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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 9m

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 · 2h

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 /

Guan Yang @guan.dk · 14h

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 14h

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 17h

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Vulture @vulture.com · 17h

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.

A Grey’s Anatomy Catch-up Guide, No Matter How Far Behind You Are

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.

www.vulture.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 17h

Finnish food producers are unhappy about how Brussels wants its sausage made.

Finnish food makers baffled by EU veggie sausage ban

Finnish food producers are unhappy about how Brussels wants its sausage made.

yle.fi

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 18h

Bang and Olufsen Beocord 8000 Cassette player (1980)

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 18h

Xiaohongshu/Rednote is described as Chinese Instagram but sometimes it’s Chinese Reddit 🤦

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 20h

“the athlete or their parents—if the athlete is a minor—will have to provide their birth registration documents to prove that their sex at birth was female. Birth certificates are not accepted because they can be amended.”

I guess it was only a matter of time until the transphobes realized this.

Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 21h

Protecting women's sports... from women

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 21h

New provincial legislation in Alberta means girls—both cis and trans—may have to give up sports they love.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 21h

How could the Romans prove they were citizens?

“the sanctity of Roman citizenship was protected less by formal documents of identification and more by two methods. … Someone with the tria nomina being dragged about in a litter by 30 slaves … was obviously a citizen.”

How Could The Romans Prove They Were Citizens?

When the Apostle Paul was being a pain in the arse in Jerusalem sometime in (probably) AD 59, the locals had enough of his weird ranting and dragged him off to the Romans for a good, old-fashioned 'qu...

jamescoverley.substack.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 21h

The hardest working font in Manhattan

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

aresluna.org

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 21h

“A rapid acceleration in overseas investment by Chinese green technology manufacturers is reshaping the global clean-tech landscape. …This policy brief offers the first comprehensive overview of China’s expanding global green manufacturing footprint, drawing upon our database.”

China's Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab

A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database

www.netzeropolicylab.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 21h

Ninth Circuit: Oregon National Guard can be federalized but not deployed

The Ninth Circuit granted a stay on one of two restraining orders placed on the Trump administration and will hear the government's appeal Thursday morning.

www.courthousenews.com

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 21h

when people are in cars they arent in society

Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 21h

Through the Spanish silver dollar/peso, they are brothers now reunited.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Most international flights from Canada have to observe the US no-fly list. There are threads on various sites about which flights don’t, e.g. Halifax-London doesn’t fly over or ever divert to the US. Another option is a ferry to Saint-Pierre and the seasonal flight from there to Paris.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

In the English/British parliament, one would also “prosecute” a private bill (or hire a parliamentary agent to do so). Though there may not be a direct connection because the original monopolies in England were royal patents, not private acts of parliament.

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 1d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

The protocol says it is done in triplicate in the English, Spanish and French languages, each text being equally authentic. But it must, in fact, have been in quadruplicate.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

You might wonder, what does the actual text of the agreement say?

Funny you should ask…

PROTOCOL REPLACING THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
WITH THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA, THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, AND THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES

Canada, the United States of America, and the United Mexican States
(the “Parties”),

Having regard to the North American Free Trade Agreement, which entered into
force on January 1, 1994 (the “NAFTA”),

Having undertaken negotiations to amend the NAFTA pursuant to Article 2202 of
the NAFTA that resulted in the Agreement between Canada, the United States of
America, and the United Mexican States (the “CUSMA”);

HAVE AGREED as follows:

1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol, the CUSMA, attached as an Annex to this
Protocol, shall supersede the NAFTA, without prejudice to those provisions set forth in
the CUSMA that refer to provisions of the NAFTA.

PROTOCOL REPLACING THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
WITH THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE
UNITED MEXICAN STATES, AND CANADA
The United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (the “Parties”),
Having regard to the North American Free Trade Agreement, which entered into
force on January 1, 1994 (the “NAFTA”),
Having undertaken negotiations to amend the NAFTA pursuant to Article 2202 of the
NAFTA that resulted in the Agreement between the United States of America, the United
Mexican States, and Canada (the “USMCA”);
HAVE AGREED as follows:
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol, the USMCA, attached as an Annex to this
Protocol, shall supersede the NAFTA, without prejudice to those provisions set forth in the
USMCA that refer to provisions of the NAFTA.

PROTOCOLO POR EL QUE SE SUSTITUYE EL
TRATADO DE LIBRE COMERCIO DE AMÉRICA
DEL NORTE POR EL TRATADO ENTRE LOS
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, LOS ESTADOS
UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA Y CANADÁ
Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, los Estados Unidos de América y Canadá
(las “Partes”),
TENIENDO EN CONSIDERACIÓN el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del
Norte, el cual entró en vigor el 1 de enero de 1994 (el “TLCAN”),
HABIENDO EMPRENDIDO negociaciones para enmendar el TLCAN de
conformidad con el Artículo 2202 del TLCAN que resultaron en el Tratado entre los
Estados Unidos de América, los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y Canadá (el “T-MEC”);
Han acordado lo siguiente:
1. A la entrada en vigor de este Protocolo, el T-MEC, adjunto como un Anexo
a este Protocolo, sustituirá el TLCAN, sin perjuicio de aquellas disposiciones
establecidas en el T-MEC que refieran a disposiciones del TLCAN.

PROTOCOLE VISANT À REMPLACER L’ACCORD DE LIBRE-ÉCHANGE
NORD-AMÉRICAIN PAR L’ACCORD ENTRE LE CANADA, LES ÉTATS-UNIS
D’AMÉRIQUE ET LES ÉTATS-UNIS MEXICAINS
Le Canada, les États-Unis d’Amérique et les États-Unis Mexicains (les
« Parties »),
Considérant l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, entré en vigueur le 1er
janvier 1994 (l’ « ALENA »),
Ayant entrepris des négociations en vue de modifier l’ALENA aux termes de son
article 2202 qui ont débouché sur l’Accord entre le Canada, les États-Unis d’Amérique et
les États-Unis Mexicains (l’ « ACEUM »);
SONT CONVENUS de ce qui suit :
1. Dès l’entrée en vigueur du présent protocole, l’ACEUM , ci-joint en annexe,
remplace l’ALENA, sous réserve des dispositions établies dans l’ACEUM qui renvoient
aux dispositions de l’ALENA.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Indeed 👶

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

TIL the Canadians call it CUSMA

(and it’s T-MEC in Mexico)

The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)

Canada, the United States, and Mexico created the largest free trade region in the world, generating economic growth and helping to raise the standard of living for the people of all three member coun...

www.international.gc.ca

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

It’s weird. There are words that stress “ti” like antipathy or antipodes but they don’t lengthen the vowel.

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aohsu @aohsusometimesy.bsky.social · 1d

One consequence of the American pronunciation of "antifa" settling on it rhyming with "Antigua" is that my classroom joke about Confucians being the original anti-法 will fall on more (tone-)deaf ears

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Pasta, Rummo e La Molisana fanno causa per rispondere ai dazi al 107% di Trump
www.corriere.it/economia/azi...

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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 1d

Habsburgs in space!

Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 2d

How many trillions of dollars have been invested into this technology so far?

Google search for "austria hungary in space"

Google excitedly tells you about the 1889 orbital flight, and that by 1908 there was a Mars research output with 30 people.

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