Please donate if you can. Now we only have the Ford Foundation and Bill Gates Foundation grants left

Obviously it is, the question was rhetorical. I find that if one does anything left in a big city, you're bound to bump into NGO types everywhere. Nearly all are good intentioned and very left of centre. Most people I meet who work at an NGO are very critical of their job and the whole "NGO industrial complex" thing. People need to eat, I'm not gonna shit on someone for filling out grant applications and throwing events.

I was always really uncomfortable with the "But did you know that in China" spin that nominally lefty NGOs would try to throw into the discourse, uncritically sourcing the US State Department or VOA. It's been weird seeing these same NGOs, who have always positioned themselves as lefty yet not disclosing their funding, suddenly go public about their difficulty once USAID got gutted. Nothing previous to this disclosed nor thanked anyone for USAID funding, this is the first we've all heard about it. I'm at the stage right now where I don't want to listen to any NGO that doesn't list their funding.

For the record, I know dick about China and I'm happy to engage with some critique. Hell, I'll even read through Trot and anarchist commentary as long as they're not referencing their facts from the great Satan.

You can try it yourself. Literally try typing in "b*det" or "clean @ss" or "tp is b__rgeois" and your comment is auto deleted and you'll get permabanned from the comm.

The head admin here is named Gale Charmin, great grandchild of Martin van Charmin, the largest and dirtiest tp conglomerate on the earth. Do your research.

I'll try posting some comments below with the words uncensored. Watch them get taken down.

I'm ready to join the PLA once they start recruiting swordsmen.

China Introduces “Quiet Fridays” to Combat Rising Complaints Over Government Noise

By Radio Free Asia Staff – May 8, 2025

Beijing, China — In an unexpected move aimed at reducing citizen complaints about “political noise pollution,” Chinese authorities have announced a new initiative dubbed Quiet Fridays, mandating a one-day pause on patriotic broadcasts, anti-Western commentary, and Xi Jinping Thought study sessions in select provinces.

The policy, trialed in Sichuan, Heilongjiang, and parts of Inner Mongolia, is reportedly intended to “restore mental harmony” after a leaked internal survey showed 63% of urban residents had begun using earplugs during state TV news hours.

“We are not banning patriotism,” said a spokesperson for the National Public Morality Council during a muted press briefing. “We are merely giving it a day of dignified silence.”

Citizens have reacted with a mix of confusion and quiet relief. A middle-school teacher in Chengdu, speaking anonymously, said, “It feels like being allowed to take a breath after shouting slogans for hours.”

Sources say the policy may have been influenced by recent online posts — swiftly deleted — in which netizens created memes comparing loudspeaker propaganda to “verbal pollution on a megaphone loop.”

In addition to suspending state media’s usual programming, Quiet Fridays encourage civil servants to whisper instead of speak in work meetings and require the lowering of all Xi Jinping portraits by five inches “to allow space for quiet reflection.”

International observers are split on the policy’s intent. While some view it as a soft acknowledgment of public fatigue, others speculate it’s part of a larger strategy to monitor how citizens behave in a propaganda-free vacuum.

Human rights advocates, meanwhile, caution against optimism. “Today it's 'Quiet Fridays.’ Tomorrow it could be ‘Silent Obedience Sundays,’” said an RFA analyst. “Still, for a government that plays the national anthem before lunch, this is a start.”

No timetable has been given for the program's national expansion. Officials are reportedly measuring its success based on the volume of public whispering and the rate of meme generation.

If my parents didn't fail their volcel pledge that one time, I wouldn't have to be here

I'm tired of pretending that hospitals do anything useful. I spend 99.99% of my life outside of them, and every time I do go, I have the worst day ever.

Cancel hospitals.

Someone asked Grok to translate the video, and Grok replied:

The CIA video's Chinese subtitles, translated to English, include:

1. "He is very dangerous, you must be careful, he is likely to be a spy."
2. "I am responsible for the murder."
3. "After the operation, I saw her lying on the hospital bed, her face pale and without a trace of color."
4. "I found out that I am a very selfish person."
5. "You can only be a person who is loved."
6. "Can I help him predict life and death?"
7. "Heaven helps those who help themselves; your own destiny is in your own hands."
8. "Can you follow back now?"
9. "My fate is in my control."
   It also provides Tor and proxy server details for secure communication.

Sorry I don't speak Mandarin.

Seriously it's often the tiniest little thing, like the margins are 2mm too small or a spreadsheet was filled in a certain method. I've had convos with teachers where I ask them "hey do you mind if I do it slightly differently", they go "OK", and then 10 minutes later a manager comes and asks me to do it the original way. Like fine, but why the fuck didn't the original teacher just ask me. I'm the most gentle and flexible person I know, I literally haven't had an loud argument at work since I before 2000. I'm not gonna have it out over this issue with you.

How the fuck is telling the manager not considered snitching with some people?

@jet@hackertalks.com This person isn't a doctor

Autumn Fladmo Smith is the co-founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, holds a Masters in Holistic Nutrition, a Certified Eating Psychology Coach, and a Certified FDN Practitioner

She doesn't list where her Master's is from, so it's gotta be somewhere shady as well.

I'm sorry I said I hope you get bowel cancer, but it would be really funny if you were reincarnated as a cow or pig though.

I'm sure it's fake, but I don't care