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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 28/09/2026
Fieldwork in #Tibet is all but closed to outsiders. @robbiebarnett.bsky.social's The Quiet State asks what research looks like now: open-source reading of the state's own paperwork, & a frank account of what that method can't show. Just published, #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Book cover of “The Quiet State: Micro-Surveillance and Normalisation in Tibet” by Robert Barnett, with a foreword by Andrew J. Nathan. White text overlays a blue sky above a dry, rocky hillside bearing large white Chinese and Tibetan lettering. At the bottom are an “Open Access” label and the Palgrave Macmillan logo.
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Cameron D. Campbell 康文林 @camerondcampbell.blog · 26/09/2026
The US/China tech race is over and I'm calling it for China based on this: Jianbing 煎饼 making robots, powered by AI. Video in next post 1/2
Front view of a jianbing making robot at Olympic Park in BeijingSide view of a Jianbing making robot in Olympic Park in Beijing
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The Election Newspaper @theelectionnewspaper.com · 25/09/2026
The five election issues trending in our index today. Counted in stories: every outlet that ran the same story counts once. Reporting only; commentary and blogs are not counted. One card per issue in the replies. theelectionnewspaper.com
Trending overview card from The Election Newspaper, Sep 25, 2026, 39 days out. Five election issues trending in our index today, stories in the 24 hours to 10:11 a.m. ET, Sep 25, ranked by volume and rise over the day before. 1. Abortion & Reproductive Rights: 7 stories, 2 the day before. 2. Democracy & Election Integrity: 60 stories, 60 the day before. 3. Election Administration: 26 stories, 20 the day before. 4. Housing: 14 stories, 9 the day before. 5. Ballot Measures & Referenda: 22 stories, 19 the day before. Footer: stories are counted once however many outlets ran them; reporting only, commentary, blogs and advocacy groups are not counted; one card per issue follows, with four of its stories.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interacting with a flexible, accordion-like kinetic paper sculpture crafted by Chinese artist Li Hongbo using stacked paper sheets in a honeycomb structure. youtube.com/shorts/hLpe9...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
"Free Hong Kong! Free Hong Kong! Free Tibet!" -- anti-Xi protesters are making their voices heard ahead of tonight's state dinner
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026
Translation: Article on Media’s Survival Fails to Survive "The media certainly need funding, technology, and talent, but they also need room to speak."
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Translation: Article on Media's Survival Fails to Survive
Like their counterparts elsewhere, Chinese news media face mounting challenges such as commercial headwinds and pressure to adapt to new technologies like
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms Includes references to political figures and their family members, historical and political events, guns and other banned weapons, scandals and controversies, and more.
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MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms
The following is an introduction to and contextualization of some of the specific entries and broader categories included in CDT’s archived “ByteDance Lexicon
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The Election Newspaper @theelectionnewspaper.com · 20/09/2026
Launched this week. Read all about it. theelectionnewspaper.com
Illustration of 3 people all reading The Election Newspaper.  One on her phone on the run, one standing reading an open copy of The Election Newspaper and one sitting at her laptop with a cup of coffee.
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Same same. Done it for the last several elections and it feels good to do something. And it’s fun to do it together with friends.
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 11/09/2026
CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/gyir...
"If you guess [the death toll] right, it’s 'leaking state secrets.' If you guess wrong, it’s 'spreading rumors.' Either way, you’re screwed." - An online comment in response to the news that Chinese cyberspace authorities punished 10 people for "spreading rumors" about the death toll and scale of flooding along the China-Nepal border
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 10/09/2026
Wuhan Authorities Punish Theatre and Event Organizers After Comedian Guo Degang Riffs on “Red Tune” Without Prior Approval "Whether Guo Degang can still take the stage and perform crosstalk or Peking Opera remains unanswered. Not providing an answer is itself an answer."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 14/09/2026
CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for July 2026
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CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for July 2026
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 07/09/2026
Netizen Voices, on Gyirong Floods: “Controlling Speech is One Area Where 'China Speed' is Actually Real.”
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Netizen Voices, on Gyirong Floods: “Controlling Speech is One Area Where 'China Speed' is Actually Real.”
Chinese cyberspace authorities announced that ten people from Tibet and several other provinces have been hit with unspecified administrative punishments
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And Berkeley and Oakland citysidejournalism.org
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Cityside Journalism – Building community through local journalism
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization committed to building community and offer a model for sustainable local journalism.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
When it comes to writing, the process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose. AI will never fill that void. www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t...
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Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My piece with Nicholas Bequelin argues that the US can prevail in the AI race against China by leaning into the strengths of an open society -- democratic oversight, the rule of law, robust competition, and open public debate -- NOT by racing to the bottom. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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America’s Un-American AI Companies
Yaqiu Wang & Nicholas Bequelin question the wisdom of the industry’s desperate efforts to avoid meaningful democratic oversight.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Iran has won the short-video meme war with Trump. Now consider this from our neighbors to the north. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUA...
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Canadian Resistance Army - Trade War (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 28/08/2026
Translations: Surprise Viral Hit “Niu Lai” Represents “a Revenge-Vote by Chinese Filmgoers” Amid Ban Rumors “You’ll regret the 86 minutes you spent watching it, but if you don’t watch it, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”
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Translations: Surprise Viral Hit “Niu Lai” Represents “a Revenge-Vote by Chinese Filmgoers” Amid Ban Rumors
A schlocky, ultra-low-budget Chinese animated film with the title “The Cow Comes” or “Here Comes the Cow” (牛来, Niú Lái) has become the surprise hit of the
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 07/09/2026
Minitrue: Find, Delete, and Block Chai Jing Video on Cultural Revolution Leader
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Minitrue: Find, Delete, and Block Chai Jing Video on Cultural Revolution Leader
All platforms, please find, delete, and block video that fully or partially matches the attached samples. Use OCR to extract text for automatic deletion and
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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 07/09/2026
“If only the flood victims had spread rumors right before they died, they might have been tracked down and rescued in time.” Ooof.
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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wow. $15,000-20,000 refundable tax credit (you get the money like a grant if your taxes aren't as high as the benefit) for keeping journalists hired. $15,000 for hiring new ones. $7,500 for hiring part-time. For-profit, nonprofit, **sole-proprietors** — doesn't matter. How did this happen???
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California Legislature Passes Nation’s Largest Proposed Investment in Community News
Historic effort provides support to local news outlets for hiring or retaining local journalists, AB 2222 now heads to Gov. Newsom's desk.
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Robert Rubsam @robrubsam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you need a primer on Wendell Berry, Jed Purdy wrote a fantastic essay in @thenation.com about the man in all his complications: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent
At the core of both his writing and activism is the insight that we can’t imagine a harmonious future without confronting the destruction in our past.
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
….And in this long season of machines and mechanical will there have been small human acts of compassion, acts of care, work flowerlike in selfless loveliness. Leaving hope to the dark and to a better day, receive these beauties freely given, and give thanks. ~Wendell Berry
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Shall we do without hope? Some days there will be none. But now to the dry and dead woods floor they come again, the first flowers of the year, the assembly of the faithful, the beautiful wholly given to being… (1/2)
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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Worth revisiting in light of recent events chinadigitaltimes.net/2023/12/inte...
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Interview: Lobsang Yangtso on Tibet’s Environmental Crisis | China Digital Times (CDT)
As the U.N. COP28 Climate Summit is underway in the United Arab Emirates, bringing together…
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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 01/09/2026
Evergreen background:
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Jeremy Brown: How the Party Handles Accidents and Disasters
Late on Tuesday, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan's Jiuzhaigou County, killing at least 19 people and forcing the evacuation of some 60,000. A leaked
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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 01/09/2026
“As a journalist who has covered North Korea, it has often been easier for me to contact interviewees in Pyongyang than it is in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.”
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Tibet-Nepal floods: Shocking footage isn't being shown in China - and we know little about victims there
Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Shall we do without hope? Some days there will be none. But now to the dry and dead woods floor they come again, the first flowers of the year, the assembly of the faithful, the beautiful wholly given to being… (1/2)
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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There’s never a *good* time to listen to Landslide, is there, but it’s often the right time
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International Campaign for Tibet @savetibet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Nepal-Tibet disaster exposes the mounting risks facing the Tibetan plateau, with consequences for billions downstream, warns ICT President Tencho Gyatso. ICT calls on China to allow humanitarian & information access, ensure independent monitoring & warning systems, halt mega-dam constructions.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had to say thank you.
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In Praise of Dolly Parton, 1946-2026, Our Goddess of Kindness
We will always love her, and there will never be another like her, this artist who came out of deep rural poverty in the 1960s to become not just a staggeringly great performer and songwriter but phil...
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 25/08/2026
An April poll from @today.yougov.com found that Dolly Parton was by far the most popular international figure in the US, with a 70-5 favorability rating. No, we cannot understand that 5% either. RIP.
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Dolly Parton tops list of global figures in US favorability poll
The 11-time Grammy winner had a net favorability of 65%, Obama came second with 14%, while Zelenskyy had 12%
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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We were ever only asking for justice.
Collage of the June 4th vigil at Victoria Park since 1990, up to 2019
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I am hiring a Research Associate to join my team at Scholars at Risk: apply.interfolio.com/191007. Great way to get started in international human rights work, particularly if you have an interest in academic freedom
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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Genuinely huge respect for trying this and making it seem natural, chinese is hard to get the tones down the earnestness is palpable
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Wanda @itswanda.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
More Oaktown #streetart #occupyOakland
stained glass of a blue heron against a full moon occupy stenciled in the sidewalkceiling of the Scottish rite temple, a delicate golden fixture
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Wanda @itswanda.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Oakland has the best murals #streetart
The side of a building depicting happy people dancing and working
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 11/08/2026
Translation: Migrant Worker Jing Shuren On Trial After Two-Year Detention for Reposting Unpaid Wage Complaints "Jing Shuren neither aimed to disturb social order nor did he actually do so; he simply wanted to help people who were owed unpaid wages."
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Translation: Migrant Worker Jing Shuren On Trial After Two-Year Detention for Reposting Unpaid Wage Complaints
Late last month, Caixin published an update on the case, prompting commentator and former investigative journalist Chu Chaoxin to post a belated but heartfelt
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 14/08/2026
Translation: The Deluge of Blocked Words Online - Why We Feel We "Cannot Speak Openly" "An ideal online environment should not force people to speak in riddles. The goal of governance should be to block malice and actual harm, not stifle normal expression."
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Translation: The Deluge of Blocked Words Online - Why We Feel We "Cannot Speak Openly"
The post translated below, from WeChat account “Summer Flavors,” argues that keyword-based censorship on Chinese online platforms is missing the mark, both
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 14/08/2026
CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/08/tran...
“What kind of society would we have if no one spoke up?” - From a censored article about migrant worker Jing Shuren, who was detained for two years and is now being tried for reposting online content to help draw attention to the widespread problem of unpaid wages
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 15/08/2026
Mathematicians Wang Hong and Deng Yu Win Fields Medal, Prompting Debate About National Pride, Chinese Academia, and Feeling “Discouraged”
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Mathematicians Wang Hong and Deng Yu Win Fields Medal, Prompting Debate About National Pride, Chinese Academia, and Feeling “Discouraged”
The announcement that two Chinese mathematicians have won the Fields Medal, awarded every four years to outstanding mathematicians under 40, has been met with
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“..many deaths linked to the funding cuts will remain invisible, in part because the cuts themselves left scores of mortality data collectors jobless. In some places, there is simply no one left to count those who died.”
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