I watched those 2 channels some time ago too. I think they’ve become more and more CCP-critical over time though. I remember their videos almost 10 years ago being quite uncritical. They definitely couldn’t put their current content out if they still lived in China.

I think the crux of it is though that they were Youtubers, their critical views were for outsiders/foreigners, not for the average Chinese douyin/youkou user and as such were less relevant for 公安. Chinese people couldn’t watch those if they weren’t using a VPN.

In the same vein, if you were making death threats against the current administration you’ll likely get in trouble if you do it on Facebook or TruthSocial. But it would most likely fly completely under the radar if you did it in Mandarin and posted it on TikTok/Douyin. Censors can’t censor what flies over their head.

(As a German living here) I doubt it. It’s bad but it’s still not China-level bad - and even in China they don’t arrest literally everyone. If you’re a foreign national living in the US however, you should be a bit more careful.

This was a thing even into the mid 2000s in my household :)

That’s cool and all but I don’t think there’s a drug in existence which can make that webpage make sense. It’s like an HTML-CSS-fever dream

There’s easily 100 different kinds of Cola and Cola-Orange (“Spezi”) mixes produced in the EU it’s easiest to start taste-testing with everything in your local grocery store and finding out if one of them is to your liking. If you’re from Germany, there’s at least Fritz-Cola, Afri-Cola, Proviant-Cola, Paulaner Spezi (and Spezi made by many other breweries)…

hear hear

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Budweiser Budvar > Carlsberg > Budweiser (US)

Insane headline, considering the article. Didn’t expect such a bad take from the Kyiv Independent.

Just on the verge of 900k personell… will the meatgrinder ever end…

You’re absolutely right! I should’ve said malt or grain whiskey.

The forbidden mortar lol

Tbh, I can’t stand Bourbon, regardless of country of origin. Don’t know of a single good scotch from the States though.

Good, keep your Jack Daniels and I keep my Chianti, Grappa, Merlot and Riesling. Win-win.

Seems like the AI bubble is finally global now 😂

I realize the media can and does sometimes frame politicians in the worst light possible. But my god, seeing full sessions, not just short clips of the current president and vice president (especially the Selensky debacle in the White house)… they really are acting like comic-book stooges in front of cameras

AI Data Miners really are a plague of our times…

And another one

Yes, I use an HHKB (60%) and I love it. You can press fn+4 different keys to get the same result as arrow keys and it’s actually better than traditional arrow keys in that your right hand doesn’t have to move away from the home row. There’s a also other lovely details such as [Caps lock] being replaced by [Ctrl] great if you work a lot with Emacs or Unix terminals in general. Oh and them Topre switches 😮‍💨

Gotta correct you there. The internet has its roots in the 1970s Arpanet (and maybe even earlier projects). You’re thinking of the World Wide Web (Webpages, HTML, HTTP) that came with Tim-Berners Lee but is built upon the pre-existing internet structures and services.