liztai, Hey Chinese-language friends!
So I wrote a funny sentence the other day:
我找红线 。可是我有黑线。不好啊!
Apparently 黑线 (black thread) is a colloquial expression that means "a feeling of speechlessness or frustration" and when I looked up Pleco, it says that it has something to do with the Cultural Revolution. Man, I went to deep places with that sentence lol.
Asking Chinese Mastodon - does black thread really mean this in the Chinese context?
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liztai, I've been a little suspicious that almost everything I wrote in Chinese, ChatGPT said was 👍 .
However, today my faith was reaffirmed when ChatGPT corrected me when I wrote 我出家。ChatGPT: "出家" usually means to become a monk or nun, which might not be the intended meaning.
Bwahaha. Would've made an interesting diary entry though.
But what's encouraging though is that I seemed to have internalised Chinese grammar ... mostly.
#Mandarin #Chinese #Learning #LearningLanguages #LearningChinese
rakyat, @liztai Hahaha! I’d assume that your intended message was 我出门。
liztai, @rakyat LO yes my life ambitions are more pedestrian 😆
msquebanh, #Oldest #Chinese restaurant in #UnitedStates is in #Butte #Montana. The one-time mining boom town is atop the Continental Divide about 200 miles south of the Canadian border. ..about as far from a traditional #Chinatown as you can get. Established in 1911 by Tam Kwong Yee and his business partner, Hum Yow -- both 1st-generation #ChineseAmericans -- #PekinNoodleParlor occupies a nondescript brick building on the only remaining block of what was once a bustling Chinatown.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/oldest-chinese-restaurant-us-nestled-193038045.html
Meowthias, @msquebanh This is fascinating. I have been to Butte, Montana, but have never been to this restaurant.
Pineywoozle, @msquebanh lots of western mining towns and railroad towns have one Chinese restaurant that’s been there as long as anyone can remember.
msquebanh, A quiet power rises in SF politics: #ChineseGrandparents
Much like candidates and elected officials adopting #Chinese names, the prominence of #monolingual Chinese seniors at #political rallies has become a perennial election-year phenomenon in #SanFrancisco. This demographic may not swing elections, but their presence sends a signal to other pockets of this heavily #Asian city about diversity and organizing power.
https://sfstandard.com/2024/05/21/san-francisco-mayors-race-chinese-grandmas-grandpas/
msquebanh, @skinnylatte Asian elderly activists in SF - I enjoyed reading this 👍
msquebanh, 2 #ChineseCommunity organizations are #suing #RCMP for #defamation after the national police force alleged they were operating as "police stations" for the #Chinese government.
The Chinese Family Services of Greater #Montreal & Centre #SinoQuébec de la Rive Sud in the South Shore suburb of #Brossard & the 2 centres' executive director, Xixi Li, are seeking more than $4.9 million in damages, according to #lawsuit filed Weds in Superior Court.
msquebanh, How a thriving #ChineseCommunity was built despite #racism & #hardships.
For the #Chinese community of #Newfoundland & #Labrador it's a thriving community built in spite of racism, hardship & #discriminatory government policy.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7204696
#AsianMastodon #ChineseDiaspora #ChineseCanadian #ChineseHistoryInCanada #ChineseImmigrants #ChinesePioneers
Fury, @msquebanh My research finds that “otherness” or racism can go both ways and is part of strong community identity.
CStamp, @msquebanh Did you ever read "Chop Suey Nation" by Ann Hui? She started with a two part article in the Globe and Mail, then wrote a book with the same name. She talks about the migration of Chinese from west coast to east.
It's really fascinating and gave me a new respect for Canadian Chinese cuisine.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/chop-suey-nation/article30539419/
screwtape, #ZhenHouseZhenBonkwave 1400UTC Friday #LIVENOW
https://anonradio.net:8443/anonradio @SDFA lifestyle show set in #lambdaMOO with English and #Chinese and
#bonkwave #music #notBonkWhatICallwave
<3 @socool @keefmarshall @ordosmarkzero @blog @n3wjack @FastGhost @SrRochardBunson +
https://bonkwave.org/board/index.phpTonight/morning we are listening to the new (last Sat/Fri)
https://bonkwave.org/music/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes/Hang out live in-MOO at @me's Sushi place, and https://sdf.org commode chat. lambda.moo.mud.org
UNK #live today!
skinnylatte, Two film photos of a Qing Ming festival altar to the ancestors, outside my neighbor's home in San Francisco
#QingMing #Chinese #Religion #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #Photography #SanFrancisco #AAPI
villainousfriend, Urgent #translation job: potentially looking for someone who can translate ~200 words of Steam page copy from English into #Chinese, before 15:00 CEST on Thursday 9th May. Paid at a good rate, obviously.
(We will know by tomorrow if we need this for certain!)
Boosts appreciated! 💚
villainousfriend, @dbaplanb thank you!
arthur, @villainousfriend I self-publish tabletop games in English and have translated one of my games into Chinese. I am happy to have a look and translate it for you.
hawaiianeye797, Is America’s oldest Chinese restaurant in a tiny suburb of Sacramento? Historians investigate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/02/oldest-chinese-american-restaurant-chicago-cafe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #restaurant #Chinese #Chinese_exclusion_act #california #history
mima,
ncoca, The idea of any democratic government essentially #censoring an app or platform for political reasons is deeply worrying $ hypocritical
Yet, I strongly freel something has to be done about TikTok, and its potential as a tool in #Chinese state-led #disinformation campaigns. But there's a more fundamental problem. Why should TikTok have access to the US, Japanese & European markets when platforms like #LINE, #Spotify, #Facebook #Whatsapp & #Signal can't be used in China?
br00t4c, How a Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Took Over TikTok
https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2024/04/the-rise-of-donghua-jinlong-explained
vfrmedia,
msquebanh, (edited ) Today was a wonderful day with helping out two Aunties & hanging out with my Mom. We are becoming best friends, slowly.
Mom took this photo of me, in our backyard, when we got home. We're sending lots of newer family photos overseas this month & this will be one of them.
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #AsianDiaspora #ChineseCanadian #PeopleWithDisabilities #AsianCanadian #DisabledAsians #LifeInMy40s #StyleOnABudget #FrugalFashionista
CStamp, @msquebanh You're missing #StyleOnABudget :)
msquebanh, @CStamp I didn't know about that tag - edited & added. Except for new clothes gifted to me - everything in my closets are used from thrift/flea markets & free local clothing swaps or free giveaways of clothes. The last new thing I bought myself was a winter jacket, almost a decade ago - from off season clearance racks.
Deus,
Deus,
msquebanh, Photo by Mom, for my Auntie.
My Auntie got me this outfit in Vancouver. It was for my 49th birthday in early February ❤️💗❤️#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #AsianCanadian #PeopleOfYYJ #Saanich #ChineseCanadian #AsianDiaspora #WarSurvivor #PolioSurvivor #VictoriaBC #PeopleWithDisabilities #Gaginang #TootSEA #BornInSaigon #ParaAthlete #DisabilityAdvocate #Activist #DisabledWomen #FormerWarRefugee
SurrealSeal, @msquebanh That’s gorgeous! Happy belated birthday.
msquebanh, @SurrealSeal Thank you ❤️ My Auntie has a good eye & she's the one who usually gifts me new clothes, a few times a year. I don't buy myself new clothes much. Almost all the clothes I have are used - from thrift stores, garage sales & local clothing swaps.
msquebanh,
- Mom was 26 yrs old & I was 8 yrs old. In front of BC legislature. Wearing my fave red ruffle neck sweater vest, wide leg jeans; Mom let me wear her red lipstick that day. I'm unhappy about my mismatched Frankenstein orthotic boot - ppl used to stare at/make fun of them/me. It took years for me to be able to wear regular, matching boots.
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #MomAndDaughter #FamilyPhotos #FamilyHistory #Chinese #WarSurvivors #AsianDiaspora #ChineseCanadian #TootSEA #DisabledPOC #Polio
msquebanh,
- #Expo86 in #VancouverBC
Mom was 29 yrs old, brother Jerry was 8 yrs old. In a cyclo, at the #Singapore exhibition. Our very first family holidays trip, a ferry ride over. We stayed in a motel & had fancy dimsum for first times on this short trip. We had lots of fun at Expo86. The monorail rides were my fave.#AsianMastodon #Teochew #MomAndSon #FamilyPhotos #FamilyHistory #Chinese #WarSurvivors #AsianDiaspora #ChineseCanadian #FamilyMemories #BChistory #WorldsFair #YVR #Gaginang #GenX
msquebanh,
- #Cholon #Saigon #Vietnam
2nd Auntie & my #Matriarch Grandma, visiting Dad's family home. Last photo taken of them, until late 1980s(Mom returned to visit village home). I take after my Matriarch Grandma a lot.Dad's family home only exists in photos now.
US bombed it & nothing remains.#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Auntie #Grandma #FamilyPhotos #FamilyHistory #AsianFamilies #WarSurvivors #AsianDiaspora #Gaginang #FamilyInVietnam #TootSEA #SouthEastAsia #ChineseVietnamese
ZhiZhu, "Covert #Chinese accounts are masquerading online as #American supporters of Donald J. #Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President #Biden ahead of the election in November...
In an echo of #Russia ’s influence campaign before the 2016 election, #China appears to be trying to harness partisan divisions to undermine the Biden administration’s policies"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/business/media/china-online-disinformation-us-election.html#SocialMedia #Disinformation #Propaganda #MAGA #GOP #Politics #USA #News
6G, @ZhiZhu
RE
#disinformation #Chinese #ccp accounts are masquerading as #Trump #MAGA supporters#maddow on her Monday April 1 2024 show covered this, ⭕check it out
#msnbchttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kLDTwQy9teI&list=PLDIVi-vBsOEyETRGoRP9y8zhyu6bHl6iK&index=2&pp=iAQB
6G, #ukraine #zelensky accused of buying two yachts with Western aid money
#France24English Dec 9 2023 FALSE, but of course, Monsieur
Nonilex, Covert #Chinese accounts are masquerading online as #American supporters of #Trump, promoting #ConspiracyTheories, stoking domestic #divisions & attacking President #Biden ahead of the election in Nov.
The accts signal a potential tactical shift in how #China aims to #influence American #politics, w/more of a willingness to target specific candidates & parties, including Biden.
Nonilex, In an echo of #Russia’s #influence campaign, #China appears to be trying to harness #partisan #divisions to undermine the #Biden admin’s policies, despite recent efforts by the 2 countries to lower the temperature in their relations.
Some of the #Chinese accounts impersonate fervent #Trump fans, including one [still allowed] on #X that purported to be “a father, husband & son” who was “#MAGA all the way!!”
#cybersecurity #moderation #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #law #VoteBlue #BidenHarris
Nonilex, …researchers linked the new activity to a long-running network of accts connected w/ #China’s govt known as #Spamouflage. Several of the accts…previously posted pro-Beijing content in Mandarin— only to recently resurface under the guise of #Americans writing in English.
In a separate proj, the Foundation for #Defense of #Democracies …ID’ed 170 fake pgs & accts on #Facebook that have also pushed anti-American msgs, incl’g pointed attacks on #Biden.
they clearly see Biden as a threat, not [#Trump]
msquebanh,
- After dimsum, with fellow #Chinese galpals. Gloria, me, Darlene & Maria. At Jade Fountain Restaurant.
#AsianMastodon #ChineseWomen #GirlfriendsAreGold #AsianWomen #DragonLadies #ChineseEntrepreneurs #VictoriaBC #Saanich #YYJ #PeopleOfYYJ #AsianFriends #ChineseFriends #Gaginang #TootSEA #SouthEastAsianHeritage #POCwomen
staringatclouds, @msquebanh Yeah I miss going to gigs & restaurants too, also because of Covid
I do manage the cinema occasionally if I go to a really early showing
But these days I rarely go out of the house & when I do I'm usually the only one wearing a mask
I do wish people would take Covid seriously
epicdemiologist, @staringatclouds @msquebanh Same. I've been to a couple of plays and concerts only because my (adult) kids were performing--husband and I were masked, but almost no one else was. No movies, indoor dining, etc. and I don't unmask at work receptions, so I don't eat.
Fury,
anathema_device, @Fury Really was ❤️
LeftistLawyer, Neither the #Chinese, nor the #American economies are true capitalist economies.
#China practices #StateCapitalism, America practices #CronyCapitalism.
They are two sides of the #Fascist coin.
The China model benefitting #State control, the American model benefitting #billionaire control.But, at the end of the day both are #evil in that they destroy the #environment equally effectively. The China model does it through command and control efficiency gains. The American model through sheer profligacy.
br00t4c, Beijing-backed cyberspies attacked 70+ orgs across 23 countries
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/03/19/china_cyberspies_earth_krahang/
WatchLover679, @br00t4c can we not do the same to them and Russia please?
msquebanh, Selfie in car. Earlier today.
Sharksonaplane, @msquebanh All of it—we do it at home by covering up my grey hairs with the color so it's easier to do all at once!
msquebanh, (edited ) @Sharksonaplane I am still too scared to dye my own hair bright vivid colours ever since trying to go all blue at home in young adult yrs & dying my neck, half my forehead, both ears & part of my cheeks - partial Smurf face. I couldn't get the blue dye fully off for a few days. I get friends who are hairdressers to do my hair colours - safer for me.