Watching Gaza, still...

...while enjoying the summer in Berlin, the discombobulation of it. (Plus: glimpses of the distorted 'economy' in Gaza.)

Sep 6, 2025 • Emily Ding

May 2025

Finding my feet again

Turnings & transitions in Berlin, Feb–May 2025.

May 25, 2025 • Emily Ding

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Radiant city

First impressions of Berlin, August 2019.

May 25, 2025 • Emily Ding

February 2025

Alternative realities

Things Trump's inauguration made me think about—on journalism, resistance, and Gaza.

Feb 12, 2025 • Emily Ding

August 2024

Of marsh and limestone

Postcards from Vietnam's Van Long Nature Reserve + readings + joy, wherever it is found.

Aug 14, 2024 • Emily Ding

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July 2024

Notes on Hanoi — etc.

The digest: including postcards from Ninh Binh + an old letter about swimming in Dubrovnik + readings + joy, wherever it is found.

Jul 11, 2024 • Emily Ding

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Notes on Hanoi

Things I saw while walking the city's streets and peering out from inside its cafes.

Jul 11, 2024 • Emily Ding

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May 2024

Surprising transmissions — etc.

The digest: including postcards from a waterfall + an essay about river journeys + readings + joy, wherever it is found.

May 5, 2024 • Emily Ding

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Peering around riverbends

A reflection on the river journeys I've taken, past and present.

May 4, 2024 • Emily Ding

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April 2024

Surprising transmissions

Unexpected ways in which viruses and other pathogens have spread and infected us + notes on zoonoses. (A companion letter to a story I wrote last year.)

Apr 18, 2024 • Emily Ding

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March 2024

Living in a world not of our own making — etc.

The digest: including postcards from KL + an old letter about people watching in Dubrovnik during the pandemic + readings + joy, wherever it is found.

Mar 5, 2024 • Emily Ding

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February 2024

Living in a world not of our own making

On Abang Adik and the tragedy of statelessness in Malaysia & what fiction may do, differently from journalism, for social justice. (Plus: a companion…

Feb 29, 2024 • Emily Ding

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