Nine Dragons
@ninedragons.bsky.social
Exclusively posting here now about HK/China and global events/issues. Occasional nonsense.
August 2026's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. July 2026's thread below. bsky.app/profile/nine...
Nine Dragons@ninedragons.bsky.social · last mo.July 2026's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. June 2026's thread below. bsky.app/profile/nine...
I know China's huge, but 5,200 new stores in a year is nuts.
Many of the videos show foreigners engaging in uncivilized behavior and disrupting China’s cleanliness, etiquette, and public order. In these scenes, foreigners are portrayed as dirty, smelly, and disorderly. These videos predominantly feature Indian characters.
Chinese viral AI videos are turning foreigners into villains, flooding Chinese social media. They depict foreigners as threats to China’s social, moral, and national order. Strong, confident Chinese people confront, violently beat, and humiliate them in defense of their country. See more below🧵
The right love to portray migration as an "invasion" & it's usually nonsense. In this case however, it's hard to call it anything else - 49,000 people in 24 hours into a territory of 83,500 ppl / 18.5sq km. If the Spanish govt don't deal with this effectively, the right will destroy them over it.
The extreme ignorance of the entire US administration is hard to imagine, along with their obvious willingness to rely entirely on unchecked AI slop for policy making.
Please tell me that face is AI too.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d agoSeven-byline alert: 🚨 “.. the $20bn hedge fund founded by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, has sought to raise fresh capital from investors after suffering heavy losses during the recent rout in AI stocks.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/2803...
It's hard to buy ethically, because many companies simply lie about where their products are from. 22% here failed country-of-origin testing (a further 6% needed further testing). ALL of the tomato products that failed came from China. Of those, 53% were from Xinjiang. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
We had the origin of more than 200 tomato products tested. The results were shocking
One of Australia's biggest tomato brands and two major supermarkets are selling products that exclusive forensic testing shows have misleading labelling.
abc.net.au
He's so easily fooled it's ridiculous.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 2w agoHe so wants this to be true.
Does anyone know why Laura Loomer flipped to start supporting Ukraine? I mean... good I suppose, but I assume she's still a nut - or has she started flipping other previously held positions? Is it a grift? Did something happen to her (fell out with her Russian handler)? Was is some specific event?
And Moscow is deeply superstitious about sparks, especially in August. From the 1991 coup to economic crashes and military disasters, August is historically a brutal, volatile month in russian history. Lets make it the Mother of All russian Augusts #MARA2026 4/4
"It's cost us $37.5 billion, so we're gonna need $67 billion to cover that." The definitely truthful, non-corrupt, excellent at maths American leadership.
Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social · 2w ago🇺🇸💲🇮🇷 Hegseth told lawmakers the U.S.-Iran war has cost $37.5 billion so far, but CBS News reports the true cost may be significantly higher. The administration is also seeking an additional $67 billion from Congress to help cover war costs and replenish military supplies.
It's happening: bsky.app/profile/fayt...
Nine Dragons@ninedragons.bsky.social · 2w agoAll the points in this thread are spot on, but also keep in mind that these points reflect the damage done already and assume no further warehouses are hit. If Ukraine were to systematically target multiple such warehouses in the coming weeks, it's a huge damage multiplier.
The first time anyone has found an atmosphere on a rocky planet in the habitable zone of another star.
Earth-like planet with atmosphere hints at life beyond our solar system — The Times and The Sunday Times
Astronomers say the detection of atmosphere around LHS 1140 b, which is 49 light years from our planet, is a milestone in the search for alien life
apple.news
True??? He was very well yesterday speaking to the press about getting a sanctions package on Russia passed very soon (tho he has said the same before). Related?
Evergreen Intel@vcdgf555.bsky.social · 4w agoSenator Lindsey Graham is dead.
When China proposed making it "easier" for foreigners to get permanent residency - by investing over $1.4m (so easy!!!) - the internet burst into apoplectic fury about how this would dilute racial purity & destroy the Han race in a way that makes the great replacement theory look mild and centrist.
Y-@@southjerseywyatt.bsky.social · 4w agoI’ll add that there are indeed a lot of “culture wars” in China, they just usually aren’t spoken in English like you see in the West or India. China is probably not as bad as SK in terms of gender politics, but it’s getting there. And there are Han ethnic anxieties as stupid as white American ones.
For the short-term visitor who doesn't speak the language, China's extremely impressive. But you won't learn anything about the country's problems or see its repressive side on a short visit. Maybe that's why they're so keen for people "to come and see for themselves".
Imagine having 5,000 years of history, and only just discovering NOW that there were waters that were essential to patrol and eternally yours. You just, like, never got around to doing it for 5,000 years I guess (I too am a procrastinator).
Nine Dragons@ninedragons.bsky.social · last mo.2. again (Taiwan) China says that coast guard patrols in waters east of Taiwan are lawful & necessary actions to safeguard China’s territorial sovereignty & maritime rights. Kind of weird they've never done them before now then, given their 5,000 years of history. asianews.network/china-justif...
July 2026's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. June 2026's thread below. bsky.app/profile/nine...
Nine Dragons@ninedragons.bsky.social · 2mo agoJune 2026's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. May 2026's thread below. bsky.app/profile/nine...
First closer videos of the burning refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar region, in Russia, and as expected it is total carnage. There are several independent fires raging, especially in the silo farm, but also other parts of the refinery are completely on fire.
All footy fans know the 2026 World Cup expanded to 48 teams from 32. Now that we're into the "last 32" at 2026, we can see which confederations have EARNED those extra places on the pitch. So in the next post I will list: Confederation - 2022 WC places - 2026 WC places - 2026 last 32 places
Yeah, but now they're gonna have to deal with lots of highly motivated and happy employees doing their best to make sure the company succeeds. What kind of a stupid model is that to follow?!?
Knoebel 🛬 Gamescom@knoebel.bsky.social · last mo.Nintendo raised the base salary for its employees "We maintain salaries at an appropriate level. We believe it is important to ensure that compensation remains at an appropriate standard. For example, we have increased pay, including raising base salaries by 10%" mynintendonews.com/2026/06/26/n...
