Boomstick
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Japan, Hong Kong, and geeky interests. オランダ語／日本語／英語／フランス語／広東語／中国語 OK
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In Hong Kong, Chow Hang-tung is a political prisoner who refuses to live by lies. A brave and great woman, she is. I begin my column today with her and move on to our own United States.
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/living-in-...
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/living-in-...
Living in Truth, &c.
On a political prisoner in Hong Kong; ugliness in Texas; principles for a new party; and more
www.jaynordlinger.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
In Hong Kong, Chow Hang-tung is a political prisoner who refuses to live by lies. A brave and great woman, she is. I begin my column today with her and move on to our own United States.
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/living-in-...
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/living-in-...
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JD Vance keeps feeding stories to the NY Times about how he's the only one in the Trump admin who knows the Iran war is a disaster.
It isn't going to work. The war will be an anchor tied to him when he runs for president in 2028.
My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/jd-vance-i...
It isn't going to work. The war will be an anchor tied to him when he runs for president in 2028.
My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/jd-vance-i...
JD Vance will never escape the albatross of the Iran War
No matter how many stories he feeds the Times about all his doubts.
www.publicnotice.co
September 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM
JD Vance keeps feeding stories to the NY Times about how he's the only one in the Trump admin who knows the Iran war is a disaster.
It isn't going to work. The war will be an anchor tied to him when he runs for president in 2028.
My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/jd-vance-i...
It isn't going to work. The war will be an anchor tied to him when he runs for president in 2028.
My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/jd-vance-i...
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"Herein lies the core of Hong Kong’s tragedy... Britain never gave the city the right to elect its leader, but it had the superstructure of a democratic society: marches and demonstrations, a free and competitive media, a pluralist political culture with opposition parties and so on...
September 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"Herein lies the core of Hong Kong’s tragedy... Britain never gave the city the right to elect its leader, but it had the superstructure of a democratic society: marches and demonstrations, a free and competitive media, a pluralist political culture with opposition parties and so on...
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September 11, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
September 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
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Hong Kong is off the front pages. The city is now an "ordinary" Chinese city -- unfree, totalitarian. But remember its political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai and Joshua Wong. I have written a piece on the latter. He turns 30 next month. A great man. www.thenextmove.org/p/remember-h...
Remember Hong Kong
And remember Joshua Wong: political prisoner, democracy champion, braveheart.
www.thenextmove.org
September 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Hong Kong is off the front pages. The city is now an "ordinary" Chinese city -- unfree, totalitarian. But remember its political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai and Joshua Wong. I have written a piece on the latter. He turns 30 next month. A great man. www.thenextmove.org/p/remember-h...
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To get a measure of Chow Hang-tung, read this 2022 (but still relevant) piece.
"Yiu-Leung Cheung, a barrister at Harcourt Chambers, where Chow was working when she was arrested, says jail time doesn't scare her. "Her real fear is the whole world becoming indifferent to this increasing abuse"."
"Yiu-Leung Cheung, a barrister at Harcourt Chambers, where Chow was working when she was arrested, says jail time doesn't scare her. "Her real fear is the whole world becoming indifferent to this increasing abuse"."
SPECIAL REPORT-A jailed Hong Kong lawyer defies Beijing's campaign to subjugate the city
It was just after sunrise when the police came for Chow Hang-tung.
www.reuters.com
August 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM
To get a measure of Chow Hang-tung, read this 2022 (but still relevant) piece.
"Yiu-Leung Cheung, a barrister at Harcourt Chambers, where Chow was working when she was arrested, says jail time doesn't scare her. "Her real fear is the whole world becoming indifferent to this increasing abuse"."
"Yiu-Leung Cheung, a barrister at Harcourt Chambers, where Chow was working when she was arrested, says jail time doesn't scare her. "Her real fear is the whole world becoming indifferent to this increasing abuse"."
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Yeah, the Taiwanese (especially young Taiwanese) do NOT want to become part of China!
They can see what happened to Hong Kong and they don't want that experience repeated in Taipei.
They can see what happened to Hong Kong and they don't want that experience repeated in Taipei.
September 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Yeah, the Taiwanese (especially young Taiwanese) do NOT want to become part of China!
They can see what happened to Hong Kong and they don't want that experience repeated in Taipei.
They can see what happened to Hong Kong and they don't want that experience repeated in Taipei.
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It's not a real political party, folks
It just isn't
It just isn't
September 11, 2026 at 5:01 AM
It's not a real political party, folks
It just isn't
It just isn't
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clearly in great spirits after Trumpapalooza
September 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
clearly in great spirits after Trumpapalooza
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Seven years in prison for the slogan "ending one-party dictatorship"
Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
Hong Kong used to be one of the only places in Chinese territory where people could gather to mark the 1989 crackdown.
www.bbc.com
September 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Seven years in prison for the slogan "ending one-party dictatorship"
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The biggest fallacy in international commentary on Hong Kong's national security law is the notion that the anti-ELAB protests caused NSL. The truth is that NSL was the culmination of the exact process the protests were calling out.
It’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
September 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The biggest fallacy in international commentary on Hong Kong's national security law is the notion that the anti-ELAB protests caused NSL. The truth is that NSL was the culmination of the exact process the protests were calling out.
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to echo this point, david lague, james pomfret and greg torode from reuters reported in late 2019 on how far back the prc had been pushing for an extradition law
web.archive.org/web/20200119...
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September 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
to echo this point, david lague, james pomfret and greg torode from reuters reported in late 2019 on how far back the prc had been pushing for an extradition law
web.archive.org/web/20200119...
web.archive.org/web/20200119...
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The world has become an endless janky late 90s voicemail tree into which we’re all constantly screaming OPERATOR, hoping desperately to find some hidden backdoor into actually interacting with a living human person because that’s all that can fix what’s wrong
And failing, because the tree must feed
And failing, because the tree must feed
September 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The world has become an endless janky late 90s voicemail tree into which we’re all constantly screaming OPERATOR, hoping desperately to find some hidden backdoor into actually interacting with a living human person because that’s all that can fix what’s wrong
And failing, because the tree must feed
And failing, because the tree must feed
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The thing is, even within the lifespan of the mainstream internet, things used to work a LOT more smoothly
That was one of the huge arguments FOR mainstreaming the internet
Now nothing is smooth. It’s crammed full of monetized barriers between user & task to boost stats & keep eyeballs locked in
That was one of the huge arguments FOR mainstreaming the internet
Now nothing is smooth. It’s crammed full of monetized barriers between user & task to boost stats & keep eyeballs locked in
I think about this essay a lot.
About the low-level stress & aggravation literally everything is now designed to incite & maintain.
What this constant emotional histamine response to our digital-logistical environment does to us, how it degrades our days.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
About the low-level stress & aggravation literally everything is now designed to incite & maintain.
What this constant emotional histamine response to our digital-logistical environment does to us, how it degrades our days.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The thing is, even within the lifespan of the mainstream internet, things used to work a LOT more smoothly
That was one of the huge arguments FOR mainstreaming the internet
Now nothing is smooth. It’s crammed full of monetized barriers between user & task to boost stats & keep eyeballs locked in
That was one of the huge arguments FOR mainstreaming the internet
Now nothing is smooth. It’s crammed full of monetized barriers between user & task to boost stats & keep eyeballs locked in
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“hello would you like to try the AI designed schizophrenia treatment i synthesized in my garage?”
September 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
“hello would you like to try the AI designed schizophrenia treatment i synthesized in my garage?”
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Mitch McConnell supposedly had an in-depth discussion on a wide array of foreign and domestic policy topics with Scott Jennings exactly 2 months ago and we still have no video from Mitch nor has he agreed to any kind of interview with anyone or showed up to work.
September 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Mitch McConnell supposedly had an in-depth discussion on a wide array of foreign and domestic policy topics with Scott Jennings exactly 2 months ago and we still have no video from Mitch nor has he agreed to any kind of interview with anyone or showed up to work.
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Engineered ignorance is the only thing Republicans provide without fail.
Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.
September 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Engineered ignorance is the only thing Republicans provide without fail.
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So the Far Right deftly uses the levers of the modern information ecosystem while feeding off the very alienation and discontent the surveillance capitalism is producing. Meanwhile the democratic parties’ only version of “Nie Wieder” seems to be “Weiter so”…
September 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
So the Far Right deftly uses the levers of the modern information ecosystem while feeding off the very alienation and discontent the surveillance capitalism is producing. Meanwhile the democratic parties’ only version of “Nie Wieder” seems to be “Weiter so”…
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Quand on fera la chronique de la prise de pouvoir de l'extrême-droite en Europe, il ne faudra surtout pas oublier de citer la complaisance de la quasi totalité de la classe politique envers Elon Musk et X.
"Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk."
Time to explore the seizure of Musk's assets abroad where he is undermining democracy and promoting fascism.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Time to explore the seizure of Musk's assets abroad where he is undermining democracy and promoting fascism.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Germany’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’
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Quand on fera la chronique de la prise de pouvoir de l'extrême-droite en Europe, il ne faudra surtout pas oublier de citer la complaisance de la quasi totalité de la classe politique envers Elon Musk et X.
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The fact this is his second NSL trial could really only be read as “we just want to lock the guy up for life”
BREAKING Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to foreign collusion in a second national security trial against him, AFP journalists at the court report
September 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
The fact this is his second NSL trial could really only be read as “we just want to lock the guy up for life”
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I feel like I’m going to throw up
September 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I feel like I’m going to throw up
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Five alarm fire. Western states need to develop an in-person early voting logistics plan ASAP
My latest @npr.org story: A whistleblower report says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting that could “derail” the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed. Key parts of USPS' plan are currently blocked by a court order
Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
www.npr.org
September 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Five alarm fire. Western states need to develop an in-person early voting logistics plan ASAP
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Chow Hang-tung still amazingly holds on her beliefs, and hers is a statement, not “mitigation”
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Chow Hang-tung still amazingly holds on her beliefs, and hers is a statement, not “mitigation”
All leaders and members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China should have never been detained and charged for their beliefs
fleursbleues.substack.com
August 28, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Chow Hang-tung still amazingly holds on her beliefs, and hers is a statement, not “mitigation”
fleursbleues.substack.com/p/chow-hang-...
fleursbleues.substack.com/p/chow-hang-...