Consineo
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Living the life in #Beijing
"I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone"
"I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone"
Pinned
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An interesting study on the prospects of coal power plant workers transitioning to clean energy jobs, finding that keeping coal plants on life support while building clean power - the approach of most key governments - is the worst option.
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
An interesting study on the prospects of coal power plant workers transitioning to clean energy jobs, finding that keeping coal plants on life support while building clean power - the approach of most key governments - is the worst option.
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Some poignant films out lately in China dealing with changing family relationships, such as Zhang Xuyu's Fish Bone. I want to highlight 岁岁平安 The Lost Daughter, which looks at the important issue of preference for boys and the single child policy. #film
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Some poignant films out lately in China dealing with changing family relationships, such as Zhang Xuyu's Fish Bone. I want to highlight 岁岁平安 The Lost Daughter, which looks at the important issue of preference for boys and the single child policy. #film
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3 years ago, the most populous city in the world was a map from The Last of Us…
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
3 years ago, the most populous city in the world was a map from The Last of Us…
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It is no coincidence that 'selection and promotion' 選舉 became the modern Chinese (and CJKV) term for political 'elections.' By the late 19th century, they were conceptualized as more effective ways to choose the best public officials, compared to earlier exams. /
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It is no coincidence that 'selection and promotion' 選舉 became the modern Chinese (and CJKV) term for political 'elections.' By the late 19th century, they were conceptualized as more effective ways to choose the best public officials, compared to earlier exams. /
"In the U.S. today, trust in institutions and public health has eroded so profoundly that many people trust strangers on social media more than clinicians who have cared for them for years. Since these narratives are crafted to provoke fear and sow doubt, they stick"
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients
“The rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients.”
www.statnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"In the U.S. today, trust in institutions and public health has eroded so profoundly that many people trust strangers on social media more than clinicians who have cared for them for years. Since these narratives are crafted to provoke fear and sow doubt, they stick"
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
"A landmark trial in Italy of Chinese crime gangs has suffered so many mishaps -from the disappearance of documents to the resignation of interpreters - that a senior prosecutor suspects it's being sabotaged to protect the criminals' grip on Europe's fashion industry" www.reuters.com/business/tri...
Trial of Chinese crime gangs in Italian fashion stalls amid sabotage fears
A landmark trial in Italy of Chinese crime gangs has suffered so many mishaps - from the disappearance of documents to the resignation of interpreters - that a senior prosecutor suspects it's being sa...
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"A landmark trial in Italy of Chinese crime gangs has suffered so many mishaps -from the disappearance of documents to the resignation of interpreters - that a senior prosecutor suspects it's being sabotaged to protect the criminals' grip on Europe's fashion industry" www.reuters.com/business/tri...
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Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
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When a state-run sawmill privatized and eventually closed, its female workers were denied fair compensation. Its story doubles as an alternate history of China’s feminist protest movement.
Read Zheng Churan's review of From Forest Farm to Sawmill: chinabooksreview.com/2025/12/11/s...
Read Zheng Churan's review of From Forest Farm to Sawmill: chinabooksreview.com/2025/12/11/s...
chinabooksreview.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When a state-run sawmill privatized and eventually closed, its female workers were denied fair compensation. Its story doubles as an alternate history of China’s feminist protest movement.
Read Zheng Churan's review of From Forest Farm to Sawmill: chinabooksreview.com/2025/12/11/s...
Read Zheng Churan's review of From Forest Farm to Sawmill: chinabooksreview.com/2025/12/11/s...
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The Chinese government’s repression of journalists at home is well-known. Less visible is how that machinery now reaches far beyond its borders.
Read the accounts from Journalists who faced intimidation for reporting on human rights abuses tied to China’s ventures in African countries.
Read the accounts from Journalists who faced intimidation for reporting on human rights abuses tied to China’s ventures in African countries.
China Silences Environmental Reporters in Africa to Protect Its Investments
“We’re talking about a nation that is not only highly repressive but also the second-largest economy globally,” said Sarah Cook, who worked for years for Freedom House, which defends civil liberties…
www.thexylom.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Chinese government’s repression of journalists at home is well-known. Less visible is how that machinery now reaches far beyond its borders.
Read the accounts from Journalists who faced intimidation for reporting on human rights abuses tied to China’s ventures in African countries.
Read the accounts from Journalists who faced intimidation for reporting on human rights abuses tied to China’s ventures in African countries.
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🇵🇱 The Polish government announces to the US that it no longer gives a damn about them.
And we admire their panache.
And we admire their panache.
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🇵🇱 The Polish government announces to the US that it no longer gives a damn about them.
And we admire their panache.
And we admire their panache.
Some pages from Edward Sheldon Wilkinson. Shanghai Birds. A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the Surrounding Districts. Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald Limited, 1929
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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A guest speaker who previously worked at Facebook had some words of wisdom for my son's high school class today: "If an app is free, you're not using it, it's using you."
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A guest speaker who previously worked at Facebook had some words of wisdom for my son's high school class today: "If an app is free, you're not using it, it's using you."
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A Finnish-Chinese businessman acted as a middleman in a spy ring targeting NATO military secrets. He warned a journalist not to investigate the matter.
yle.fi/a/74-20195820
yle.fi/a/74-20195820
”Tämä on liian vaarallista” – vakoiluvyyhtiin sotkeutunut liikemies varoittaa Ylen toimittajaa tutkimasta aihetta
Suomalais-kiinalainen liikemies toimi välikätenä vakoiluvyyhdissä, jonka kohteena olivat Naton sotilassalaisuudet. Hän varoitti toimittajaa tutkimasta aihetta.
yle.fi
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
A Finnish-Chinese businessman acted as a middleman in a spy ring targeting NATO military secrets. He warned a journalist not to investigate the matter.
yle.fi/a/74-20195820
yle.fi/a/74-20195820
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"Medical debt, or personal debt incurred from unpaid medical bills, is a leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States."
"Almost a third of working age U.S. adults are currently in debt because of medical or dental bills."
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
"Almost a third of working age U.S. adults are currently in debt because of medical or dental bills."
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
State Protections Against Medical Debt: A Look at Policies Across the U.S. in 2025
This report evaluates the current landscape of medical debt protections at the federal and state levels and identifies where they fall short.
www.commonwealthfund.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"Medical debt, or personal debt incurred from unpaid medical bills, is a leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States."
"Almost a third of working age U.S. adults are currently in debt because of medical or dental bills."
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
"Almost a third of working age U.S. adults are currently in debt because of medical or dental bills."
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
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Que ce soit ici des "soupçons de trahison au profit de la Russie" ou un réseau avéré de proxénétisme pour le "consul" de la DNR Hubert Fayard, il faut reconnaître que ce n'est pas la subtilité ou la décence qui étouffent ces braves agents russes qui affirment se dévouer pour notre "souveraineté".
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Que ce soit ici des "soupçons de trahison au profit de la Russie" ou un réseau avéré de proxénétisme pour le "consul" de la DNR Hubert Fayard, il faut reconnaître que ce n'est pas la subtilité ou la décence qui étouffent ces braves agents russes qui affirment se dévouer pour notre "souveraineté".
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Witkoff works for terrorist Russia and in a normal timeline would be investigated by the FBI.
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Witkoff works for terrorist Russia and in a normal timeline would be investigated by the FBI.
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free
At the White Cloud Temple (白云观) in #Beijing
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
At the White Cloud Temple (白云观) in #Beijing
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
At the White Cloud Temple (白云观) in #Beijing
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
At the White Cloud Temple (白云观) in #Beijing
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
At the Tianning Temple in #Beijing
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography
#architecture #urbanphotography
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Somewhere in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), also known as #Beijing Xiehe Hospital
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#China #bnw_zone
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#China #bnw_zone
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Somewhere in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), also known as #Beijing Xiehe Hospital
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#China #bnw_zone
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#China #bnw_zone
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Love 2 go to the doctor and not know what body part they’re analyzing
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Love 2 go to the doctor and not know what body part they’re analyzing
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LondonGrad calling: Près de 4 ans après le début de l'invasion généralisée de l'Ukraine, Transparency International a trouvé pas moins de 33 maisons, appartements et bureaux liés à des oligarques russes-sous sanctions-qui n'ont pas été gelés. Valeur: environ GBP 700 millions.
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
LondonGrad calling: Près de 4 ans après le début de l'invasion généralisée de l'Ukraine, Transparency International a trouvé pas moins de 33 maisons, appartements et bureaux liés à des oligarques russes-sous sanctions-qui n'ont pas été gelés. Valeur: environ GBP 700 millions.