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It sounds like a joke but take it from folks on the other end of an authoritarian transition: they're not kidding. In Hong Kong, authorities have cracked down on consumer boycotts as a form of "soft resistance" — a catchall for any attempt to indirectly express dissatisfaction with the government.

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"Meta built a censorship system specially designed for China to review including the ability to automatically detect restricted terms and popular content on Facebook, according to the complaint. The company agreed to hire at least 300 content moderators to support the system, the documents show."

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“Saddle up the horses out in the stable I've got some pals who will back us up We'll ride down the hillside to the Klan demonstration We'll all listen to them assholes talk” youtu.be/UbjlBrLVlMo?...

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Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used transgenic (genetically modified) mice.

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Asset. "They had collected a lot of information on his personality so they knew who he was personally. The feeling was that he was extremely vulnerable intellectually, and psychologically, and he was prone to flattery." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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Brutal story - five residents of Maidenhead reported to a local MP that they'd received posters offering HK$1mn to bring Carmen Lau - an exiled Hong Kong district councillor resettled in the area - to the Chinese Embassy www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u...

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💀 The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating opportunities for China, particularly with regards to Taiwan, according to a retired senior colonel from China’s People’s Liberation Army. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels. Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.

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NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones. + similar in the Department of the Interior

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With the US descending into incompetent ironically-Hitler-saluting fascism, China has the historical opportunity to do the funniest thing ever and democratize simply out of spite.

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Instagram replacement! New photo-sharing platform launched today.

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“By ceding global leadership to authoritarian China, Trump is creating a world that will almost certainly be hostile to the United States, its prosperity, and its people.” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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"UK-based lawyers have spoken out about being targeted by the Chinese state and its supporters in a campaign of intimidation including surveillance, hacking of bank accounts and rape threats." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Escape to Canada.

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NEW: A week after Elon Musk's DOGE gained access to Treasury's payments system, funds to the National Endowment for Democracy have been inexplicably frozen. The move is a huge win for Beijing, imperilling Chinese civil society groups around the world. www.thewirechina.com/2025/02/12/d...

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Fawning pays.

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Just wrote about the UK Apple encryption mess. This is a BIG deal. It doesn't just apply to the UK. It would be an absolute disaster for online privacy and security. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/u...

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Addendum. ハードな曲 from クール・ポップ by Aoi Swimming aoiswimming.bandcamp.com/track/--15

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The much sought after catalogue for Gilbert & George’s 1993 China exhibitions in BJ & SH - the subject of James Birch’s G&G & the Communists (Cheerio Publishing) & my recent long read on their impact on the 90s China art scene @scmpnews.bsky.social - amp.scmp.com/postmag/cult...

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„KI wird … zumindest für Teile der Rechten zu einer Art Wahrheitsmaschine: Sie zeigt die Realität von Stereotypen auf, die die vermeintlich „woke“ Linke…angeblich „zensieren“ will. Mit KI kehren die ältesten rassistischen und sexistischen Vorurteile in scheinbar technisch objektivierter Form zurück“

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This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.

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I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

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Speaking with @nbcnews.com, @rondeibert.bsky.social cautions #DeepSeek users to be "particularly cautious if they have reason to fear Chinese authorities." “The same risks apply to all AI platforms, including those based in the United States," he adds. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

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China-linked influence operation tried to overthrow Spain’s government, Graphika report says – POLITICO Europe: ‘impersonated a human rights organization [Safeguard Defenders] on social media to encourage Spaniards to overthrow their government in the wake of the deadly October floods in Valencia’

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