Reposted by SkullduggeryYen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @chen-yenhan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Referring to anti-ship missiles, mines, and long-range fires as “Confucianism” in all my future works 46511
Reposted by Skullduggeryrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3255961940
Reposted by SkullduggeryBrian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As we're dunking on Kaiser for how he attempted to frame annexing Taiwan these days, we might look at his essay from last year that got some attention--“The Great Reckoning: What the West Should Learn From China”. It is not a good argument even for those who make such arguments 1269
Reposted by SkullduggeryOz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Russia has bombed a school basically every single day this week, so for those people who say "if this was happening in Ukraine, it would be on the front pages every day", how many times have you seen that on the front page of even one of your national newspapers this week? Zero. 6797231
Reposted by SkullduggeryABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 30/09/2026Former detainee warns Australian activist Hiep Tran could face years behind bars in Vietnamabc.net.au'The living conditions are so bad': Ex-detainee's warning for Hiep TranChau Van Kham spent more than four years in a Vietnamese prison on terrorism charges. He says Australian Hiep Tran, who was detained after going missing in Cambodia, can expect a long sentence. 051
Reposted by Skullduggerygo follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 30/09/2026'The living conditions are so bad': Ex-detainee's warning for Hiep Tran: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/ex-d…abc.net.au'The living conditions are so bad': Ex-detainee's warning for Hiep TranChau Van Kham spent more than four years in a Vietnamese prison on terrorism charges. He says Australian Hiep Tran, who was detained after going missing in Cambodia, can expect a long sentence. 011
Reposted by SkullduggeryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You need to understand, the HK pro-democracy channels were not just broadcasting the local struggle. We were following what was going on in Catalonia, in Lebanon, in Chile. To the extent that one of the most famous pieces of graffiti that came out of our city actually was from Santiago 1137
Reposted by SkullduggeryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think we understood that the Revolution of Our Times *was* indeed of our times because 這是亂世的時代, and this was even long before the Milk Tea Alliance brought together the various Asian countries. We were one of many, but we many were one Source: Telegram (Oct 2019) 1157
Reposted by Skullduggery(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This suggests that, even though it's correct and true, "Trans kids are not the problem" would be less productive than 1465
Reposted by Skullduggery(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 "the real unfairness in sports comes from money, and that's why I'll spearhead a national program to provide funds for every kid in America to participate fully in the sports that are right for them". 2897
Reposted by SkullduggeryBluesBroFella△🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇱 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 @hounddog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026russia is inflicting deliberate suffering upon the children of Ukraine. ❌ Codepink says nothing - Nothing - NOTHING about it. This must stop. Urge russia to bring abducted Ukrainian children home & stop killing & maiming them at the russian embassy liberties.aljazeera.com/en/the-colla... 023
Reposted by SkullduggeryZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Periodic reminder that CodePink is a cutout for the CCP that happily backs genocide when they do it. 413130
Reposted by SkullduggeryFrankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025I have been afraid of this for Uyghur folks in the US 07936
Reposted by SkullduggerySam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The most consistently correct activist organization that repeatedly denys the Uyghur genocide and exhorts Ukraine to hurry up and surrender already rather than die for American ambitions 1053271
Reposted by SkullduggeryRobin Reed @robinreed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Talking about Bearing Witness….🙏🏻bitterwinter.org“Exile: The Journey of the Uyghur Diaspora” by Hsiao-Hung Pai—A ReviewA meticulously documented account of how cultural erasure, mass internment, and long-arm transnational repression made Uyghur identity a fragile treasure. 2215
Reposted by SkullduggeryJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This Uyghur scholar says that as the Chinese government tries to destroy Uyghur culture in their homeland, the Uyghur people have to shift to a diasporic model of keeping culture alive - and cites Jewish history as a model for how to do this. 631585
Reposted by SkullduggeryAnnalee @flowerhorne.com · 19/09/2026This is why I think it's so important to push back against the personification of LLMs. If a person shoots someone while wearing a hand puppet, they can't claim the hand puppet did the murder. 21653501
Reposted by SkullduggerySky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 14/09/2026lol, and if i may emphasize: lmao www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/w...nytimes.comChina’s Top Spy Chief Warns A.I. Is a Threat to Party RuleEven as Beijing urges the United States not to hype the dangers of A.I., its own spy chief is framing the technology as a threat to the Communist Party’s security. 3698
Reposted by SkullduggeryAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953728313400
Reposted by SkullduggerySnowden St. @snowden.st · 13/09/2026people have been convinced that every institution is a retail institution, at root, and that the job of institutions is to satisfy and delight the user. 759790
Reposted by SkullduggeryTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8476682172
Reposted by SkullduggeryMicah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch 314802994
Reposted by SkullduggeryCAP'N @capncook.nl · 13/09/2026Tired: Fact Checking Wired: Frame Checking 015419
Reposted by SkullduggeryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It should go without saying that if you see a video of some foreigner showing you how awesome Xinjiang is, you should assume it's paid propaganda, because it is. A foreigner can't just whip out their phone in XJ to video just any stuff 2295
Reposted by SkullduggeryBrian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here's me on that Simon Shuster piece in The Atlantic. The reason why I think it struck a nerve is his sympathies are quite transparent. He spends two paragraphs at the start fawning over the grandeur of CCP state ceremonies 11331117
Reposted by SkullduggeryBenjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The US is now more unpopular among Koreans than it was in the wake of the Yangju Highway Incident in 2002 when a US armored vehicle accidentally ran over two young Korean girls. 119055
Reposted by SkullduggeryYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Chow Hang-tung's mother, Medina Chow thanked "everyone for standing with the activists and supporting them. "For today's verdict, you do not need to be overly saddened. Do not lose heart. And above all, do not feel guilty."" They are staying strong. Let's do so too. 02213
Reposted by SkullduggerySidney Wong @sidneygjwong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"Pan-Asian solidarity here is a precarious balance between historical colonisers and the historically colonised, transported to a new colonial framework in the Pākehā settler state." @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social thespinoff.co.nz/books/03-09-...?thespinoff.co.nzWhat even is an ‘Asian’? And why are we bundled together?A new book presents fresh perspectives on what it means to be Asian in Aotearoa. 1149
Reposted by SkullduggeryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Your relative probably thinks you’re an incredulous dolt telling you this then 723822
Reposted by Skullduggery5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 07/09/2026no they have the cops remove them like any other place 119645
Reposted by SkullduggeryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Starting to suspect when people say 'but China lifted millions from poverty' they sincerely think CCP somehow gave everyone money or something and not that the country just got richer after embracing capitalism 1204
Reposted by SkullduggeryBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026either your relative thinks you're a gullible idiot or they are themselves a gullible idiot, as like fifteen minutes walking the streets of Beijing and seeing the homeless people would make clear. 1891487
Reposted by SkullduggeryBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026those homeless people persist despite regular government campaigns not to find them homes, but to drive them out of the city. 643424
Reposted by SkullduggeryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think part of Westerners’ mistaken belief over how China treats its homeless stems from genuine concerns over welfare of the unhoused but a large part of it is also ‘look at China, you don’t have to see them, isn’t that great’ 2292
Reposted by SkullduggeryMichael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This article is absolutely looney. On Twitter, Michelle Kuo has ripped it, for its ineptitude and comical errors.... x.com/kuokuomich/s...x.comMichelle Kuo (郭怡慧) (@kuokuomich) on XDear @TheAtlantic @shustry If I wanted to teach a class about why people dislike foreign journalists, I’d show them your piece on Taiwan. It pays no attention to our rich, complex, multilayered, loca... 45812
Reposted by Skullduggeryaccidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @accidentalflyer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This doesn't reflect reality on the ground in Taiwan at all, is Japan erasure, and also increase the chance of Xi Jinping miscalculating. 37017
Reposted by SkullduggeryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It’s why I point out to folks not familiar with HK that the 2019 pro-democracy uprising was the culmination of 30 years of anger, and at least 20 years of protests. And how because HKSARG was so unresponsive you get from 5% of the population marching to >25% showing they hate the government’s guts 1155
Reposted by SkullduggeryScott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#Iran authorities execute Erfan Mirzaei</a>, a 21-year-old rapper detained during nationwide protests in January protests, on Sunday #IranProtests #IranHumanRights 155
Reposted by Skullduggery𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere is pleased to formally welcome the region formerly known as "Canada," now as 北西原 Hokuseigen!! Kampai!! 0162
Reposted by SkullduggeryChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 04/09/2026NYT – Punishment and Silence: China Pulls Out the Disaster Playbook in Tibet www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/w...nytimes.comPunishment and Silence: China Pulls Out the Disaster Playbook in TibetWhile journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet. 123
Reposted by SkullduggeryMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Elon Musk is supporting fascism in Germany — and in Texas. He‘s a threat to peace and freedom worldwide.theguardian.comGermany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’Lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes further ‘strong’ cooperation with Musk as French minister says ‘we cannot forget our history’ 852335996
Reposted by SkullduggeryAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 07/09/2026AI in Ed advocates should just come out and say it: you want to replace human systems with tech bc humans can’t be as easily controlled. They can make demands, organize, strike, etc. It’s about labor discipline and control. Control higher ed workers and control students, the future workforce. 25519
Reposted by SkullduggeryFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/08/2026I keep banging the “USAID was good and we must confront the obscene wave of death MAGA’s destruction of it unleashed” drum because I *desperately* want Democrats and the Left to prioritize rebuilding global aid. We should rebuild it better, but we can’t just let Musk’s global massacre continue. 231447359
Reposted by Skullduggerywolfgabe.bsky.social @wolfgabe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The entire online lefts treatment of Dems begins to make more sense when you consider a lot of them are disgruntled Bernie bros who still haven't gotten over the fact that Bernie in 2020 lost to the geriatric establishment candidate 23312
Reposted by SkullduggeryYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 26/08/2026Mexico unveiled the cargo version of its ultra light electric car that it will begin selling next year for about $10,000. The Mexican government has been leading project development. EV sales in Mexico have been skyrocketing in recent months.electrive.comMexico unveils Olinia Carga electric light truck - electrive.comMexico is expanding its fledgling electric vehicle brand Olinia with a compact electric transporter. The Olinia Carga will offer a range of more than 120 16158071418