Jasnah Kholin
@jasnah.bsky.social
HKer, nidovirologist. Revstar & MayaKuro fangirl. 一个健康的社會不該只有一種聲音. 解散警隊. ★ she/佢 ★
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what I am really saying here is
IF ICE ISN'T PAYING YOU TO DO PR ABOUT HOW BIG AND STRONG AND UNSTOPPABLE THEY ARE, STOP DOING IT FOR FREE
IF ICE ISN'T PAYING YOU TO DO PR ABOUT HOW BIG AND STRONG AND UNSTOPPABLE THEY ARE, STOP DOING IT FOR FREE
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
what I am really saying here is
IF ICE ISN'T PAYING YOU TO DO PR ABOUT HOW BIG AND STRONG AND UNSTOPPABLE THEY ARE, STOP DOING IT FOR FREE
IF ICE ISN'T PAYING YOU TO DO PR ABOUT HOW BIG AND STRONG AND UNSTOPPABLE THEY ARE, STOP DOING IT FOR FREE
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ICE only has about 20-30,000 employees nationwide. Including desk jobs so there's even fewer armed. It's smaller than the NYPD.
There's a reason they do their mega raids on one or two cities at a time, and it's not optics. It's because that's all the dudes they've got.
Something to keep in mind.
There's a reason they do their mega raids on one or two cities at a time, and it's not optics. It's because that's all the dudes they've got.
Something to keep in mind.
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
ICE only has about 20-30,000 employees nationwide. Including desk jobs so there's even fewer armed. It's smaller than the NYPD.
There's a reason they do their mega raids on one or two cities at a time, and it's not optics. It's because that's all the dudes they've got.
Something to keep in mind.
There's a reason they do their mega raids on one or two cities at a time, and it's not optics. It's because that's all the dudes they've got.
Something to keep in mind.
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I see the “push this button to make child porn and show it to everyone app” is fine because someone has to press the button.
This isn’t a case of the dizzying speed of technical advances outpacing the law. It’s an idiotic government filled with cowardly fools being afraid of making a decision.
This isn’t a case of the dizzying speed of technical advances outpacing the law. It’s an idiotic government filled with cowardly fools being afraid of making a decision.
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I see the “push this button to make child porn and show it to everyone app” is fine because someone has to press the button.
This isn’t a case of the dizzying speed of technical advances outpacing the law. It’s an idiotic government filled with cowardly fools being afraid of making a decision.
This isn’t a case of the dizzying speed of technical advances outpacing the law. It’s an idiotic government filled with cowardly fools being afraid of making a decision.
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Shocking response from the Minister, essentially the "guns don't kill, people do" defence of Musk's CSAM machine. Also spectacular cognitive dissonance, when only last month he was claiming we all need to give up our digital rights to protect children online. #Spéirghorm
"It's not necessarily the app that's making the images... it's people using the app that's making the images. Making images of that sort is reprehensible..."
No, people are asking the app to make the images.
IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.
No, people are asking the app to make the images.
IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Shocking response from the Minister, essentially the "guns don't kill, people do" defence of Musk's CSAM machine. Also spectacular cognitive dissonance, when only last month he was claiming we all need to give up our digital rights to protect children online. #Spéirghorm
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I know pedocon’s real and all, but it’s insane the Jan 6 pardon covered ~ 1500 people and there are now at least a half dozen since arrested for child sex crimes. That’s one in every 250! Over the course of a year!
I think Pitcairn Island is the only population beating that per capita rate.
I think Pitcairn Island is the only population beating that per capita rate.
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I know pedocon’s real and all, but it’s insane the Jan 6 pardon covered ~ 1500 people and there are now at least a half dozen since arrested for child sex crimes. That’s one in every 250! Over the course of a year!
I think Pitcairn Island is the only population beating that per capita rate.
I think Pitcairn Island is the only population beating that per capita rate.
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Did you know it is ok to be wrong about things and change your opinion on them accordingly upon hearing new information
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Did you know it is ok to be wrong about things and change your opinion on them accordingly upon hearing new information
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The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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drew pavlou becoming ICE’s strongest soldier actually was on my bingo card
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
drew pavlou becoming ICE’s strongest soldier actually was on my bingo card
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It's Dunning-Kruger writ large.
Everything around the marketing of LLMs gives people a false sense of confidence that the LLM knows what it's doing.
However, people without enough knowledge of a given topic are not capable of judging whether what an LLM spits out actually makes sense.
Everything around the marketing of LLMs gives people a false sense of confidence that the LLM knows what it's doing.
However, people without enough knowledge of a given topic are not capable of judging whether what an LLM spits out actually makes sense.
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM
It's Dunning-Kruger writ large.
Everything around the marketing of LLMs gives people a false sense of confidence that the LLM knows what it's doing.
However, people without enough knowledge of a given topic are not capable of judging whether what an LLM spits out actually makes sense.
Everything around the marketing of LLMs gives people a false sense of confidence that the LLM knows what it's doing.
However, people without enough knowledge of a given topic are not capable of judging whether what an LLM spits out actually makes sense.
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Out of curiosity, I tried to use ChatGPT to make R code a few times.
Once it worked great, solving the problem with more elegant code than I’d have used.
Twice it worked fine, clunky but it got there.
Twice it generated cuckoo-bananapants nonsense- but I’d only know that if I knew how to code.
Once it worked great, solving the problem with more elegant code than I’d have used.
Twice it worked fine, clunky but it got there.
Twice it generated cuckoo-bananapants nonsense- but I’d only know that if I knew how to code.
But now, when I hear "well, I use chatgpt because I can code in R / analyse my data / do literature review again", my answer is systematically: no, you cannot.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Out of curiosity, I tried to use ChatGPT to make R code a few times.
Once it worked great, solving the problem with more elegant code than I’d have used.
Twice it worked fine, clunky but it got there.
Twice it generated cuckoo-bananapants nonsense- but I’d only know that if I knew how to code.
Once it worked great, solving the problem with more elegant code than I’d have used.
Twice it worked fine, clunky but it got there.
Twice it generated cuckoo-bananapants nonsense- but I’d only know that if I knew how to code.
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Last spring, I was asked to give carreer advice to grad students. And the one thing I told them was: our best skill is our ability to learn difficult things -- it's also the first skill you will lose unless you intentionally don't let yourselves go.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Last spring, I was asked to give carreer advice to grad students. And the one thing I told them was: our best skill is our ability to learn difficult things -- it's also the first skill you will lose unless you intentionally don't let yourselves go.
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But now, when I hear "well, I use chatgpt because I can code in R / analyse my data / do literature review again", my answer is systematically: no, you cannot.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
But now, when I hear "well, I use chatgpt because I can code in R / analyse my data / do literature review again", my answer is systematically: no, you cannot.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
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Very early in my position, someone I met at a conference told me "you know, you've peaked, and now you're going go start losing skills - it's normal, we all do".
It's not normal, we don't all do, and I certainly did not. I'd run circles, technically speaking, around my postdoc self.
It's not normal, we don't all do, and I certainly did not. I'd run circles, technically speaking, around my postdoc self.
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Very early in my position, someone I met at a conference told me "you know, you've peaked, and now you're going go start losing skills - it's normal, we all do".
It's not normal, we don't all do, and I certainly did not. I'd run circles, technically speaking, around my postdoc self.
It's not normal, we don't all do, and I certainly did not. I'd run circles, technically speaking, around my postdoc self.
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Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
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Chen Zhi, the alleged ringleader of one of Asia’s largest scam conglomerates, was arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, the Cambodian government said Wednesday.
www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
Cambodian Scam Tycoon Wanted by U.S. Extradited to China
The Justice Department accused Chen of running a sprawling scam empire targeting Americans.
www.wsj.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Chen Zhi, the alleged ringleader of one of Asia’s largest scam conglomerates, was arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, the Cambodian government said Wednesday.
www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
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I don't know that I will ever be able to comprehend (viscerally, not intellectually) how some people's first response to someone being fatally shot by ICE is to go through the victim's social media and litigate her character as though anything in there could justify this tragedy.
January 8, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I don't know that I will ever be able to comprehend (viscerally, not intellectually) how some people's first response to someone being fatally shot by ICE is to go through the victim's social media and litigate her character as though anything in there could justify this tragedy.
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Like there’s a ton of individual issues but the broader problem is that there’s an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourself, nihilism that tells people the only way to prevent getting hurt is to hurt enough other people and that sickness is filtering into the bones of everything.
January 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Like there’s a ton of individual issues but the broader problem is that there’s an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourself, nihilism that tells people the only way to prevent getting hurt is to hurt enough other people and that sickness is filtering into the bones of everything.
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Structural basis for human DPP4 receptor recognition by MERS-like coronaviruses 2014-422 and GX2012 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41499627/ #cryoem
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Structural basis for human DPP4 receptor recognition by MERS-like coronaviruses 2014-422 and GX2012 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41499627/ #cryoem
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Note: the Quarry Bay branch has closed but the Sham Shui Po branch remains.
Pong Yat-ming. In a city whose public libraries have removed a number of books (including ones by Lu Xun as well as @louisalim.bsky.social), independent bookstores have become all the more important and precious. Pong's Book Punch is one of Hong Kong's best -- and has a new branch in Quarry Bay.
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Note: the Quarry Bay branch has closed but the Sham Shui Po branch remains.
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god this is a horrible time in history to possess even an iota of knowledge about privacy issues or data ethics
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
god this is a horrible time in history to possess even an iota of knowledge about privacy issues or data ethics
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"The current low incidence reflects vaccination success, not evidence that vaccination is unnecessary."
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The Meningococcal Vaccine Just Got Downgraded. Here's What That Means.
A rare but devastating disease just lost a layer of protection.
substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
"The current low incidence reflects vaccination success, not evidence that vaccination is unnecessary."
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talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place
and as always: Abolish the Home Office
and as always: Abolish the Home Office
British woman left stranded in Hungary after the Home Office refuse to let her bring 13-year-old niece to the UK.
The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
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The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
British Woman Left 'Stranded' in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given parental responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place
and as always: Abolish the Home Office
and as always: Abolish the Home Office
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New Event! (Early notice)
📆3rd May
HK House are running the "Vancouver Hong Kong Fair" again this year. Vendor applications open the 11th Jan.
Will update with more info as it is announced.
Announcement:
www.instagram.com/p/DTMkaaIjwa2
Website:
www.vancouverhkfair.com
📆3rd May
HK House are running the "Vancouver Hong Kong Fair" again this year. Vendor applications open the 11th Jan.
Will update with more info as it is announced.
Announcement:
www.instagram.com/p/DTMkaaIjwa2
Website:
www.vancouverhkfair.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
New Event! (Early notice)
📆3rd May
HK House are running the "Vancouver Hong Kong Fair" again this year. Vendor applications open the 11th Jan.
Will update with more info as it is announced.
Announcement:
www.instagram.com/p/DTMkaaIjwa2
Website:
www.vancouverhkfair.com
📆3rd May
HK House are running the "Vancouver Hong Kong Fair" again this year. Vendor applications open the 11th Jan.
Will update with more info as it is announced.
Announcement:
www.instagram.com/p/DTMkaaIjwa2
Website:
www.vancouverhkfair.com
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"Nuance" meaning "cops encountered a situation regular Americans deal with every single day and responded with murderous gunfire"
Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN, however, show nuance. What took place prior to the shooting remains unclear. | Analysis
DHS says woman attempted to run over ICE officers before being shot in Minneapolis. Here’s what the videos show. | CNN
Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN show nuance. What took place prior to the shooting remains unclear.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 AM
"Nuance" meaning "cops encountered a situation regular Americans deal with every single day and responded with murderous gunfire"
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Old enough to remember when district councillors actually represented the voice of local constituents.
In the first district council meeting after the Tai Po fire, the council ignored a petition from survivors of the Tai Po fire to rebuild their homes at the original site and requested the government merely rehouse them in the same district.
January 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Old enough to remember when district councillors actually represented the voice of local constituents.