Jarrod Watt
@jaywatt.bsky.social
Australian journo in Hong Kong; podcast editor/producer; Aus news correspondent RTHK3; journalism lecturer HKBU; ex SCMP, ABC, PBSFM, RRR; reformed music journo and bartender - https://jarrodwatt.com/
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A Chinese manufacturer that sells most of the world’s Bitcoin-mining machines — including 16,000 to a venture backed by Trump’s sons — has been the focus of a months-long federal investigation to assess if its products pose risks to US national security
Chinese Maker Behind Most of World’s Bitcoin Miners Has Been Focus of US National Security Probe
Investigators have sought to assess whether Bitmain Technologies’ products pose risks of espionage or sabotage, according to people familiar with the matter. The company says they don’t.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A Chinese manufacturer that sells most of the world’s Bitcoin-mining machines — including 16,000 to a venture backed by Trump’s sons — has been the focus of a months-long federal investigation to assess if its products pose risks to US national security
One fine Autumn day in Hong Kong: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One fine Autumn day in Hong Kong: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
Reposted by Jarrod Watt
Kaja Kallas didn't hold back on China & Russia in opening remarks of the Indo Pacific Forum in Brussels
"China and Russia are working together to overhaul the global economic and security order. That is certainly of interest to all of us here," she told reps from 64 countries
"China and Russia are working together to overhaul the global economic and security order. That is certainly of interest to all of us here," she told reps from 64 countries
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Kaja Kallas didn't hold back on China & Russia in opening remarks of the Indo Pacific Forum in Brussels
"China and Russia are working together to overhaul the global economic and security order. That is certainly of interest to all of us here," she told reps from 64 countries
"China and Russia are working together to overhaul the global economic and security order. That is certainly of interest to all of us here," she told reps from 64 countries
Another great journalist who used to work in Hong Kong, who had her working visa refused renewal... Sue-Lin Wong onstage at a journalism conference in Malaysia, discussing her latest (superb) investigative podcast, this one into scam farms in south east Asia podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Another great journalist who used to work in Hong Kong, who had her working visa refused renewal... Sue-Lin Wong onstage at a journalism conference in Malaysia, discussing her latest (superb) investigative podcast, this one into scam farms in south east Asia podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Trump's USA: "You can't do business here unless you invest in American jobs"
Albanese's Australia: "You can't stream TV here unless you invest in Australian culture"
Trump's USA: UNFAIR!
Fair suck of the saucebottle, seppos...
Albanese's Australia: "You can't stream TV here unless you invest in Australian culture"
Trump's USA: UNFAIR!
Fair suck of the saucebottle, seppos...
Scoop: Behind closed doors, Trump administration pushes back on Labor’s streaming quotas www.capitalbrief.com/article/behi...
Behind closed doors, Trump administration pushes back on Labor’s streaming quotas
The US Embassy has directly raised concerns about the policy in
Canberra, raising the stakes for the Albanese government as it pursues an aggressive tech reform agenda.
www.capitalbrief.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump's USA: "You can't do business here unless you invest in American jobs"
Albanese's Australia: "You can't stream TV here unless you invest in Australian culture"
Trump's USA: UNFAIR!
Fair suck of the saucebottle, seppos...
Albanese's Australia: "You can't stream TV here unless you invest in Australian culture"
Trump's USA: UNFAIR!
Fair suck of the saucebottle, seppos...
Hong Kong’s elite schools alert to the danger of books and how they might endanger national security: “…many alumni and supporters had donated books to show their backing, but it found that some titles potentially risked breaching the national security law..”
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Hong Kong’s elite schools vet book donations for national security risks
King’s College and Queen Elizabeth School screen donations, review collections in line with guidelines.
www.scmp.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hong Kong’s elite schools alert to the danger of books and how they might endanger national security: “…many alumni and supporters had donated books to show their backing, but it found that some titles potentially risked breaching the national security law..”
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
“Oops! We invaded!”- the new slapstick comedy that is American defence under Peter Hegseth
What the hell: The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” and triggered a standoff with armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map. 🧵 1/
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Oops! We invaded!”- the new slapstick comedy that is American defence under Peter Hegseth
One fine day with the white collar lads as AI looms: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
One fine day with the white collar lads as AI looms: Harry Harrison’s cartoon
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“Australian Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be notified starting Thursday [which is today] that their accounts will be deactivated by 10 December.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Facebook and Instagram to start kicking Australian teenagers off platforms as social media ban looms
Meta users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December, when ban will begin
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“Australian Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be notified starting Thursday [which is today] that their accounts will be deactivated by 10 December.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Harry Harrison experiences personal growth with the news of FoodPanda’s success in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Harry Harrison experiences personal growth with the news of FoodPanda’s success in Hong Kong: today’s cartoon
A golden gift for the mad king Trump from the house of Saud... an appropriately sharpened political cartoon memento from @rowecartoon.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A golden gift for the mad king Trump from the house of Saud... an appropriately sharpened political cartoon memento from @rowecartoon.bsky.social
Reposted by Jarrod Watt
"And here’s the sick joke of it all: the more you linger on a video to discern if it’s AI-generated, the more of its kind you’ll see."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Becoming an AI-detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit | Samantha Floreani
My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"And here’s the sick joke of it all: the more you linger on a video to discern if it’s AI-generated, the more of its kind you’ll see."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Show me one photo depicting Hong Kong's response if they lose to Singapore playing soccer... the endlessly gifted Sam Tsang's shot from SCMP
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Show me one photo depicting Hong Kong's response if they lose to Singapore playing soccer... the endlessly gifted Sam Tsang's shot from SCMP
Every day, wondering when the SCMP digital team in Hong Kong will get around to posting the cartoon from Harry Harrison he sent the night before...
Waiting Patient GIF
ALT: Waiting Patient GIF
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Every day, wondering when the SCMP digital team in Hong Kong will get around to posting the cartoon from Harry Harrison he sent the night before...
We're all gonna cop it in the end... Matt Golding with the cartoon update on COP30, 31 and beyond
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We're all gonna cop it in the end... Matt Golding with the cartoon update on COP30, 31 and beyond
Update from the Department of the Bleedin' Obvious... pretty sure we agreed nuclear weapons were bad back in the 1980s, too - how's that working out, fellas? Screaming question is: will either nation agree to abide by rules made by consensus? Or is it a binary choice? www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Chinese and US experts agree AI use in defence sector must be restricted
‘US-China competition would be better and more constructive if more people understood and perhaps embraced the Chinese approach’: Kai-Fu Lee.
www.scmp.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Update from the Department of the Bleedin' Obvious... pretty sure we agreed nuclear weapons were bad back in the 1980s, too - how's that working out, fellas? Screaming question is: will either nation agree to abide by rules made by consensus? Or is it a binary choice? www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
It’s an old joke but… maybe he just likes how it smells?
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s an old joke but… maybe he just likes how it smells?
They had me at "Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman in the outback"...
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
They had me at "Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman in the outback"...
Six years after Cosco, China’s state-owned shipping company, secured a majority stake in Greece’s largest port of Piraeus... making it a key part - the so-called dragon's head - of its global infrastructure project, known as the Belt and Road Initiative... former TV host on Fox News has ideas.
Clicked this story saying US envoy in Greece wants to force Chinese company Cosco out of Piraeus Port, only to learn who that envoy is.
"I think it’s very important to have American infrastructure here to help support the region" says Kimberly Guilfoyle
"I think it’s very important to have American infrastructure here to help support the region" says Kimberly Guilfoyle
Trump envoy warns Greece that US wants China out of Piraeus port
“I think there’s ways around it, that something could be worked out,” suggests ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Six years after Cosco, China’s state-owned shipping company, secured a majority stake in Greece’s largest port of Piraeus... making it a key part - the so-called dragon's head - of its global infrastructure project, known as the Belt and Road Initiative... former TV host on Fox News has ideas.
A substantial HKD$150 million donation from the Hong Kong-based H.S Chau Foundation will build a new residential college dedicated to women studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the UNSW campus in Sydney. www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Record $30 million donation to establish residential college for women
The partnership between the H.S. Chau Foundation and UNSW reflects a shared vision to support leadership, innovation and equity in STEM.
www.unsw.edu.au
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A substantial HKD$150 million donation from the Hong Kong-based H.S Chau Foundation will build a new residential college dedicated to women studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the UNSW campus in Sydney. www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Today's cartoon: Harry Harrison gets a Chikungunya fever checkup and asks the eternal Hong Kong question... was that mosquito bite infectious?
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Today's cartoon: Harry Harrison gets a Chikungunya fever checkup and asks the eternal Hong Kong question... was that mosquito bite infectious?
“She is a great image for Hong Kong. She is a nice person, she is real and true.”
Unsure why Hong Kong media is so obsessed with anointing champion women sports stars as “queen”, but congrats to Ceci Lee on her third gold medal during these National Games
www.scmp.com/sport/hong-k...
Unsure why Hong Kong media is so obsessed with anointing champion women sports stars as “queen”, but congrats to Ceci Lee on her third gold medal during these National Games
www.scmp.com/sport/hong-k...
Historic third gold makes Ceci Lee undisputed queen of Hong Kong cycling
Lee takes omnium crown in front of packed crowd at city’s Velodrome, moments after Siobhan Haughey wins two bronze in five minutes.
www.scmp.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“She is a great image for Hong Kong. She is a nice person, she is real and true.”
Unsure why Hong Kong media is so obsessed with anointing champion women sports stars as “queen”, but congrats to Ceci Lee on her third gold medal during these National Games
www.scmp.com/sport/hong-k...
Unsure why Hong Kong media is so obsessed with anointing champion women sports stars as “queen”, but congrats to Ceci Lee on her third gold medal during these National Games
www.scmp.com/sport/hong-k...
Just in time for Christmas? “This tech is really new, and it’s basically unregulated, and there are a lot of open questions about it and how it’s going to impact kids...”
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Just in time for Christmas? “This tech is really new, and it’s basically unregulated, and there are a lot of open questions about it and how it’s going to impact kids...”
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
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Siobhan Haughey will look to double her gold count tonight in the National Games swimming pool, competing in both the 50m free and 50m breaststroke finals.
One slight problem: the 50m breaststroke final is at 7.05pm, and the 50m freestyle final is at 7.10pm.
📸 : Xinhua
Siobhan Haughey will look to double her gold count tonight in the National Games swimming pool, competing in both the 50m free and 50m breaststroke finals.
One slight problem: the 50m breaststroke final is at 7.05pm, and the 50m freestyle final is at 7.10pm.
📸 : Xinhua
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🇭🇰 🏊♀️
Siobhan Haughey will look to double her gold count tonight in the National Games swimming pool, competing in both the 50m free and 50m breaststroke finals.
One slight problem: the 50m breaststroke final is at 7.05pm, and the 50m freestyle final is at 7.10pm.
📸 : Xinhua
Siobhan Haughey will look to double her gold count tonight in the National Games swimming pool, competing in both the 50m free and 50m breaststroke finals.
One slight problem: the 50m breaststroke final is at 7.05pm, and the 50m freestyle final is at 7.10pm.
📸 : Xinhua
Monday morning doomscroll interruption via science news: "This discovery suggests a new paradigm for antibiotic discovery... It could ultimately help save many of the estimated 1.1 million lives lost each year to antimicrobial resistance."
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Monday morning doomscroll interruption via science news: "This discovery suggests a new paradigm for antibiotic discovery... It could ultimately help save many of the estimated 1.1 million lives lost each year to antimicrobial resistance."