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February 16 1949, the 60-strong motorcycle detachment of the Shanghai Self-Defense Corps leads a parade along Bubbling Well Road (Nanjing West Road) by the racecourse to suggest preparedness against ongoing communist advances towards the city. Photo by Warren Lee.
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
February 16 1949, the 60-strong motorcycle detachment of the Shanghai Self-Defense Corps leads a parade along Bubbling Well Road (Nanjing West Road) by the racecourse to suggest preparedness against ongoing communist advances towards the city. Photo by Warren Lee.
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AN EMBASSY FROM THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY OF THE UNITED PROVINCES, TO THE GRAND TARTAR CHAM EMPEROUR OF CHINA, DELIVERED BY THEIR EXCELLANCIES PETER DE GOYER, AND JACOB DE KEYZER, AT HIS IMPERIAL CITY OF PEKING, 1669
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
AN EMBASSY FROM THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY OF THE UNITED PROVINCES, TO THE GRAND TARTAR CHAM EMPEROUR OF CHINA, DELIVERED BY THEIR EXCELLANCIES PETER DE GOYER, AND JACOB DE KEYZER, AT HIS IMPERIAL CITY OF PEKING, 1669
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US residential electricity prices +39% since 2021
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
US residential electricity prices +39% since 2021
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My #SFF curations get more traction, but I'm primarily a nonfiction author. During #nonfictionnovember, I'm spotlighting this output. Starting with #books. This sociocultural guide to deities was a crazy endeavour of telling the stories of 60, I'm delighted with its wide and lasting impact. 1/
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My #SFF curations get more traction, but I'm primarily a nonfiction author. During #nonfictionnovember, I'm spotlighting this output. Starting with #books. This sociocultural guide to deities was a crazy endeavour of telling the stories of 60, I'm delighted with its wide and lasting impact. 1/
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Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/israel-vs...
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/israel-vs...
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just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
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November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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B of A, on hyperscaler capex:
“.. In September and October alone, debt issuance from three firms was larger than the preceding three years combined for big tech issuance.”
$ORCL $META
“.. In September and October alone, debt issuance from three firms was larger than the preceding three years combined for big tech issuance.”
$ORCL $META
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
B of A, on hyperscaler capex:
“.. In September and October alone, debt issuance from three firms was larger than the preceding three years combined for big tech issuance.”
$ORCL $META
“.. In September and October alone, debt issuance from three firms was larger than the preceding three years combined for big tech issuance.”
$ORCL $META
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This is the cat that is so slender that it gets mistaken for a garden eel.
📸 CatApartment
📸 CatApartment
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is the cat that is so slender that it gets mistaken for a garden eel.
📸 CatApartment
📸 CatApartment
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China’s exports fall for first time since ‘liberation day’ trade tariffs on.ft.com/4qLDsDP
China’s exports fall for first time since ‘liberation day’ trade tariffs
Unexpected decline comes even as President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping seal a truce
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
China’s exports fall for first time since ‘liberation day’ trade tariffs on.ft.com/4qLDsDP
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A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
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Today I discovered that Hangzhou is 230.07km wide from its most eastern tip to its most western.
Greater London is circa 72km on the same axis.
Greater London is circa 72km on the same axis.
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Today I discovered that Hangzhou is 230.07km wide from its most eastern tip to its most western.
Greater London is circa 72km on the same axis.
Greater London is circa 72km on the same axis.
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic reads:
“Be cheerful, enjoy your life”
Discovered in Turkey
“Be cheerful, enjoy your life”
Discovered in Turkey
May 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic reads:
“Be cheerful, enjoy your life”
Discovered in Turkey
“Be cheerful, enjoy your life”
Discovered in Turkey
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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The best ice cream (taro and mango) and cold Ovaltine in Macao - Lai Kei Sorvettes which opened in 1934 and has never closed
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The best ice cream (taro and mango) and cold Ovaltine in Macao - Lai Kei Sorvettes which opened in 1934 and has never closed
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You can watch the recording of this webinar from yesterday now on YouTube - half an hour on Nexperia with Dutch, Chinese and EU perspectives represented by reporters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJhN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJhN...
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
You can watch the recording of this webinar from yesterday now on YouTube - half an hour on Nexperia with Dutch, Chinese and EU perspectives represented by reporters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJhN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJhN...
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Beltway Bandit cuts
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q REV. $2.9B, EST. $2.97B
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q ADJ EPS $1.49, EST. $1.51
*BOOZ ALLEN SEES FY REV. -4% TO -6%, SAW 0% TO +4%
*BAH SEES FY ADJ. EBITDA $1.19B TO $1.22B, SAW $1.32B TO $1.37B
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q REV. $2.9B, EST. $2.97B
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q ADJ EPS $1.49, EST. $1.51
*BOOZ ALLEN SEES FY REV. -4% TO -6%, SAW 0% TO +4%
*BAH SEES FY ADJ. EBITDA $1.19B TO $1.22B, SAW $1.32B TO $1.37B
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Beltway Bandit cuts
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q REV. $2.9B, EST. $2.97B
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q ADJ EPS $1.49, EST. $1.51
*BOOZ ALLEN SEES FY REV. -4% TO -6%, SAW 0% TO +4%
*BAH SEES FY ADJ. EBITDA $1.19B TO $1.22B, SAW $1.32B TO $1.37B
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q REV. $2.9B, EST. $2.97B
*BOOZ ALLEN 2Q ADJ EPS $1.49, EST. $1.51
*BOOZ ALLEN SEES FY REV. -4% TO -6%, SAW 0% TO +4%
*BAH SEES FY ADJ. EBITDA $1.19B TO $1.22B, SAW $1.32B TO $1.37B
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You Can Travel South From Arkansas & Get Into Every State It Borders
Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/south-fro...
Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/south-fro...
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
You Can Travel South From Arkansas & Get Into Every State It Borders
Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/south-fro...
Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/south-fro...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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That's a particularly sweet SWAT officer
October 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
That's a particularly sweet SWAT officer