Reposted by Puck EngmanLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank 22505584820034
Puck Engman @puckengman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Map showing Danyang in April-May 1949. In this small town on the Yangtze River, the PLA prepared for taking Shanghai while some five thousand CCP cadres studied the city that they would soon run. 010
Puck Engman @puckengman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I wish Elon Musk all the success that Henry Ford had with Fordlandia. www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.com‘He’s Trying to Colonize This Community’: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Take Over This Texas TownElon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now he’s aiming to be the de-facto mayor of a small Texas town. 020
Puck Engman @puckengman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The hand of rectification digging out the roots of capitalism. By Han Xiaoluo. 040
Puck Engman @puckengman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Old news: Bleach prevents COVID-19. Old-old news: Tadpoles prevent pregnancy. In 1956, Ye Xichun claimed in Beijing Daily that the method was 90% effective. The Chinese medical authority had learned of the practice "from a friend" who had seen it used in the brothels of Shanghai. 120
Puck Engman @puckengman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Bay Area developers get tax breaks to build "affordable" housing but the units rent at or above market rates. "Public to private sector wealth transfer" is a very polite term for the scheme. www.siliconvalley.com/2024/12/01/i...siliconvalley.comInvestors got big tax breaks to turn luxury apartments into affordable housing. In many cases, rents are higher than beforeThe “essential housing” program has been a financial bonanza for the private developers and bankers, who earn millions in fees for each apartment complex bought. 010
Puck Engman @puckengman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024"Rebellion Against Mao Is Justified" Taiwanese psyop leaflet adopting both slogans and visuals from the Cultural Revolution. Context and analysis available on Herbert A. Friedman's "psywarrior" website 0166
Reposted by Puck EngmanKoji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 26/11/2024My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon. www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...amazon.comMaking Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China)Amazon.com: Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China): 9781009382267: Hirata, Koji: Books 99538
Reposted by Puck EngmanShoufu Yin @shoufuyin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Feel so encouraged! So many friends, colleagues, and mentors have helped and supported me throughout this process—my gratitude is beyond words. (Embarrassingly, the typesetting of öber-ün durabar is still wrong after I corrected it three times on the proof -- it was correct on my proof lol 55113
Reposted by Puck EngmanNed Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The Berliner Zeitung has been running a number of pieces along these lines attacking the idea that the GDR was a dictatorship and claiming that this is part of some kind of new Historikerstreit. There is a lot of sleight of hand going on here... 1410236
Reposted by Puck EngmanMichael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024SCMP: "Beijing is stepping up efforts to tackle delayed payments for migrant workers, aiming to maintain social stability in turbulent economic times." www.scmp.com/economy/chin...scmp.comWary of ‘vicious’ events, China makes migrant worker arrears a prioritySocial harmony takes centre stage after high-profile killings, and China’s cabinet says the unpaid salaries of migrant labourers require political action. 1252
Puck Engman @puckengman.bsky.social · 20/11/2024For my first post here: A photo by Jack Birns. Taxi dancers from Shanghai's dance halls and nightclubs protest outside of the Guomindang gongshang office in early 1949. 0122
