Was having a talk with my mother the other day abt how things have changed. I cook myself more than my mother, grandmother, or great grandmother ever did. They say great grandmom only did desserts.

But I've never woven a tapestry or a carpet. Sort of reminds me . All the women are makers. Weaving things, sewing, and the like. All I've ever done was a bit of knitting really.

So I think that will be this year's project. Already have a few looms on the way. Thinking I'll start out with some silk belts and few towels. And try a few carpets before the end of 2023.

@whatshappeninginchina

Thanks for these updates. With my VPN down you're one of the few places I can go to for a quick look at the top stories.

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"The coronavirus surge in Beijing has peaked – the first Chinese city to reach this point since the country abandoned its zero-Covid policy, according to the foreign ministry."

scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

#china #beijing #covid

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RT @jinpeili@twitter.com

wordless sheet of blank paper is taken from hands of a protester who remains standing with an invisible wordless message
It's still a powerful message...

🐦🔗: twitter.com/jinpeili/status/15

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#DOTD: Ba Jin 巴金 (1904–2005), né Li Yaotang 李堯棠, Chinese #anarchist writer who also wrote in #Esperanto and is most renowned for his semi-autobiographical novel 'The Family' #. #ChineseLiterature #ModernChina

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People who came here from Twitter, are you still using the bird site?

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Car Companies and Subscription Creep 

Mercedes is the latest car company to put something that your car can already do behind a subscription fee.

Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual paywall

theverge.com/2022/11/23/234749

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23-30 November is for #HistFicOutsideTheBox

Love fiction that really engages with history?

Look no further! These awesome authors combine great storytelling with diverse representations of places, times and peoples.

If you like creative and unconventional, we have some intriguing tales for you!

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books.bookfunnel.com/histfic-o

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I keep seeing posts in my feed from weird accounts I’m not following and that are not being retweeted by anyone I’m following. Hmm. Anyone else seeing this too?

@Mayleechai I Seems like so long as two or so people I follow follow Elon or whatever, they'll take that as an excuse to shove in my feed. Will have to start blocking soon,

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#时光网Mtime 微博:
#伊朗著名女演员被捕 伊朗著名的女演员塔拉内·阿里多斯蒂(《推销员》《关于伊丽》)被逮捕,前段时间她曾摘下头巾,并举着牌子,写道:“女人,生命,自由”。 #推销员女主被捕 她在社交媒体上发文:“这可能是我最后一次发帖。从这一刻起,无论我发生什么事,都要知道,一如既往,我和伊朗人民在一起,直到我最后一口气。” :sys_video: 时光网Mtime的微博视频 video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:

:icon_weibo: weibo.com/1663735900/Mg1pu2TRU

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A pretty mosque assemblage in Khujand - our last stop before bidding Tajikistan farewell

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"This is the challenge of wise China policy: how do we structure an information environment when our understanding of Chinese politics increasingly relies on textual analysis of stilted and opaque party directives, while still keeping policy debates accessible to researchers, businessmen, and opinion shapers who have never been nor will ever be trained to read the sources on which our analysis is based?" palladiummag.com/2022/11/14/wh

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@ridt Maybe for some big accounts. Nost so much for smaller accounts that engage with each other mostly. I guess China twitter is a bit different. Most of us are used to using dodgy apps.

Update. Things here are pretty normal. For the previous 4 weekends or so wife had multiple boarders stuck at school because their families were in lockdowns in GZ. This week none.

They're also getting a trickle of boarders for the Western provinces. I guess they're just trying to get their kids to a city with more resources in case of lockdowns. Not sure.

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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like one person spread over too many social media accounts

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