Basically samizdat equities, where there's a will there's a way
My article on hukou reforms republished in Jacobin
NBC News: Thanks to Trump's security demands, there will be no watch party outside MSG for Knicks fans in their biggest game in decades.
Just days after Mamdani expressed his support for the gatherings.
Dolan-Trump absolutely posterized by America's mayor
Tech companies East and West are doing layoffs to free up capital to invest in AI
Eli Friedman
Manoeuvres highlight the lengths traders are willing to go to get exposure to hot western investments despite risks
The Chinese authorities have announced a reform of the hukou system that ties citizens to a particular region and fosters inequality. But proclamations of the system’s death are premature, as powerful...
What will tech and finance bros do when they run out of Greek gods to name things after?
Year in year out, labor accounts for the most protests in China and unpaid wages is the most common grievance. Totally impossible to calculate or even reasonably estimate the scale of theft, but it's massive
"...China’s bottom tenth of workers by income saw their wages rise by only 2% per year from 2018 to 2023, compared with an average annual growth rate of around 5%."
Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
"'Queer life can be framed as non-reproductive, individualistic, foreign-influenced, or insufficiently aligned with the future of the nation... [but] commercially useful queer-coded culture' is still allowed to exist.”
The Knicks are home and our city is ready to show out. We’re hosting a free watch party for 5,000 New Yorkers tonight in Bryant Park. You can register at the link below starting at noon today: www.nyc.gov/knicksgame3
Pink Dot is not the only LGBTQ event that has encountered problems over the past year. A gay-themed play was axed in October, and in the following month, the Hong Kong Pride Committee called off an ou...
“Hiring is now focused more on fresh graduates, partly because companies are under pressure to create jobs — especially with the expectations that AI will generate new employment and help address youth unemployment.”
I'm sorry this is delusional
