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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 journalism
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I'm considering the future of my , and seeking a collaborator who wants to work with me on a revamp and relaunch.

anyone interested? Details here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nithincoca_asia-undercovered-activity-7171761613056667648-9u0E

skinnylatte, (edited ) to random
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After eating tempeh from a wet market in Surabaya recently, the Trader Joe’s tempeh is extremely disappointing. It tastes more like the idea of tempeh

ncoca,
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@skinnylatte bad tempeh just makes me miss good tempeh even more.

the craziest thing for me is that most Indonesian tempeh is actually made with imported American soybeans!

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3100824/not-just-china-indonesia-loves-us-soybeans-too-tempeh

ncoca, to starbucks
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Listening to an event and the speaker (European) spends the first 5 minutes complaining about how the first drink she had when she arrived was a terrible Matcha Latte from....

You came all the way to and that's your first choice of drink???

ncoca, to climate
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Euphemisms in a talk - in one country, "anti-corruption" drive is creating "policy uncertainty" that harms progress on the .

Of course, the "anti-corruption" drive they are referring to is the arbitrary arrest of environmentalist and human right defenders by an increasingly government.

ncoca, to twitter
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While progressives can't even stop using a social network run by a fascist (), in , the ruling authorities are going after pro- businesses, effectively (via @hkfp

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/22/hong-kong-pro-democracy-cafe-fined-hk3500-for-toilet-stains-after-owners-complained-of-weekly-inspections/

backupbear, to UX
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I love* the integration of OneDrive and Office Apps.

For instance, in PowerPoint, I love* how when I go to save a deck I've just created, I get the of this workflow in order to pick the folder I want to write it to:

  1. First get prompted just to throw it in my OneDrive. Click the little "More options..." link down the bottom.

  2. Go to an erstwhile full "Save As" dialog that lets me choose between OneDrive, SharePoint, This PC, etc. Click the "This PC" link.

  3. Get the offer to just write it in my Documents folder, or maybe I'd like to create a New Folder, or maybe I'd like to pick one of 5 or 6 folders under Documents that I've never saved a document into. Click the little "More options..." link.

  4. Finally get presented with a true Explorer Save-As dialog where I can navigate my damn file structure and choose the directory I want to write the file to.

Seriously, if you want a lesson in how not to do file-access UX, look no further than MS Office fully integrated with OneDrive.

ncoca,
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@CharJTF @backupbear But what incentive do they have to change if people keep using it?

ncoca, to China
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If you make it impossible for there to be any opposition, then there won't be an opposition leader. , you can be sure, is learning this lesson.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/business/china-dissidents-aleksei-navalny.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

ncoca, to Japan
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According to ", 29, is 's biggest celebrity"

Is that true?

ncoca,
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@helenslunch @furrowsofar I'm very happy with https://meet.coop - runs on BigBlueButton, secure and Open Source, but not free. But I don't mind paying for a good service.

ncoca, to india
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This new tool does not include a single brand from or , the four largest consumption markets for palm oil, accounting for the majority of demand, and, likely, an even greater percentage of deforestation due to lax due diligence requirements.

We're not going to solve supply chain deforestation by only focusing on global north demand.

https://palmwatch.inclusivedevelopment.net/

ncoca, to islam
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While I'm happy to see this, I wonder if it will matter. It seems like a to do something positive never gets as much attention - or action - as the ones to do something negative...

(Obviously, this is not unique to )

https://econusa.id/en/ecoblogs/mui-damaging-the-environment-is-haram/

ncoca, to wordpress
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Ditched (just a coincidence re today's announcement) and redesigned my website to be a simpler, static-sute, using .

https://www.nithincoca.com/

What do you think?

ncoca, to random
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Worth Reaching - on and the real cost of hypocrisy. Double standards undermine moral authority.

https://dawnmena.org/lessons-on-genocide-from-xinjiang-and-gaza/

ncoca, to AirBNB
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On a recent stay, the host was French, and I sent all the messages/communication in French.

Upon arriving, he speaks to me in English. I respond in French, and he expresses surprise that I speak . All my messages? He had assumed they were auto-.

(does that mean my French is good or bad???)

ncoca, to Ukraine
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I meet, in Japan, many people who care about but not .

Among too many Asian so-called "leftists," those are care about but not Ukraine.

And, sadly, people everyone who care about either of those situations, but don't care about or others facing oppression in Asia.

msquebanh, to climate
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is the largest snowy mountain in the source area of the . It has more than 40 , which are important parts of the & indicators of .

The mountain also has . "Anyemaqen is regarded as a mountain by us ," Tenzin Dargye said. "Seeing the snowy mountain melting bit by bit, we felt that we should do something."

https://english.news.cn/20240224/83578f6c112a4cf9a00895dfdfde42b6/c.html

ncoca,
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@msquebanh Meanwhile, this is happening right now to Tibetans trying to defend their heritage.

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-dam-protest-beatings-02242024224427.html

ncoca, to Amazon
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Just got a press release noting that makes $3.5 million...and hour.

The craziest part? It was being framed as a positive thing.

ncoca, to Smoking
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This chart explains, quite clearly, why I have so few male friends.

ncoca,
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@gombang I knew it was bad, but no idea it was that bad!

ncoca,
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@jigmedatse Here's the source (and data!) https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/comparing-the-share-of-men-and-women-who-are-smoking

ncoca, to China
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Calling criticism of "yellow journalism" and then writing an article full of unabashed praise and zero mention of forced labor (a key component of cheap solar)...is something.

Reality - cheap/free labor + coal + weak pollution standards in Xinjiang = cheaper solar & EV batteries.

Indeed, it says American can "learn from China's solar experience" but no idea that what lesson is. Embrace authoritarianism & violate labor rights?

https://www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/behold-a-wood-dragon-beware-a-yellow-press/

ncoca, to india
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is one of the oldest coffee growing regions in the world, with a rich coffee culture heirloom beans, and unique coffee techniques. But this article says "However, up until the 2000s, India did not have much of a drinking culture." 😠

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Food-Beverage/India-coffee-chain-Blue-Tokai-brews-up-expansion-plan-in-Japan

ncoca,
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@altlife Totally agree, if the article had just noted they were referring to North India, it would have been completely fine. Sadly, this is too common - the conflating of "India" with Delhi or Hindi-belt culture in global media.

ncoca, to random
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Losar Tashi Talek! Happy year of the Wood Dragon.

ncoca, to humanrights
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The Miss Japan story has gotten more attention than the scandal, or any , or issues in , in global media.

And that is everything wrong with how this country, and in general, is covered.

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