Category: Politics
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Collected quotes, 6 of n: Language, translation, identity, empire (1)
A confluence of things, lately: And as a result, then, a lot of simmering thoughts these days on the many ways to set the protocols and criteria and languages (in the broadest sense of the word) for sustaining or challenging various systems. Mythic language is discourse, that is, it cannot be anything but systematic; one…
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Basic analysis of Twitter takedown data
Earlier this month, political analyst Amal Sinha tweeted some preliminary analyses of Twitter data about false accounts / bots: Some background: On 12th June, Twitter released new datasets that compiled anonymised data from accounts that seem to be linked to information operations run by the Chinese (PRC), Russian, and Turkish states. These accounts have since…
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Redefining media dynamics in the age of social media*
https://twitter.com/WilliamsJon/status/1223502667823140864 In the days leading up to Brexit Day, Boris Johnson broke “with long-standing tradition” and chose to keep broadcasters from recording his message. Instead, as Jon Williams from Ireland’s national broadcasting service observed above, the PM used social media as his primary channel for sending the message out. Now, Johnson hasn’t had the friendliest relationship with…
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Neither a bang nor a whimper
Two major incidents in the South China Sea last week. On Tuesday, the CSIS’ Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative reported China’s new point-defense fortifications on its artificial islands in the Spratlys. Then on Friday, news broke of a Chinese ship illegally seizing a US Navy underwater probe in Philippine waters. A lot of the ensuing analysis has focused…
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So You Want to Contact Your Representative
So you’d like to ask your district representative and our senators to say NO to considering kids potential criminals, restoring the death penalty, and reversing the Sin Tax Law, among other issues. Well, it’s time to remind our lawmakers to listen to the people they’re supposed to be representing. Here’s how to get in touch:…
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Defining Dictatorship
Last Friday, November 18, the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos secreted his body into the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) for a long-contested burial. The Philippine National Police and the country’s armed forces secured the area, and a chopper from the national air force flew the strongman’s body down from Ilocos to…
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