The Dark Enlightenment: Understanding Neoreactionary Thought YouTube video by Illiberalism Studies Program

The Dark Enlightenment: Understanding Neoreactionary Thought

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Staff informed they're lumpenpro and not the vanguard

White House Warns Staff on Insider Trading Amid Iran War Bets | Bloomberg

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Warfare of Imperial China — The Chinese State chinawarfare.pages.dev

An Orgy, but with Reward Points xianyangcb.substack.com/p/an-orgy-bu...

Xinjiang rock + Chinese RnB mixtapes + new Gooooose + Wuhan indie-rock + Shanghai jazz

[Concrete Avalanche]
In this issue: an experimental electronic producer returns to the club, Pu Poo Platter serve up warming funky jazz, a pair of RnB mixtapes, frozen rock from Xinjiang, bubbly indie from Zhang ‘Nono’ Xingchan’s full band project, and more.
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小帕被禁言：一句吐槽被定性为对立，一个女性的声音不该被静音 mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11&tim...

韩熙载夜宴图——五代十国，南唐 唐人宫乐图——唐代 清明上河图——北宋 女史箴图——东晋 仇英汉宫春晓图——五代十国，南唐 汉宫春晓图——明 簪花仕女图

Butter Tea - New Tibetan Short Film (Losar 2026) YouTube video by Tasur Studio

simple and moving
Butter Tea - New Tibetan Short Film (Losar 2026) youtu.be/uXo0efnN6W4?...

The ARB this week [Newsletter for 23 Feb 2026]: Reviews, podcasts and announcements of fiction and poetry in translation from Chinese, Korean and Assamese, history, literature, children's books mailchi.mp/fd3d0948a7de...

2025 in books, according to China's official media | Cold Winter Newsletter coldwindow.substack.com/p/cwn125-202...

hmm...

China and South Africa Sign Framework Pact, Moving Toward Zero-Tariff Trade Deal South Africa became the latest African country to formalize a landmark Framework Agreement with China, securing zero-tariff treatment for all its exports as Beijing expands its trade network across the African continent. ...

China and South Africa Sign Framework Pact, Moving Toward Zero-Tariff Trade Deal

A TSUTAYA politics shelve almost entirely filled by conspiracists and grifters.

Periodical reminder that people listen to Hiroyuki’s opinions on politics here in Japan

I keep being told that Japan isn't conservative by a tiny subset of americans who live in Tokyo who seem wholly unaware of the society in which they reside. They also tell me that the youth constituency in particular skews progressive. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

NHK confirms supermajority for LDP and Ishin.

The young are for Takaichi. I think that's really the story.

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Contemporary #Tibetan #Artist Fansack solo Exbition “Psychedelic silk road.”

MSPACE 55 rue du mont cenis 75018 Paris, 6-22 June 2024.

Adults are propping up the toy industry In praise of lifelong joy

Adults are propping up the toy industry | Economist
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@mattalt.bsky.social

Voting in Authoritarian Elections | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I was told not to worry about these people 😶

Cover of Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou by Nellie Chu. The top half of the cover is a photograph of a sewing room featuring an industrial looking space, industrial grade sewing machines, and many garments. The bottom half of the cover is a gradient from black to indigo. The title is appears here in a cream font in two different styles. The subtitle is below in a sans serif font. The author's name is below aligned left in a light blue.

"Precarious Accumulation," by Nellie Chu, tells the story of migrant entrepreneurs in China's fast fashion industry whose dreams of economic freedom are confronted by the reality of precarity, exploitation, and marginalization. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/wIreaaM

水瓶洞察｜阶级话语诡异回归：当毛主义成为右翼代餐 “阶级话语”体现出一种奇异的投机主义色彩，透着一股进可攻退可守的机灵劲儿。在个人努力的传统路径与社会流动性分析止息之处。一种半成功学，半绝望的“世界真相”就出现了。

really nice piece on the revival of class narratives and Maoist discourse. which sometimes has a narrative and affective structure similar to right-wing populist conspiracism, and other times repackages neoliberal self-help while being disillusioned
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#21 时差 x 從河至海 | 中国舆论场中的巴以 国际巴以舆论场中的中国 - 时差 in-betweenness 在这期时差和從河至海联合发布的节目中，我们和伍勤聊了聊中国舆论场中的巴以和国际巴以舆论场中的中国，以及文明等级论、反犹与恐穆、「自由主义国际秩序」合法性的瓦解、反帝和反威权的夹缝中国际团结何以可能等话题。更正：谈话中提到倡导“印度作为品牌” (Brand Bharat) 的政治人物当为印度外长S. Jaishankar，嘉宾口误讲成“总理”。從河至海: https://fromrivertosea...

#21 时差 x 從河至海 | 中国舆论场中的巴以 国际巴以舆论场中的中国 www.buzzsprout.com/1171871/epis...