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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 · 3h

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 · 5h

Habsburgs in space!

Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 1d

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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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 22h

Explains so much

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 22h

“I’m just tired of talking to New Yorkers,” Schiffman said. “It’s just such a ordeal, I just don’t want to do it.”

The guy behind those ‘Friend’ ads in the subways is tired of talking to New Yorkers

New Yorkers are taking note and even scribbling their own graffiti on the ads. Avi Schiffman, 22, says that's the point — but doesn't feel like talking to them.

gothamist.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

When consuming a dataset where the vendor keeps changing the files multiple times a day, one way to deal with that is to put it in a git repository.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 1d

This does lead to the question, does ACAB include SROs?

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

I think SROs are an important contribution to the housing stock.

Ooooh, well, yes of course.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Yes, that is how the system works.

Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Well of course: when the President of the Republic loses the confidence of the legislature, he is obliged to resign.

France's Macron should resign, former PM urges

The domestic isolation of the president, who was filmed Monday walking alone by the banks of the Seine deep in a telephone conversation, contrasts with his visibility on the international stage.

www.courthousenews.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Bill Kristol er en interessant skikkelse. I dag er han ikke blot en konservativ som er bekymret over den politiske situation (à la Lynne Cheney): han er nærmest blevet socialliberal/radikal.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Men billedet viser en halvmåne 🤨

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

“too sweet”? “tastes of sadness”? i just don’t understand what is going on over there

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

(Not that ICE)

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

ICE is in talks to pump $2bn into Polymarket, which would be...interesting. In this regulatory environment it makes sense but in a future one it would appear to open them up to pretty severe regulatory liability given how Polymarket operates.

Exclusive | NYSE Owner Near Deal for $2 Billion Stake in Polymarket

The investment from Intercontinental Exchange could help the popular prediction market re-enter the U.S.

www.wsj.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

I am told that over on the bird site, everyone is disrespecting the moon cake. Terrible calumny.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Happy discounted moon cake day! 🥮🎑

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

the answer seems pretty clearly yes

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

Did Chinese kiss?

Did Chinese Kiss?

It may seem like a silly question, but a new book by scholar Hu Wenhui tries to resolve the debate over whether kissing has always been a part of Chinese courtship.

www.sixthtone.com

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 2d

Here’s a real DTMF song

DTMF by RobbBoss on Apple Music

Song · 2021 · Duration 5:59

music.apple.com

Guan Yang @guan.dk · 2d

Informational materials such as books are supposed to be entirely exempt from IEEPA tariffs.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d

Libraries worldwide have been impacted by Trump's tariffs. Books that are on loan from US libraries to international libraries are getting tariffed on their way back in, getting books from international libraries has turned into an expensive nightmare, etc:

www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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