Sherry Chan

Writing at the intersection of science & culture. Editor-in-Chief @Initiumnews. by-line @aeonmag Current project: Bestiary Imagination. #HKer based in #London.

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

My new essay for @aeonmag looks at why motherhood remains one of the most morally policed roles in modern life — and how history never really leaves our bodies or our homes.
On Victorian doctrines, cultural memory, and the quiet burdens women still carry:

https://t.co/09ZyYQxCup

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

Calling all editors/journos from smaller/independent newsrooms🚨
I’m surveying AI OSINT tools and would love your insights. It only takes a few minutes—help shape the conversation! 📝👇

https://t.co/tGJ5BFPrl1

[Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe]

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

[Momodou ✊🏿 @MomodouTaal]

The University is doubling down. They have hinted at reversing the suspensions if the encampment is brought down. Once again — we have to ask who does our administration answer to when a peaceful protest is being responded to with suspension. Dont stop talking about Palestine.

[Caiwei Chen @CaiweiC]

Douyin has finally cracked down on the Chinese migrant influencers trekking through Latin America to enter the U.S.. Sources told me that their Douyin accounts, some only even implicitly discussed “trail walking” (code name for migration to the U.S.), have been blocked.

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

For decades, social science has 'known' that women are more religious than men.

However, if you track the religiosity of young adults - something really interesting happened.

Women are more likely to claim no religious affiliation than men.

It started around 2016.

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

When one can easily get branded as an "anti-semite," I'm wondering how the recent protests have been discussed in US college classrooms. #ColumbiaUniversityProtest

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

how this exposes the hypocrisy in U.S. academia: all are welcome until you challenge its deep-seated nationalism and racial prejudices. #AcademicFreedom #PalestineRights"

[Momodou ✊🏿 @MomodouTaal]

Cornell University has temporary suspended me alongside 3 other students/grad workers. They have deliberately targeted students with precarious positions such as visa status. They have given me a grace period but I am no longer permitted on campus. I know they have done this as a means of bringing down the encampment. The university has acted in extremely bad faith and refused to engage in any form of dialogue about our demands. It is clear that they are more concerned with appeasing their Zionist donors and keeping their hands drenched in blood than over the expressed refusal of their students and workers. I’m okay and please don’t stop talking about Palestine.

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

So well said.

[Elise A. Mitchell @byeliseam]

It is not lost on me that student movements in the 1960s, made the position that I will start in the fall possible. Prior to their actions, there were few if any Black faculty at Swarthmore and no Black Studies programming. https://t.co/DjxXd1mCGT

[Robert Mackey @RobertMackey]

It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor @CarolineFohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, "What are you doing?" That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

[端傳媒 Initium Media @initiumnews]

3月29日，墨西哥海岸發現8具來自中國「走線」移民的遺體。

這些人是誰？他們為何會鋌而走險走「水路」？

調查報導記者馮兆音及傅蓓夢，深入揭露背後的人口販運網絡，以及華人在其中的深度參與。

「端聞」還請來一位走線「水路」的倖存者，親述在「死亡飛艇」的驚險經歷：https://t.co/sWVyOMeoCq

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

Isn't it much like asking a bunch of oil & gas tycoons to tackle climate change?

[Andrew Curran @AndrewCurran_]

This morning the Department of Homeland Security announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board. The 22 inaugural members include Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai and many others.

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

This position was not accepted, perhaps too outlandish even for Missouri's courts. But it also shows how the broad legal language of personhood can creep into other areas of the law.

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

Reproductive rights trivia: in one Missouri child molestation case State v. Crider, defendant argues that victim's age should date back to her contraception not birth, hence she was over 14 when molested.

[Fetisov Journalism Awards @fjawards]

💫#Shortlisted stories for the 2023 #FetisovJournalismAwards:
Category: Excellence in Environmental Journalism
Series: "Us Carnivores"
Authors: @sherrychanyy, Wang Er, Iris Yang, Yanqi Xu
@initiumnews
Learn more: https://t.co/8ZjTCmip2i

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

In #HongKong with a broken ankle. Now I realize what it's like to be old and fragile in my hometown. Exhausting to do even the simplest task. Few places are wheelchair friendly.

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

Late tweet but happy to have been shortlisted at FJA, in the Excellence in Environmental Reporting category! 💕

[Fetisov Journalism Awards @fjawards]

⚡️We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2023 #FetisovJournalismAwards⚡️

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!

We thank the members of FJA Expert Council for their time and dedication.

Read the full announcement here: https://t.co/o8Jk2vBDUn

[Sherry Chan @sherrychanyy]

Yay!

[The Society of Publishers in Asia @sopasia]

🏆 Encouraging individuals to make conscious dietary choices and stimulating important public debates on sustainability, @initiumnews has been awarded Excellence in Chinese Reporting on the Environment for "Us Carnivores." #SOPAwards2023

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https://t.co/977UJmgnwA