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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 2h

Early testing suggests that tears may result from unassisted play. Use at your own risk.

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Dog Meme Meme Dog

ALT: Dog Meme Meme Dog

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 5h

It's just overlap, 手工 emphasizes the 'by hand' aspect (which fits the literal etymology of manual too) and 人工 as in 人工检查 is a 'by human' inspection.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 6h

Oh absulutely AI is called AI in Chinese most of the time.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 7h

I admit I do get a little weirded out when the alternative to something done by AI (人工智能) is a manual (人工) option. But when I mention this to native speakers, they pat me on the head like when I talk about how clever it was to call Coke 可口可乐。

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 7h

This article suggests a conceptual difference between Chinese and English understanding of AI because: 1. Artificial = fake 2. 人工智能 = Man-crafted intelligence (not fake) And I'm no linguist, but... what do they think the art in artificial means? @bokane.org

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What’s in a name? Trump calls it ‘SI’. China calls it ‘human-made’

While the term AI dates back to 1956, the Chinese version offers a different take on the relationship between humans and intelligent machines.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 10h

You can do it by separating him from the companies he runs. I suspect the companies will survive his imprisonment.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 10h

"There are no gaps in my resume- what you see is constant productivity punctuated by periods where I was compensated for it."

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 11h

Made a game to help my daughter with her Chinese reading. Feel free to try it too. jeremyd92.sg-host.com/hanzi-defend...

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I am Jewish and vote in Michigan. Mailed in my vote for El- Sayed with something bordering on enthusiasm.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Two things made 80s movies great: 1. Original concepts- not reboots, franchises. 2. Being played over and over again on VHS and cable channels, with minimal alternatives, until they were burned so deeply into your cortex that they became inseparable from your actual memories.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I was sort of proud of it, and it would be far from the worst:

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A ban already exists for recording civilian death sentences, but here: The NO DEATH MEMES Act [No Official Dissemination of Executions as Audiovisual Theater, Humiliation, Mass Entertainment, Martyrdom, Exploitation, or Spectacle Act]

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I wonder if the US Lawmakers who 'condemn' the plan to livestream the execution even remember they can pass legislation to stop it. Short, simple half-page bill. Leave the sentence intact, prohibit broadcast and transmission.

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‘Barbaric’: US lawmakers condemn plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution

Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemn Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution by firing squad.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In 1979, China banned public executions.* *(There is evidence that some continued against policy into the 90s)

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In 1979, China banned public executions.* *(There is evidence that some continued against policy into the 90s)

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The algorithm is guarding my cognitive independence. Keeping it unused on a shelf where I can't break it.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Fellini? This is straight out of Otto Dix.

There is no text that will fully capture this, but here are two recreated Otto Dix grotesque portaits. 1 of Heinrich George, stout and determined, but sitting and idle, one of Anita Berber, garbed in red, bent awkwardly.

There is no text that can fully capture this, but this is a grotesque photo of Donald Trump seated next to Susan Dell. Trump sits, eyes-closed, hiding his disfigured hands. Dell standards, bent at awkward angles, her distorted features fully on display in a bright red dress.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Don't forget China's State Monopolies in the Welfare and Sports lotteries!

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you teach a man to fish, you'll feed him for a lifetime If you teach a man to play Warhammer 40K, you might need a lifetime.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026

BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Police were already able to punish petition-related violations and crimes, including "serious disruptive" or "persistent" petitioning. Art. 6 allows them to join in agencies' education and guidance earlier, and absent a violation or crime, blurring the line between law enforcement and bureaucracy.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Article 6 similarly says that repeated petitions on matters still being handled, or already 'resolved' will now not be registered (登记), further counted in statistics, or circulated to other departments. An exclusion that means ongoing grievances could become administratively invisible.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What's new in article 4 is not a bar on going straight to Beijing, but a documentary barrier. Without documentary proof from the lower level, which might simply refuse to issue anything, petitions will not only not be 'accepted for handling' (受理) but won't even be registered (登记) in the system.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What's most interesting here is somewhat subtler than the article suggests. Requiring petitioners to first seek relief at lower levels has been the law for years, duplicative petitions have long been rejected rather than accepted for handling, and the new rules introduce no new punitive measures.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Shared by an American friend. I'd like to emphasize that while this may be becoming a global pandemic, there is no evidence to support a lab-leak theory.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did not purchase. Don't want to encourage this sort of thing.

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reading The Nerd Reich and it is leading me to the conclusion that American politics today can be explained by imagining, "What if Ignatius Reilly had internet access?"

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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just finished and enjoyed Sherry Turkle's Artificial Intimacy, with the following three main takeaways: 1. Social media was a gateway drug to AI chatbots. 2. Even if AI were somehow sentient, it's an Alien intelligence, not a human one. 3. There is nothing inevitable about the way we use AI.

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Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Mach…

From the author of prescient best seller and classic Re…

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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

China just sent a warning to the global auto industry with a record 4.3M vehicles, including millions of Teslas, recalled over emergency door-release concerns. Beijing is moving to ban concealed door handles from 2027. tinyurl.com/yn82kwrd

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China Flexes Its Auto-Safety Muscle With Record Recall of Tesla, Other Cars

A huge recall in China last week aims to address a long-standing fear of EV owners: potentially being trapped in their cars when the power fails. It also highlights how Beijing is now spearheading…

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