Minister Denby
@tjmzj
Union officer, diplomat. Evansville, Peking, Tientsin.
They say Trump likes to hire people who look like they stepped out of central casting, and if true then Trump must’ve been looking for “Evil Patton Oswalt” when he elevated Bill Pulte from mortgage expert to intelligence chief.
Davos vs Dubai makes no sense as a dichotomy, but other than that ... britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...
What I assume to be the propaganda department regularly sends out PSA text messages through China Mobile and China Unicom service channels. I wonder who actually reads them. Oddly enough, the messages never mention Tianjin so you could broadcast identical messages in any city.
Consider: Musk is posting shit like this in his defense, which would not sound out of place in DSA meetings and platform statements. Straight from Putin.
Someone should give Trump renders depicting the ballroom transforming into a giant robot to defend the White House if a kaiju attacks, and tell him it’s real.
So what has Trumpworld done with exclusive rights to the label of “China hawk”? Fuck. All. It does reveal the extent to which GOP natsec circles will sell their soul to stay close to Trump. This doesn’t mean all China hawks or critics are wrong, but sure make things easier for China doves, viz.👇
First time shooting Cinestill 400D; shots from winter. Used a Big Mini 201 for this and I don’t know if it’s the film or the camera but 400 ISO via DX was underwhelming unless there was epic sunlight. I’d prefer a faster lens and rating at 200 ISO on an SLR next time. #believeinfilm
The new 250D AHU behaves a lot like the old 250D. That’s not a bad thing. It seems pretty light-hungry, or maybe my Trip 35 is underexposing. #believeinfilm
Spotted on the way to work: A Getsoon autonomous delivery vehicle disrupting two lanes of traffic because it got stuck behind a traffic cone dividing the lanes (cone outlined in red so you can see it).
Thought on the Panasonic Lumix L10: Companies making compact cameras have to decide if they want to offer strong video capabilities because catering to vloggers means you need more heat management and a larger body. The L10 is a beast compared to a true compact, the Ricoh GRIV.
We can look at the city core itself, which retains traces of dynastic and colonial history throughout Heping District and in areas directly adjacent to Heping, usually along the Hai River. Heping has a high concentration of wanghong spots and is walkable; the other districts not so much!
To use a map of Tianjin as an example, the red “urban core” of the city is minuscule compared to the sprawling municipality itself, which is made up of farmland, villages, and edge cities that all get called “Tianjin.” While sprawl is extreme in the case of municipalities, it’s true for every city.
1) Trump-as-Mando would have sold Baby Yoda to the Imps. 2) Is the WH posting this meme good or bad for the Mando movie?
Reading the alleged WHCD shooter’s Bluesky posts, came across this recent repost.
There’s a bistro here whose signature item is an octopus burger, same effect.
Planner: Did you paint up that unauthorized Donald Duck we ordered? Artist: Sure did laoban, real TMD sexy just like you asked. Planner: What