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UK writer, historian, poet & broadcaster. Orwell Prize shortlisted. Ted speaker. BBC presenter & writer back when it was good. https://www.annachen.co.uk/home/about-anna-chen/
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Wuhan lab does its job & detects new bat virus, HKU5-CoV-2, that can infect humans via ACE2 receptors like SARS-C0V-2. Just in time for the China-bashing deflection from bird flu in the US, here's the Covid-19 timeline. www.annachen.co.uk/covid-pandem...

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Covid Timeline vs Trump spin: 110 dates to remember A short aide memoire and reference for the next four years to help you withstand the torrent of disinformation headed our way. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/02/19/c...

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The iPad is the perfect size to hit you on the bridge of the nose when you doze off at night. Also enough weight to hurt. Hasn't drawn blood yet but we're getting there. And this, your honour, is why we need books. I rest my case if not my face.

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Woke up thinking it was still 8 years ago when food was cheap, energy bills didn't scare me, everything was stable & no wars. Someone said we were all finally coming out of the US crash in sync, so don't eff it up. Then 8 years flashed past & I pulled up the duvet but it was in there with me ...

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Dear @support.bsky.team. For some reason there is a nudity label on the account of @annachen.bsky.social. She’s a distinguished writer and could do without this. Can you please remove it?

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@support.bsky.team Hi, I've submitted several appeals over months for you to remove the nudity label on my account but no response. Sorry to disappoint but there is no nudity here. Sexualising an Asian woman is one way to shut us up, I guess.

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In the US bonfire of government agencies, Trump sets up a new religious Faith office. Church + State + Business = Gilead New Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are the geeks & grifters. Love thy neighbour's land. Covet thy neighbour's ass. Smite with spite. youtu.be/k4SkYvqOFUQ?...

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'Fonly we'd listened to Rosa Luxemburg when she warned the choice would be between socialism and barbarism. Bow down to your Orange Overlord. (Who has the Epstein tapes and how will historians write up this one?)

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Americans embrace their Red Note epiphany on China. I was so moved by TikTok ban refugees who returned from the Chinese Xiaohongshu app with tales of the unexpected like modern Marco Polos. Two tribes had a love-in. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/01/30/a...

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Huey and Louie love belly rubs! These sweet, happy boys were rescued from a pig hoarding case in Michigan. 💕

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Donald Trump chaos ushers in Reign of Fear A tsunami of breathtakingly spiteful executive orders signed in the first few days of Donald Trump’s presidency smashes home the unassailability of his power domestically and abroad. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/01/26/d...

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When RFK starts babbling about Covid designed to target white & black ACE2 receptors, I want you to remember the science. "The highest expression of the ACE2 gene was observed in South Asian and East Asian natives, while the lowest expression was found in African natives." NIH

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I'm a kid in volunteer work with abandoned special needs children in a Hackney hospital. A film's being shot. Shaven headed John Hurt in bakers boy cap smoking a fag dashes along a hall. A hushed handful of crew crowd in on John Gielgud in a doorway who's murmuring lines to camera.

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Holy cow! No mercy for Bishop Budde who called for mercy on immigrants. Trump calls her "nasty". Press call her sermon an "ambush". Republicans demand she's deported. 2000 years of Christian "love thy neighbour" not feeling the love. news.sky.com/story/trump-...

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Tech Bros were practically salivating as Donald Trump threw them bone, meat, fillet mignon: the whole carcass. Listening to his inauguration MAGA speech like it was the 2nd Coming, the crowd rewarded him with non-stop standing ovations in the Adoration of the Ham. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/01/20/d...

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I'm now AnnaChenUk on RedNote "Little Red Book". Glorious to watch Americans & Chinese discovering each other in close proximity. So much love. Expect dirty tricks by an angry, imploding hegemon.

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