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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1m

Our glorious 50% rule

Their barbaric 50% rule

Guan Yang @guan.dk · 8m

our glorious chip export ban
their barbaric rare earth export ban

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 10h

There’s the added complication that no US-flagged ship would be used in international trade unless it’s a US government cargo or something else special going on. Nobody flies 🇺🇸 just for fun. But I guess the government contracting rules also allow this.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 10h

I’ve been caught

can’t do a spooky display name while still hot @pfish.zone · 10h

what a minute…

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 10h

I think these answer is that these ships are not Jones Act eligible. But they can be used for US government business between the US and foreign ports. cc: @prestonmui.bsky.social

www.maritime.dot.gov

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 11h

Wow Tom Hanks has captained two Jones Act compliant ships?

Guan Yang @guan.dk · 11h

It’s part of a fleet that only exists to serve the US government, which requires US-flagged/built ships. The shipowner is Maersk Line, Limited, out of Virginia, which is in turn owned by Maersk in Denmark. (I don’t fully understand why it counts as a US-owned company for these purposes.)

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 11h

They are used for trade between US ports (which is prohibited cabotage for non-US ships) and would not dock frequently in China. There’s also a merchant fleet that serves the US government itself around the world, and I’m not sure how often they sail to China, but I don’t think it’s a lot.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 11h

Maersk Line Limited, the largest US operator, has twenty (20) relatively small vessels.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 11h

There’s the ship Tom Hanks was master of.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 12h

There aren’t really any American-built, -owned or -operated ships in international trade, are there? This one is just for the love of the game.

Wheredafukarwi @wheredafukarwi.bsky.social · 13h

Ka Ching.

China retaliates against U.S. port fees with charges on American ships share.google/q4GqoqujLnLX...

China retaliates against U.S. port fees with new charges on American ships

The move comes a day after China ramped up restrictions on rare earths exports amid ongoing tensions with the U.S.

share.google

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 16h

Italian.

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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 17h

Prophetic in the truest sense, Dilexi Te is an uncompromising assessment of how wealth and faith in contemporary economic ideologies and markets have misshapen Christianity.

Editorial: Pope Leo delivers breathtakingly bold salvo on wealth, elitism and poverty

Prophetic in the truest sense, Dilexi Te is an uncompromising assessment of how wealth and faith in contemporary economic ideologies and markets have misshapen Christianity.

bit.ly

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 21h

Burger vietato, emendamento malformato 🍔

Burger vietato, emendamento malformato

Alcune considerazioni terminologiche sul presunto divieto europeo alle accezioni “vegetariane” di parole carnee

www.terminologiaetc.it

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 22h

La bella lingua has all the beautiful words already.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 22h

Here’s the speech

www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Come ha sottolineato Papa Francesco, «abbiamo bisogno di imprenditori coraggiosi, di ingegneri informatici coraggiosi, perché non sia corrotta la bellezza della comunicazione» (Discorso ai partecipanti al Giubileo della comunicazione, 25 gennaio 2025). Occorre infatti liberare la comunicazione dall’inquinamento cognitivo che la corrompe, dalla concorrenza sleale, dal degrado del cosiddetto click bait. Le agenzie di stampa sono in prima linea, chiamate ad agire nell’attuale contesto comunicativo secondo principi – purtroppo non sempre condivisi – che coniugano la sostenibilità economica dell’impresa con la tutela del diritto ad una informazione corretta e plurale.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 22h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 22h

adooooro roma

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Kevin Williams @gaytonausa.bsky.social · 23h

Like. I think it should be on sale....right now.

Kevin Williams @gaytonausa.bsky.social · 23h

Not sure what I expected here

insideevs.com/news/775172/...

2027 Chevy Bolt: Meet America's Cheapest New EV

The reborn Chevrolet Bolt gets a compelling $28,995 price tag, plus better range and charging specs than before.

insideevs.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Every element has [at least one] name in Chinese that is a single character, and new elements require the selection/creation of a new character.

Because of Standard Chinese phonology and the large number of elements, there are now homophones, e.g. Se 硒 is pronounced the same as Sn 锡.

Egas Moniz Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ @egasmb.bsky.social · 1d

There are two ways to write 'Germanium' in Chinese. The older one is 鈤, composed of 'metal' 金 and ri 日, short for Ri'erman 日耳曼 ('Germanic'). The newer way of translating it doesn't show the national/ethnic link and has 者 (zhe) as phonetic element for Ger-: 鍺 /

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

🙅‍♂️

Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 1d

😳

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

servicey

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Need a ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ catch-up guide before the 22nd season? This ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ timeline has you covered with all the deaths, weddings, and (sexy) drama.