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ag & food systems nerd || covering primary industry
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Bangkok via Beijing via SoDakJoined May 2008
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A strongman leader hiding his next steps just long enough to stay in power. Shady companies waiting in the wings to cash in. Sound familiar? Yup, it’s time for another edition of South Dakota’s nuclear waste dump history, courtesy of my dad.
dakotafreepress.com
Guest Column: South Dakota’s Nuclear Waste War—Piercing Janklow’s Iron Curtains of Secrecy
South Dakota’s Nuclear Waste War–Piercing Janklow’s Iron Curtains of Secrecy By Donald Pay The first article in this serialized history of the nuclear waste issue in South DakotaI discussed the ini…
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Journalism in China is no different. Chinese journalists are no different. They are well used to taking the heat. They are well used to finding the cracks that let the light in. They will keep doing it.
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At the end of the day, journalism everywhere is basically about bringing the truth to light as objectively as possible, even when it will have blowback for someone because a government body, a corporate interest, a powerful individual, or their own boss doesn't like it.
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More than 13 years on, I believe the work of Chinese journalists, and of journalists in China, is more important and urgent than ever. But my opinion on whether folks (often non-Chinese) who leave ought to keep their mouths shut has evolved a great deal.
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Back in 2009, a friend wrote a piece about internal censorship at a top Chinese media organization, Caijing, as she left. I was livid, arguing it put some of China's best journalists – the few able to thread the needle of ever-tightening state controls – at risk.
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Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸
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There’s plenty of blame to go around in the C-suites of BuzzFeed and Insider, which are laying off journalists while dabbling with AI. But we are all playing a rigged game inside the platforms’ casino. Digital journalism has to be commercially rational.
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California guilds submit letter of support for the California Journalism Preservation Act — Media...
Guild support for AB 886 (Wicks) marks the first time that trade unions representing American journalists are supporting a bill that seeks to level the economic playing field between massive tech...
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Abraham Gutman
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Kurt Cobain died 29 years ago today. He suffered chronic pain. Wrote in his journal that he chose drugs instead of ending his own life. Buprenorphine worked for him, as it does for many today. But it was illegal then. When his physician died in 93 he was caught off. RIP Kurdt
A photo from Kurt Cobain's diary that starts "I bought a gun but chose drugs instead." He then goes on to describe detox is torture and how buprenorphine helped him.
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Gavin Cross
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What’s the best / cheapest way to maintain a US non-VoIP phone number that I can receive 2FA codes to internationally? Used to use Google Voice for this, but most services now disallow VoIP numbers, and don’t want to pay 50$ a month + roaming just to get text messages.
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China Media Project
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In today's official media coverage of the National People's Congress — a good example of catchphrase creation. Appearing for the first time ever is Xi's "Two Must-Haves" (两个必保): 1) a dependable grain/food supply not vulnerable to int'l mkts, 2) a firm manufacturing industry.
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No speakers, no RSVP, no fuss, just you and us nerding out over a beer or two and welcoming the rabbit year. Feel free to tweet any questions my way (or just show up!)
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Pro-GM camp slowly but surely gaining ground in Beijing. Also worth noting these approvals have been on diplomatic & chamber of commerce ask lists for ages. A nice little pre-LNY gift.
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#China approves import of Bayer's GMO alfalfa, Corteva canola after a decade reut.rs/3Gwwdco
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Love it when people discover China's standard seed display bottles for the first time. Have never got to the (ahem) bottom (ahem) of why they use these inverted ones but they're ubiquitous at ag expos.
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China Xinhua News
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As China's major grain barn, Heilongjiang Province in northeast China has been promoting the seed industry to ensure food security xhtxs.cn/Do8
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Eric Fan
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I talked to 7 women, all Asian international students, who said Dybvig sexually harassed them. From flirty emails to unwanted kissing and touching, their stories span at least a decade. Many said it was an open secret among female Chinese students.
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Former students are alleging this year’s Nobel Prize winner in economics, Philip Dybvig, sexually harassed them trib.al/SaIF32N
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China's answer to the US Defense Production Act -- SOE pharmaceutical companies are in emergency response mode, running 24h a day under SASAC orders to guarantee supply of key drugs. Good one from
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State-owned drugmakers have moved to round-the-clock production, added new capacity and ramped up overseas procurement after the sudden reversal of China’s “zero-Covid” policy cleared pharmacy shelves of fever and cough medicines. caixinglobal.com/2022-12-19/chi
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