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Orientalism: Music, Edward Said, Hello Kitty, US CIA in Japan, 1 Year of the Israel-Gaza War
(Before digging into this, I’m not going to pretend I’m not an ignorant Orientalist. I have been for most of my life, and I’m listening and reading to overcome this racism. Just because I’m “an Oriental” doesn’t mean I am not Orientalist. -jk) Monterey Park Library Announces Kawaii Kitty Art Contest – Rafu Shimpo One…
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Do All Asian American Political Orgs Look the Same? (Bing AI confuses two organizations)
Searching for “asian american advocacy fund”, with the intent of looking for The Asian American Advocacy Fund, which is an organization in Georgia that activates AAPI voters, brought up references to The Asian American Foundation, aka TAAF, a recent astroturf project to represent the interests of centrist, rich Asian Americans. The AI wrote a summary…
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2024 Election Battlegrounds
Polling in Battleground States Harris and Trump are very close in the battleground states (obviously – that’s the definition of a BG). Florida is usually up in play, but this year, it’s going for Trump. Georgia usually goes Republican, but this year, it’s up in play; likewise Arizona. ->->-> Harris continues to win the national…
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New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill
CAPAC Chair Condemns House Vote to Reinstate Trump-Era China Initiative Fear Mongering and the Scapegoating Continue. The House of Representatives voted on Sept. 11 to pass H.R. 1398, the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024, a bill to reinstate the Trump-era China Initiative program, and H.R. 9465, the Protecting American…
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Enshittification for AI Training; Bisan Owda
Bisan Owda, journalist in Gaza, regularly posting videos on social media, picked up by AJ+, has now won an Emmy Award to go along with her Peabody Award. This journalist has escaped death multiple times, seen her people and community bombed daily, in a bombing campaign most around the work describe as “genocide.” Through her…
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70% of Project Homekey Vacant; Chinatown Tenant Wins; Affordable Housing
EXCLUSIVE: After Spending $550 Million, Over 70 Percent of Los Angeles County’s Project Homekey Homeless Rooms Vacant – Westside Current Jamie Paige, Chris LeGras – Part 3 of an ongoing Westside Current investigation into the challenges and failures of Project Homekey ->->-> Chinatown tenant wins court battle over eviction from “affordable” unit – LA Public…
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Mossad Pager Bomb Murder Plots; Sanders Arms Block Speech
‘Israel’ clearly intended to target Lebanese civilians: The Guardian Mossad’s history with explosive technology Infamous Israeli spy agency has not claimed responsibility for Hezbollah’s exploding pagers but has ‘decades-long’ list of remote assassinations ->->->
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Indigenous Identity Fraud; Zionist Cultural Theft; Can the subaltern speak?
Nada Elia, Food, art and literature: How Israel is stealing Arab culture (Opinion piece is from 2018) Israel has expanded the reach of its cultural theft beyond the historic borders of Palestine, to various Arab countries around it ->->-> (Asian) Pretendianism I’m Asian, so I’m down to call out some Asian pretendians. Maylei[1] Blackwell[2] of…
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China and Least Developed Countries Free Trade; Cal Gig Worker Law; Running Down the Walls
Next week is Running Down The Walls 5K WHAT: Running Down the Walls – 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Roll // WHEN: 10:00am-1:00pm, Sunday, September 15th, 2024 // WHERE: 751 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90026 // COST: We are asking for $20 registration fee. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Donation link
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Professions in Decline, and Some Growing
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Little Tokyo Urban Renewal 1972, Urban Renewal Researcher from Japan 1968, Gentrification Notes
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COVID-19 Vaccination Inequality
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Dodging
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Text of Vladimir Putin’s Speech on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, and Text of Zelensky’s Address to the Russian People (all Translated to English)
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There Are No Urban Design Courses on Race and Justice, So We Made Our Own Syllabus
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About This Blog
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70% of Project Homekey Vacant; Chinatown Tenant Wins; Affordable Housing
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The Return of Public Housing
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Good Summary on Bastard Urbanism
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Google Shuts off Ads on Ukraine War Content, Demonetizing Political Pages
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Gubernatorial Candidate Villaraigosa Should Love Ranked Choice Voting (Upd. Jun. 7)
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Mossad Pager Bomb Murder Plots; Sanders Arms Block Speech
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California Cogged Stones: International Trade and Exchange
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Reading Up on Gang Stalking
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ChatGPT: who writes about late 20th century neoliberalism and the national question
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Gin and Tonic, Imperialism, and COVID-19
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Statement from Montanans for Immigrant Justice and Missoula Rises re: Trump’s Pending Executive Order to Stop Separating Families
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Taking Over “Public School”
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Henry George’s Racist Screed Against Chinese People in California, New York Tribune, May 1, 1869
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
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Some Yelp Reviews
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Changing Emails is Hard
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The Size of Mayan Civilization Compared to the Size of Los Angeles, CA
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Chili History
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Getting Meta’s AI, Imagine, to Produce NSFW Images
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January 2018 Links
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Protected: RIP Mark
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2010s Gentrification, Protests, Boyle Heights, Arts District
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Facebook 2009, Part 1
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Traditionalism, Nationalism, Falun Gong, Shen Yun
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AOC, Gaza; Disappearing Japantowns; Ilhan Omar and Uncommitted
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The Independent Progressive Party
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SARS-CoV-2 on a Fishing Boat, Seroprevalence in Spain
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Getting Off of Big Tech
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Facebook Memories
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Inventing Black and White