lokman.org
writer, recovering academic, amateur activist, with a focus on free speech, new technologies, and hong kong. fellow @citizenlab.ca. he/him. writing a personal history of authoritarianism.
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lol finally one thing in which hk "wins" from singapore
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this article does a pretty good job covering the history of the democratic party in hong kong
hongkongfp.com/2025/02/22/e...
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and this is just the start. hang in there everyone.
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“Groups that are looking down the abyss may think they can find a way to sustain themselves for 90 days, but what happens then? Many groups are facing very dire circumstances,”
quote by @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social
good reminder that many groups operate on a razor thin margin.
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“The US encouraged people to work on digital repression, promote internet freedom, and challenge the disproportionate use of technologies by governments. Today, the same people are being hung out to dry,”
quote from @older.bsky.social that hits home
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one of my morning routines is to ask myself what im grateful for.
today, im grateful im not a mavs fan.
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But then, as it will now, it all ended up in the inevitable backlash and heralded an era of real progress. US history is littered with these moments and will be again. I am with @aoc.bsky.social on this — stay genuine and always punch back.
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i would add: its not just thinking. we can't really go back to *feeling* about things the way we did before. even if they can persuade our minds, in a sophist way, which they are trying really hard to do, they wont be able to convince our hearts, our bodies. the body keeps the score.
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well, the thing is for anyone who has, you can't really go back to thinking about things the way you did before."
he is writing about occupy wall street. but i am also thinking about this in the context of hong kong, which holds a similar truth.
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wow so cool!
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i used to get emails from students without salutation and often wondered how to tell them that thats not okay. i like your solution!
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5. Probably the one that got me the most:
The sentencing of the 45 pro-democracy figures.
It's hard to explain why this one hit me the hardest.
To arrest basically the entire opposition, and then get them convicted, in front of the world's eyes, and basically get away with it? Maybe that's why.
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4. I'm still pissed at the Wall Street Journal for firing @selinacheng.bsky.social. Why? For wanting to lead the HK journalist associaton (you read that right).
This in a year where the LA Times and the Washington Post killed editorials endorsing Biden.
Oh newspapers ...
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3. editors of Stand News convicted for _allowing_ op-eds to be published. They didn't write them, they only approved them.
I talked about this news on Dutch public radio
www.nporadio1.nl/nieuws/buite...
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2. Article 23 being passed, and promptly, it being used to convict someone for wearing a t-shirt.
Yes, a t-shirt. It said "liberate Hong Kong".
I'm pretty sure I still have a few of those stickers lying around somewhere ...
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The 5 that stand out for me:
1) the HK gov pressuring Google to censor a song (I used to work for Google on freedom of expression issues).
I helped out with a legal analysis of this case, together with @ericyhlai.bsky.social and @tom-kellogg.bsky.social. 👇
www.law.georgetown.edu/law-asia/wp-...
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h/t to my friend who shared this with me @fittarelli.com
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fantastic article by @michaelschuman.bsky.social in the @theatlantic.com
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The files revealed secret operations, like armed patrols rounding up migrants and the surveillance of a student reporter.
There were debates over whether to commit acts of terrorism.
And they gave a unique, remarkably intimate window into questions like: Why do so many cops join militias?
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Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...