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Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTI</span></a> pushes for tougher steel checks<br>"the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>steel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> faces signif challenges due to China's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surplus</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> produces 1.1bil tonnes of steel p.a., w domestic dd at ~900mil tons. This leads to an excess of 200mil tons being <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a>, particularly to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> &amp; oth <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ASEAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASEAN</span></a> c'tries. This influx, incl'g <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/substandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>substandard</span></a> steel, remains a major concern.. ~30,000tons of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/substandardsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>substandardsteel</span></a> products hv been imported, w additional shipments continuing to arrive"<br><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2995081/fti-pushes-for-tougher-steel-checks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener</span><span class="invisible">al/2995081/fti-pushes-for-tougher-steel-checks</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>These students create fine cuisine from the Oregon coast resources they harvest <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1961764/these-students-create-fine-cuisine-from-the-oregon-coast-resources-they-harvest/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1961764/t</span><span class="invisible">hese-students-create-fine-cuisine-from-the-oregon-coast-resources-they-harvest/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/culinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culinary</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CulinaryTraditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulinaryTraditions</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/francais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>francais</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FrenchCulinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchCulinary</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FrenchCulinaryTraditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchCulinaryTraditions</span></a></p>
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>LOL. <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/search" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> is so bad people have to use 3rd party solutions to search a <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/user" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#user</a>'s <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/exported" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exported</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/data" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> just to get what platforms like <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Misskey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Misskey</a> and <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Pleroma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pleroma</a> have online by default.</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>On a recent Monday, when a generically named Chinese ship called the Explorer No. 1 docked in the German North Sea port of Bremerhaven, it may have inaugurated a new era in the global economy.</p><p>The Explorer No. 1 will soon be carrying 7,000 BYD vehicles on every voyage, and where China’s young and technologically innovative car giant is concerned, that’s just for starters. </p><p>The company is expected to be operating eight ships like the Explorer No. 1 within the next two years.</p><p>BYD’s export push has forced Europe to quickly work its way through the shock that its car makers have experienced recently as they have watched BYD and a plethora of other Chinese auto manufacturers ramp up design and production of the products of the future. </p><p>This has helped the Europeans move past denial and begin grappling with a fundamentally altered landscape. </p><p>That does not mean they have found a solution for Chinese competition in this sector. </p><p>Simply put, no one has.</p><p>In terms of immediate tactics, the answer for now in Europe seems to be the pursuit of radical cost savings in the making of automobiles. </p><p>Unlike in the United States, small cars dominate the European market. China’s new offerings are attractive<br><a href="https://qoshe.com/foreign-policy/howard-w-french/china-s-global-ev-domination-is-just-beginning/170914694" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">qoshe.com/foreign-policy/howar</span><span class="invisible">d-w-french/china-s-global-ev-domination-is-just-beginning/170914694</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SUV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SUV</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pickup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pickup</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>🆘In Western markets, large <a href="https://c.im/tags/SUV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SUV</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/pickup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pickup</span></a> truck sales have hit new highs. <br>❌“[I]f SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth-largest emitter of <a href="https://c.im/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a>,” Patrick Schröder wrote this week. <br>⚠️“By comparison, electric vehicles (EVs) … still only account for roughly one-tenth of total passenger car sales in the United States.”<br>➡️Meanwhile, in <a href="https://c.im/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, sales have soared—and the country, which boasts the world’s largest <a href="https://c.im/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> market, <a href="https://c.im/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a> its vehicles at unprecedented rates last year.</p><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/01/china-us-europe-evs-electric-vehicles-market-energy-transition/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/01/c</span><span class="invisible">hina-us-europe-evs-electric-vehicles-market-energy-transition/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921</span></a></p>
Caterine Vauban<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://veganism.social/@Dragofix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Dragofix</span></a></span> I hear that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quinoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quinoa</span></a>'s food miles are pretty up there, and that international demand has negatively impacted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bolivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolivia</span></a>'s (I'll check) food and financial economies as the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grain</span></a> fetches higher prices if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a> rather than if bought and eaten locally.</p>
FreeSchool=W🔁rk & Friendship!<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@TheOldGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheOldGuy</span></a></span> I applaud they do this, I do it even when I could buy.</p><p>Unfortunately people only do this during these times of war and then it's back to <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/outsourcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outsourcing</span></a> after as state supports that not do it yourself cheapness or recycling! So it's little on that front if they continue to buy after...</p><p>👚 :india: 👗 India Pakistan<br>💻 🇨🇳 👜 China PRC / Taiwan<br>⛽ 🇦🇪 🚗 UAE / Middle East</p><p>GET YOUR HANDS OFF!</p><p>It's not easy - but outsourcing is a type of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> and least people could do is Do It Yourself more often <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> and leave other people and markets alone as they fuck it all up and disrespect them either way relying so heavily on them / forcing them to play bad <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> making a ball ... <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/dress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dress</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronic</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/chips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chips</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a>... all too much <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a> or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/extracted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extracted</span></a> in many cases (800 US bases in the world WTF !)</p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-uyghurs-forced-to-process-the-worlds-fish" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/news-desk/t</span><span class="invisible">he-uyghurs-forced-to-process-the-worlds-fish</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StoryOfStuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoryOfStuff</span></a>:There are no <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/moderate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderate</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> legislatingon the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violent</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> because the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/demand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demand</span></a> is for cheap <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/carbonemissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbonemissions</span></a>, 99% of which ends up in the landfill in six months.</p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p>The president, long a champion of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gunsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gunsafety</span></a>, needs to move quickly to fix this <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/policyfailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policyfailure</span></a>.</p><p>The number of semi-automatic <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firearms</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/exported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exported</span></a> from the US has more than doubled since 2016... generated <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bigprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigprofits</span></a> for the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gunindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gunindustry</span></a> — while causing <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mayhem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mayhem</span></a> throughout the region, including at the US-Mexico <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StopBusinessAsUsual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopBusinessAsUsual</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/degradedspaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degradedspaces</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StateSanctionedViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateSanctionedViolence</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ThrowawayPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThrowawayPeople</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DegradationMakesRefugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DegradationMakesRefugees</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-22/michael-r-bloomberg-america-s-export-of-gun-violence-is-a-bipartisan-outrage?cmpid=BBD082223_CUS&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=230822&amp;utm_campaign=closeamericas" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/opinion/articles</span><span class="invisible">/2023-08-22/michael-r-bloomberg-america-s-export-of-gun-violence-is-a-bipartisan-outrage?cmpid=BBD082223_CUS&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=230822&amp;utm_campaign=closeamericas</span></a></p>
MsDropbear42 🇦🇺​ 🦘♀🌈🐧​<p><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/FirefishSocialNoobQuestions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirefishSocialNoobQuestions</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.social/@admin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@admin</a><span> <br><br>1. I've </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Exported" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exported</a><span> my </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bookmarks</a><span>, &amp; tried to </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Import" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Import</a><span> them here to </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Firefish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefish</a><span> via the </span><b><span>All posts - Import - Mastodon - Import</span></b><span> option. Alas it seems not to work for my non-standard usage attempt. Is there ANY way to import my Masto Bookmarks into Firefish pls?<br><br>2. </span><del><span>The special </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Markdown" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Markdown</a><span> language used in Firefish supports </span><b><span>bolding</span></b><span> one's font, but afaict cannot also </span><i><span>italicise</span></i><span> it? Is there a workaround?</span></del><span> --&gt; </span><i><span>whoops</span></i><span>, didn't work for me last night, but seems now to work; </span><i><span>cool bananas</span></i><span> !</span></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p>Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, June 6</p><p>Russian forces blow up Kakhovka dam -- 35 cruise missiles shot down overnight in Ukraine -- Russia brings spy squads into occupied Melitopol -- Russia buying back weapon parts exported to India, Myanmar -- and more</p><p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Tuesday,%20June%206/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Tuesday,%20June%206/</span></a></p>