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Phelim Kine

@phelimkine.bsky.social

D.C.-based China correspondent @politico ; Past @hrw.org ; Dow Jones Newswires, Phnom Penh Post; China News (Taiwan). New/old administration peeps: DMs open! Tips to pkine AT politico.com SIGNAL +1 212 810 0469

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Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Researchers at Virginia Tech are developing technology they hope could one day save someone, even when no one is there to help. It's a wearable patch designed to detect dangerously high levels of fentanyl in the body and then automatically releases naloxone.”

Fentanyl overdose patch: How Virginia Tech researchers are working to save lives

“In a lot of the cases, overdose happens when people are alone. There’s no one there to help, so that’s the idea behind our patch,” a researcher said.

nbcwashington.com

T.W. Simpson@simpson.tw · 5d ago

"Wanying "Heather" Zhang, an Irvine, California, realtor, was cuffed by federal law enforcement on Sunday before she boarded a flight to Shanghai, China, from LAX, on a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government."

FBI arrests alleged Chinese agent at LAX after she allegedly surveilled son of Taiwanese president

Wanying "Heather" Zhang, an Irvine, California, realtor, was arrested on a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

cbsnews.com

ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

propublica.org

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last wk.

Tennessee's bumbling executioners, as they tried in vain to kill Christa Pike last night, stuck "at least 7 needles into her left arm. "One of them appeared bent when it was withdrawn." Now, Pike is in critical condition and is - yes - "receiving lifesaving medical care" Gift link wapo.st/4j02JJ6

Christa Pike in critical condition after botched Tennessee execution, lawyers say

A lawyer for Pike demanded that the governor commute her sentence after an attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed.

wapo.st

T.W. Simpson@simpson.tw · last wk.

One of the absolute strangest things you can read in the English language: "A Tennessee woman convicted of murder survived two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday night before state officials suspended the execution and had her taken to a hospital for medical care..."

Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say

Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.

nytimes.com

Phelim Kine@phelimkine.bsky.social · last wk.

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue is suddenly — post cheery Trump-Xi summit — the admin's designated messenger of U.S.-China supply chain hard truths. But it will take much longer than his touted 1-year "bumpy road" to decouple U.S. from Chinese dominance in rare earths, pharma & shipbuilding

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Dr Katie Twomey@k2mey.eurosky.social · 2w ago

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 2w ago

“They stripped language requiring the systems to operate in a “predictable” and “reliable” manner, the people said, and removed a clause mandating that ethical considerations be taken into account when using AI weaponry.“

Jill Lawrence@jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2w ago

Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkR

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Tillis: "Folks, this was stupid on stilts ... to have a Russian oligarch who's actually traveled in a delegation to Beijing fund some sort of island wedding for a very wealthy family that also happens to be related to the president? Come on, guys, this is this is amateur hour"

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led the letter, which was also signed by six additional Democrats and six Republicans.”

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 2w ago

⚡US senators push Trump to rescind Putin's invitation to G20 summit A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are urging President Donald Trump to withdraw an invitation extended to Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the upcoming G20 summit in Miami.

Katie Martin@katie0martin.ft.com · 2w ago

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