Jeffrey Ngo is from Hong Kong. He used to talk about politics all of the time with his friends in group chats and on social media, from casually sending memes, to planning protests.

What happens to online speech when you're unsure how much the government is monitoring your speech, and what the repurcussions will be if they don't like it?

Show notes:

• PROFILE: For Jeffrey Ngo, The Fight For Hong Kong is Far From Over (The Hoya)
• Social Media and the Hong Kong Protests (The New Yorker)
• Hong Kong protesters join hands in 30-mile human chain (The Guardian)
• Hong Kong national security law: What is it and is it worrying? (BBC)

Men's fashion might seem like a niche topic. But people of all genders and sartorial sensibilities follow Derek Guy on X for his clothing takes... even if they're not quite sure how they found his page.

Endless Thread talks to Derek about how he weaves together humor, history, cultural criticism, and political commentary to make fashion feel relevant to people who have never seriously considered it before.

Show notes

• @dieworkwear (X)
• Die, Workwear!
• The Post Trend Universe (The New York Times Style Magazine)
• Status and Culture, by W. David Marx

'Tis the season to show some skin! Perhaps some tattoo-adorned skin?

In this week's episode, Ben tells Amory about the r/tattoos community's reaction to a man whose friends made him self-conscious about his flowery tattoo. Amory tells Ben about the science behind why tattoos stay put on our bodies, which has only recently come to be understood.