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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Despite threats of financial sanctions from the U.S and the Russia’s attempt to only give 2 months extension, 144 nations voted to give a 2nd 4-year term to UNCHR head Volker Turk. What a strange reality when U.S. aligns with Russia, DPRK, Israel, and Argentina… www.reuters.com/world/un-ass...

A voting map of the UNGA for approval of the UNCHR Head Volker Turk for a new 4 year term. 144 in favor; 10 against; 13 abstentions.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The formal structural end of nuclear arms control. It’s now a race between the most stalwart shields and the fastest spears again.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A insightful leading realist critique of U.S. foreign policy. Past strategies balanced competing factions to form broader & more nuanced approaches, but today policy is unilateral and openly coercive. In a multipolar world, states have far more options. reader.foreignaffairs.com/2026/02/03/t...

A screenshot of a foreign affairs magazine article: The predatory hegemon, how Trump wields American power by Stephen M Walt Feb 3, 2026

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Maestro’s Tan Dun and Leon Botstein with the Bard Conservatory performing Choral Concerto: Nine, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. It was a beautiful performance. The mix of eastern and western philosophies, mysticism, and humanist traditions.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Good ep on the reckless use of the unsigned shadow docket. While an astute political tool, it represents a strategic fumble. It not only diminishes the standing of the highest court but also invites suspicions of partisanship in a polarized age, eroding the rule of law through its capricious use.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The latest issue of Foreign Affairs has some of Nye’s posthumously published work. And it is a provocative piece that talks about the decline of U.S. hegemony may “not be a mere dip but a plunge” due to Trump’s actions.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

WSJ’s offense on MAGA, given market downturns, by pillorying it for communist inspirations? Gramsci, it’s been a while since I’ve heard that name. Given that he was part of the neo-Marxist wave that talked about cultural hegemony and institutions, I can see where they make the link.

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Meet MAGA's Favorite Communist
Conservative activists like Christopher Rufo are taking inspiration from Antonio Gramsci, the 20th-century Marxist thinker who drew up a battle plan for winning culture wars.
Antonio Gramsci in a 1921 photograph. (PHOTO: FOTOTECA
GILARDI/GETTY IMAGES)
By Kevin T. Dugan
Apr 17, 2025 11:00 a.m. ET
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Christopher Rufo is perhaps the most potent conservative activist in the
U.S. Last year, he led the campaign that pressured Harvard University into replacing Claudine Gay as its president. His crusades against critical race theory and DEI in higher education have shaped President Trump's aggressive policies toward elite universities like Harvard, which the administration targeted this week with a $2.26 billion funding freeze.
For the past year, Rufo has been working on a book called "How the Regime Rules," which he describes as a "manifesto for the New Right." At its core is a surprising inspiration: the Italian Communist thinker Antonio Gramsci, a…

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

“It is not the length of life, but the depth of life...” - Emerson

A landscape photo of a mountain with trees on the bottom.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The reality (vis-à-vis Reddit).

The real fun begins in 3 weeks. Since container ship traffic lags behind actual time by about 3 weeks all those shipments that left China since yesterday have 125% tariff. So in 3 weeks business owners will get a notice to pay 125% of their original order to clear the shipment through customs.
At that point it is pretty damn clear that business owners are facing increased cost that must be passed on to the consumers. I expect to see calls for impeachment over it. And it is all for naught.
The US makes up 3% of China's GDP. They could easily live without us. The notion they need us has been proven wrong since the last time Trump pulled the tariffs card. China simply found new trading partners. The GDP only measures hard goods. Services like payments for facebook ads and payments to American consultants. If it were measured by the GDP there would not be much trade deficit.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Sounds like Schrödinger and I taking a trip to the VET.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thanks! It’s beautiful. Although, finding undervalued puts have brought gains >100%. It’s practically a patriotic action to earn funds from this.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Flip side of passive index investing (from Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel). The incredible bull run of U.S. equities & indices are predicated upon a U.S. hegemonic paradigm, (relative) championing of the liberal international order, & the world’s reserve currency. Rebalance your portfolio.

Take stocks. If you were born in 1970, the S&P 500 increased almost
10-fold, adjusted for inflation, during your teens and 20s. That's an amazing return. If you were born in 1950, the market went literally nowhere in your teens and 20s adjusted for inflation. Two groups of people, separated by chance of their birth year, go through life with a completely different view on how the stock market works:

The chart below shows 2 lines illustrating returns by the differences by age.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Only a 2% and 3% gain from 2020 to 2023. Aren’t the right feeling a little threatened by DEI? If serving a diverse customer base, it’s usually a good idea to have a diverse set of opinions. www.wsj.com/business/dei...

DEI Didn't Change the Workforce All That Much. A Look at 13 Million Jobs.
For all the controversy that diversity programs stir up, most senior managers are still white men
Nonwhite workers' share of workforce
:.: 2020
U.S. labor force
2023
Median S&P 500 company
41%:
:38%
= 1%
Note: S&P 500 figures reflect the median company by share of workforce that year. References to S&P 500 in charts reflect workforces of 250 S&P-500 companies that have disclosed 2020-23 demographic data.
Sources: U.S. Labor Department and DiversIQ
By Inti Pacheco, Elizaveta Galkina

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

“They say that a statesman is a politician who has been dead for 15 years.” I really appreciate this West Wing. In my opinion, the eccentric Amb. Marbury perfectly captured the security dilemma and the systemic destabilizing force of any nuclear missile shield program. + The wasteful spending.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Anyone looking into Ellison-controlling Skydance Media’s regulatory issues (apart from most shareholders upset with offered price) for Paramount merger — Tencent’s minority stake in Skydance Media & Congress concerns re: foreign company control of media. @propublica.org @bloomberg.com @nytimes.com

Oracle CEO tells Trump 'we couldn't do this without you'
Larry Ellison of Oracle is now invited to speak.
He starts by saying to Trump: "We couldn't do this without you."
Ellison says Al holds incredible promise. He adds that data centres are already under construction in Texas and each building is half a million square feet.
He goes on to say that there are 10 buildings, but that will expand to 20 and other locations will be added.
Ellison says the applications they are building will help with maintaining and reviewing electronic health rerecords to improve healthcare.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Remarkable man.The spiritual purity of Carter. If we Americans had given him a second term, perhaps he could have help brokered an enduring peace.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

When did the LinkedIn app add a video component? 🤨 They are quick to capitalize on a potential opportunity.

A screenshot from the LinkedIn app with videos. This says JP Morgan employees must return to the office 5 days a week in an internal memo to return to the office from Fortune.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice, interviews Rahm Emmanuel, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Tokyo, on his yakuza vibes (missing right middle finger & scars). Emmanuel’s tale of woe — the meat-cutting machine as a teenager working at Arby’s, neglecting proper wound care, and developing sepsis.

Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice, interviews Rahm Emmanuel, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Tokyo, on how he lost his finger — teenage job working the meat-cutting machine and neglecting proper wound care.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Does every other app have a year in review now?

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Wow. When you put all of those rather odd words together — it forms a helluva plot. Someone needs to make a movie of it.

Title of an article by Hindenburg Research saying A Spoon-Bending Turkish Magician Built a $600 Million Nasdaq-listed Scam Based on a Lifetime of Lies

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I’m starting to think biotech wouldn’t be a bad option. But I think that’s just the money talking. It is rather disappointing to see promising gene therapeutics gone unused because of its exorbitant pricing even if that ends up being better for the shareholder. There has to be a better model.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Very cool parting gift. It seems like a master class’s treasure trove for financial investigative journalism.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

How does one approach a Japanese shrine for a post-hoc photo property release? Took this at the Mitama Matsuri 2017. Decided on a whim to submit to Gettys & Adobe stock. They liked it and want a signed release form. I’ve sat on it for a few years now… Advice?

A wooden Tori gate looms over an open path filled with crowds of people while flanked by parallel walls of glowing lanterns at a nighttime Japanese jinja.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Good afternoon catnapping.

Cozy black and white tuxedo cat on a pillow.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël! 圣诞节快乐！Feliz Navidad!

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

They’ve one helluva business model… 🤨

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

Meet Schrödinger, the delight of the neighborhood.

Cute cat wearing a harness & leash sitting on a playground bench.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

Park Slope is replete with lovely hydrangeas.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

Schrödinger acting like he has been underfed for his entire existence.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Craigslist seems simpler for web scraping. I can see where it could have saved me much time and money from past buys and apartment searches. Just scrape data, append to a dataframe, compute basic stats, add visualization. Then figure out if the outliers are good deal or scams.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

Saw this sakura bloom. In Chinese Taoism, German Idealism, Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, & French Existentialism, art appreciation & observing nature can lead to enlightenment. They recognize the transformative power of nature's beauty to transcend the mundane & connect with deeper aspects of existence.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Massaman curry à la Han (more fragrant lemon grass).

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Sometimes you just need to get away from it all and lose yourself in the immensity and beauty of life. The New York & New England autumn works as well.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Search drinks in your camera roll.

A bottle of champagne on a kitchen counter.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

Let’s taste that Gross National Happiness. Conclusion: Happiness (Shakam ema datshi) tastes tangy and fiery. Check out the Bhutanese Food Truck in Woodside, Queens.

A truck with the name Bhutanese Food Truck

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

When life comes down to it, you’re nothing but wisps of star dust, and the recollections and memories of your human connections. And some of the most tangible proofs of your existence will be photographs. (ADHD reflections.)

Cherry blossoms in a pot next to a wooden Buddha carving perched on a window sill.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Quote with a game that is nostalgic to u

A battle between two people displaying the text: “GARY wants to fight!”

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

The vestiges of city summer sunsets. Reading on the grass and enjoying the sunset is nice.

A laying down view of the sunset view in the city with my shoes in frame.

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Heard some sounds. Turns on backyard lights. Two raccoons trying to signal the stork. The city is a concrete jungle.

Two raccoons on top of each other through a window

A raccoon on a metal stair case in a backyard

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HoleyHan @holeyhan.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

No one: It’s predicted that the photo industry, stock photos in particular will be devastated by image A.I. One major company has an opt-out AI data training policy for stock photo contributors. Although to their credit, they talked about a data licensing “contributor fund”…