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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi-royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Hopefully American people abandon the TikTok ship and some other
unbiased TikTok starts.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi-royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Hopefully American people abandon the TikTok ship and some other unbiased TikTok starts.
PeteWasLucky <waleed.khedr@gmail.com> writes:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi-
royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Hopefully American people abandon the TikTok ship and some other
unbiased TikTok starts.
I mean, if they're buying into this tiktok "rapture influencer" and
fucking up their lives to prepare for it, I don't have much hope they'll abandon it.
PeteWasLucky kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 3.28:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi-
royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Hopefully American people abandon the TikTok ship and some other
unbiased TikTok starts.
Not telling that tiktok is a wonderful thing.... but you do realize that
the US "security concerns" are a load of crap and this is just a way for
US to hijack a profitable income stream.
US has "security concerns" on all high-end Chinese technology. Except
the stuff the Chinese manufacture at slave labour costs for US firms.
On 9/27/25 12:00 AM, TT wrote:
PeteWasLucky kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 3.28:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi-
royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Hopefully American people abandon the TikTok ship and some other
unbiased TikTok starts.
Not telling that tiktok is a wonderful thing.... but you do realize
that the US "security concerns" are a load of crap and this is just a
way for US to hijack a profitable income stream.
Absolutely.
It's what tariffs, and now 100K H1B visas are all about.
Ah pity th' po' foo' who don't see this.
US has "security concerns" on all high-end Chinese technology. Except
the stuff the Chinese manufacture at slave labour costs for US firms.
Do you think they have actual slave labor, TT? Have they *ever* had it
since Deng? Prison labor, maybe, but actual e3nslaved people, any worse
than the company coal towns in Appalachia?... Me, I'll need to see
evidence.
Sawfish kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 18.53:
On 9/27/25 12:00 AM, TT wrote:
PeteWasLucky kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 3.28:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi-
royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Hopefully American people abandon the TikTok ship and some other
unbiased TikTok starts.
Not telling that tiktok is a wonderful thing.... but you do realize
that the US "security concerns" are a load of crap and this is just a
way for US to hijack a profitable income stream.
Absolutely.
It's what tariffs, and now 100K H1B visas are all about.
Ah pity th' po' foo' who don't see this.
US has "security concerns" on all high-end Chinese technology. Except
the stuff the Chinese manufacture at slave labour costs for US firms.
Do you think they have actual slave labor, TT? Have they *ever* had it
since Deng? Prison labor, maybe, but actual e3nslaved people, any
worse than the company coal towns in Appalachia?... Me, I'll need to
see evidence.
I suspect they're enslaving a lot of robots at least.
Unsure about the Uighur thing.
But US claiming something about China (or UN claiming something about anything) isn't going to convince me.
On 9/27/25 10:51 AM, TT wrote:
Sawfish kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 18.53:
On 9/27/25 12:00 AM, TT wrote:
PeteWasLucky kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 3.28:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi- >>>>> royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Hopefully American people abandon the TikTok ship and some other
unbiased TikTok starts.
Not telling that tiktok is a wonderful thing.... but you do realize
that the US "security concerns" are a load of crap and this is just
a way for US to hijack a profitable income stream.
Absolutely.
It's what tariffs, and now 100K H1B visas are all about.
Ah pity th' po' foo' who don't see this.
US has "security concerns" on all high-end Chinese technology.
Except the stuff the Chinese manufacture at slave labour costs for
US firms.
Do you think they have actual slave labor, TT? Have they *ever* had
it since Deng? Prison labor, maybe, but actual e3nslaved people, any
worse than the company coal towns in Appalachia?... Me, I'll need to
see evidence.
I suspect they're enslaving a lot of robots at least.
Unsure about the Uighur thing.
Yes, but how can anyone take an ethnic group seriously whose name phonetically sounds like "Wee-grrrs"?
How can you take a Wee-grrr seriously?
But US claiming something about China (or UN claiming something about
anything) isn't going to convince me.
You can no-a longer afford to take any reports, by anyone, as factual without some form of independent and convincing confirmation.
The stuff that is simply of passing interest--like enslaving people to
make my iPhone--doesn't require deep confirmation. Only truly important things.
Yes, but how can anyone take an ethnic group seriously whose name phonetically sounds like "Wee-grrrs"?How can you take a Wee-grrr seriously?
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message
Yes, but how can anyone take an ethnic group seriously whose name phonetically sounds like "Wee-grrrs"?How can you take a Wee-grrr seriously?
But isn't that Anglo misspelling names?
Like insisting on pronouncing Djokovik and then claiming his name is funny?
Turn on audio and see
French
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=fr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate
Serbian
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=sr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate
Croatian
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=hr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate
Russian
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ru&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate
German
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=de&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate
Italian
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=it&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate
Spanish
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=es&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate
Turkish, their relative?
https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=tr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny&op=translate
On 9/27/25 11:31 AM, *skriptis wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wro=te in message>> Yes, but how can anyone take an ethnic group seriously whos=
yghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=3Dtranslate> > > Serbian> > https:/= /translate.google.com/?sl=3Den&tl=3Dsr&text=3DUyghur%20person%20is%20not%20= funny%20&op=3Dtranslate> > > Croatian> > https://translate.google.com/?sl= =3Den&tl=3Dhr&text=3DUyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=3Dtranslate> =French> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=3Den&tl=3Dfr&text=3DU=
20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=3Dtranslate> > > German> > https://transl= ate.google.com/?sl=3Den&tl=3Dde&text=3DUyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%2= 0&op=3Dtranslate> > > Italian> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=3Den&tl= =3Dit&text=3DUyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=3Dtranslate> > > Span=Russian> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=3Den&tl=3Dru&text=3DUyghur%=
%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=3Dtranslate> > > Turkish, their relative?> > http= s://translate.google.com/?sl=3Den&tl=3Dtr&text=3DUyghur%20person%20is%20not= %20funny&op=3Dtranslate> > > > > > > > Only English counts. That, and Manda= rin.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~https://translate.google.com/?sl=3Den&tl=3Des&text=3DUyghur%20person=
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
On 9/27/25 11:31 AM, *skriptis wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message>> Yes, but how can anyone take an ethnic group seriously whose name phonetically sounds like "Wee-grrrs"?How can you take a Wee-grrr seriously?> > > > But isn't that Anglo misspelling names?Nonsense.> > Like insisting on pronouncing Djokovik and then claiming his name is funny?Oh, it *is* funny, in the Anglosphere. Like Sawfishovich.> > > > Turn on audio and see> > > > French> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=fr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate> > > Serbian> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=sr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate> > > Croatian> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=hr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate> > > Russian> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ru&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate> > > German> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=de&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate> > > Italian> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=it&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate> > > Spanish> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=es&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny%20&op=translate> > > Turkish, their relative?> > https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=tr&text=Uyghur%20person%20is%20not%20funny&op=translate> > > > > > > > Only English counts. That, and Mandarin.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But should their native language count the most!
Everyone says it the way they say it.
PeteWasLucky kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 3.28:> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/ikt