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Watching 我不是大师 feels like watching an allegory for falun gong

There's a direct line from the justifications made for domestic police violence and extrajudicial killings, even of literal babies, to the justifications made to the violence enacted by our govt abroad, directly or indirectly by the weapons we make and sell to our allies.

Imagine thinking this is a strong argument of a country's sovereignty 😭

Uyghur singer AIR (Airepati Ainivan), probably my current favorite contestant in 披荆斩棘 🥰 His arrangement of 齐天 was incredible!! youtu.be/2DJGJnuANHo

Found a similar speech by one US Senator Albert Beveridge making similar arguments to convince Congress to keep the Philippines after the war websites.uta.edu/hunnicut/re…

Not a new concept btw. Whitelaw Reid used the phrase "American Lake" to describe the Pacific after the Spanish US War

Finally got to see Once Upon A Time in the Middle East 欢迎来龙餐馆... Damn. 😭

🤔 Color me skeptical

Some photos from the 2025 Ditan book fair. It spans a fair portion of a 100+ acre park.