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thowaway7564902··on China asks Israel to lift siege on Gaza, renews push for independent Palestinian
China, a true moral exemplar. One of the few supporters of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the only reason the NK regime continues, and all the while carrying out a genocide of their own against the Uyghurs.
thowaway7564902··on China Revives Covid-Era Health Measures to Prevent Mosquito-Borne Virus
Taiwan could, and they wouldn't hide critical information for the glory of the ruling party.
thowaway7564902··on 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
That's not what's important right now. What's important is figuring out whose fault this is

- Randy Marsh

thowaway7564902··on China's electric car revolution hammers demand for oil
Good, oil is modern humanities biggest mistake. It has made evil corrupt regimes extremely wealthy whilst decimating the planet.

From an environmental standpoint, we are fortunate that China is not an oil rich country, and therefore well incentivized to drive global EV adoption.

thowaway7564902··on Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 'words', scientist claims (2022)
Last time I spoke to a mushroom, it said "hold z and press a to backflip"
thowaway7564902··on Using lots of little tools to aggressively reject the bots
You might as well say gfy to anyone using chat bots, search engines and price comparison tools. They're the one's who financially incentivize the scrapers.
thowaway7564902··on U.S. to begin revoking visas for Chinese students
Here's the official source

> Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. We will also revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong.

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/20...

thowaway7564902··on U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
Having 00s of people on the ground, trained in the local language and customs, seems a very expensive, ineffective way to influence public opinion of a town.

Many (most?) people spend much of their leisure time on social media, why should Greenlanders be any different?

thowaway7564902··on Anonymous Release 10TB Leaked Data Exposing Kremlin Assets, Russian Businesses
CAREFUL - it could very well be an attempt to get you to download malware.

- As pointed out by constantcrying, this was published by Trendsnewsline, "an Indian right wing conspiracy news website": https://archive.ph/8RGAb

- New account Sonnigeszeug encouraging downloading of the archive

I'd recommend you avoid downloading anything unless you understand the potential consequences. Ideally do so in a sandboxed environment.

thowaway7564902··on Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals
Without any prior knowledge of how to create fire, would you figure it out if given 2 sticks?
thowaway7564902··on Elon Musk Gets Ready to Enter the Restaurant Business
Musky Browns Ring Donuts?