Denis Yuen
@denisyuen.bsky.social
Canadian Bioinformatics software developer. Interested in Chinese/Taiwan/Hong Kong news, random.
Also @[email protected]
Also @[email protected]
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Ah, I feel like I'm in China again. Sweet familiarity...
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ah, I feel like I'm in China again. Sweet familiarity...
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for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
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googled something and clicked a link to a website I'd never heard of that looked like a forum, read the discussion and realized the person asking a question and all of the answers were all LLM generated, the entire website was a fake forum pretending to be people asking/answering questions
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
googled something and clicked a link to a website I'd never heard of that looked like a forum, read the discussion and realized the person asking a question and all of the answers were all LLM generated, the entire website was a fake forum pretending to be people asking/answering questions
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Five years of social media history and ten years of email addresses for visitors from allied nations. Identifying extended family.
If your business hinges upon tourism dollars, Trump's xenophobia will crush your livelihood.
If your business hinges upon tourism dollars, Trump's xenophobia will crush your livelihood.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Five years of social media history and ten years of email addresses for visitors from allied nations. Identifying extended family.
If your business hinges upon tourism dollars, Trump's xenophobia will crush your livelihood.
If your business hinges upon tourism dollars, Trump's xenophobia will crush your livelihood.
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Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
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china folks, what was that fake prize they came up with in a fit of pique after Lu Xiaobo got the literature award?
Humbled, honored, and very proud to announce that I have won the new but, I assure you, very prestigious Flamin Hot Cheetos Prize for American Letters Sponsored by Frito-Lay
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new Peace Prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
china folks, what was that fake prize they came up with in a fit of pique after Lu Xiaobo got the literature award?
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You know, healthcare funders are very much putting a cost on a life when they decide that $500,000 is not "cost effective" for life-saving therapy when it has a 90% chance of success in cancers like B-ALL. #CCRC2025
November 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You know, healthcare funders are very much putting a cost on a life when they decide that $500,000 is not "cost effective" for life-saving therapy when it has a 90% chance of success in cancers like B-ALL. #CCRC2025
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I see over the weekend, America unlocked the “leader hasn’t been seen for a few days, is he dead?” level of authoritarianism.
As a historian of China, let me welcome you into our club, here's a T-Shirt and official tote bag. The open bar starts service in five minutes. 热烈欢迎!
As a historian of China, let me welcome you into our club, here's a T-Shirt and official tote bag. The open bar starts service in five minutes. 热烈欢迎!
September 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I see over the weekend, America unlocked the “leader hasn’t been seen for a few days, is he dead?” level of authoritarianism.
As a historian of China, let me welcome you into our club, here's a T-Shirt and official tote bag. The open bar starts service in five minutes. 热烈欢迎!
As a historian of China, let me welcome you into our club, here's a T-Shirt and official tote bag. The open bar starts service in five minutes. 热烈欢迎!
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It would actually be just as hilarious if this turns out to be a living funeral.
Imagine waking up, finding out that everyone thought you were dead ... & everyone was just ecstatic....
Imagine waking up, finding out that everyone thought you were dead ... & everyone was just ecstatic....
August 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It would actually be just as hilarious if this turns out to be a living funeral.
Imagine waking up, finding out that everyone thought you were dead ... & everyone was just ecstatic....
Imagine waking up, finding out that everyone thought you were dead ... & everyone was just ecstatic....
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this doesn't seem great
“The CDC you knew is over,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis told me today. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
this doesn't seem great
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In authoritarian states, the disappearance of the Dear Leader for a few days might mean everything is about to change. Or it might not…
August 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
In authoritarian states, the disappearance of the Dear Leader for a few days might mean everything is about to change. Or it might not…
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the traditional denigration of the last emperor of a dynasty by his successors, in this case a northern steppe people known as Canadians.
The much-cited stories of Trump’s perversions, notorious corruption, and venal displays of power are thought by many serious scholars to be exaggerations, if not outright fabrications, for propaganda purposes
August 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
the traditional denigration of the last emperor of a dynasty by his successors, in this case a northern steppe people known as Canadians.
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This is insane.
“Denmark summoned the head of the U.S. Embassy … after allegations emerged that three Americans with close ties to President Trump were running ‘covert influence operations’ in Greenland.”
Is there a Nobel prize for creating a conflict by threatening to seize the territory of a democratic ally?
Is there a Nobel prize for creating a conflict by threatening to seize the territory of a democratic ally?
Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Espionage Allegations
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is insane.
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This is never a final deal with Trump. There is only a lull until he senses that his leverage has returned.
1/EU-US deal quickly unraveling. This is not a new peace where Europe can go about its business. Instead, it is a steady drip of asks/coercion, which threaten not only profits but also national security. Latest US target: Digital.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump threatens tariffs on countries that ‘discriminate’ against US tech
Levies and restrictions could hit UK’s digital services tax and EU states such as France, Italy and Spain
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is never a final deal with Trump. There is only a lull until he senses that his leverage has returned.
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"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
August 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
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The grim, glum convergence with China continues
“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The grim, glum convergence with China continues
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didn't realize that fifteen years in China would prepare me *so* well for understanding U.S. politics tbh
I feel like many of the year two headlines are going to be along the lines of "Trump Appears in Public for First Time in 23 Days" and "Flies Buzz Around Quiet President in Challenge to Political Norms."
both of these photos of Trump's hand were taken today (Getty)
August 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
didn't realize that fifteen years in China would prepare me *so* well for understanding U.S. politics tbh
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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Remember this when thinking about the “AI Scribe” pilot. Your data absolutely can end up with the US government.
Microsoft will give up data on Canadian individuals and government including defence that is hosted on Microsoft servers to the US government on request, and they don't have to tell us.
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remember this when thinking about the “AI Scribe” pilot. Your data absolutely can end up with the US government.
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so it goes. Many of the troops who put down the Paris commune were foreign legionnaires or Bretons; a lot of the units deployed to Beijing in 1989 came from out west in Shaanxi.
I predicted this last year -- red state National Guard sent into blue cities and states. A recipe for disaster. Sending rural troops into a city they don't know or understand
West Virginia Governor says he’s deploying WV National Guard to Washington DC
He says they’ll be “providing mission-essential equipment, specialized training, and approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed. The mission will be funded at the federal level.”
He says they’ll be “providing mission-essential equipment, specialized training, and approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed. The mission will be funded at the federal level.”
August 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
so it goes. Many of the troops who put down the Paris commune were foreign legionnaires or Bretons; a lot of the units deployed to Beijing in 1989 came from out west in Shaanxi.
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Here's your "deal".
2/ Japan: The July 23 agreement was documented only as a handshake deal with conflicting fact sheets. Japan's PM Ishiba defended the vague terms by stating Trump "is not a normal person" who doesn't follow conventional trade agreement rules.
August 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Here's your "deal".
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You cannot convince me that the administration cares about competing with the PRC.
I love how Taiwan has higher tariff rates than the Taliban.
August 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You cannot convince me that the administration cares about competing with the PRC.
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If you are an American scientist and ESPECIALLY if you work at UCSF, you should be doing everything you can to hold Vinay Prasad accountable for the damage he did to American public health.
No, UCSF, do NOT hire him back.
No, UCSF, do NOT hire him back.
One thing I will be following up on:
Will UCSF welcome him back now after his clear embrace of anti-vax bullshit and brief tenure in the most openly hostile anti-science administration in modern history?
Will UCSF welcome him back now after his clear embrace of anti-vax bullshit and brief tenure in the most openly hostile anti-science administration in modern history?
July 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
If you are an American scientist and ESPECIALLY if you work at UCSF, you should be doing everything you can to hold Vinay Prasad accountable for the damage he did to American public health.
No, UCSF, do NOT hire him back.
No, UCSF, do NOT hire him back.
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Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
July 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...