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CasualObserver said:

My God, this woman is insufferable...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011504119593181587

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siegecrossbow said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/comments/1qcrk4w

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GulfLander said:

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plawolf said:

Mother really should have called the police to inform them that armed men have kidnapped her child and is holding the child hostage. Even Trump would struggle to be able to defend ICE if it got into a firefight with local PD over using a child as a hostage.

If this happened in a truly civilised and free society, the streets would be filled with outraged protesters, but in America, this is just a Tuesday.

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plawolf said:

Mother really should have called the police to inform them that armed men have kidnapped her child and is holding the child hostage. Even Trump would struggle to be able to defend ICE if it got into a firefight with local PD over using a child as a hostage.

If this happened in a truly civilised and free society, the streets would be filled with outraged protesters, but in America, this is just a Tuesday.

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plawolf said:

Mother really should have called the police to inform them that armed men have kidnapped her child and is holding the child hostage. Even Trump would struggle to be able to defend ICE if it got into a firefight with local PD over using a child as a hostage.

If this happened in a truly civilised and free society, the streets would be filled with outraged protesters, but in America, this is just a Tuesday.

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This is extraordinary and profoundly symbolic: Ai Weiwei has returned to China for the first time in 10 years and says he concluded that Beijing is "more humane" than Germany which he describes as "insecure and unfree". He gave an interview to Germany's Berliner Zeitung after his trip (

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) and here is what he said:
- He described feeling that Beijing had become like "a broken jade being perfectly reassembled" and said he felt no fear returning to the country.
- He complained that daily life difficulties in Europe (where he's lived for the past 10 years) are "at least ten times" what they are in China, criticizing European bureaucracy.
- For instance he said he reactivated his dormant Chinese bank account in mere minutes (with "still had a considerable sum of money in it"). He contrasts this with his experience in Europe: "In Germany, my bank accounts were closed twice. And not just mine, but my girlfriend's as well. In Switzerland, I was refused an account at the country's largest bank, and another bank later closed my account there as well. There were other similar incidents, which I won't go into detail about here. These processes are extraordinarily complicated and often irrational."
- He says that "with regard to the political climate, daily life for ordinary people in Beijing feels more natural and humane" than in Germany which "feels cold, rational, and deeply bureaucratic. As an individual, one feels confined and precarious there."
- Stunningly he says that in Germany, over ten years, "almost no one has ever invited me to their home. Neighbors from above or below exchange at most a brief nod." He contrasts this with China where, immediately upon his return, "perfectly ordinary people from at least five different professions lined up, hoping to meet me."
- He concludes that Germany now "plays the role of an insecure and unfree country, struggling to find its position between history and future."
As a European who's lived 8 years in China, I couldn't agree more: life in China is an order of magnitude less cumbersome than in Europe and daily life feels much more humane and warm, contrary to popular belief. But it's one thing for me to say it, and something else entirely for China's most famous dissident. The man once celebrated throughout the West as the very embodiment of opposition to his country has now concluded that it is in fact Europe that's inhumane and "unfree".

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doggydogdo said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011602034324357167

Isn't Ai Wei Wei a dissident? how is he just allowed back lol, unless he was just lying about persecution. Also, I fucking hate him for smashing Han dynasty urns, he thinks destroying culturally significant works of history is art.

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NVIDIA Reportedly Ends GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Production, RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Next​

NVIDIA has reportedly stopped production of its mid-range GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, according to ASUS, one of the largest PC manufacturers.

ASUS shared exclusive information with Hardware Unboxed, revealing that NVIDIA has created a supply shortage for the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, effectively ending its production.

As one of NVIDIA's largest AIB partners, ASUS has learned that the model is essentially in end-of-life status. The company noted the supply shortage and offered no further comments on availability or potential improvements in supply.

Since retailers and manufacturers can't source enough stock of the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPUs, the shortage has led to significant price increases for these models and suggests that the future availability of this GPU SKU might be nonexistent.

The next phase of the silent production end is approaching for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB version, with resources reportedly being redirected to the lower-capacity GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB version.

Stocks of the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB SKU have been dwindling across retailers and distributors, and prices are beginning to reflect this scarcity. The massive industry DRAM shortage has affected even graphics GDDR7 memory.

As a result, the lower-capacity 8 GB version will remain available until the supply chain and memory production improve. Yesterday's rumors also confirm that the regular RTX 5060 will be the priority card for NVIDIA going forward, for that segment.

Additionally, ASUS provided information about the previously rumored CES launch of the RTX 50 "SUPER" refresh, which was expected to have higher memory capacity.

According to the AIB, this launch did not occur, although the original plan was indeed for a CES launch, which was postponed. Currently, there are no plans to release a series refresh, and some AIBs have reportedly expressed frustration over the sudden change.

It seems the rumor about the SUPER launch being postponed was true, with the primary reason being the shortage of high-capacity GDDR7 memory.

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