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Police: Greek anarchists likely behind letter bomb Fragments of Greek stamps were found at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where the letter bomb exploded on Thursday, leaving the secretary with injuries to her face and hands. A far-left Greek group called Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is “likely behind” the Paris attack,…
23 Aug 2016: Incredible stampede after someone found a rare Pokemon
China shuts several online news sites for independent reporting – BBC News 25 July 2016 News services run by some of China’s biggest online portals, including Sina, Sohu, NetEase and iFeng, were shut for publishing independent reports instead of official statements, the media said. The sites had seriously violated reporting rules, officials said. China has…
LINK: ‘Spreading Rumors’ Online in China Will Get You in Jail November 8, 2015 | According to a new piece of Chinese legislation signed into law on Nov. 1, netizens found guilty of “spreading rumors” or “fabricated information” online can be jailed for up to seven years. The ninth amendment to China’s criminal law was…
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強國人怎會懂？超醜的批踢踢藏有這些秘密 ~ 台灣蘋果日報 “How can superpowers understand it? Super-ugly ptt has some secrets”: an AppleDaily writeup about this review of PTT’s history and influence. Interesting that Taiwan still uses telnet BBS systems, and to powerful effect. Someone needs to write a thesis about this.
I don’t actually keep up with the news, unlike most “educated” Americans I seldom read papers regularly IRL or on the internet. It’s not that it’s very hard to generate interest in it after living abroad for so long, rather it’s more like I have too many other things to read and most reports these…