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“TIKTOK BAN” in a nutshell…

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Finklestein makes crucial points here. 1) These protests are inspiring. 2) Progressives must champion free speech, even for those whose views we hate. 3) 'Palestinians will be free from the river to the sea' is a far better slogan than 'Palestine will be free..'…

Balikatan 2024: Philippines and friends send a clear signal to China | Richard Javad Heydarian ift.tt/TJNIcfu

What’s the significance of this year’s massive Balikatan 🇵🇭🇺🇸 exercises, especially vis-a-vis China 🇨🇳 & Taiwan 🇹🇼 - via DW News

This viral post gets a lot wrong.

1) This post is false — MFA DG Yang Tao saw Blinken off.

2) The treatment was reciprocal — when FM Wang Yi visited in October 2023, DAS Mark Lambert saw him off.

3) The debate is silly — Blinken had a bilateral meeting with President Xi.

In historical terms, the intensifying protests across leading universities are increasingly looking like a new '68 moment — the pathos in play, the extreme polarization, & the challenge to established coordinates of discourse/imagination & all forms of authority…

Heat index in Zambales’ Iba town soars to 53°C on April 28 rappler.com/nation/weather… via Rappler

Princeton University security guard says the protest has been “very mellow” and everyone’s been “generous” to his detail deployed to the scene. But I guess I should fabricate some non-existent Chaos and Anti-Semitic Strife to earn my Serious Media Credentials

Industrial policy is on the rise, but new research shows that it is not a magic bullet for economic growth. Instead, fiscal policies that support innovation and technology diffusion more broadly—plus basic research—are the answer. Read our blog: imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

Joe Biden agrees to debate Donald Trump after weeks of uncertainty via Financial Times
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'How is killing Palestinian civilians less worthy of denunciation than the killing of Ukrainian civilians?' - Defense Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Western double standards

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A disappearance in Xinjiang. An important piece about the CCP’s tightening control w/ the story of how a leading Uyghur scholar who tried to play by Beijing’s rules ends up in prison (perhaps for life).Here is a gift article for you. on.ft.com/3ULCjON

In historical terms, the intensifying protests across leading universities are increasingly looking like a new '68 moment — the pathos in play, the extreme polarization, & the challenge to established coordinates of discourse/imagination & all forms of authority…