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ncoca

@ncoca@social.coop

Asia-focused (🇯🇵🇲🇾🇮🇩 & #Tibet) global #journalist covering #environment, #energy #sustainability #HumanRights & supply chains. DM for Signal 🔑

Location: Usually #Japan, sometimes California or #Indonesia. searchable via tootfinder.ch

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ncoca, to india
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A big different between #India and #Indonesia - genuine #multiparty #democracy = voters actually had a choice to vote against #Modi #BJP (or against Congress).

Indonesians never got a real choice.

ncoca, to india
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Of all the elections this year, was not one I expected to be a sign of hope for .

ncoca, to Taiwan
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Working on a session proposal for a conference, and they have , and, most surprisingly, listed as "countries" for registration.

Of course, it's a conference. You would never see this type of inclusion in a or conference.

ncoca, to india
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Every time I check the #India #election results, the #NDA seat projection keeps dropping. Now 286. Is it possible they don't get a majority?

ncoca,
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@tokyo_0 My Andhra heritage means I'm especially angry at the TDP for joining the NDA now.

ncoca, (edited ) to india
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A reminder that could have preferred in to die, with no consideration for the lives of those - , , activists, , communities, and others - who would suffer under majoritarian rule, especially if they got a 400+ seat mandate.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/stock-market-live-updates-today-4th-june-bse-sensex-nifty50-pm-modi-stocks-market-reaction-to-lok-sabha-election-results-2024/liveblog/110686035.cms

ncoca, to india
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#Miracle in #india?#LokSabhaElections Some signs of hope!

https://thewire.in/politics/live-election-watch-2024

ncoca, to Philippines
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I guess the has the same clueless leftists as , who think everything is a US-led conspiracy, and believe is the same entity as the , not a fascist dictatorship supporting far-right movements around the world.

This piece is...something.

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/06/04/ndfp-zelenskyy-visit-is-part-of-us-design-to-portray-marcos-jr-as-new-poster-boy-for-war-versus-china/

ncoca, to hongkong
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Five years ago I was in , attending and covering the .

When someone told me that they thought this would be the last vigil, I was skeptical. Turns out, they were right. And I haven't been back to , one of my favorite cities in the world, since.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/04/tiananmen-crushed-asias-wave-of-rebellion/

ncoca, to Japan
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The overwhelming attention that the #Trump case has gotten in #Japan media (and probably most #Asia media) compared to the #Taiwan protests is a bit ridiculous.

The latter, IMO, is far more important the the region.

#journalism #China

ncoca, to chinese
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Here's another report that shows that #Chinese heavy industry companies rank at the bottom for #climate and #social indicators.

But good luck finding any critical campaigns against Chinese companies.

https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/publication/heavy-industries/rankings/

ncoca, to hongkong
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I feel like one of the only Americans who was paying more attention to the trial of the pro-democracy activist trial than the one happening in .

And because of how I check things and the filters on feed here, didn't hear news about that for quite a while after I woke up today.

ncoca, to transit
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Any decent, mobile web based planner for or ? Don't want to download an app. The one I was using, years ago, , seems to have gone to shit.

ncoca, to linux
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Glad I switched, fully, to #Linux a few months ago. I'm not a programmer or techie, and struggled with Linux in the past, but compared to a decade ago, the installation was really easy & it the user interface has improved dramatically.

For reference, using #LinuxMint

#microsoft #recall #spyware #privacy #AI

ncoca,
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@notroot Got PopOS working on my old Asus, and liking it. Really user-friendly.

ncoca, to twitter
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#AmericanAirlines #twitter support (which is fantastic) is literally the only reason I am still on the #birdsite. I haven't posted in over a year, never check it, but have DMed AA regularly.

Their app, chat, phone, website, all shit. Couldn't even order a veg meal, but Twitter support fixed it in minutes.

ncoca,
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@auspicacious I feel like customer service is only getting worse with the spread of AI and chatbots.

I used https://simplelogin.io/ to manage email, which is great - integrates with Proton and helps me manage subscriptions and online retailers.

ncoca,
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@auspicacious totally agree - at some point, spamming customers like that should, in theory, harm their deliverability too.

ncoca, to random
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A college sports world without #BillWalton and the #Pac12 just doesn't seem worth following anymore.

#RIPBillWalton.

coffeegeek, to Espresso
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The real secret to great in the home isn't the espresso machine itself - I mean, look at my posts today, showing what a $250 machine can do. The true secret is a great grinder.

We have our choices for the best budget grinders available today. If you're in the market, this is your guide.

cc @coffee @espresso

https://coffeegeek.com/guides/feature-guides/best-budget-coffee-grinders-for-2024/

ncoca,
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@coffeegeek @coffee @espresso 😅
working now!

ncoca, to random
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A coalition claimed they had a Japanese member, a group I'd never heard of.

Went to their website, and not only had it not been updated since 2010 (!) it was using design template that was last updated.

2001.10.17.

Wow.

tokyo_0, to privacy

customers are now expected to consent to retention and disclosure to partners of facial information for up to a year simply to continue using their accounts, and even when not required by local financial regulations.

Here's the U.S. notice: https://wise.com/us/legal/facial-scan-notice


ncoca,
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@tokyo_0 Thanks for this! just turned off my consent for Wise to store my ID/image for automatic verification.

I got to say, they're getting progressively shittier (and more like a big bank).

ncoca,
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@tokyo_0 I do have a Sony bank account too, but haven't yet taken advantage of the multiple currency functions much. Since I get paid from clients in many countries, Wise has been pretty essential.

stefanlaser, to random
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will turn off soon. I grew up with it’s weird aoooo and still know my quite long ID by heart. It was sensational, in contrast to the other, hacky (also cool) .

It was the first DM app I and everyone around me used and loved. never came close.

https://hackerweb.app/#/item/40467625

ncoca,
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@stefanlaser So sad. ICQ was great, interoperable, secure, lightweight, unobtrusive.

ncoca,
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@stefanlaser perhaps nostalgia has given me rose-tinted memories - I wasn't that into security when I was using ICQ

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