Damn

Oh, bless.

"Elections BC says if a third party is used to design, create, or install the signs, then they are a sponsor of election advertising." Hmm. Not wild about that for a yard sign, even in his yard.

Even China does not have enough manpower to explain every "weird story that makes me go 'hmmmmm.'"

There was a post about ideal public transit frequency floating around a while ago, and I realised I had no idea how often these ran, because in three years of living there, I just never had to think about it. So I looked it up: every five minutes standard, every minute peak. Fare's ~US$1. Amazing.

Translations: As CAC Tackles “Malicious” Negativity Online, Popular Influencers Hit With Bans "Hu and Zhang often danced on the red line, but they had a firm grasp of where the boundaries were. Now both have crashed and burned, because the line has begun moving higher. Whose turn will be next?"

"My wife’s phone blew up when we went through some little town and she got some signal. She kind of yelled, 'Oh my god, oh my God.' I was outside and we’re in grizzly territory, and I thought, 'Bear? There’s no bear.' She comes out and says, 'You just won the Nobel Prize.'"

Amazing post neighbor serendipity

When someone asks how I stay sane while being extremely online

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ESH. (EKH.)

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Coping with the fact that tomorrow is Monday by convincing local strangers to send me pictures of their pets throughout the week.

Cheer up, or else: China’s censors crack down on the haters and cynics – The New York Times: ‘As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work, marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.’

China's online influencers are finding it harder than ever to navigate the "red lines": "[Recent state-media] criticisms of Zhang Xuefeng [...are] no different from the Cultural Revolution-era practices of 'criticism for the sake of criticism' and 'elevating all issues to the level of politics.'"

They made “Apricot“ that colour specifically to annoy me, and I’m not going to rise to their shabby little bait.

If you thought having to stand up for Kimmel was bad, try a guy who pledged a 50 million yuan donation to support invasion of Taiwan.

And I raise you this scene -- also from Hong Kong in 2019!

It’s not that impressive, they’re all fairly short.

If you thought having to stand up for Kimmel was bad, try a guy who pledged a 50 million yuan donation to support invasion of Taiwan.

Frequent labor movements in China contradict Wang’s claim. It's not the lack of “development,” but the state machinery - in "constant adjustment" - that suppresses. The New Left evades and alienates the very subject of leftist critique: the working people and their lived experiences & voices

hmmm I guess the primary reason is when students only begin to *discuss" the idea of occupying their own campus (never mind Lujiazui) or workers begin to discuss organising in WeChat groups, they'd be arrested or reprimanded.

🎶 The leaves are falling all around. Time I was on my way.

I raise you this scene from Hong Kong in 2019:

Recorded Future just published a report diving into the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application (BIETA), which is almost certainly a front for China’s MSS, developing technologies to support intelligence and military missions. Full report: www.recordedfuture.com/research/bie...

GRAMMARLY! IT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!! GO ADVERTISE AT SOMEONE ELSE!!!

He's now been pardoned, but unbelievable that this happened at all in the first place: Tunisia sentenced a man to *death* last week for criticizing the president on Facebook.

Ohhhhhh, “#freelink” ≠ “gift link” I am very smart. 🤦

People once again need to internalize that "generative AI" is a small subset of machine learning, that machine learning is a critical tool that you cannot run a site without past a certain volume Bluesky has long since exceeded, and that it is FAR more reliable than user reporting.

What's with the inflatable duck? you may ask... Well for that we suggest checking out @mtamuseum.bsky.social website milkteaalliance.art which has a little bit of explanation but also lots of pictures of why the inflatable rubber duck is a thing.

“So? Now all rest stations are Taco Bell.”

The photo’s almost as good as the news.

What’s the difference between Nate Smith and Morpheus? Nate Smith *always* knows where the One is.

“At least at the Conservative conference, he was unlikely to be confronted with a sea of non-white faces. Or indeed, given the attendance levels, any faces at all.”

Far out.

Oooooh, snap.

New Special Issue Alert: Our special issue “Whither China? Chinese Communication Research at the New Conjuncture” has finally been published in the Chinese Journal of Communication! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcjc20/1...

AI‘s a front to build hardware for their own uploaded souls. #fallordodgeinhell #wellilikeditevenifnobodyelsedid

On sale @ both PFBs tomorrow (Tue 7th) at opening. Special orders available for pick-up at the same time. I live semi-nearish; anyone who wants to pick up from Main Street at 12:01am is welcome to DM ***before 9pm*** & if there is any interest I'll walk over & briefly reopen the shop.

perhaps my favorite moment of a recent trip back to see my parents was wearing this shirt and having my mom ask me if that's where I was working now

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

I have a really good one, but can’t remember what it is

This is just sadistic. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Proponents say age verification = showing your ID at the door to a bar. But the analogy is often wrong. It's more like: bouncer photocopies some IDs, & keeps them in a shed around back. There will be more breaches. By @jaypeters.net www.theverge.com/news/792032/...