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@childofthecave.bsky.social
Just a random guy who used to live in Hong Kong - former user of twitter to follow news and international politics.
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This is also why GovHK is arresting ppl for sedition cos they said relevant govt officials are partly to blame and should also be held accountable. If there's one thing this govt has made clear, it's that you do NOT get to blame the govt for anything it isn't willing to take responsibility for.
If you don’t understand why so many Hongkongers are not satisfied by a handful of arrests and do not feel like justice has been done or that the system is working — read this.
December 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is also why GovHK is arresting ppl for sedition cos they said relevant govt officials are partly to blame and should also be held accountable. If there's one thing this govt has made clear, it's that you do NOT get to blame the govt for anything it isn't willing to take responsibility for.
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is it a little risky to run a bunch of registry commands pulled from a github repo? probably
but is it riskier than running stochastic code extruded by microsoft as they openly express their aspirations of universal surveillance and pervasive control?
but is it riskier than running stochastic code extruded by microsoft as they openly express their aspirations of universal surveillance and pervasive control?
December 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
is it a little risky to run a bunch of registry commands pulled from a github repo? probably
but is it riskier than running stochastic code extruded by microsoft as they openly express their aspirations of universal surveillance and pervasive control?
but is it riskier than running stochastic code extruded by microsoft as they openly express their aspirations of universal surveillance and pervasive control?
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The 2025 list of Hong Kong hubs (that it claims or aspires to be), seen in GovHK releases and English news sources 🧵
International exchange and cooperation hub for AI
Aircraft engineering hub
Aircraft parts hub
Aircraft recycling hub
Asia’s foremost hub for alternative investments
International exchange and cooperation hub for AI
Aircraft engineering hub
Aircraft parts hub
Aircraft recycling hub
Asia’s foremost hub for alternative investments
December 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The 2025 list of Hong Kong hubs (that it claims or aspires to be), seen in GovHK releases and English news sources 🧵
International exchange and cooperation hub for AI
Aircraft engineering hub
Aircraft parts hub
Aircraft recycling hub
Asia’s foremost hub for alternative investments
International exchange and cooperation hub for AI
Aircraft engineering hub
Aircraft parts hub
Aircraft recycling hub
Asia’s foremost hub for alternative investments
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All the tankies praising China's healthcare system are awfully quiet about why this "heartwarming story" needed to happen.
December 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
All the tankies praising China's healthcare system are awfully quiet about why this "heartwarming story" needed to happen.
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And/but the Hong Kong people's wishes were ignored. For more, read the relevant sections of @louisalim.bsky.social's "Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong" (2022).
www.louisalim.com/indelible-city
www.louisalim.com/indelible-city
December 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
And/but the Hong Kong people's wishes were ignored. For more, read the relevant sections of @louisalim.bsky.social's "Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong" (2022).
www.louisalim.com/indelible-city
www.louisalim.com/indelible-city
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"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
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Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
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Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Let’s hope history repeats itself with its successor.
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Let’s hope history repeats itself with its successor.
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Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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But fundamentally, the reason I don't have an academic job is not that someone else 'took' the posting for 'Roman historian specializing in the Roman army' position, but because in my seven years on the job market (fml) I don't think I have ever seen an explicit ancient military history posting.
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
But fundamentally, the reason I don't have an academic job is not that someone else 'took' the posting for 'Roman historian specializing in the Roman army' position, but because in my seven years on the job market (fml) I don't think I have ever seen an explicit ancient military history posting.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
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You could easily find 660 vehicles per day to fine. Instead, we have a weak Government that kowtows to various sectors, that vote for them.
Hong Kong authorities have issued 660 fixed penalty notices since 2011 after engine idling was banned to reduce air pollution. In full: buff.ly/mT4auFK
Engine idling law nets 660 fines amid 13,500 complaints since 2011
Hong Kong authorities have issued 660 fixed penalty notices since 2011 after engine idling was banned to reduce air pollution.
buff.ly
December 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You could easily find 660 vehicles per day to fine. Instead, we have a weak Government that kowtows to various sectors, that vote for them.
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What great people, all of them
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What great people, all of them
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Having gone through it, it was very obvious that it was a formality for white people in a way that it wouldn't be for South Asians or Africans.
December 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Having gone through it, it was very obvious that it was a formality for white people in a way that it wouldn't be for South Asians or Africans.
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The process of marriage also involves quite a bit more paperwork in the UK than in the US, *especially* if you marry a foreigner, which nowadays requires Home Office interviews, advance notice, all kinds of stuff ostensibly designed to prevent coerced marriage but mostly just turned to racism.
December 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The process of marriage also involves quite a bit more paperwork in the UK than in the US, *especially* if you marry a foreigner, which nowadays requires Home Office interviews, advance notice, all kinds of stuff ostensibly designed to prevent coerced marriage but mostly just turned to racism.
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Mark Zuckerberg et al had better hope the rest of the world doesn't ever develop a "red line" like this for U.S. social media companies, because they constantly engage in extraterritorial censorship of non-Americans
December 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Mark Zuckerberg et al had better hope the rest of the world doesn't ever develop a "red line" like this for U.S. social media companies, because they constantly engage in extraterritorial censorship of non-Americans
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In Sutho, I walked past the currently-closed shop of Ahmed who ran towards one of the Bondi gunmen, disarmed him, got shot himself and saved others, especially the Jewish community being targeted in the nearby park. There are flowers, messages of goodwill and pictures drawn by children. A thread…
December 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In Sutho, I walked past the currently-closed shop of Ahmed who ran towards one of the Bondi gunmen, disarmed him, got shot himself and saved others, especially the Jewish community being targeted in the nearby park. There are flowers, messages of goodwill and pictures drawn by children. A thread…
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"I’m just saying that you should not try to speedrun imperialism. Capitalistic conquest should never feel rushed. It should feel like ballet: subtlety and beauty born from blood and sweat. Also, there should be hints that Russia is somehow involved."
Whatever Happened to the Art of Brainwashing America Before Plunging It into an Unnecessary War?
“President Donald Trump on Wednesday assailed his White House predecessors for not pushing back against Venezuela earlier and stated that his inten...
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"I’m just saying that you should not try to speedrun imperialism. Capitalistic conquest should never feel rushed. It should feel like ballet: subtlety and beauty born from blood and sweat. Also, there should be hints that Russia is somehow involved."
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Superb piece on why “AI” is bad user design from @sifu.tweety.fish - and why AI proponents and skeptics so frequently seem to be talking completely past each other.
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
"AI" is bad UX
teapot from the cover of Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things” clumsily ‘shopped by me "AI" means bad UX There is an emergent strain of thought in...
buttondown.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Superb piece on why “AI” is bad user design from @sifu.tweety.fish - and why AI proponents and skeptics so frequently seem to be talking completely past each other.
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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"Force majeure, or irresistible force, has been cited with increasing frequency in recent years to justify the cancellation of events or venues and has come to be understood as a euphemism for political pressure or censorship."
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December 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"Force majeure, or irresistible force, has been cited with increasing frequency in recent years to justify the cancellation of events or venues and has come to be understood as a euphemism for political pressure or censorship."
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Even BILL CLINTON is saying he doesn’t care if the full release of the files implicates Bill Clinton. Amazing.
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Even BILL CLINTON is saying he doesn’t care if the full release of the files implicates Bill Clinton. Amazing.
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I think Weiss’ entire excuse for shelving the CECOT episode was bullshit, but I also think it’s incredibly disturbing to suggest trying to “both sides” the crimes against humanity happening inside a concentration camp
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I think Weiss’ entire excuse for shelving the CECOT episode was bullshit, but I also think it’s incredibly disturbing to suggest trying to “both sides” the crimes against humanity happening inside a concentration camp
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imagine the kind of person you would have to be to watch that 60 Minutes segment and think "I must do everything I can to defend the people in charge of this process of sending people to be tortured."
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
imagine the kind of person you would have to be to watch that 60 Minutes segment and think "I must do everything I can to defend the people in charge of this process of sending people to be tortured."