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Chilling out outside, perhaps having a solo Karaoke session, rockin it, living the AQI 50 life. #streetphotography #Vietnam
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#Vietnam amid an unsustainable rush. The race to get out of China has gathered so much pace in recent weeks that a social media genre of fixers has surfaced to offer tips on how to reroute goods through not only Vietnam, but places like Thailand and Malaysia too. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/1…
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50 years of reunification, the end of the second Indochina war, #Vietnam had a blast with a mammoth celebration. The nationalism is troubled but it goes strong. An entire day of a parade in Saigon and on TV, and we had a tank in the newspaper 🤷 Interesting, since it’s the final days abroad for us
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Thought I needed a replacement of my keyboard, but repair man thought otherwise. A bit of polishing the wires was enough 🤝
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Schon lange vor dem Schock des Anthropozäns war das #Klima entscheidend für imperiale Machtansprüche, die Durchsetzung der liberalen Demokratie und für die Begründung der kapitalistischen Ordnung. Aufschlussreich, yet very french www.soziopolis.de/geschicht…
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Wenn ich träumen könnte, ist eine Welt, in der wir AGI haben, eine Welt des Überflusses. So der #OpenAI Chef von #ChatGPT. Jazz, Lyrik, Imkern gar? Kapitalismus ist Exzess. Der befreiende, strotzende Überfluss muss gegen AI arbeiten. www.zeit.de/digital/i…
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Capital has been here before with chintz—by which I mean real chintz, an artisanal craft from India. “Chintz” is originally a Hindi word, and if you’re like most people, you’ve probably got the term all wrong. Informative, sweet, a great read. Re #aislop #ai www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ori…
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#waste in motion, I was thrilled to join yet another DFG network meeting. Best vibe. Wholesome crowd. We are crafting a non-handbook—interventions, against waste as individual burden, against purity. Let’s learn from waste(d) material and people, situating #discard studies in Europe. #sts #ecology