When horror hits China, the first instinct is shut it down

Why are so many people still using this platform?

Just stumbled upon a 9-min video (Invidious link) about Twitter’s brief history after Elon Musk’s takeover. Maybe interesting.

I get what you mean, but Russia is in for a very bad economic future, even if the war in Ukraine ended today.

Yeah, that’s not new, but I feel there are still many who are unaware, although I don’t understand why.

Yeah, they say inflation is high in the U.S. But wait until a Trump administration has deported all the farm workers …

We are about to watch the collapse of journalism in real time.

I respectfully disagree.

Conventional media may collapse, but we see very good media outlets doing a great job - ProPublica, 404media, Bellingcat, OCCRP, many local andvregional outlets, … It could turn out to be a good sign if and when the media industry gains a more decentralized structure (the Fediverse is of great support here).

So don’t subscribe to the large media papers and periodicals, support some independent smaller outlets that you like to read.

Just read a new report:

'Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns

Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, and urgent action must be taken to prevent catastrophic spikes in temperature and avoid the worst impact of climate change, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Microsoft/Crowdstrike last summer.

I guess many from the .ml communities have alt accounts here and just parrot the propaganda. But it’s certainly true that it’s much better at Beehaw than there.

There is also a very good read on Dr. Acemoglu’s approach to solve climate change:

The Latest Nobel Winner Has a Different Approach to Solving Climate Change - Daron Acemoglu and William Nordhaus have some disagreements.

The agreement was signed by the UK and China (in 1947 if I’m not mistaken). As @hddsx already said, it is China that doesn’t hold up to the deal.

That aside, there is no reason to violate the universal human rights, no matter what the initial agreement says.

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There’s no conclusive evidence that “social media” is bad for kids, much less TikTok specifically or only.

This is blatant misinformation and inconsistent with scientific evidence.

Even Tiktok’s own investigation says there’s strong harm caused by its own platform, let alone the strong body of research on Tiktok and other platforms. Just read tbe article.

Recent research by Nasa:

NASA Analysis Shows Irreversible Sea Level Rise for Pacific Islands

In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 6 inches (15 centimeters) of sea level rise, according to an analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team. This amount of rise will occur regardless of whether greenhouse gas emissions change in the coming years.

“Sea level will continue to rise for centuries, causing more frequent flooding,” said Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, who directs ocean physics programs for NASA’s Earth Science Division."

You’re right. One banner read:

“We want food not Covid testing; we want freedom not lockdowns; we want dignity not lies. We want reform not the Cultural Revolution; we want to vote not a leader; we are citizens not slaves.”

And another read:

“Go on strike, depose the traitorous dictator Xi Jinping.” The police immediately took him away and he has not been seen since.

You could write such banners in the U.S. and any Western democracy, and nothing would happen. In China, you disapear.

Peng Lifa didn’t call for insurrection, he held a white paper.

Sure, and the central government has no influence on the media. No censorship, right?

An ‘indie newspaper’ in China. Yah, that makes sense. (/s, just to be safe)

I don’t know what you want to say or what it has to do with the linked report, but there is a lot of propaganda on Chinese state-controlled media (e.g., [reports on a ‘civil war in Texas’](Misinformation spreads in China on ‘civil war’ in Texas), things like that).

What ‘these people’ report is on a person who forcibly disappeared after a peaceful protest, for holding a white paper. Every human being with a sane mind must condemn that.

Then it’s time to ban this.

This ‘blackout challenge’ on Tiktok was a thing before Tiktok?