We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.
China is crushing America in the technologies of the future & lays out a plan for how America can try to counter that. Reading that plan while knowing the policies of the current administration makes it pretty clear that America has already lost.
#GiftArticle #MAGA #FascistAmeriKKKa #Technology #China #ChinaShock https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/china-shock-economy-manufacturing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WU8.n20d.qPqmO2WAOhgN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"His mobile phone, which is required for the two-step authentication process to verify his identity cards, is held by police."
I have ALWAYS thought #twoFactor created personal vulnerabilities, particularly but not exclusively when travelling abroad. I (stupidly) hadn't thought about how it facilitates autocratic policies such as ethnic cleansing. Much like #AISurveillance.
#giftArticle in previous toot.
#giftArticle "While some of those targeted lacked legal status, many appeared to be Indian citizens; others were legal residents after living in the country for decades, family members said." Modi like Trump deporting people across a continent to countries they have never been on the basis of protected / "ethnic" characteristics. https://wapo.st/3Gps3Y9
#ICE declares millions of undocumented #immigrants ineligible for bond hearings
A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.
#law #Constitution #DueProcess #immigration #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #autocracy
https://wapo.st/40e4rfK
Catch those invasive plants before they get a toehold!
#ClimateChange #Sustainability #Conservation #Restoration #Resilience #Gardening #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/realestate/gardening-invasive-plants-species.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WE8.is6c.OAFUXFl1cwk3&smid=url-share
Actually, I attended a camp kind of like this, but co ed and in Wisconsin. Looks like it suffered a different fate https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=keNVlicOd_w
https://wapo.st/44pck4q
Be careful folks; this is the kind of thing that's involved in a rescue from some of the more remote places.
What people in the US do not seem to realize is that a lot of “diversity” funding for trainees goes to people who grew up with fewer opportunities to be a scientist. Some of these trainees are people from rural areas or who grew up in foster care. This funding tries to make sure that anyone can be a scientist. Your kids. Not just the kids of professors…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/trump-science-nih-grants-dei-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.AtuG.V3RhrIlOC9An&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #giftarticle #nih #uspol #research #Science #DEI
Spectacular photography.
“Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects“
“As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.”
The #Energy Dept has hired at least 3 scientists who are well-known for their rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus on #ClimateChange, acc/to records reviewed by NYT.
The #scientists are listed in the #DOE’s internal email system as current employees of the agency, the records show.
#ClimateDenialism #ClimateCrisis #science #ConspiracyTheories #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/climate/trump-climate-energy-department.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U08._Xap.Hb20NXA3hHKG&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#TulsiGabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce #Trump’s agenda
The Director’s Initiative Group has expressed an interest in gaining access to emails & chat logs of the largest US #intelligence agencies to root out “weaponization,” according to multiple people familiar with the effort.
#law #surveillance #IllegalSurveillance #InfoSec
https://wapo.st/4eEqfa1
In Trump’s America the federal government is terrorizing children in a public park for no apparent reason. How can people think this is a positive way to run our country?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/la-macarthur-park-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U08.ClEZ.gDlb0E81MEhz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #trump #losangeles #California #uspol #ice #giftarticle
"The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers:
Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times."
#giftArticle https://masto.es/@sergiodeprado/114814432409852142
Paywalled link:
https://www.404media.co/the-open-source-software-saving-the-internet-from-ai-bot-scrapers/
#AI
#NYTimes Attempts To Put The #PaperOfRecord's Ol' #EastCoast Spin On A #ComputerNerd #California #Cult, And Its #GenderBender Leader That Darn Near Defies Droll Descriptiion...
If You Love #Murders, Mayhem And Manson-esque Antics Against #ArtificialIntelligence, This Could Be A #GiftLink For You... It has all the #RevengeOfTheNerds chaotic content and egregious elements you love, including #CourtroomDrama, #CopKilling, #ElderAbuse, #manifestos, #patricide, etc etc etc!
"Soviet losses in World War II exceeded those of all other Allied forces combined and were roughly double those of Nazi Germany, whose capital, Berlin, ultimately fell to Red Army troops."
#giftArticle #russia #ukraine #peace #war #despotism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/04/urkaine-arms-defeat-russia-trump/
I’ve had this song in my head since November 2024.
Whether you read this #GiftArticle or you read the lyrics or listen to this song by #JohnnyCash, it is all the same,
#ItsAllOver #democracy #AmericanExperiment #law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #SCOTUS #judiciary #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #Trump #AmericanAutocracy
SCOTUS article:
https://wapo.st/4exRCmd
It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash official:
https://www.johnnycash.com/track/its-all-over/
It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-v5lPtUzr0&pp=ygUbSm9obm55IENhc2ggSXTigJlzIEFsbCBPdmVy
"lets China win #AI" is the new "works to burn down the world using fossil fuels"
#giftArticle happy interdependence day
#interdependenceDay https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/03/trump-tax-bill-china-artificial-intelligence-energy/