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Rod Boone @rodboone.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Crazy
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Population Concentration of Russia More maps: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...
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springfieldians 2: hyperspringfieldians @springfieldians.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
let me tell you something: valentine's day is no joke.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Obsessed with this AI slop infographic from the LinkedIn Lunatics subreddit
Fake "fattest and fittest" infographic
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 13/01/2026
.... Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Are You Dead?': The viral Chinese app for young people living alone
A new bleak-sounding app has been downloaded in droves by many youth who live by themselves - and fear dying alone.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Is Your Country Richer or Poorer Than Mississippi? Which country surprises you the most? Data and sources by country: brilliantmaps.com/richer-or...
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Bruno BlueSky Starzz @getsit.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
When you ask ChatGPT to tell you more about the real-life protagonist of Wolf of Wall Street www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/te...
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Jahmyl Telfort Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more | Basketball-Reference.com
Checkout the latest stats of Jahmyl Telfort. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Does Your State Have An Official Firearm? Surprised it's not more to be honest. Why each was picked: brilliantmaps.com/state-gun/
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Yicai: "With the number of travelers between China and Japan continuing to decrease after relations between the two countries cooled last month, nearly half of the flights between the two countries are expected to suspend operations in January." www.yicaiglobal.com/news/almost-...
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Almost Half of China-Japan Flights to Be Axed Next Month
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Ahmed Al Omran @alomran.me · 25/12/2025
🚨 Saudi Arabia calls moves by Yemen’s STC “unjustified escalation”, urges the group to withdraw forces from seized provinces —foreign ministry statement.
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
1/4 Bloomberg: "One measure of borrowing by China’s local governments for infrastructure is on pace to hit a six-year low. Behind the downturn is China’s campaign to rein in so-called hidden local debt, along with increasingly stringent rules for... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Trapped in Investment Slump as Infrastructure Bonds Dry Up
One measure of borrowing by China’s local governments for infrastructure is on pace to hit a six-year low, as Beijing clamps down on risks in a strategy shift that calls into question its promise to s...
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I got a ByteDance expert call transcript—do you think it’s legit? It says China could become self-sufficient on H200-class performance in six months. "However, ByteDance judges that its lead will only last about 5-6 months. It is expected that after May-June 2026, several
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Ash in China @ashinchina.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Me celebrating Christmas
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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
US residential electricity prices +39% since 2021
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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/israel-vs...
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Gomi @gomizone.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
You Can Drive All Around China Via Only 3 National Highways brilliantmaps.com/drive-aro...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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
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Translated Cats @translatedcats.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This is the cat that is so slender that it gets mistaken for a garden eel. 📸 CatApartment
A slim brown striped cat sitting on a red cat scratcher.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/11/2025
China’s exports fall for first time since ‘liberation day’ trade tariffs on.ft.com/4qLDsDP
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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
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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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Ash in China @ashinchina.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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.
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Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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
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Reweth 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🐦‍⬛ @birb.mom · 31/10/2025
Ralph Wiggum from the Simpsons telling his parents "two vast and trunkless legs of stone were in the desert and I saw their shattered visage and the visage told me to look upon its works and despair"
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Georgia DiPirro 📎 @georgiadipirro.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic reads: “Be cheerful, enjoy your life” Discovered in Turkey
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.
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samrayburn.bsky.social @samrayburn.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I love Macao! Totally underappreciated by Western tourists. People just think Vegas of the East but its the oldest European enclave in China. A totally unique blend of Chinese, Portuguese, and British Hong Kong influence. And such amazing unique food. The egg tarts blow HK's away!
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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Macao density…
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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...
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Behind the Nexperia crisis and China-Netherlands tech tensions | China Future Tech webinar
YouTube video by South China Morning Post
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 24/10/2025
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
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
You Can Travel South From Arkansas & Get Into Every State It Borders Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/south-fro...
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The Beatles Photos @thebeatlespix.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
John Lennon May 1964 the #Beatles
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Manya Koetse @manyapan.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
That's a particularly sweet SWAT officer
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
All right everybody, time to read (or reread) The 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon. Ground rules: we are not reading for the history of 1848-1852 France, but we're also not looking for direct parallels to the contemporary US. We are looking for broad lessons on politics and just generally good lines.
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Stuart Morris @foundinchina.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Hear, hear! Cohen was such an important part of my early reading and listening on China. A thoroughly decent and honest man who did not speak about human rights self-righteously, but from the heart. I had no idea he was 95, I must say. He was always so lucid. RIP, Jerome Cohen
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
For those who might be interested, the FT's Martin Sandbu and I recently spoke at a conference in Santander, and we followed up a few weeks later with a discussion on China and global trade. www.ft.com/content/8ee5...
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China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis
Will China’s trade imbalance throw the world off-kilter?
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
How People Break Up According To AI Created By AI being dumb More examples: brilliantmaps.com/ai-being-...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
“The top 10% of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all consumer spending, a record high since data collection on this metric began in 1989.” @weisenthal.bsky.social @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
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Victor Shih @vicshih.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I have had a few chats with @josephtorigian.bsky.social on his book but this one really turned out well and we addressed some core issues about the party and its history www.ncuscr.org/video/the-pa...
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The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
Through an examination of the life of Xi Zhongxun, Joseph Torigian sheds light on the power of the Chinese Communist Party and how it affects individuals at its highest levels.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Unusual but far from unprecedented. In Emerging Markets. In G7 a bit rarer though a couple of Italian companies did it during Eurocrisis.
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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Overwhelmed.
A ginger cat wearing a plush work hat and sitting in front of bags and bags of goods.
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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
A fluffy white and brown cat inside a box decorated to look like the psychiatric help box from the Peanuts comics.
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Joey Alison Sayers @joeyalison.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Something we can hopefully all agree on:
Tall Milk: it's good for your long bones
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