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This might explain why Star Trek has gotten so bad? Instead of having a whole new cast of characters for the away-team to meet each week, episodes are increasingly just about the relationships between the crew members...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

As I said to someone else recently, I eagerly look forward to a time when I never need to think about Rahm or Gavin again. (I get that, as governor of California, that’s not an option right now as to Newsom.)

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 09/10/2026

When you hear people talking about Gavin Newsom as a potential Democratic presidential candidate, just remember that he helped push through the deal that allowed one right-wing family to gain ownership of all of these media channels. prospect.org/2026/10/08/d...

A tree diagram branching rightward from a large black dot labelled "Skydance" at left centre. Thin grey curved lines fan out to six smaller black dots, each of which branches again to a list of names under a bold category heading. Every name has a coloured dot beside it: teal or orange. At top left, a key reads: "Select Skydance properties that were previously part of Paramount Skydance or Warner Bros. Discovery", with "Paramount Skydance" in teal and "Warner Bros. Discovery" in orange.

Movie studios: Paramount Pictures (teal); Warner Bros. Pictures (orange).

TV studios: CBS Studios, Paramount Television Studios (teal); Warner Bros. Television (orange).

Streaming platforms: Paramount+, Pluto TV (teal); Discovery+, HBO Max (orange).

Cable networks: BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, TV Land (teal); Discovery Channel, HGTV, TBS, TNT, TLC (orange).

News properties: CBS News, The Free Press (teal); CNN (orange).

Franchises: CSI, The Godfather, Mission: Impossible, NCIS, Yellowstone (teal); DC Comics, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings (orange).

Text at bottom left: "Sources: the companies. Nate Rattner/WSJ"

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 09/10/2026

I recently finished reading Saramago's "Blindness." As an allegory, the novel feels even more urgent now than when it was written, but the use of blindness as a metaphor falls flat because of the way it disregards the lived experience of blind people.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 06/10/2026

The latest OpenAI employee to quit over concerns with the industry wrote this: "This question of “alignment”—or how AI can be trained to adhere to human values—may sound touchy-feely, but the practical stakes could not be higher." What if the problem isn't a lack of alignment but a surfeit of it?

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 06/10/2026

"One way to understand the class alliance that has coalesced around this project is to think of it as the meeting of those who have given up waiting for the promises of modernization to be realized, and those who have stopped pretending that the promises they made were real."

northsouthnotes.org

How to watch Brazil this month

Four illustrious guides to a crucial cycle

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One crazy thing about this new outpouring of racism against South Asians and calls for expulsion or forced assimilation is it was kicked off by some brown skinned students at a Texas game wearing cowboy hats and excitedly celebrating their football team — ie some guys very assimilated to America.

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Justin Fox @byjustinfox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What the Trump administration has been doing to the federal government, in one chart. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Nondefense agences with 2,000+ employment decline since Jan. 2025
Department, agency or subagency Employment change Percent change
Internal Revenue Service -29,985 -29.4%
Veterans Health Administration -26,347 -6.2%
Social Security Administration -7,934 -13.8%
Forest Service (since July 2024) -7,268 -17.8%
Transportation Security Administration -6,481 -9.8%
Federal Emergency Management Agency -5,759 -22.1%
Bureau of Land Management (since July 2024) -5,274 -47.6%
Veterans Benefits Administration -5,198 -15.0%
National Institutes of Health -5,052 -23.5%
Agency For International Development -4,739 -95.4%
Food and Drug Administration -4,700 -22.4%
Army Corps of Engineers -4,563 -11.8%
Environmental Protection Agency -4,476 -26.4%
Department of Energy -3,976 -24.8%
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention -3,649 -28.6%
Small Business Administration -3,480 -40.6%
National Park Service (since July 2024) -3,469 -15.4%
Department of State -3,158 -21.8%
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) -3,002 -25.3%
Fish and Wildlife Service (since July 2024) -2,803 -30.8%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. -2,575 -20.8%
Geological Survey -2,572 -30.5%
Citizenship and Immigration Services -2,514 -11.0%
Public Buildings Service (GSA) -2,452 -43.8%
Census Bureau -2,436 -18.3%
Agricultural Research Service -2,325 -32.7%
Bureau of Reclamation -2,207 -38.0%
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System -2,175 -6.0%

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 13/09/2026

I've noticed a real change in the kinds of replies I get from customer support these days. It used to be that they would send a polite reply thanking me for the feedback and promise to look into it.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026

The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Trump administration has deported someone using the Alien Terrorist Removal Court — the first time that’s ever happened. Read on at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-first-...

The Trump administration chose the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to announce the first deportation carried out through use of a secretive pre-9/11 court that had never been used until this summer.
It did so in the most apt way, announcing that the case had concluded weeks earlier, and the public was only being informed about it on Friday — because that's when the administration wanted to tell the public.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 12/09/2026

"Twilight fans are trying to rectify the lack of financial compensation by raising funds for the Quileute Tribe’s Move to Higher Ground Project through varied creative means." A sweet story about how a shitposting FB Twilight fan group is doing some good.

ictnews.org

Twilight fandom helps fund Quileute Tribe’s move to higher ground - ICT

Fans of the 2000s pop-culture phenomena are using online communities to fundraise for the tribe that says they never saw a cent after having their likeness used.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 10/09/2026

There is something rather amusing about the makers of plagiarism machines accusing China of plagiarizing their work. And aren't these US companies also copying each other's work as well?

arstechnica.com

Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models

US urges AI firms to ID, then secretly switch, Chinese users to less-capable models.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 09/09/2026

‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation The Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco National Archives contain incredibly important Bureau of Indian Affairs documents and are reportedly closing as soon as Oct. 1

ictnews.org

‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation - ICT

The Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco National Archives contain incredibly important Bureau of Indian Affairs documents and are reportedly closing as soon as Oct. 1

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 08/09/2026

Read the whole thing - the title revelation only scratches the surface; it goes deeply into the failed negotiations that preceded the violence. archive.ph/2LLJH#select...

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 07/09/2026

Tested this. Works great! Even if you have a thread. Don't know why @support.bsky.team can't implement this as well?

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 06/09/2026

I remember when a number of vocal political scientists and economists would jump on you if you had the temerity to criticize Jared Diamond. Now pretty much everyone agrees he is a hack. (gift link)

nytimes.com

What Is It About Jesus Christ and Genghis Khan? (Gift Article)

In “Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings,” Jared Diamond considers the impact leaders might have had on the course of their civilizations.

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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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William Hurst @wjhurst.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Clever meme:

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Seeing how crazy the wumao are getting over Wong’s trial, it really makes you realize how afraid this massive, powerful state is of someone who began activism as a teenager and is just under 30, that they have to go the length to ascribe his influence to shadowy outside forces

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Madameji @shashwati.com · 02/09/2026

New episodes just dropped. Now you can binge listen to Taipei Noir. youtube.com/shorts/Ef_yQ...

youtube.com

Broken Windows

YouTube video by Taipei Noir

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Honestly, just tragic. A society that devours its young has no future but that is what the CCP has in the cards for Hong Kong, while Wong and many nameless others have sacrificed so much to defend their home

theguardian.com

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case

Wong, 29, is accused of urging foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades and other hostile measures against China

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 02/09/2026

"even as crime rates hit historic lows, the number of people killed by police across the country has continued to grow. According to a 2025 report by Campaign Zero…police killed one thousand three hundred and fourteen people that year"

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 02/09/2026

Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple. I'll primarily remember him as a coward who, despite his position as the head of the largest company in the world, always chose to suck up to autocrats.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 01/09/2026

Same thing goes for bad filmmakers...

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 01/09/2026

Setting up Claude to connect with my Zotero research library is the single most useful thing I've done with AI. It is using your own database, your own annotations, and your own notes. (So it won't be hallucinating nonexistent citations if you tell it to only use sources in your Zotero library.)

stevenyuyy.com

Zotero MCP | AI-Powered Research Library Integration

Connect your Zotero research library with Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants. Semantic search, annotations, and more.

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Amardeep Singh @electrostani.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In 2015, the U.S. sent more than $100 million to aid Nepal after a massive earthquake, much of it distributed through USAID. After the disaster this week, the U.S. is sending … $500,000.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026

‘This Is Like Something Out Of A David Lynch Film,’ Says Man Driving Car With Headlights On

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 27/08/2026

The South China Morning Post updated the following headline: BEFORE Taiwan man wins lawsuit but gets jailed for recording wife's affair with robot vacuum AFTER Taiwan man wins lawsuit but gets jailed for using robot vacuum to record wife’s affair

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 26/08/2026

"As India nears 80 years of independence, one must ask why there has never been an independent enumeration of Nomadic and Denotified Tribes." A powerful essay by Deepa Pawar on why this is essential for "social justice, constitutional equality and a means of responding to historical injustice."

scroll.in

A question of survival: Why Census 2027 must count Nomadic and Denotified Tribes separately

These communities live with the legacy of criminalisation but have never been recognised in national policies due to poor data about them.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 26/08/2026

I hadn't really appreciated who Dolly Parton was, or why she was so important, until I listened to this amazing podcast. I highly recommend it to everyone, regardless of your musical tastes:

wnycstudios.org

Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts

The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 25/08/2026

"So why is Meowth the only pokémon routinely treated like a person, when all of them should be? I would argue it’s because his capacity for recognizable human language and human-style interaction is constant and undeniable." - @erikas.online on pokémon language and ethics

campanthropology.org

Erika Alpert discusses Pokémon

What a Piece of Work is a… Meowth?That’s right: We’re talking about language and personhood among humans and pocket monsters. by Erika Alpert I’ve had a few encounters with Pokémon in the course of…

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 23/08/2026

About half way through season one of Silo, and I have to say that, for a world in which 10,000 people live around a central atrium, it seems remarkably easy to push someone off a bridge without any witnesses.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sequel to Culture and Imperialism, akshully

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 23/08/2026

Nothing drives me up the wall as much as US discourse about COVID. Hundreds of thousands of people died unnecessary deaths because of government inaction, and people still talk about "overreach." It is insane.

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 23/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Taiwanese: Was there an earthquake? I see the water shaking...

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today Evan Dawley joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social for his new book Taiwan: A People's History. Come ask anything! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...