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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Two-page spread on the Texas governor race in today’s NYT.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fall hanging about in Washington Square Park at a quarter to midnight - 💯

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Midtown Manhattan on the LGA approach

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Washington, D.C. mural to suffragette Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (李彬華), who campaigned for women to get the right to vote even though she herself was unable to vote because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An amazing lower Manhattan sunset this evening #NoFilter

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here’s the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Supreme Court has once again stepped in (for a third time) and restored Missouri’s 2022 congressional map in lieu of the gerrymandered 2025 map. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Excellent Whataburger product placement for Gina Hinojosa in this interview.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)!

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Throwback to Trenton’s days as an industrial powerhouse: The “Trenton Makes,The World Takes” bridge

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Waiting room light fixture, Baltimore Penn Station (opened 1911).

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mayors of New Orleans on the walls of Gallier Hall

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The 9/11 lights from Trinity Church in FiDi

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: The Supreme Court pauses a federal district court order that directed Missouri to use a gerrymandered 7R-1D map for this year’s midterms. The midterms instead will be conducted under the old 6R-2D map. No noted dissents.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

But wait, more from Missouri: A federal district court has blocked Missouri from going back to its old 2022 map as ordered by the state supreme court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Canada unveils its new $20 banknote - its first vertical banknote & the first to feature King Charles.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Missouri’s AG has already said the state will appeal to SCOTUS.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A redistricting twist as the Missouri Supreme Court orders that state to use the old 6R-2D map for this year’s midterms rather than the redraw 7R-1D map adopted by the legislature last year. www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Massachusetts State House on Boston Common (built 1795-98).

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

En route DCA to BOS (fourth city in three days)

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sam Rayburn in the Rayburn House Office Building

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Marker at the site of the Nashville sit-ins.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The next cover of the New Yorker, featuring “Pure Gold” by artist Nicole Rifkin.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Callais update: The 3-judge panel has set a 10/27 hearing to decide whether the case is over in light of the new map eliminating a Black-majority LA-06 or whether it should continue to allow plaintiffs to raise claims about the state's other Black-majority district.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

And the trend line in all of the 5 southern states that saw white population grow is also downward as birthrates and domestic migration slow.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of the changes seen in data released this summer by the Census Bureau is that white population of the South is now beginning to shrink in absolute terms - not as much as other regions, but a big shift nonetheless. 10 of 15 southern states saw white pop fall between 2024-25.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not exactly a surprise, but the 11th Circuit has vacated the lower court rulings striking down Georgia’s congressional & legislative maps on Section 2 grounds. Cases remanded to district court for reconsideration in light of Callais. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The new exhibit at ATL marking the airport’s 100th anniversary has a panel on the desegregation of the airport - and details about the airport’s former plantation-themed restaurant (complete with someone playing Uncle Remus).

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Managed to score a last-minute reservation yesterday to Dakar NOLA, and let me just say the hype & the reviews were spot on. An amazing meal.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Four ratings changes from Cook today in the direction of Democrats - two in Texas. Texas Senate race now a tossup. www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Statue of Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman in his hometown of Utica, NY

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This week’s cover of The Economist.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

For the record, Gov. Reeves is expressing disappointment that his state, Mississippi, *won* at the Supreme Court.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Marking 50 years of the DC Metro with a 70s vibe.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The very beautiful (and slightly over-the-top) Flower Memorial Library in Watertown, NY.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Original postal counter in the old Farley Post Office, now Moynihan Train Hall

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The general counsel of the EEOC has issued a legal opinion extending Callais to disparate impact claims under Title VII. www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

250 years ago today, Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee moves a resolution at the Second Continental Congress to declare that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.” #AmericaAt250

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Former Census Bureau director Ken Prewitt has passed away at age 90.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Two covers this week for The Economist. In Europe and America (left), a cover on the rise of Gen Z socialism. In Asia and the Middle East (right), a cover on the global baby bust.

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