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JohnSith t1_jadlrbp wrote

Reply to China says it's been 'open and transparent' on COVID origins by egg_static5

Wow, so transparent that the doctor who first reported it has now disappeared, can't find any trace of him at all, he must have turned completely see-through. Can't get any more transparent than that.

Here is a small list of sources, but not for the person supporter still spouting CCP propaganda, something about drowning stubborn horses. This is for everyone else:

They Documented the Coronavirus Crisis in Wuhan. Then They Vanished.

>Two video bloggers whose dispatches from the heart of the outbreak showed fear, grief and dissatisfaction with the government have gone silent.*

>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/business/wuhan-coronavirus-journalists.html

Coronavirus: Why have two reporters in Wuhan disappeared?

>They posted videos online, shared pictures and dramatic stories from inside the quarantined city that has been virtually cut off from the rest of the country.

>Now, they are nowhere to be found.

>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51486106

Chinese Whistleblowers Who Spoke About Coronavirus Have Vanished, Died

>Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang, who died of the new coronavirus, was initially censored by police. He wasn't the only whistleblower to go silent.

>https://www.businessinsider.com/china-coronavirus-whistleblowers-speak-out-vanish-2020-2

Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus

>As the coronavirus spread in China, the government stage-managed what appeared on the domestic internet to make the virus look less severe and the authorities more capable, according to thousands of leaked directives and other files.

>https://www.propublica.org/article/leaked-documents-show-how-chinas-army-of-paid-internet-trolls-helped-censor-the-coronavirus/

All the early COVID-19 stories censored off Chinese internet

>The article translated below, which first appeared in Young Weekly, examined 20 of the most popular and influential media accounts in the WeChat Official Account ecosystem and analyzed which of their reports were deleted. It found that business media, negative reporting, and articles focusing on doctors and patients got the most attention from censors.

>https://thechinaproject.com/2020/04/07/all-the-early-covid-19-stories-censored-off-chinese-internet/

Inside the Early Days of China’s Coronavirus Cover-Up

>The dawn of a pandemic—as seen through the news and social media posts that vanished from China’s internet.

>https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-early-days-of-chinas-coronavirus-coverup/

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pk10534 t1_jadkono wrote

Reply to comment by Agitated-Airline6760 in The small European nation of Switzerland beat sky-high inflation. Here's how by ethereal3xp

I mean just because something works in Switzerland doesn’t mean it’ll work elsewhere

> Switzerland’s unique economic landscape is decades in the making and difficult for most countries to replicate wholesale. Its exchange rate policy, for instance, could not be mirrored by the wider euro zone, given the disparate economies involved.

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supercyberlurker t1_jadjknz wrote

Reply to Uganda will propose a new anti-gay bill on Wednesday, the speaker of the country's parliament said, as conspiracy theories accusing shadowy international forces of "promoting homosexuality" flood social media by DoremusJessup

So.. is how this works.. that civil-rights inherently mean protection for minorities, which means protection for gay people, so any push for civil-rights can be reframed by oppressive regimes as "promoting homosexuality" and then they can push-back against those civil-rights and people will support it?

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ReverseCarry t1_jadiv5l wrote

Reply to comment by OppenheimersGuilt in Ukraine war: Zelensky says situation in Bakhmut worsening by jacobhong

The people claiming it is totally unimportant are wrong, but that doesn’t mean it’s correct to outsize the strategic importance in the opposite direction either. Because ironically enough, that is also a form of damage control.

Capturing Bakhmut is not akin to capturing Volnovakha. It will not lead to immediate control of Kramatorsk or Slovyansk. It’s best outcome besides opening up the highways is putting those towns in artillery range. Even with those highways, the Russians still have to pass through the smaller towns like Chasiv Yar along the way. It will not be a cakewalk just to get to Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, much less actually take them. It’s better than not having those highways, but the total manpower lost, materiel spent, and political friction generated were not worth a foothold that small.

A victory in Bakhmut might bring home a symbolic win, but strategically its downright Pyrrhic at this point. The manpower and materiel (especially the artillery), would have both been put to better use to reinforce defenses for the upcoming Ukrainian offensives, or in reserve for the pushes in Kreminna.

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