Luke G
@lukegilesadl.bsky.social
Science teacher in Shenzhen. Formerly Beijing, Adelaide, Guilin/YS
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The moment I post ridiculous mainland news stories will be when pigs fly
www.thestandard.com.hk/china-news/a...
www.thestandard.com.hk/china-news/a...
Drone carrying live pig crashes into power lines, cuts Sichuan village electricity for 10 hours
A villager in Sichuan caused a 10-hour blackout for his entire village after a drone he was using to transport a live pig crashed into high-voltage power lines.
www.thestandard.com.hk
January 28, 2026 at 1:11 AM
The moment I post ridiculous mainland news stories will be when pigs fly
www.thestandard.com.hk/china-news/a...
www.thestandard.com.hk/china-news/a...
Fun China experience today. In China (one child policy hangover) doctors/sonographers are forbidden to reveal the gender of an unborn child. But for 360rmb you can get a van with blacked out windows to come to your apartment and do a hush hush scan. - baby sister incoming! ❤️
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Fun China experience today. In China (one child policy hangover) doctors/sonographers are forbidden to reveal the gender of an unborn child. But for 360rmb you can get a van with blacked out windows to come to your apartment and do a hush hush scan. - baby sister incoming! ❤️
Fun China experience today. In China (one child policy hangover) doctors/sonographers are forbidden to reveal the gender of an unborn child. But for 360rmb you can get a van with blacked out windows to come to your apartment and do a hush hush scan. - baby sister incoming! ❤️
January 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Fun China experience today. In China (one child policy hangover) doctors/sonographers are forbidden to reveal the gender of an unborn child. But for 360rmb you can get a van with blacked out windows to come to your apartment and do a hush hush scan. - baby sister incoming! ❤️
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holy crap I saw the name and had a flashback to learning how to do decorative laces for my Converses in middle (?) school from this website 😵💫
For over a decade I have tied my shoes one specific way: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot. I learned it from Ian (aka Professor Shoelace) whose site is over two decades old. The knot has never failed me. I spoke with Ian about knots and the dangers of the modern internet. aftermath.site/ians-shoelac...
Ian's Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoelaces
Ian's Shoelace Site has been teaching people to tie their shoes for more than two decades. His knots are wonderful. But it is vulnerable to the forces tearing the internet apart.
aftermath.site
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
holy crap I saw the name and had a flashback to learning how to do decorative laces for my Converses in middle (?) school from this website 😵💫
Third typhoon day for the season coming up, this one looks like it might actually hit us tho !
September 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Third typhoon day for the season coming up, this one looks like it might actually hit us tho !
Classic Shenzhen. Scan QR code (and give personal details) for a free incense stick from a vending machine at a hilltop temple. 😆
July 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Classic Shenzhen. Scan QR code (and give personal details) for a free incense stick from a vending machine at a hilltop temple. 😆
Interesting to see the state of the Great Wall 100 year ago, clearly lots of restoration in the years since!
May 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Interesting to see the state of the Great Wall 100 year ago, clearly lots of restoration in the years since!
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
Maybe the first pass of apple’s AI algorithm should be to determine the voicemail message’s language so it doesn’t produce absolute nonsense like this when the message isn’t in English 🤦 😂
April 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Maybe the first pass of apple’s AI algorithm should be to determine the voicemail message’s language so it doesn’t produce absolute nonsense like this when the message isn’t in English 🤦 😂
I tried it so you don’t have to: “spicy chicken leg chili flavored ice cream”. Exactly as advertised. Thanks I hate it 🤢
March 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I tried it so you don’t have to: “spicy chicken leg chili flavored ice cream”. Exactly as advertised. Thanks I hate it 🤢
...whoops 🤦 , Maybe check in with your colleagues that know something about China when writing about the market here.... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b... (can anyone think of something that happened this feb in China to lower production? 🤭
March 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
...whoops 🤦 , Maybe check in with your colleagues that know something about China when writing about the market here.... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b... (can anyone think of something that happened this feb in China to lower production? 🤭
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China newsletter by @phelimkine.bsky.social on an organization in Shenzhen advertising for scientists and technologists, apparently targeting federal employees laid off by Elon Musk:
www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
March 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
China newsletter by @phelimkine.bsky.social on an organization in Shenzhen advertising for scientists and technologists, apparently targeting federal employees laid off by Elon Musk:
www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
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Not an exaggeration to say this was pound-for-pound the most effective piece of US public diplomacy in China. Twitter was blocked, but U.S. embassy pollution tweets forced Beijing to start publishing its own pollution data, which fed public outrage. Result: millions breathing vastly less toxic air
U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad
Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Not an exaggeration to say this was pound-for-pound the most effective piece of US public diplomacy in China. Twitter was blocked, but U.S. embassy pollution tweets forced Beijing to start publishing its own pollution data, which fed public outrage. Result: millions breathing vastly less toxic air
Fascinating article on a mysterious 1930s cheese poster from republican era China (with a fun Australia connection too)
"They detest cheese & will not eat it under any circumstances", wrote advertising guru Carl Crow about Chinese consumers in 1937. Then what explains this marvelous Kraft cheese calendar poster from our collection issued in Shanghai the same year? An investigation:
www.mofba.org/2025/02/27/a...
www.mofba.org/2025/02/27/a...
February 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fascinating article on a mysterious 1930s cheese poster from republican era China (with a fun Australia connection too)
Spotted out of my taxi window in Shenzhen today. Old mate selling a live turtle hanging from a stick 🤦♂️ (when I came back the same way 2 hours later he was gone…so I guess he sold it 🤷)
February 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Spotted out of my taxi window in Shenzhen today. Old mate selling a live turtle hanging from a stick 🤦♂️ (when I came back the same way 2 hours later he was gone…so I guess he sold it 🤷)
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McDonald's China throwing down the gauntlet
February 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
McDonald's China throwing down the gauntlet
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What annoys the hell out of me with the coverage of many things altman says is how each article is basically a quote of his ramblings. Unchallenged, investigated just quoted
Newsletter: Generative AI is a marketing con perpetuated by Sam Altman and Dario Amodei through a mixture of lies and half-truths carried by a tech media that fails to ask the right questions. Outside of ChatGPT, generative AI companies barely get any traffic at all.
www.wheresyoured.at/longcon/
www.wheresyoured.at/longcon/
The Generative AI Con
It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen Large Language Models (LLMs) blossom from a novel concept into one of the most craven cons of the 21st ...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What annoys the hell out of me with the coverage of many things altman says is how each article is basically a quote of his ramblings. Unchallenged, investigated just quoted
Fun (and pretty balanced) look at where I live, from @techaltar.bsky.social In recent times I’ve seen a lot of tech utopia BS on social media that makes Shenzhen look like a cyberpunk wet dream. The reality is more or less this video. Not utopia nor dystopia just a particularly modern chinese city.
February 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Fun (and pretty balanced) look at where I live, from @techaltar.bsky.social In recent times I’ve seen a lot of tech utopia BS on social media that makes Shenzhen look like a cyberpunk wet dream. The reality is more or less this video. Not utopia nor dystopia just a particularly modern chinese city.
Got a bank card replaced today 🙌 (only took 2 trips to the bank, 3 hours total, almost 20 documents signed)
❤️ China
❤️ China
February 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Got a bank card replaced today 🙌 (only took 2 trips to the bank, 3 hours total, almost 20 documents signed)
❤️ China
❤️ China
Some thoughts on Australia day from 124 years ago
January 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Some thoughts on Australia day from 124 years ago
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"A ring-sized watch to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Casio Watches"
www.casio.com/us/watches/c...
Lol wut?
www.casio.com/us/watches/c...
Lol wut?
December 27, 2024 at 6:27 AM
"A ring-sized watch to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Casio Watches"
www.casio.com/us/watches/c...
Lol wut?
www.casio.com/us/watches/c...
Lol wut?
Checked out a newly opened playground with the kid today (in Shenzhen talent park/人才公园). Totally awesome, and being a work day not too busy 🙌
Also how cool is this crab! 🦀
Also how cool is this crab! 🦀
December 27, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Checked out a newly opened playground with the kid today (in Shenzhen talent park/人才公园). Totally awesome, and being a work day not too busy 🙌
Also how cool is this crab! 🦀
Also how cool is this crab! 🦀