Well, 2 of those years were during the Zero COVID travel restrictions, but we know what's changed in the last 4 years. That aside, it might help if GovHK stopped with the paranoid wolf warrior temper tantrums every time some western politician/newspaper/ index says something negative about them.

This is a public service announcement.

I'm more skeptical of consumer-facing apps and the inherent copyright/privacy problems. I still think AI's immediate use case is B2B stuff like backend/network management automation, etc. But I'm definitely expecting a bubble bust of dotcom proportions to thin out the herd.

Framed #1304 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 framed.wtf Never seen it.

When they say Democrats shut down the government to give health care to illegal aliens.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Beware of how this language is used to excuse the failures of some and punish the successes of others. In HK, the gov’t has arrested people calling for boycotts and instructed all departments to make natsec their top concern, resulting in the harassment and intimidation of pro-democracy businesses.

Hunter Thompson, October 26, 1972. "...what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country might have been, if we could have kept it out of the hands of greedy little hustlers like Richard Nixon." Even more true today.

Squad goals

Fair question. If your eco-tourism is destroying the ecology, you're doing eco-tourism wrong.

ICE gassed members of the Chicago Police Department sent to protect them from protesters

Plus, anyone who wants one will have to pay at least ten bucks for it (15% off if you can provide proof you voted for Trump).

Apple did something very similar to the people of Hong Kong in 2019, removing an app that allowed protesters to track police movements via crowdsourced information: gizmodo.com/apple-sells-...

The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it. Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

Pre-Matmo beach vibes, earlier today. #beachsky

Framed #1303 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 framed.wtf Haven't seen this.

BTW, this is my new favourite Bluesky account. It's relaxingly surreal.

Status update

The job of a movie poster is to make you think, "I must watch this." IMO most modern movies posters fail that mission. This one succeeds beyond measure. For me, anyway.

Seems pretty obvious to me that's exactly what this is.

“We have hope that he will come back home. We’re going to apply pressure from every single angle.” New from Amal Ahmed: For nearly three decades, Brother Marwan has been a constant presence in the community. Until ICE came.

the specific language of “break bread with” and “visit him in prison” is so striking to me, used in condemnation this way

From Radio Free Asia: "Hong Kong plans big AI-powered surveillance boost" tinyurl.com/c5n9hr5w #HongKong #NSL

That didn't take long.

No one needs my hot take on this, but for the record: Good. And good luck to her, because she's probably going to get a lot of flak over this.

Beijing could solve this problem easily by providing a specific blacklist of ppl the US consulate should never talk to ever. Why play silly performative tantrum games? If you don't want the consulate talking with whatever pro-democracy figures you haven't already jailed or chased off, just say so.

This isn't the first time authoritarians have plotted against America. The First Red Scare reminds us of the damage bigotry and xenophobia can do when unleashed by those with a thirst for power, and of the value of standing up for others in the face of such nihilsm, as I discuss here.

If anyone can give farmers access to international markets its the guy who closed off access to international markets

4 years after its forced dissolution, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions remains a powerful symbol of worker solidarity. It fought for a minimum wage, collective bargaining, and independent unions. Though gone, its spirit of perseverance continues to inspire Hong Kong’s labour movement.

Oh, this again? I've always seen this as a non-solution for a problem that only exist in the minds of Republican Islamaphobes who want to stick it to the Muslims to feed the base. You know what? I still see it that way.

My hotel TV in Shanghai had a hotel home page for TV channels and other services, but when you clicked thru, CCTV-1 came up first. Not that it mattered too much since the only choices were 53 mainland Chinese channels.

Honestly think anyone considering coming to the US for future international sports events should really consider it carefully. These people do not give due process. They don't care about your ID. They grab you if they don't like the look of you and then there's no telling where you'll end up.

NEW: Government workers tell @wired.com that their out-of-office replies are being forcibly changed to blame Democrats for the government shutdown. Scoop from @leahfeiger.bsky.social @telliotter.bsky.social

If there's one thing we know about people who use and sell opium, it's that they always keep their opium in bottles clearly labeled "OPIUM." Also, opium? Do they think he emigrated from the 19th century?

Framed #1301 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 framed.wtf Never seen it. No desire to.

Compassion isn’t a weakness. Empathy isn’t a sin. Cruelty isn’t a strength. Vengeance isn’t a virtue. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness." -Isaiah 5:20

ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....

My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

When the Taliban switches off the internet, Afghanistan disappears Humayoon Babur Cutting Afghanistan off from the world shows how the Taliban prioritises control over the welfare of millions already suffering. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

They zip tied children.

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” Jane Goodall

RIP Jane Goodall My favorite anecdote was when The Far Side ran this cartoon. The Jane Goodall Institute was NOT amused, and threatened litigation, until it found out that Jane Goodall herself had seen the cartoon and thought it was hilarious. 🐐 www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/e...

But also we’re terrified of the subway

Miguel Ángel García, one of the immigrants shot in attack at ICE office in Dallas, has died. 
García’s wife was allowed twice daily visits for two hours while a DHS officer guarded her husband’s hospital bed. Officers kept soft restraints on his arms and shackled him.

Important information from the Richard Scarry book I picked up at the charity shop

Louis Armstrong serenading his wife Lucille at The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, 1961

Daily bunny no.3094 has been caught red-handed

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this