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p2p, evolution theory, ✌️, white paper, 🍊, atheist
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"Urduo" - a rope/whip made of yak/goat hair. Used by herdsmen to drive cattle but also to throw stones to show the road to the livestock or scare away wild animals." Used by kids to show disapproval of foreign package tours.
#NationalGeographic #travelling #Tibet #EastTurkiestan #GenocideTourism
#NationalGeographic #travelling #Tibet #EastTurkiestan #GenocideTourism
May 31, 2024 at 4:59 PM
"Urduo" - a rope/whip made of yak/goat hair. Used by herdsmen to drive cattle but also to throw stones to show the road to the livestock or scare away wild animals." Used by kids to show disapproval of foreign package tours.
#NationalGeographic #travelling #Tibet #EastTurkiestan #GenocideTourism
#NationalGeographic #travelling #Tibet #EastTurkiestan #GenocideTourism
What if Internet & social media couldn't be shut down & censored?
"2023 is the worst year of internet shutdowns ever recorded"
• 283 shutdowns in 39 countries
• 41% increase, from 2022
#KeepItOn #StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet #FreePalestine #Internet #FreePress #DigitalAge #censorship
"2023 is the worst year of internet shutdowns ever recorded"
• 283 shutdowns in 39 countries
• 41% increase, from 2022
#KeepItOn #StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet #FreePalestine #Internet #FreePress #DigitalAge #censorship
May 27, 2024 at 11:06 AM
What if Internet & social media couldn't be shut down & censored?
"2023 is the worst year of internet shutdowns ever recorded"
• 283 shutdowns in 39 countries
• 41% increase, from 2022
#KeepItOn #StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet #FreePalestine #Internet #FreePress #DigitalAge #censorship
"2023 is the worst year of internet shutdowns ever recorded"
• 283 shutdowns in 39 countries
• 41% increase, from 2022
#KeepItOn #StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet #FreePalestine #Internet #FreePress #DigitalAge #censorship
This is how a single website can look on two different phones 🤩
Is my old phone (iphone) hacked?
#HiHi #HaHa #ChineseLanguage #tech #dailylife #security #education #YourDailyGelato #cyber
Is my old phone (iphone) hacked?
#HiHi #HaHa #ChineseLanguage #tech #dailylife #security #education #YourDailyGelato #cyber
May 19, 2024 at 8:08 AM
This is how a single website can look on two different phones 🤩
Is my old phone (iphone) hacked?
#HiHi #HaHa #ChineseLanguage #tech #dailylife #security #education #YourDailyGelato #cyber
Is my old phone (iphone) hacked?
#HiHi #HaHa #ChineseLanguage #tech #dailylife #security #education #YourDailyGelato #cyber
"Work sets you free"?
"When Yusi posted an open recruitment advertisement for workers in 2017, safety & financial jobs were limited to Han people only; manual labour jobs such as silicon crushing were open to ethnic minorities who were “able to bear hardships & hard work" &
had “no bad record”
"When Yusi posted an open recruitment advertisement for workers in 2017, safety & financial jobs were limited to Han people only; manual labour jobs such as silicon crushing were open to ethnic minorities who were “able to bear hardships & hard work" &
had “no bad record”
May 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
"Work sets you free"?
"When Yusi posted an open recruitment advertisement for workers in 2017, safety & financial jobs were limited to Han people only; manual labour jobs such as silicon crushing were open to ethnic minorities who were “able to bear hardships & hard work" &
had “no bad record”
"When Yusi posted an open recruitment advertisement for workers in 2017, safety & financial jobs were limited to Han people only; manual labour jobs such as silicon crushing were open to ethnic minorities who were “able to bear hardships & hard work" &
had “no bad record”
"This suggests that the re-education camps are likely supplying laborers for the stone industry in the Shanshan
Stone Industrial Park."
#cheap #trade #economy #money #reeducation #education #ConfuciusInstitute
Stone Industrial Park."
#cheap #trade #economy #money #reeducation #education #ConfuciusInstitute
May 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
"This suggests that the re-education camps are likely supplying laborers for the stone industry in the Shanshan
Stone Industrial Park."
#cheap #trade #economy #money #reeducation #education #ConfuciusInstitute
Stone Industrial Park."
#cheap #trade #economy #money #reeducation #education #ConfuciusInstitute
•45% of the world’s solar-grade polysilicon supply comes from Uyghur Region
•1/5 of the Uyghur & Kazakh population of XUAR is engaged in labour relocation programmes.
•2.6 million minoritised citizens "placed" in jobs in farms & factories through state-sponsored “surplus labour” initiatives.
#news
•1/5 of the Uyghur & Kazakh population of XUAR is engaged in labour relocation programmes.
•2.6 million minoritised citizens "placed" in jobs in farms & factories through state-sponsored “surplus labour” initiatives.
#news
May 18, 2024 at 12:41 PM
•45% of the world’s solar-grade polysilicon supply comes from Uyghur Region
•1/5 of the Uyghur & Kazakh population of XUAR is engaged in labour relocation programmes.
•2.6 million minoritised citizens "placed" in jobs in farms & factories through state-sponsored “surplus labour” initiatives.
#news
•1/5 of the Uyghur & Kazakh population of XUAR is engaged in labour relocation programmes.
•2.6 million minoritised citizens "placed" in jobs in farms & factories through state-sponsored “surplus labour” initiatives.
#news
Typographic tricks & phrases used to evade censorship of Tiananmen Protests (5th of June 1989) in China:
"占占人" or "占占占人" = "tank man" in front of 2 or 3 tanks
"占占点" or "占点占" = a person being crashed by a tank
"物体排成一排" (wùtǐ páichéng yīpái) = objects placed in a row
#DailyGelato #censorship #tech
"占占人" or "占占占人" = "tank man" in front of 2 or 3 tanks
"占占点" or "占点占" = a person being crashed by a tank
"物体排成一排" (wùtǐ páichéng yīpái) = objects placed in a row
#DailyGelato #censorship #tech
May 9, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Typographic tricks & phrases used to evade censorship of Tiananmen Protests (5th of June 1989) in China:
"占占人" or "占占占人" = "tank man" in front of 2 or 3 tanks
"占占点" or "占点占" = a person being crashed by a tank
"物体排成一排" (wùtǐ páichéng yīpái) = objects placed in a row
#DailyGelato #censorship #tech
"占占人" or "占占占人" = "tank man" in front of 2 or 3 tanks
"占占点" or "占点占" = a person being crashed by a tank
"物体排成一排" (wùtǐ páichéng yīpái) = objects placed in a row
#DailyGelato #censorship #tech
"Uyghurs, Turkic and other non-Han peoples in the Uyghur Region account for 34% of China’s estimated prison population, despite making up only 1% of China’s overall population. When accounting for the total regional population, the region has the highest prison rate in the world 2,234 per 100,000."
May 4, 2024 at 7:28 PM
"Uyghurs, Turkic and other non-Han peoples in the Uyghur Region account for 34% of China’s estimated prison population, despite making up only 1% of China’s overall population. When accounting for the total regional population, the region has the highest prison rate in the world 2,234 per 100,000."
"Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem are allowed to reside, work in the city, enjoy social benefits & vote in municipal elections but not in national elections"
"The Ministry of Interior can easily revoke residency status, unlike citizenship."
"The Ministry of Interior can easily revoke residency status, unlike citizenship."
April 25, 2024 at 4:08 PM
"Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem are allowed to reside, work in the city, enjoy social benefits & vote in municipal elections but not in national elections"
"The Ministry of Interior can easily revoke residency status, unlike citizenship."
"The Ministry of Interior can easily revoke residency status, unlike citizenship."
"Since 1967, the Israeli authorities
have arrested over 800,000 Palestinian men, women and children."
"Palestinians are blocked from leasing land on 80% of state land."
"1991-2018, only 16.5% of building permits approved in Jerusalem were for Palestinians, compared to 37.8% for Jewish settlements."
have arrested over 800,000 Palestinian men, women and children."
"Palestinians are blocked from leasing land on 80% of state land."
"1991-2018, only 16.5% of building permits approved in Jerusalem were for Palestinians, compared to 37.8% for Jewish settlements."
April 25, 2024 at 9:14 AM
"Since 1967, the Israeli authorities
have arrested over 800,000 Palestinian men, women and children."
"Palestinians are blocked from leasing land on 80% of state land."
"1991-2018, only 16.5% of building permits approved in Jerusalem were for Palestinians, compared to 37.8% for Jewish settlements."
have arrested over 800,000 Palestinian men, women and children."
"Palestinians are blocked from leasing land on 80% of state land."
"1991-2018, only 16.5% of building permits approved in Jerusalem were for Palestinians, compared to 37.8% for Jewish settlements."
五毛党 - The 50 Cent Party/ 50 Cent Army
"While the exact number of “50-cent party members” is not known, it is estimated that they produce hundreds of millions of social comments per year, in a massive propaganda effort some scholars refer to as “astroturfing” or “reverse #censorship"
#propaganda
"While the exact number of “50-cent party members” is not known, it is estimated that they produce hundreds of millions of social comments per year, in a massive propaganda effort some scholars refer to as “astroturfing” or “reverse #censorship"
#propaganda
April 24, 2024 at 8:27 AM
五毛党 - The 50 Cent Party/ 50 Cent Army
"While the exact number of “50-cent party members” is not known, it is estimated that they produce hundreds of millions of social comments per year, in a massive propaganda effort some scholars refer to as “astroturfing” or “reverse #censorship"
#propaganda
"While the exact number of “50-cent party members” is not known, it is estimated that they produce hundreds of millions of social comments per year, in a massive propaganda effort some scholars refer to as “astroturfing” or “reverse #censorship"
#propaganda
Free speech? Human Rights?
#StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet
"The Chinese government has funneled more than $150 million into U.S. universities to fund more than 100 #ConfuciusInstitute programs across the country, according to a Senate report."
"Chinese money is pouring into British universities"
#StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet
"The Chinese government has funneled more than $150 million into U.S. universities to fund more than 100 #ConfuciusInstitute programs across the country, according to a Senate report."
"Chinese money is pouring into British universities"
April 24, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Free speech? Human Rights?
#StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet
"The Chinese government has funneled more than $150 million into U.S. universities to fund more than 100 #ConfuciusInstitute programs across the country, according to a Senate report."
"Chinese money is pouring into British universities"
#StopUyghurGenocide #FreeTibet
"The Chinese government has funneled more than $150 million into U.S. universities to fund more than 100 #ConfuciusInstitute programs across the country, according to a Senate report."
"Chinese money is pouring into British universities"
“借船出海.”- "Borrowing a boat to go out on the ocean”
"The phrase often refers to Beijing’s
strategy of covertly placing CCP messaging or content into foreign media outlets, globalizing its propaganda in order to influence foreign audiences."
#IndependentFilms #Indie #SoftPower #money #decentralize
"The phrase often refers to Beijing’s
strategy of covertly placing CCP messaging or content into foreign media outlets, globalizing its propaganda in order to influence foreign audiences."
#IndependentFilms #Indie #SoftPower #money #decentralize
April 23, 2024 at 1:59 PM
“借船出海.”- "Borrowing a boat to go out on the ocean”
"The phrase often refers to Beijing’s
strategy of covertly placing CCP messaging or content into foreign media outlets, globalizing its propaganda in order to influence foreign audiences."
#IndependentFilms #Indie #SoftPower #money #decentralize
"The phrase often refers to Beijing’s
strategy of covertly placing CCP messaging or content into foreign media outlets, globalizing its propaganda in order to influence foreign audiences."
#IndependentFilms #Indie #SoftPower #money #decentralize
"被和谐了" - It has been harmonized / "被河蟹了" - It has been river-crabbed ==>> It has been censored.
#Chinese #AmateurExpert #ForeignLanguages #education #language #censorship #laowai #laoshi #TheGreatChineseFirewall
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemi...
#Chinese #AmateurExpert #ForeignLanguages #education #language #censorship #laowai #laoshi #TheGreatChineseFirewall
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemi...
April 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
"被和谐了" - It has been harmonized / "被河蟹了" - It has been river-crabbed ==>> It has been censored.
#Chinese #AmateurExpert #ForeignLanguages #education #language #censorship #laowai #laoshi #TheGreatChineseFirewall
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemi...
#Chinese #AmateurExpert #ForeignLanguages #education #language #censorship #laowai #laoshi #TheGreatChineseFirewall
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemi...
"Tibet’s education system has become primarily residential; official data shows that approximately 800,000 Tibetan children aged 6 to 18 – 78% of Tibetan students are living
in colonial boarding schools."
"China is also operating mandatory boarding schools for estimated 900,000 Uyghur children."
in colonial boarding schools."
"China is also operating mandatory boarding schools for estimated 900,000 Uyghur children."
April 23, 2024 at 8:43 AM
"Tibet’s education system has become primarily residential; official data shows that approximately 800,000 Tibetan children aged 6 to 18 – 78% of Tibetan students are living
in colonial boarding schools."
"China is also operating mandatory boarding schools for estimated 900,000 Uyghur children."
in colonial boarding schools."
"China is also operating mandatory boarding schools for estimated 900,000 Uyghur children."
Is it "Big Game"?
"85% of the PRC’s reserves of
the critical mineral (lithium) are to be found in Tibet."
Money over values?
#FreeTibet #Tibet #EV #solarpanels #HumanRights
Source: turquoiseroof.org/white_gold_r...
www.statista.com/chart/24687/...
"85% of the PRC’s reserves of
the critical mineral (lithium) are to be found in Tibet."
Money over values?
#FreeTibet #Tibet #EV #solarpanels #HumanRights
Source: turquoiseroof.org/white_gold_r...
www.statista.com/chart/24687/...
April 22, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Is it "Big Game"?
"85% of the PRC’s reserves of
the critical mineral (lithium) are to be found in Tibet."
Money over values?
#FreeTibet #Tibet #EV #solarpanels #HumanRights
Source: turquoiseroof.org/white_gold_r...
www.statista.com/chart/24687/...
"85% of the PRC’s reserves of
the critical mineral (lithium) are to be found in Tibet."
Money over values?
#FreeTibet #Tibet #EV #solarpanels #HumanRights
Source: turquoiseroof.org/white_gold_r...
www.statista.com/chart/24687/...
"...smartphone data extraction, in parallel with the mandatory installation of a police surveillance app - aligns with broader strategies of maintaining tight control over frontier region populations in China - not just
in Tibetan areas, but also in Xinjiang..."
#FreeTibet #DigitalTimes #Tibet
in Tibetan areas, but also in Xinjiang..."
#FreeTibet #DigitalTimes #Tibet
April 22, 2024 at 7:35 AM
"...smartphone data extraction, in parallel with the mandatory installation of a police surveillance app - aligns with broader strategies of maintaining tight control over frontier region populations in China - not just
in Tibetan areas, but also in Xinjiang..."
#FreeTibet #DigitalTimes #Tibet
in Tibetan areas, but also in Xinjiang..."
#FreeTibet #DigitalTimes #Tibet
#Turkistan - in Asian history, regions of Central Asia [ West Turkistan (Russian sphere of influence)—covering present-day Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the southern part of Kazakhstan—and East Turkistan (Chinese sphere of influence), now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region.
April 21, 2024 at 5:54 PM
#Turkistan - in Asian history, regions of Central Asia [ West Turkistan (Russian sphere of influence)—covering present-day Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the southern part of Kazakhstan—and East Turkistan (Chinese sphere of influence), now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region.
Do you drive a car or ride a bicycle? 😜
"Most car-makers, 84%, share or sell user data with data brokers, service providers, and others."
“They can collect medical & genetic info, your “sex life”, how fast you drive, where you drive, and what songs you play in your car."
#DigitalRights #data #car
"Most car-makers, 84%, share or sell user data with data brokers, service providers, and others."
“They can collect medical & genetic info, your “sex life”, how fast you drive, where you drive, and what songs you play in your car."
#DigitalRights #data #car
April 21, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Do you drive a car or ride a bicycle? 😜
"Most car-makers, 84%, share or sell user data with data brokers, service providers, and others."
“They can collect medical & genetic info, your “sex life”, how fast you drive, where you drive, and what songs you play in your car."
#DigitalRights #data #car
"Most car-makers, 84%, share or sell user data with data brokers, service providers, and others."
“They can collect medical & genetic info, your “sex life”, how fast you drive, where you drive, and what songs you play in your car."
#DigitalRights #data #car
China: "In 2023, 19 of the 44 imprisoned were Uighur journalists."
Israel: "the first time Israel has ranked among the top six offenders."
Iran: "As of December 1, 8 of the 17 journalists jailed in Iran were women."
Russia: "12 of the global's 17 non-local imprisoned journalists are held by Russia."
Israel: "the first time Israel has ranked among the top six offenders."
Iran: "As of December 1, 8 of the 17 journalists jailed in Iran were women."
Russia: "12 of the global's 17 non-local imprisoned journalists are held by Russia."
April 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
China: "In 2023, 19 of the 44 imprisoned were Uighur journalists."
Israel: "the first time Israel has ranked among the top six offenders."
Iran: "As of December 1, 8 of the 17 journalists jailed in Iran were women."
Russia: "12 of the global's 17 non-local imprisoned journalists are held by Russia."
Israel: "the first time Israel has ranked among the top six offenders."
Iran: "As of December 1, 8 of the 17 journalists jailed in Iran were women."
Russia: "12 of the global's 17 non-local imprisoned journalists are held by Russia."
"founded in 1954, a year before the CCP established Xinjiang. 5 years after the People’s Liberation Army invaded East Turkestan in 1949, the CCP formed the bingtuan from decommissioned soldiers.
Bingtuan is 86% Han, compared to the overall proportion of Han in East Turkestan, which is only 40%."
Bingtuan is 86% Han, compared to the overall proportion of Han in East Turkestan, which is only 40%."
April 20, 2024 at 12:51 PM
"founded in 1954, a year before the CCP established Xinjiang. 5 years after the People’s Liberation Army invaded East Turkestan in 1949, the CCP formed the bingtuan from decommissioned soldiers.
Bingtuan is 86% Han, compared to the overall proportion of Han in East Turkestan, which is only 40%."
Bingtuan is 86% Han, compared to the overall proportion of Han in East Turkestan, which is only 40%."
The bingtuan (XPCC)- a paramilitary organization in East Turkestan &
a multibillion-dollar business (17% of Xinjiang’s GDP), manufactures 40% of the region’s wool, and exports 17% of the world’s ketchup. Goals: develop the land, secure the border
and maintain stability. #StopUyghurGenocide
a multibillion-dollar business (17% of Xinjiang’s GDP), manufactures 40% of the region’s wool, and exports 17% of the world’s ketchup. Goals: develop the land, secure the border
and maintain stability. #StopUyghurGenocide
April 20, 2024 at 12:38 PM
The bingtuan (XPCC)- a paramilitary organization in East Turkestan &
a multibillion-dollar business (17% of Xinjiang’s GDP), manufactures 40% of the region’s wool, and exports 17% of the world’s ketchup. Goals: develop the land, secure the border
and maintain stability. #StopUyghurGenocide
a multibillion-dollar business (17% of Xinjiang’s GDP), manufactures 40% of the region’s wool, and exports 17% of the world’s ketchup. Goals: develop the land, secure the border
and maintain stability. #StopUyghurGenocide
"监视居住, or Residential Surveillance (RS), means house
arrest – to detain an individual in their home because they are
under criminal investigation, awaiting a criminal proceeding, or
otherwise identified as a threat to society."
#ConfuciusInstitute #AmateurExpert #travelling #news #education
arrest – to detain an individual in their home because they are
under criminal investigation, awaiting a criminal proceeding, or
otherwise identified as a threat to society."
#ConfuciusInstitute #AmateurExpert #travelling #news #education
April 13, 2024 at 11:36 AM
"监视居住, or Residential Surveillance (RS), means house
arrest – to detain an individual in their home because they are
under criminal investigation, awaiting a criminal proceeding, or
otherwise identified as a threat to society."
#ConfuciusInstitute #AmateurExpert #travelling #news #education
arrest – to detain an individual in their home because they are
under criminal investigation, awaiting a criminal proceeding, or
otherwise identified as a threat to society."
#ConfuciusInstitute #AmateurExpert #travelling #news #education
PHRASE OF THE DAY: "Automatic Internet Censorship"
"In the course of daily conversation, the students found that messages preceded by the term “200 jin of dumplings” (200斤饺子) were not received by their counterparts."
#OpenSource #Internet #WeChat
Source: chinadigitaltimes.net/2022/03/wech...
"In the course of daily conversation, the students found that messages preceded by the term “200 jin of dumplings” (200斤饺子) were not received by their counterparts."
#OpenSource #Internet #WeChat
Source: chinadigitaltimes.net/2022/03/wech...
April 13, 2024 at 8:43 AM
PHRASE OF THE DAY: "Automatic Internet Censorship"
"In the course of daily conversation, the students found that messages preceded by the term “200 jin of dumplings” (200斤饺子) were not received by their counterparts."
#OpenSource #Internet #WeChat
Source: chinadigitaltimes.net/2022/03/wech...
"In the course of daily conversation, the students found that messages preceded by the term “200 jin of dumplings” (200斤饺子) were not received by their counterparts."
#OpenSource #Internet #WeChat
Source: chinadigitaltimes.net/2022/03/wech...
WORD OF THE DAY: CATFISHING
Don't trust, verify.
#Internet #tinder #dating #hookups
Source: www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cat-...
Don't trust, verify.
#Internet #tinder #dating #hookups
Source: www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cat-...
April 12, 2024 at 12:03 PM
WORD OF THE DAY: CATFISHING
Don't trust, verify.
#Internet #tinder #dating #hookups
Source: www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cat-...
Don't trust, verify.
#Internet #tinder #dating #hookups
Source: www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cat-...