Sublime Hong Kong.
August 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sublime Hong Kong.
Enjoying some culture.
May 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Enjoying some culture.
All hail to the Cheddar King! 😂
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
All hail to the Cheddar King! 😂
Great chance for BYD to enter US market and provide consumers w/hi-quality EV’s w/many more features than a Tesla at similar if not better prices! apple.news/ACrtHTPfCSCW...
It’s Not Just Tesla Sales. Elon Musk’s Antics Are Affecting Consumer Behavior in Other Ways — Vanity Fair
EV brands Rivian, BYD, and Lucid take the wheel to satisfy drivers who are sick of Musk’s conduct. “It’s time for me to divest from all things Elon,” one marketing exec, now an ex-Tesla owner, tells V...
apple.news
April 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Great chance for BYD to enter US market and provide consumers w/hi-quality EV’s w/many more features than a Tesla at similar if not better prices! apple.news/ACrtHTPfCSCW...
One day not too long ago, he was actually respected.
March 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
One day not too long ago, he was actually respected.
Reposted by MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
Clearly maintaining the White House dress code is very important
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Clearly maintaining the White House dress code is very important
Reposted by MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
Making your largest trading partners remain in a tariff holding pattern for multiple months while you alienate every ounce of soft power you held for 80 years while simultaneously dismantling the checks and balances that have driven economic growth for decades is kind of bad for business
February 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Making your largest trading partners remain in a tariff holding pattern for multiple months while you alienate every ounce of soft power you held for 80 years while simultaneously dismantling the checks and balances that have driven economic growth for decades is kind of bad for business
Cant wait to read.. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/b...
25 Years Ago, Joan Didion Kept a Diary. It’s About to Become Public.
The notes, taken after meetings with her psychiatrist, will be published in April as a book, “Notes to John.” They provide a raw account of her life, her work and her complex relationship with her dau...
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Cant wait to read.. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/b...
Reposted by MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
Reposted by MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
What we know about the DCA crash so far.
fallows.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
By me.
One of the things we know: C-in-C is a bigot.
fallows.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
By me.
One of the things we know: C-in-C is a bigot.
What Do We Know Now, About the Airline Crash in DC?
We're in a veil of ignorance. But that's nothing compared to the blindness and bigotry of the commander-in-chief.
fallows.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What we know about the DCA crash so far.
fallows.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
By me.
One of the things we know: C-in-C is a bigot.
fallows.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
By me.
One of the things we know: C-in-C is a bigot.
Or….造反有理
As Chairman Mao said:
天下大乱形势大好
Everything under heaven is chaos, the situation is excellent
天下大乱形势大好
Everything under heaven is chaos, the situation is excellent
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
January 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Or….造反有理
neither state is likely to achieve lasting monopoly on extremely powerful AI systems. We should probably start thinking about how to peacefully navigate a world in which multiple major powers have access to highly capable and potentially dangerous AI systems
carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...
carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...
Chips, China, and a Lot of Money: The Factors Driving the DeepSeek AI Turmoil
Two experts discuss the Chinese AI startup that’s causing global turbulence and what they’re watching for in the coming weeks.
carnegieendowment.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
neither state is likely to achieve lasting monopoly on extremely powerful AI systems. We should probably start thinking about how to peacefully navigate a world in which multiple major powers have access to highly capable and potentially dangerous AI systems
carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...
carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...
Reposted by MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
Here is a really comprehensive guide to Snake Year greetings from Real Time Mandarin:
The Ultimate Guide to Year of the Snake Greetings
Show off your language skills with basic, intermediate, and advanced phrases—ready to copy, paste, and share!
www.realtimemandarin.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Here is a really comprehensive guide to Snake Year greetings from Real Time Mandarin:
In just one move, Deepseek has positively proven AI to be an overinflated industry worth only a few million dollars. open.substack.com/pub/critical...
China proves the AI industry is overvalued in one single move
Deepseek AI is making Silicon Valley sleepless, and they're not the only ones.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In just one move, Deepseek has positively proven AI to be an overinflated industry worth only a few million dollars. open.substack.com/pub/critical...
Not good…
Thread: I found data fraud in multiple clinical trials for generic drugs in China.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Not good…
Reposted by MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
Scientific fraud goes all the way to the top...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/scientific-f...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/scientific-f...
Scientific Fraud in China | Science-Based Medicine
There is a systemic problem with fraud in Chinese medical science. The problem goes all the way to the top.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Scientific fraud goes all the way to the top...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/scientific-f...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/scientific-f...
I’ve been raving about this hybrid for a while - Li Auto’s L9. Found this review by a guy in LA (not sure how he got his hands on the car). At a $60k USD price point, with so many cool features, and a 1400 km range, it would kill it in the States.
youtu.be/RwO-OcNUzyg?...
youtu.be/RwO-OcNUzyg?...
The Li L9 is a Bargain Chinese Luxury SUV
YouTube video by Supercar Blondie
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’ve been raving about this hybrid for a while - Li Auto’s L9. Found this review by a guy in LA (not sure how he got his hands on the car). At a $60k USD price point, with so many cool features, and a 1400 km range, it would kill it in the States.
youtu.be/RwO-OcNUzyg?...
youtu.be/RwO-OcNUzyg?...
Brilliant new music by artist Dizkar. It’s got a Motown soul sound from the 70’s, which I ❤️ . Listen to the whole album, Fake Soul Music: The Album, if u can find it.
youtu.be/8OfNt53Lh4o?...
youtu.be/8OfNt53Lh4o?...
Dizkar 地磁卡 '请问 Tell Me, Woman' official MV
YouTube video by Mintone Records
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Brilliant new music by artist Dizkar. It’s got a Motown soul sound from the 70’s, which I ❤️ . Listen to the whole album, Fake Soul Music: The Album, if u can find it.
youtu.be/8OfNt53Lh4o?...
youtu.be/8OfNt53Lh4o?...
After flying private a few times with gilded friends, I am convinced it’s the single most seductive experience in the world. You realize there is no one you wouldn’t kill, betray, or sleep with to ensure a lifetime of luxe relief from the armpit of mass transit.
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
After flying private a few times with gilded friends, I’m convinced it is the ultimate corrupting force.
Plus, a cabinet only Andy Cohen could love.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
After flying private a few times with gilded friends, I am convinced it’s the single most seductive experience in the world. You realize there is no one you wouldn’t kill, betray, or sleep with to ensure a lifetime of luxe relief from the armpit of mass transit.
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
Are blacklists coming next?
January 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Are blacklists coming next?
Reposted by MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
“However, because Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu/RedNote is designed for a Chinese audience, the app’s default language is Mandarin Chinese. That prompted an increase in U.S. users of the Duolingo language-learning app to take a crash course in Mandarin” techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/d...
Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote | TechCrunch
TikTok U.S. users have been learning Chinese on Duolingo in increasing numbers amid their adoption of a Chinese social app called RedNote ahead of the
techcrunch.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
“However, because Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu/RedNote is designed for a Chinese audience, the app’s default language is Mandarin Chinese. That prompted an increase in U.S. users of the Duolingo language-learning app to take a crash course in Mandarin” techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/d...
Very good podcast. 👏🏻@kaiserkuo.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very good podcast. 👏🏻@kaiserkuo.bsky.social
💯
David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.
January 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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