JZ Ting
@tingjz.bsky.social
Asian Aussie geek, lawyer, wannabe mermaid, writes sometimes but really a birdsite refugee searching for her lost creativity.
In light of all the 🍊🤡stupidity, it's a bad time for 🇺🇸s to act like knobheads in 🇦🇺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Live: US influencer who snatched baby wombat leaves Australia following visa review
An American influencer who posted a video of herself grabbing a baby wombat and carrying it away from its mother has left the country. Follow live.
www.abc.net.au
March 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of all the 🍊🤡stupidity, it's a bad time for 🇺🇸s to act like knobheads in 🇦🇺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Over on Whatever today, I've written a longish piece on billionaires and boycotts, how boycotts are effective (and are not), what to do when you don't feel you can boycott, and what to say when someone is telling you that you're not doing it right:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
The Billionaire Boycott Conundrum
Over on Bluesky, where I spend quite a lot of time these days, because it’s an instance of social media not owned by a billionaire and/or ruled by algorithms intended to push vaguely-to-expli…
whatever.scalzi.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Over on Whatever today, I've written a longish piece on billionaires and boycotts, how boycotts are effective (and are not), what to do when you don't feel you can boycott, and what to say when someone is telling you that you're not doing it right:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
Aussie horror stories: having a huntsman spider appear on your car and crawl over the windscreen glass in the middle of driving down a busy road 😂
March 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Aussie horror stories: having a huntsman spider appear on your car and crawl over the windscreen glass in the middle of driving down a busy road 😂
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One of the major problems with billionaires owning major media is that it literally does not matter if they are profitable. They can take a loss on them because the propaganda and narrative control is worth every penny.
Bezos isn't trying to make the Washington Post successful, obviously. He's trying to turn it into his Twitter.
March 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
One of the major problems with billionaires owning major media is that it literally does not matter if they are profitable. They can take a loss on them because the propaganda and narrative control is worth every penny.
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Wow this sucks www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements
Authors asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’ system
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Wow this sucks www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
Completely anecdotal, but at a fancy legal conference making small talk about holiday and travel and working overseas, every single lawyer I've spoken to has said Avoid The 🇺🇸 Holy S***WTF.
March 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Completely anecdotal, but at a fancy legal conference making small talk about holiday and travel and working overseas, every single lawyer I've spoken to has said Avoid The 🇺🇸 Holy S***WTF.
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"Australia’s key ally has gone rogue – and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a Plan B."
Read my new op-ed in The Guardian here: (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
Read my new op-ed in The Guardian here: (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
March 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"Australia’s key ally has gone rogue – and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a Plan B."
Read my new op-ed in The Guardian here: (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
Read my new op-ed in The Guardian here: (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
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The US we thought we knew is gone – and Australians know it | Emma Shortis
The US we thought we knew is gone – and Australians know it | Emma Shortis
Donald Trump is upending the world order his country helped to create. He may also upend Australian foreign policy in the process
The truth was written all over the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s face in the Oval Office last week.
The US is…
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The US we thought we knew is gone – and Australians know it | Emma Shortis
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A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
buff.ly
March 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.
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Two years ago, I discovered a love story hidden within Scott’s last Antarctic expedition—between two of his officers, Pennell and Atkinson. They survived the tragedy which took Scott’s life and shocked the world, but further dangers still lay ahead for them.
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The Love Story Hiding in a Legendary Tragedy
Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to Antarctica captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived.
magazine.atavist.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Two years ago, I discovered a love story hidden within Scott’s last Antarctic expedition—between two of his officers, Pennell and Atkinson. They survived the tragedy which took Scott’s life and shocked the world, but further dangers still lay ahead for them.
magazine.atavist.com/from-antarct...
magazine.atavist.com/from-antarct...
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The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
February 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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People don’t want to move to failed states, no matter how great their malls are.
They want to move to a place where they feel they’ll have a fair shake. Where they don’t have to bribe officials. Where the water and air is clean. Where they believe that wrongdoers will face justice.
They want to move to a place where they feel they’ll have a fair shake. Where they don’t have to bribe officials. Where the water and air is clean. Where they believe that wrongdoers will face justice.
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
People don’t want to move to failed states, no matter how great their malls are.
They want to move to a place where they feel they’ll have a fair shake. Where they don’t have to bribe officials. Where the water and air is clean. Where they believe that wrongdoers will face justice.
They want to move to a place where they feel they’ll have a fair shake. Where they don’t have to bribe officials. Where the water and air is clean. Where they believe that wrongdoers will face justice.
I still read more than enough French to know that this letter received by my 🇦🇺friend, who moved to Quebec several years back and has since proudly taken up 🇨🇦citizenship, is deadly serious
February 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I still read more than enough French to know that this letter received by my 🇦🇺friend, who moved to Quebec several years back and has since proudly taken up 🇨🇦citizenship, is deadly serious
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Do not fly in the US.
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
Staff shortages are about to get even worse.
buff.ly
February 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Do not fly in the US.
"It is not common practice for automakers — in China or elsewhere — to sue their customers. But Tesla has pioneered an aggressive legal strategy and leveraged the patronage of powerful leaders in China’s ruling Communist Party to silence critics, reap financial rewards and limit its accountability."
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.
apnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"It is not common practice for automakers — in China or elsewhere — to sue their customers. But Tesla has pioneered an aggressive legal strategy and leveraged the patronage of powerful leaders in China’s ruling Communist Party to silence critics, reap financial rewards and limit its accountability."
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Mezha – “TikTok refugees” face censorship on Chinese app Xiaohongshu
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“TikTok refugees” face censorship on Chinese app Xiaohongshu • Mezha.Media
Due to the potential ban of TikTok in the United States, users are migrating to the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote. In just one day, almost
mezha.media
January 18, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Mezha – “TikTok refugees” face censorship on Chinese app Xiaohongshu
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An update on the TikTok situation from our monitoring on Reddit. Now you get TOS'ed for saying negative comments about meta and Zuckerberg, left-wing politics get flagged as misinformation, and you can't tag #fucktrump #fuckelon or #fuckmeta but you CAN tag #fuckbiden and #fuckkamala
January 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
An update on the TikTok situation from our monitoring on Reddit. Now you get TOS'ed for saying negative comments about meta and Zuckerberg, left-wing politics get flagged as misinformation, and you can't tag #fucktrump #fuckelon or #fuckmeta but you CAN tag #fuckbiden and #fuckkamala
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A fine how do you do to everyone here on BLUESKY! The air seems so much less toxic in these parts. Good to be here and can’t wait to be all over the new administration like raven on roadkill.
January 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A fine how do you do to everyone here on BLUESKY! The air seems so much less toxic in these parts. Good to be here and can’t wait to be all over the new administration like raven on roadkill.
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While I do hope for meaningful opportunities where both sides learn from each other on Xiaohongshu, at the same time, I never underestimate US-ians' ability to only ever see a reflection of themselves out there in the non-American world
January 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
While I do hope for meaningful opportunities where both sides learn from each other on Xiaohongshu, at the same time, I never underestimate US-ians' ability to only ever see a reflection of themselves out there in the non-American world
The weather in Sydney has been wild but the sound from my wind bell / rin-furin 風鈴 is wonderfully peaceful 🍃🎐
January 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The weather in Sydney has been wild but the sound from my wind bell / rin-furin 風鈴 is wonderfully peaceful 🍃🎐
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Jesus H. Christ.
I'm going to write a dystopian novella about the US becoming a BPO outpost for China.
I'm going to write a dystopian novella about the US becoming a BPO outpost for China.
SCOOP: RedNote, aka Xiaohongshu, is trying to quickly hire teams of English-speaking content moderators to manage the influx of videos posted by TikTok refugees, according to a number of job listings posted to Chinese job sites this week, reports @zeyiyang.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/xiaoho...
Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire Content Moderators Who Can Speak English
Job listings posted in China this week indicate that Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is struggling to handle an influx of new users joining the platform from TikTok.
www.wired.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Jesus H. Christ.
I'm going to write a dystopian novella about the US becoming a BPO outpost for China.
I'm going to write a dystopian novella about the US becoming a BPO outpost for China.
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The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.