Nope. If you mean the Chinese GOVERNMENT, say that. "The Chinese" means Chinese people.
Nah, fuck the Chinese GOVERNMENT. You don't have to be bigoted towards the people of a country to disapprove of what their authoritarian government does.
Personally, I have nothing against the people of China, Iran, or the US (to name a few obvious examples of peoples under the boot of an unrepresentative government), but that doesn't mean that I approve the oppression and other abuses their governments keep committing towards their own people and others.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24394554
> Text for readability: > >So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don't care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal "Chinese spy," while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government. > > >"This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren't controlled by the same few oligarchs," Quintin said. "People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks."
That's a lovely little theory, but I'm 42. This isn't about growing up with the apps and becoming overly reliant on them.
Back before GPS apps were an option, I'd just get lost all the fucking time. To me, they're like a prosthetic leg where before, I was just hopping around on one foot, figuratively speaking.
It is. Try as I might, getting distracted by things happening around me or just random thoughts makes me not remember where I need to go/have gone.
Please try and remember that symptoms and severity of same vary wildly within ADHD.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24266485
> I am unobservant
The much, much, slower cousin of the Peregrine falcon.
Which is, in turn, the much, much faster and slightly wiser cousin of the Peregrine Took.
On-demand nursing is endangering workers and patients alike, a new report finds.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52524285
Oh for fuck's sake! Like nurses aren't overworked, underpaid, and abused enough already! 🤦🤬
I'm not sure why you'd assume that Starmer loves BP. What is that idea based on?
Probably because he's an untrustworthy Neoliberal smarmosaur and thus liable to show a different face to the rich than to the wider public?
He's basically just Blair without any charisma.
Yeah, let's fix what desolation 14 years of austerity politics have wrought with a few more years of austerity! That'll fucking work! 🤦
Aww man, I feel so bad for her! She was so excited at first and then again and again, and then when it finally came, she had lost all enthusiasm for it 😔
just say a Balrog attacked them
Middle Earth version of Discworld's "wizard did it" 😄
Combination of the aforementioned awful font and a tendency to get words wrong at first glance 😄
Ironically, if Trump had succeeded in closing the border, the only positive result would probably be fewer guns going to Mexico from the world's foremost exporter of murder and the tools for same..
Context
It's from the Behind the Bastards series about G Gordon Liddy who, in addition to being a bumbling idiot with delusions of competence, was a BIG fan of the original Nazis. To the point that he would keep bringing up the SS all the time, including to American WWII veterans
Instagram, Facebook, and Threads are removing 404 Media stories for “nudity” as the company is paid to put ads with explicit pornography in front of its users.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52049518
> Other than the Nazi stuff, Ben Stiller is perfect, pretty much
-- Andrew Ti, Behind the Bastards episode on G Gordon Liddy
Context
He's saying that, apart from loving Nazis, Liddy behaves pretty much exactly like the kind of character Ben Stiller is known for playing)
Shows and content featuring MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson, and Guy Fieri were approved as defense officials sought new ways to recruit young people
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23795825
News editor Raffi Berg reportedly controls online coverage of genocide in Gaza to ensure Israeli crimes are 'watered down' or ignored
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/35982352
Health insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation found. Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23596638
> Summary > > Health insurance companies are increasingly denying cancer treatments and screenings recommended by physicians, leading to delays and potential harm for patients. > > These denials, often based on internal rules lacking transparency, can result in serious adverse events, disease progression, and even death. > > While prior authorization is intended to save money, physicians argue that the current system is inefficient and detrimental to patient care.