the Tompkins County district attorney will revisit the decision not to pursue criminal charges against seven fraternity members.

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She'd just come from Buffalo. Doing town hall events upstate, not in Iowa or NH. Feels like testing the statewide, not nationwide, waters. I think the right move

Last night 2k people came out to see AOC in Ithaca - a town with only 30k people. I think she's running for Senate

A room with 2k people at a town hall with AOC in Ithaca

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I am very skeptical about the ability of ethical consumerism to meaningfully change employer behavior. But unions, worker centers, and all other workplace-based forms of worker power have already been banned. If they cannot tolerate ethical consumerism, things are seriously dire

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So we're on the same page, the state cannot tolerate an app that valorizes employers who FOLLOW THE LAW. China has a 40 hour work week. You are allowed 36 hours max of overtime per month. Two day weekends should not be controversial and yet

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「雙休購」的爆紅與下架：一個網購平臺如何撬動中國勞工權益討論 - BBC News 中文

"Two Day Weekend Shopping" 双休购 is an app that allowed Chinese consumers to shop at businesses that provide workers with a real two day weekend, based on worker-provided info. The app blew up, reflecting widespread dissatisfaction with overwork. Then it was banned.

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提倡雙休的民間自發平台「雙休購」曇花一現後快速被下架，中國打工人開始在社交媒體上要求雙休正當權利。學者指這樣的消費抵制是正向的發展。

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"But it's named after the dynasty, not ethno-national supremacy!" Ok sure but you know who would have never allowed a car called Da Han?

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Mr. Trump called the Chinese leader 'an expert on stone' who 'loves good granite' as Mr. Xi stood by without changing his expression." As a former interpreter, I am sending solidarity to the poor soul who had to translate this while maintaining diplomatic decorum

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Live Updates: Trump Greets Xi at White House, Where Pomp May Mask Tensions

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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 24/09/2026

Hi all, only a few days left to pitch ideas for the upcoming issues of Made in China Journal (on Hong Kong) and Global China Pulse (on the new geopolitics of knowledge production). Short pitches are due September 30. 1/

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I was not so secretly thinking about precisely this

Exactly, there is such an obvious precedent here, which would also have the political advantage of being reciprocal

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There are legitimate debates about the security threats of having data collection systems in vehicles. But the point should be to ensure privacy regardless of nationality of the company. I honestly don't trust Elon or ByteDance to have my data and wish the govt would do something about it

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Not quite ready to say the quiet part out loud, the cognitive dissonance would be too much

A lot of these companies have terrible labor practices, but like all companies, they can adjust. Make unionization a condition. Make sure they're not harming the environment. Normal things that should be applied equally to all companies regardless of national origin

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US lawmakers urge Trump to maintain ban on Chinese automakers

If Chinese auto companies want to produce in the US and they'll use union labor, pay taxes, and maybe even help to improve the EV ecosystem, then there is no justification for excluding them. This is not a security threat.

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More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged ‌President Donald Trump to keep in place a ban on Chinese automakers out of the US market, ⁠ahead of his meeting with China's President Xi ...

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Gina Anne Tam @dgtam86.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Expressive Activity Area update. Those wishing to express themselves will have to crouch in between the shrubbery

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The policy was quickly revoked and waved off as a draft that got published before revision, but as someone who studied this for a decade, even I find this one bizarre since it banned Cantonese but not English?

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You say, Mr. Trump, that you oppose the principle of "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need", and YET you invite Xi Jinping into your house. Brazen hypocrisy!

I love how we continue to write articles as if the president knows or cares what words mean

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Why not both, dialectic in motion

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‘People had naive expectations’: How MeToo has changed in China

“If you want to organise a public event, anything explicitly related to feminism or LGBT issues is basically not possible, at least in Beijing." Great news that she's out, but this article highlights how much worse things are now than in 2018... which in turn was more restrictive than 2010.

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On Friday, MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was released from prison. She returns to a landscape changed by censorship, and a new generation of feminists

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Later in the day one side came untaped and it flopped over so you couldn't read it unless the wind blew it back, 10/10