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Vancouver-based editor at @chinadigitaltimes.net, a Berkeley-based nonprofit publishing news and translation about human rights and censorship in China.
Knows changes aren't permanent, but change is. Will stand on the ocean until I start sinking.
Knows changes aren't permanent, but change is. Will stand on the ocean until I start sinking.
I know what you're thinking, and no: it had nothing to do with the A-Team.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I know what you're thinking, and no: it had nothing to do with the A-Team.
How did we achieve this miracle? Well, largely by outsourcing emissions to, e.g., China. But they still peaked nearly 20 years ago if you include those as well.
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
How did we achieve this miracle? Well, largely by outsourcing emissions to, e.g., China. But they still peaked nearly 20 years ago if you include those as well.
My first three drafts were somewhat less measured.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
My first three drafts were somewhat less measured.
It is *great* if China's emissions are peaking now, it is *great* that they're producing so much cheap renewable tech, but come on.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It is *great* if China's emissions are peaking now, it is *great* that they're producing so much cheap renewable tech, but come on.
What might not be obvious if you're used to thinking of translation as something akin to currency conversion is that these might both be perfectly reasonable.
Also, still curious:
Also, still curious:
It might well be that there’s no interesting story behind China’s rather glaring absence from Physical: Asia, but I’m still curious.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
What might not be obvious if you're used to thinking of translation as something akin to currency conversion is that these might both be perfectly reasonable.
Also, still curious:
Also, still curious:
Wait … which one's the real one? They both seem wrong now.
Investigatastic, right?
Investigatastic, right?
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Wait … which one's the real one? They both seem wrong now.
Investigatastic, right?
Investigatastic, right?
I think that cuts both ways. We don't have statistical clarity, and are not likely to get it any time soon, so it seems premature to write it off as just a goofy stalking horse.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I think that cuts both ways. We don't have statistical clarity, and are not likely to get it any time soon, so it seems premature to write it off as just a goofy stalking horse.
Bonus bonus, any time I go back to feeling like I used to all the time, I get crushed by a wave of overwhelming terror that it's back for good.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Bonus bonus, any time I go back to feeling like I used to all the time, I get crushed by a wave of overwhelming terror that it's back for good.
A nice bonus with colds these days is that nasal congestion and CPAP mix very poorly, and as the latter is the only one I can put on hold, I'm back to waking up every couple of minutes as a special treat.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A nice bonus with colds these days is that nasal congestion and CPAP mix very poorly, and as the latter is the only one I can put on hold, I'm back to waking up every couple of minutes as a special treat.
I don't think there are any grounds for that.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I don't think there are any grounds for that.