Moses Z
@moseszhou.bsky.social
Data Science. Tech. Geopolitics. China.
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My new paper with Weiqing Song is published online in @secdialogue.bsky.social We examine ontological security seeking in Britain's relationship with Hong Kong in 1997 & 2020, also distinguishing fateful moments & critical situations in OST by revisiting Giddens.
doi.org/10.1177/096701…
doi.org/10.1177/096701…
June 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
My new paper with Weiqing Song is published online in @secdialogue.bsky.social We examine ontological security seeking in Britain's relationship with Hong Kong in 1997 & 2020, also distinguishing fateful moments & critical situations in OST by revisiting Giddens.
doi.org/10.1177/096701…
doi.org/10.1177/096701…
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one last post on international students -- public opinion is not in the administration's favor on this, and universities should not let them forget it
June 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
one last post on international students -- public opinion is not in the administration's favor on this, and universities should not let them forget it
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I read so many essays on AI's biases + dangers — particularly re: its applications in governance — and think: if you swapped "big data" for "AI," this very essay could've been written 10+yrs ago. In fact, this same essay was written, 100x, 10yrs ago. The think pieces perpetuate the ahistoricism.
June 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I read so many essays on AI's biases + dangers — particularly re: its applications in governance — and think: if you swapped "big data" for "AI," this very essay could've been written 10+yrs ago. In fact, this same essay was written, 100x, 10yrs ago. The think pieces perpetuate the ahistoricism.
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Anyone remember ScoMo and “hospitals are ready”, and Chris Minns hanging around outside EDs , plus the general use of mental health to make excuses to let COVID-19 into the country?
Turns out no one actually gives a 💩 about anything…
Turns out no one actually gives a 💩 about anything…
Doctors and nurses see people in crisis being turned away, patients discharged before it's safe, and interminable wait times boil over into life-threatening violence.
Four-day wait in emergency: Mental health care at breaking point
Doctors and nurses see people in crisis being turned away, patients discharged before it's safe, and interminable wait times boil over into life-threatening violence.
www.abc.net.au
June 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Anyone remember ScoMo and “hospitals are ready”, and Chris Minns hanging around outside EDs , plus the general use of mental health to make excuses to let COVID-19 into the country?
Turns out no one actually gives a 💩 about anything…
Turns out no one actually gives a 💩 about anything…
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Nuclear power plants generally cost 102.5% more on average to build than estimated.
Hydrogen, CCS, and thermal power plants that rely on methane gas are also higher-risk infrastructure projects.
Solar, by contrast, is often completed ahead of schedule and for less than expected.
Hydrogen, CCS, and thermal power plants that rely on methane gas are also higher-risk infrastructure projects.
Solar, by contrast, is often completed ahead of schedule and for less than expected.
June 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Nuclear power plants generally cost 102.5% more on average to build than estimated.
Hydrogen, CCS, and thermal power plants that rely on methane gas are also higher-risk infrastructure projects.
Solar, by contrast, is often completed ahead of schedule and for less than expected.
Hydrogen, CCS, and thermal power plants that rely on methane gas are also higher-risk infrastructure projects.
Solar, by contrast, is often completed ahead of schedule and for less than expected.
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"The Seagull puts EV tech within reach of the average person," writes @gaytonausa.bsky.social after driving China's best-selling EV.
This is why it's a hit: it's cheap, but also good. Meanwhile, our automakers have largely given up on the "cheap" part. And that's why BYD has them spooked.
This is why it's a hit: it's cheap, but also good. Meanwhile, our automakers have largely given up on the "cheap" part. And that's why BYD has them spooked.
To understand why Western automakers are so afraid of China's best-selling EV, we drove one on its home turf.
It's simple. You get a dignified driving experience for $8,000. If you want that in America, go to the used car lot. insideevs.com/features/761...
It's simple. You get a dignified driving experience for $8,000. If you want that in America, go to the used car lot. insideevs.com/features/761...
You Should Be Afraid Of The BYD Seagull
China’s best-selling car is a downright dignified driving experience. I don’t know if Western automakers can replicate this experience at this price.
insideevs.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"The Seagull puts EV tech within reach of the average person," writes @gaytonausa.bsky.social after driving China's best-selling EV.
This is why it's a hit: it's cheap, but also good. Meanwhile, our automakers have largely given up on the "cheap" part. And that's why BYD has them spooked.
This is why it's a hit: it's cheap, but also good. Meanwhile, our automakers have largely given up on the "cheap" part. And that's why BYD has them spooked.
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If BYD is serious about building an EV factory in Canada, the government should be actively pursuing it.
Chinese EVs will not stay out of North America forever, and Canada should invite them in to build cars here so we don’t lose that opportunity to the US or Mexico.
Chinese EVs will not stay out of North America forever, and Canada should invite them in to build cars here so we don’t lose that opportunity to the US or Mexico.
China dangles BYD as bait to reboot Canada trade talks - The Logic
Trump's trade war has made Chinese-made EVs look a lot more appealing, but Canada still has reasons to resist.
thelogic.co
March 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If BYD is serious about building an EV factory in Canada, the government should be actively pursuing it.
Chinese EVs will not stay out of North America forever, and Canada should invite them in to build cars here so we don’t lose that opportunity to the US or Mexico.
Chinese EVs will not stay out of North America forever, and Canada should invite them in to build cars here so we don’t lose that opportunity to the US or Mexico.
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Canada has announced EV rebate payments to Tesla have been frozen as the company faces an investigation after four dealerships claimed to sell over 8,600 cars in a mere three days, racking up $43 million in rebates.
Tesla vehicles will also be excluded from any future federal EV rebate programs.
Tesla vehicles will also be excluded from any future federal EV rebate programs.
Canada freezes rebate payments to Tesla, bars it from future programs due to tariffs | CBC News
Canada has frozen all rebate payments to Tesla and banned the electric-vehicle maker from future EV rebate programs, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.
www.cbc.ca
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Canada has announced EV rebate payments to Tesla have been frozen as the company faces an investigation after four dealerships claimed to sell over 8,600 cars in a mere three days, racking up $43 million in rebates.
Tesla vehicles will also be excluded from any future federal EV rebate programs.
Tesla vehicles will also be excluded from any future federal EV rebate programs.
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🧵Aid, Trade, & Shade: China’s USAID Ambitions
The suspension of USAID has created a vacuum that China appears to be filling with state-controlled development, aid, educational programs, and influence campaigns.
infoepi.org/posts/2025/...
The suspension of USAID has created a vacuum that China appears to be filling with state-controlled development, aid, educational programs, and influence campaigns.
infoepi.org/posts/2025/...
Aid, Trade, & Shade: China’s USAID Ambitions – InfoEpi Lab
China is filling the global development gap left by USAID’s suspension with strategic investments, influence campaigns, and suppression of independent monitoring to expand geopolitical control.
infoepi.org
March 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
🧵Aid, Trade, & Shade: China’s USAID Ambitions
The suspension of USAID has created a vacuum that China appears to be filling with state-controlled development, aid, educational programs, and influence campaigns.
infoepi.org/posts/2025/...
The suspension of USAID has created a vacuum that China appears to be filling with state-controlled development, aid, educational programs, and influence campaigns.
infoepi.org/posts/2025/...
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America Is About to Become the Next Brexit:
- weakening itself
- strengthening its former allies
Mexico and Canada are already turning to Europe and China, with more trade diversion happening within #USMCA
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
- weakening itself
- strengthening its former allies
Mexico and Canada are already turning to Europe and China, with more trade diversion happening within #USMCA
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
America Is About to Become the Next Brexit
As Trump plots a radical reshaping of global economics, allies must prepare for betrayal, chaos—and painful consequences.
www.socialeurope.eu
March 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
America Is About to Become the Next Brexit:
- weakening itself
- strengthening its former allies
Mexico and Canada are already turning to Europe and China, with more trade diversion happening within #USMCA
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
- weakening itself
- strengthening its former allies
Mexico and Canada are already turning to Europe and China, with more trade diversion happening within #USMCA
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
www.socialeurope.eu/america-is-a...
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can you imagine the emojis Douglas MacArthur would've used if we'd had the technology?
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
can you imagine the emojis Douglas MacArthur would've used if we'd had the technology?
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🫧🌍 Global lakes are losing oxygen – fast.
83% of large lakes have been deoxygenating since 2003. Climate warming causes over half of this decline, and heatwaves are speeding things up.
By 2100, lake oxygen could drop by nearly 9%.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
83% of large lakes have been deoxygenating since 2003. Climate warming causes over half of this decline, and heatwaves are speeding things up.
By 2100, lake oxygen could drop by nearly 9%.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
Climate warming and heatwaves accelerate global lake deoxygenation
Both long-term climate change and short-term heatwaves have a profound impact on dissolved oxygen levels in global lakes.
www.science.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
🫧🌍 Global lakes are losing oxygen – fast.
83% of large lakes have been deoxygenating since 2003. Climate warming causes over half of this decline, and heatwaves are speeding things up.
By 2100, lake oxygen could drop by nearly 9%.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
83% of large lakes have been deoxygenating since 2003. Climate warming causes over half of this decline, and heatwaves are speeding things up.
By 2100, lake oxygen could drop by nearly 9%.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
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Why is the US afraid of China? What are they gonna do? Build high speed rail all over the US in less than 10 years?
March 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Why is the US afraid of China? What are they gonna do? Build high speed rail all over the US in less than 10 years?
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Trump's call for comments on an 'AI action plan' resulted in the big tech companies asking for favors they've wanted forever — and they're using the emergence of DeepSeek to create a possibly dangerous sense of urgency www.platformer.news/ai-action-pl...
March 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Trump's call for comments on an 'AI action plan' resulted in the big tech companies asking for favors they've wanted forever — and they're using the emergence of DeepSeek to create a possibly dangerous sense of urgency www.platformer.news/ai-action-pl...
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I believe the policy of prohibiting Chinese AI companies from accessing the latest Nvidia GPUs is one of the dumbest decisions. What it effectively did was hand companies like Huawei a ready-made customer base for their ASICs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Jack Ma-Backed Ant Touts AI Breakthrough Built on Chinese Chips
Jack Ma-backed Ant Group Co. used Chinese-made semiconductors to develop techniques for training AI models that would cut costs by 20%, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I believe the policy of prohibiting Chinese AI companies from accessing the latest Nvidia GPUs is one of the dumbest decisions. What it effectively did was hand companies like Huawei a ready-made customer base for their ASICs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Major update over the weekend to our spreadsheet tracking terminated NIH grants. 👇
Improvements include:
- more grant metadata, including Congressional reps and their phone numbers
- data from more sources to complement PI-submitted information
- better data integrity and reproducibility
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Improvements include:
- more grant metadata, including Congressional reps and their phone numbers
- data from more sources to complement PI-submitted information
- better data integrity and reproducibility
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Rescinded NIH Grants
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March 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Major update over the weekend to our spreadsheet tracking terminated NIH grants. 👇
Improvements include:
- more grant metadata, including Congressional reps and their phone numbers
- data from more sources to complement PI-submitted information
- better data integrity and reproducibility
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Improvements include:
- more grant metadata, including Congressional reps and their phone numbers
- data from more sources to complement PI-submitted information
- better data integrity and reproducibility
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"The Chinese EV-maker shocked the world with a fast charger, while the U.S. is still figuring out if EVs are too woke." Uppercut of a dek from @liamdenning.bsky.social today
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
China’s BYD Cemented Its Lead on Tesla in Five Minutes
The Chinese EV-maker shocked the world with a fast charger, while the US is still figuring out if EVs are too woke.
www.bloomberg.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"The Chinese EV-maker shocked the world with a fast charger, while the U.S. is still figuring out if EVs are too woke." Uppercut of a dek from @liamdenning.bsky.social today
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Happy to see this question being openly posed in the CBC. It makes sense to reduce the tariffs on Chinese EVs at least to the level of the EU, and more broadly to invite Chinese EV makers to set up factories in Canada.
Should Canada ease its 100% tariff on electric vehicles from China amid trade war with U.S.? | CBC News
Canada's trade war with the United States has some economists questioning whether the federal government should ease or lift its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, a move some say could...
www.cbc.ca
March 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Happy to see this question being openly posed in the CBC. It makes sense to reduce the tariffs on Chinese EVs at least to the level of the EU, and more broadly to invite Chinese EV makers to set up factories in Canada.
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'To add insult to injury, Chinese EV brands sold nearly 20,000 vehicles in Europe last month, far outpacing Tesla's 15,700 units.'
www.politico.eu/article/tesl...
www.politico.eu/article/tesl...
Tesla’s Europe sales collapse as anti-Musk backlash grows
To add insult to injury, Chinese EVs are surging.
www.politico.eu
March 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
'To add insult to injury, Chinese EV brands sold nearly 20,000 vehicles in Europe last month, far outpacing Tesla's 15,700 units.'
www.politico.eu/article/tesl...
www.politico.eu/article/tesl...
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More projections of a rapid fall off in fuel demand due to Chinese EVs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China’s EV Boom Threatens to Push Gasoline Demand Off a Cliff
From Tesla chargers in the ancient alleys that surround the Forbidden City in Beijing to lonely highway rest stops with charging posts in the western deserts, signs of the electrification of China’s t...
www.bloomberg.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
More projections of a rapid fall off in fuel demand due to Chinese EVs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Today's hike in the snow/sleet/ice pellets/rain out to Hilton Falls. A perfect thing to do on a day like this! #EastCoastKin #waterfalls
March 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Today's hike in the snow/sleet/ice pellets/rain out to Hilton Falls. A perfect thing to do on a day like this! #EastCoastKin #waterfalls
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Soft waves kiss the silent shore.
Echoes of peace forevermore.
Sunrise paints the sky with grace.
Soft hues, a tranquil embrace.
Whispers drift where dreams reside,
Calm and still, with the ebbing tide.
Heart and soul in a quiet release,
Nature’s breath, an eternal peace.
Echoes of peace forevermore.
Sunrise paints the sky with grace.
Soft hues, a tranquil embrace.
Whispers drift where dreams reside,
Calm and still, with the ebbing tide.
Heart and soul in a quiet release,
Nature’s breath, an eternal peace.
March 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Soft waves kiss the silent shore.
Echoes of peace forevermore.
Sunrise paints the sky with grace.
Soft hues, a tranquil embrace.
Whispers drift where dreams reside,
Calm and still, with the ebbing tide.
Heart and soul in a quiet release,
Nature’s breath, an eternal peace.
Echoes of peace forevermore.
Sunrise paints the sky with grace.
Soft hues, a tranquil embrace.
Whispers drift where dreams reside,
Calm and still, with the ebbing tide.
Heart and soul in a quiet release,
Nature’s breath, an eternal peace.
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Today I leave you with one of my favorite photos, both for the moment and for the adventure of getting to that place. I hope you like it
March 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today I leave you with one of my favorite photos, both for the moment and for the adventure of getting to that place. I hope you like it