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Ardennes posted:A pretty nice metro system is being built in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I remember when EXTRACTION came out on Netflix and they got called out by the gov't for depicting Dhaka as a yellow, grimy shithole
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Oct 14, 2021 17:28
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Ardennes posted:A pretty nice metro system is being built in Dhaka, Bangladesh. on elevated platforms I would hope lol
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Oct 14, 2021 17:35
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stephenthinkpad posted:30 hour is nothing. In the 80s I took the good old green colored train from GZ to BJ, it was 2 days 1 night. i took a 29 hour from chengdu to beijing in the olden days
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Oct 14, 2021 17:37
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Ardennes posted:Supposedly, a link from Laos to Singapore is planned by 2030, you would be able to go from Xinjiang to Singapore by only HSR (it would take like 30 hours still). oh my god 
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Oct 14, 2021 17:54
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Ardennes posted:Supposedly, a link from Laos to Singapore is planned by 2030, you would be able to go from Xinjiang to Singapore by only HSR (it would take like 30 hours still). oh hell yes I'd love to visit family in SG and then just ride all the way up
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Oct 14, 2021 17:59
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ArmZ posted:when is the us not saber-rattling though 
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Oct 14, 2021 18:09
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meanwhile Amtrak is like 50+ hours from California to Chicago!
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Oct 14, 2021 18:52
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gradenko_2000 posted:oh hell yes I'd love to visit family in SG and then just ride all the way up You are supposed to stop by Bangkok and Luang Prabang and Kunming, Dali and do the grand tour.
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Oct 14, 2021 20:06
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I wonder if China ascending will mean little cargo cult ML parties will pop up all over the world in a reverse 1991 situation when all those lib/Christian dem parties popped up like mushrooms
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Oct 14, 2021 20:07
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FrancisFukyomama posted:I wonder if China ascending will mean little cargo cult ML parties will pop up all over the world in a reverse 1991 situation when all those lib/Christian dem parties popped up like mushrooms Go on youtube and check out the United Wa State.
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Oct 14, 2021 20:32
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the eu delenda est https://twitter.com/europarlAV/status/1448601827902115841
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Oct 14, 2021 21:19
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FrancisFukyomama posted:I wonder if China ascending will mean little cargo cult ML parties will pop up all over the world in a reverse 1991 situation when all those lib/Christian dem parties popped up like mushrooms What Christian democratic parties?
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Oct 14, 2021 21:25
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:the eu delenda est I've got the feeling the EU parliament is very aware that no normal person cares about foreign policy since corona hit. Risk less pandering ahoy
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Oct 14, 2021 21:27
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Centrist Committee posted:meanwhile Amtrak is like 50+ hours from California to Chicago! Hey now the average speed is brought down by all the hours you spend stopped yielding to freight trains
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Oct 14, 2021 21:33
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:the eu delenda est also to be fair, being stupid enough to hold fair elections after a coup puts her ahead of the average Nobel peace prize winners
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Oct 14, 2021 21:35
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eSports Chaebol posted:also to be fair, being stupid enough to hold fair elections after a coup puts her ahead of the average Nobel peace prize winners Pretty sure she also didn't pay the police the bribes she had promised.
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Oct 14, 2021 21:39
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eSports Chaebol posted:also to be fair, being stupid enough to hold fair elections after a coup puts her ahead of the average Nobel peace prize winners They were incompetent dumbasses, but the decision to hold those elections wasn't an oopsie that cost them a victory, it was desperate gamble to avoid a defeat far more total. Their hope was that the previous unfortunate accidenting of a bunch of prominent MAS members, supporters, indigenous leaders, and trade unionists was enough to tilt the scales in their favor. Not to mention that while the result of losing that election sucked for them, it's still much better than the prospect of being torn limb from limb that was one of the options in the cards if they didn't hold the elections. Incidentally, calling the elections fair is... misguided. The Coup Crux Clan did every dirty trick they could get away with, it just wasn't enough to overcome the rekindled support which MAS managed to rally in the aftermath of the coup. e: Basically, this is attributing to the (admittedly significant) stupidity of the coup government what ought to be much more attributed to the Bolivian people's will to resist them, and the ability of MAS to organizationally recover from a defeat, learn from it, and fight back. e2: Of course the tweet was deleted already. my dad has issued a correction as of 22:08 on Oct 14, 2021 |
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Oct 14, 2021 21:59
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That tween was deleted. What are you guys talking about? Bolivia election?
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Oct 14, 2021 22:08
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stephenthinkpad posted:That tween was deleted. What are you guys talking about? Bolivia election? the eu parliament account was praising the bolivian coup girlboss like a persecuted freedom fighter
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Oct 14, 2021 22:14
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Office Pig posted:to be fair 'country has lower incarceration rates than america' isn't really much of a bar to clear north korea also clears it easily even if you go by the poo poo encrusted yeonmi park numbers lol
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Oct 14, 2021 22:30
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Atrocious Joe posted:https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1448661945096159232?s=20 i forget is this the authoritarian strongman who loves putin or the literal nazi who loves western democracy
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Oct 14, 2021 22:43
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Some Guy TT posted:i forget is this the authoritarian strongman who loves putin or the literal nazi who loves western democracy hes the guy that invaded ossetia and brought a russian intervention down on his head, then later ran away to ukraine where they made him part of the government for some reason
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Oct 14, 2021 22:51
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^^ yeah after the maidan he showed up and they made him governor of odessa lol. he did a corruption, got kicked out and had his citizenship revoked. he had previously renounced georgian citizenship so he's a stateless person nowSome Guy TT posted:i forget is this the authoritarian strongman who loves putin or the literal nazi who loves western democracy the latter
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Oct 14, 2021 22:52
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Office Pig posted:the eu parliament account was praising the bolivian coup girlboss like a persecuted freedom fighter They nominated her for the Sakharov Prize For Freedom of Thought which tbh sounds like a thing for right wing psychos so I guess this is to be expected
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Oct 14, 2021 22:55
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https://twitter.com/matt_silberman/status/1448669941872353282
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Oct 14, 2021 22:59
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lmao look at the gaming industry everywhere for some real shockers
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Oct 14, 2021 23:03
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https://multimedia.europarl.europa....CIAL-PRESSER_vd They announced 3 nominees. From the remarks: quote:The Sakharov Prize is one of the most visible aspects of the work that the European Parliament does for protecting and promoting human rights, democracy, and freedom around the world. Every year, the parliament considers a range of excellent nominations. All are personalities who risk their lives and liberty in defending fundamental rights. This parliament has celebrated and supported personalities like Denis Mukwege, or Nadia Murad, not to mention last year's laureates from the democratic opposition in Belarus. Unfortunately, throughout this past year, freedom of thought has continued to be under attack in many parts of the world. It is important to stress that the parliament stands with all activists who dedicate their lives at great personal risk around the world in defense of these values. It is therefore a vote, not against anybody, but rather a democratic vote by the parliament in favor of the three shortlisted candidates. If you'd like to learn more about the candidates, you can do so here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20210916STO12702/sakharov-prize-2021-the-nominees Thread favorites lie within!
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Oct 14, 2021 23:05
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Agrajag posted:lmao look at the gaming industry everywhere for some real shockers The Chinese tech industry emulating Silicon Valley isn't a good thing
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Oct 14, 2021 23:29
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Maximo Roboto posted:The Chinese tech industry emulating Silicon Valley isn't a good thing im pointing out that the tech industry is horrible period from how they treat workers to how they attempt to "disrupt" poo poo like the latest techbro poo poo of paying the the employer to skip the interview process in order to get a job
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Oct 14, 2021 23:35
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You would think a nominally communist country would be pretty good on labor rights 
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Oct 14, 2021 23:42
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Feldegast42 posted:You would think a nominally communist country would be pretty good on labor rights are you an anarchist?
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Oct 14, 2021 23:43
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Feldegast42 posted:You would think a nominally communist country would be pretty good on labor rights im a techbro racist as in i hate techbros and i think they are all subhuman scum
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Oct 14, 2021 23:44
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Feldegast42 posted:You would think a nominally communist country would be pretty good on labor rights they have a right to work, as all good citizens do e: quote:Pinduoduo monetizes primarily through advertising - about 90% of Pinduoduo's revenues come from online marketing services with the remainder coming from transaction services. lmao Grapplejack has issued a correction as of 00:54 on Oct 15, 2021 |
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Oct 15, 2021 00:51
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Bulk selling, but disruptive
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Oct 15, 2021 01:07
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Some Guy TT posted:i forget is this the authoritarian strongman who loves putin or the literal nazi who loves western democracy The guy who was filmed nervously eating his tie as Georgia got its poo poo pushed in by Russia.
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Oct 15, 2021 05:16
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Judakel posted:are you an anarchist?
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Oct 15, 2021 05:52
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MSDOS KAPITAL posted:Long work hours don't determine whether a country is communist or not, or how communist it is, nor how effectively it's doing communism. Nevertheless, it's a fair criticism in its own way. not an answer
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Oct 15, 2021 05:56
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Neurolimal posted:Bulk selling, but disruptive 
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Oct 15, 2021 06:10
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MSDOS KAPITAL posted:Long work hours don't determine whether a country is communist or not, or how communist it is, nor how effectively it's doing communism. Nevertheless, it's a fair criticism in its own way. I suppose that if the question is "who runs things" then it should be assumed that workers would not give themselves bad working hours without need or incentive.
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Oct 15, 2021 06:28
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All that said, the last article I read about 12 hour work days 6 days a week in the tech industry, Vice had basically a single citation and it was a "tech executives" who was working his butt off so I assume he was getting paid more. The article also mentioned that China has a 44 hour maximum work week but idk about enforcement.
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Oct 15, 2021 06:34
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