How much Bitcoin comes from dirty coal? A flooded mine in China just spotlighted the issue
One of the great Bitcoin unknowns has long been the amounts being produced, or "mined," in what's believed to be the top locale for mining the signature cryptocurrency: China's remote Xinjiang region. We got the answer when an immense coal mine in Xinjiang flooded and shut down over the weekend of April 17–18.
The blackout halted no less than one-third of all of Bitcoin's global computing power. "We'd seen estimates that high, but this shutdown confirms them," says Alex de Vries, an economist who runs the website Digiconomist, which tracks Bitcoin's energy consumption. "We also learned that the area in Xinjiang where all that mining happens is much smaller than previously believed. It underscores China's dominance in Bitcoin mining, and that dominance raises big security concerns."
Source: Fortune #Apr21
https://fortune.com/2021/04/20/bitcoin-mining-coal-china-environment-pollution/
#Bitcoin #China #Xinjiang
One of the great Bitcoin unknowns has long been the amounts being produced, or "mined," in what's believed to be the top locale for mining the signature cryptocurrency: China's remote Xinjiang region. We got the answer when an immense coal mine in Xinjiang flooded and shut down over the weekend of April 17–18.
The blackout halted no less than one-third of all of Bitcoin's global computing power. "We'd seen estimates that high, but this shutdown confirms them," says Alex de Vries, an economist who runs the website Digiconomist, which tracks Bitcoin's energy consumption. "We also learned that the area in Xinjiang where all that mining happens is much smaller than previously believed. It underscores China's dominance in Bitcoin mining, and that dominance raises big security concerns."
Source: Fortune #Apr21
https://fortune.com/2021/04/20/bitcoin-mining-coal-china-environment-pollution/
#Bitcoin #China #Xinjiang
#HongKongYouth #Survey
A New Low in Youth #Happiness: 20% of Youths Want to Leave Hong Kong; Over 50% Discontent about the Government
Source: In-Media HK #Apr21
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Source: In-Media HK #Apr21
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A New Low in Youth #Happiness: 20% of Youths Want to Leave Hong Kong; Over 50% Discontent about the Government
The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong conducted a survey entitled "Sense of Hope and Happiness in 2021".
The findings reveal that the level of happiness in youths in Hong Kong has fallen through the warning score of 7, and out of the "happiness interval".
The latest index score is 6.94, a new low in 4 years.
The youths surveyed have generally given low scores in the city's political climate, society, economy, and future.
Other than finding a new low in happiness levels, the survey also found that more than half of respondents (50.9%) are dissatisfied with the government as a whole.
For long-term life goals, 20% of youths chose "emigrate to a foreign country", a higher percentage than "marriage/raising children".
The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association is a charity funded mainly by the government; its work focuses on promoting the rights and welfare of youths in the city.
At the survey's press conference on April 17, 2021, the association arranged three students to answer reporters' questions. When asked about the government's performance, all three fell silent.
One of them eventually answered hesitantly that the government had not been able to look after everyone during the pandemic, and that she "only focuses on schoolwork now." The others said they agreed with her.
Source: In-Media HK #Apr21
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1082086
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A New Low in Youth #Happiness: 20% of Youths Want to Leave Hong Kong; Over 50% Discontent about the Government
The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong conducted a survey entitled "Sense of Hope and Happiness in 2021".
The findings reveal that the level of happiness in youths in Hong Kong has fallen through the warning score of 7, and out of the "happiness interval".
The latest index score is 6.94, a new low in 4 years.
The youths surveyed have generally given low scores in the city's political climate, society, economy, and future.
Other than finding a new low in happiness levels, the survey also found that more than half of respondents (50.9%) are dissatisfied with the government as a whole.
For long-term life goals, 20% of youths chose "emigrate to a foreign country", a higher percentage than "marriage/raising children".
The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association is a charity funded mainly by the government; its work focuses on promoting the rights and welfare of youths in the city.
At the survey's press conference on April 17, 2021, the association arranged three students to answer reporters' questions. When asked about the government's performance, all three fell silent.
One of them eventually answered hesitantly that the government had not been able to look after everyone during the pandemic, and that she "only focuses on schoolwork now." The others said they agreed with her.
Source: In-Media HK #Apr21
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1082086
#FailedState
#Recognition #PressFreedom
“7.21: Who Owns the Truth" wins #PressFreedomAward, but rejected by RTHK; producers accept award on behalf of production team
A documentary on an episode of RTHK‘s “Hong Kong Connection” titled “7.21 Who Owns the Truth”, has won the Television and Radio category of the Kam Yiu-yu Press Freedom Award.
The Awards Ceremony was held on April 15, 2021 by the Kam Yiu-yu Press Freedom Foundation, but RTHK refused to accept the award.
Only two RTHK contract staff attended the ceremony and accepted the award on behalf of the team. One of them was #BaoChoy Yuk-ling, the journalist who was convicted for making false statements in obtaining information while investigating the 7.21 attack, and another producer of the show, Cheng Sze-sze.
Choy said that these are tragic times where journalists cannot be publicly honored for their work, it “really reflects the situation of the industry and of Hong Kong right now”. Cheng said that journalists in Hong Kong feel like they are walking into a tunnel, "from light to darkness", and that the darkness may never end. Yet she hopes all journalists would know that “even though the tunnel is pitch black, there are many others in there with us”. She hopes that the media industry can stand together in solidarity, and "tell others that we are in the tunnel with them, walking alongside each other."
The Print and Online Category winner is awarded to Apple Daily’s series on illegal constructions at high-ranking police officers' residences. #AppleDaily’s Assistant Interview Director Alex Lam Wai-chung said that by next year, he isn't sure "whether there would still be Apple Daily, or ‘#HongKongConnection’, or even this award at all”, but he will continue to do his all that he can in remaining time, “one step at a time”.
Source: Stand News #Apr21
#RTHK #Journalism #721YuenLong #AwardWinning
https://bit.ly/3wzzt04
“7.21: Who Owns the Truth" wins #PressFreedomAward, but rejected by RTHK; producers accept award on behalf of production team
A documentary on an episode of RTHK‘s “Hong Kong Connection” titled “7.21 Who Owns the Truth”, has won the Television and Radio category of the Kam Yiu-yu Press Freedom Award.
The Awards Ceremony was held on April 15, 2021 by the Kam Yiu-yu Press Freedom Foundation, but RTHK refused to accept the award.
Only two RTHK contract staff attended the ceremony and accepted the award on behalf of the team. One of them was #BaoChoy Yuk-ling, the journalist who was convicted for making false statements in obtaining information while investigating the 7.21 attack, and another producer of the show, Cheng Sze-sze.
Choy said that these are tragic times where journalists cannot be publicly honored for their work, it “really reflects the situation of the industry and of Hong Kong right now”. Cheng said that journalists in Hong Kong feel like they are walking into a tunnel, "from light to darkness", and that the darkness may never end. Yet she hopes all journalists would know that “even though the tunnel is pitch black, there are many others in there with us”. She hopes that the media industry can stand together in solidarity, and "tell others that we are in the tunnel with them, walking alongside each other."
The Print and Online Category winner is awarded to Apple Daily’s series on illegal constructions at high-ranking police officers' residences. #AppleDaily’s Assistant Interview Director Alex Lam Wai-chung said that by next year, he isn't sure "whether there would still be Apple Daily, or ‘#HongKongConnection’, or even this award at all”, but he will continue to do his all that he can in remaining time, “one step at a time”.
Source: Stand News #Apr21
#RTHK #Journalism #721YuenLong #AwardWinning
https://bit.ly/3wzzt04
Paul Harris: Oppression of peaceful protest and a continual increase in agitation between ruling party and public may lead to violence, quoting examples of unjust trials from history of Northern Ireland
Paul Harris, Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association (#HKBA) notices both the ruling party and the public in Hong Kong are immersed in strong emotions since 2019. This is worrying.
He quotes Northern Ireland in the 70s as example. Terror attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (#PIRA), public anger and fear occupied the whole country. These pushed both the ruling party and the public to act strongly in a hurry. The ultimate result was a series of unjust, wrong or false charges.
Hong Kong should take this as a lesson.
Read the fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/Paul-Harris-Oppression-of-peaceful-protest-and-a-continual-increase-in-agitation-between-ruling-party-and-public-may-lead-to-vio-06-14
Source：Stand News #Apr21
#Interview #PaulHarris #Peaceful #Protest #Violence
Paul Harris, Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association (#HKBA) notices both the ruling party and the public in Hong Kong are immersed in strong emotions since 2019. This is worrying.
He quotes Northern Ireland in the 70s as example. Terror attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (#PIRA), public anger and fear occupied the whole country. These pushed both the ruling party and the public to act strongly in a hurry. The ultimate result was a series of unjust, wrong or false charges.
Hong Kong should take this as a lesson.
Read the fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/Paul-Harris-Oppression-of-peaceful-protest-and-a-continual-increase-in-agitation-between-ruling-party-and-public-may-lead-to-vio-06-14
Source：Stand News #Apr21
#Interview #PaulHarris #Peaceful #Protest #Violence
#CCPcontrol #Censorship #Silencing
Furious Chinese Netizens over Lockdown Posts National Anthem "Rise Up" to Protest, and are Promptly Blocked on Weibo
Source: Whats News Media; #Apr21
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Source: Whats News Media; #Apr21
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Furious Chinese Netizens over City Lockdown posts National Anthem "Rise Up" to Protest, and are Promptly Blocked on Weibo
With the widespread of #Omicron in Shanghai, the Chinese government is responding with a tougher stain on the lockdown of the city, leading to public discontent and resistance.
Many Chinese netizens used the first line of the national anthem, "Rise up! Those refuse to be slaves", as a hashtag and posted it on #Weibo to express their anger. This was blocked by Weibo later on, which is ridiculously tantamount to making the national anthem a forbidden word.
It was found later, after searching on Weibo, that the national anthem is still searchable, but the search results would be blanked if the keyword is a hashtag of the national anthem.
This is not the first time China has banned its national anthem. Back in the early days of the #COVID19 outbreak in #Wuhan, when 'whistle blower' Dr. Li Wenliang died, Douban.com banned the lyrics of the same song for "containing radical current affairs or ideology".
Source: Whats News Media; #Apr21
https://www.whatsnewsmedia.com/8796/16/08/45/
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National Flag Guard – Doctor LI Wenliang was died due to the systematic speech controls, which he believed in and supported
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Furious Chinese Netizens over City Lockdown posts National Anthem "Rise Up" to Protest, and are Promptly Blocked on Weibo
With the widespread of #Omicron in Shanghai, the Chinese government is responding with a tougher stain on the lockdown of the city, leading to public discontent and resistance.
Many Chinese netizens used the first line of the national anthem, "Rise up! Those refuse to be slaves", as a hashtag and posted it on #Weibo to express their anger. This was blocked by Weibo later on, which is ridiculously tantamount to making the national anthem a forbidden word.
It was found later, after searching on Weibo, that the national anthem is still searchable, but the search results would be blanked if the keyword is a hashtag of the national anthem.
This is not the first time China has banned its national anthem. Back in the early days of the #COVID19 outbreak in #Wuhan, when 'whistle blower' Dr. Li Wenliang died, Douban.com banned the lyrics of the same song for "containing radical current affairs or ideology".
Source: Whats News Media; #Apr21
https://www.whatsnewsmedia.com/8796/16/08/45/
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National Flag Guard – Doctor LI Wenliang was died due to the systematic speech controls, which he believed in and supported
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16978?single
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Hong Kong Ex-Policeman pleaded guilty to threatening and abusing his own daughter
A 42-year-old former policeman allegedly demanded his ex-wife to see him within 30 minutes, otherwise he would kill their 8-year-old daughter.
Over the phone, the wife could hear her daughter crying and begging the father: "Daddy, please don't. Daddy, please don't. I don't want to use the knife."
The daughter testified in court, and recounted that the man asked her if she wanted to "go with him", which she understood to mean dying. She answered yes at the time, though she didn't want to die.
Later on, when police arrived at the scene, they caught the man attempting to strangle his daughter with a leather belt around her neck and threatening her with a knife.
The man appeared in court on April 21 and pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation and child abuse. He is remanded until his sentencing on May 11.
Source: Channel C; #Apr21
https://bit.ly/3Mq9Nv3
#ChildAbuse #Threat
Hong Kong Ex-Policeman pleaded guilty to threatening and abusing his own daughter
A 42-year-old former policeman allegedly demanded his ex-wife to see him within 30 minutes, otherwise he would kill their 8-year-old daughter.
Over the phone, the wife could hear her daughter crying and begging the father: "Daddy, please don't. Daddy, please don't. I don't want to use the knife."
The daughter testified in court, and recounted that the man asked her if she wanted to "go with him", which she understood to mean dying. She answered yes at the time, though she didn't want to die.
Later on, when police arrived at the scene, they caught the man attempting to strangle his daughter with a leather belt around her neck and threatening her with a knife.
The man appeared in court on April 21 and pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation and child abuse. He is remanded until his sentencing on May 11.
Source: Channel C; #Apr21
https://bit.ly/3Mq9Nv3
#ChildAbuse #Threat
#Election #FailedState
Hongkongers set up a Facebook page to make fun of the Chief Executive hopeful's poor writing skill
Source: Commons; #Apr21
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Hongkongers set up a Facebook page to make fun of the Chief Executive hopeful's poor writing skill
Although most people in Hong Kong seldom pay much attention to the small-circle Chief Executive election, the substandard writing skill of the sole candidate, John Lee Ka-chiu, did stir up discussions and local people's interests.
In recent days, netizens created a public page on Facebook, titled "Daily Watch over Lee Ka-chiu's Chinese Writing Standard".
The page took a twisted approach to show "concerns" over this year's one-candidate-CE election.
It edited and even gave scores to the official posts on Lee's election page on Facebook.
Many of Lee's posts have seen heavily edited in red so that the language becomes more proper and readable.
To many people's surprise, Lee's election team actually took on many of these edits and amended their original writing.
Ah Chiu, (Pseudo name), administrator of the "Daily Watch" page expressed that since Lee failed to provide an election manifesto when he launched his election campaign, nor has he made meaningful contact with local citizens, his substandard writing skill, is perhaps, the only thing that people could remember.
Source: Commons; #Apr21
http://cmmns.co/9oIPR
Hongkongers set up a Facebook page to make fun of the Chief Executive hopeful's poor writing skill
Although most people in Hong Kong seldom pay much attention to the small-circle Chief Executive election, the substandard writing skill of the sole candidate, John Lee Ka-chiu, did stir up discussions and local people's interests.
In recent days, netizens created a public page on Facebook, titled "Daily Watch over Lee Ka-chiu's Chinese Writing Standard".
The page took a twisted approach to show "concerns" over this year's one-candidate-CE election.
It edited and even gave scores to the official posts on Lee's election page on Facebook.
Many of Lee's posts have seen heavily edited in red so that the language becomes more proper and readable.
To many people's surprise, Lee's election team actually took on many of these edits and amended their original writing.
Ah Chiu, (Pseudo name), administrator of the "Daily Watch" page expressed that since Lee failed to provide an election manifesto when he launched his election campaign, nor has he made meaningful contact with local citizens, his substandard writing skill, is perhaps, the only thing that people could remember.
Source: Commons; #Apr21
http://cmmns.co/9oIPR
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