[–] 52 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Since this work contained positive depictions of gay men, explicit (by Chinese standards) gay sex scenes, and resurrected the ghost of Tiananmen Square, at the time, no mainland Chinese publisher would have published it, nor would the author be safe from government reprisals. Hence, its anonymous publication on the Internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lan_Yu_(film)

Ah, such a free and progressive society!

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Uh, so how's that "limit warming to 1.5°C" target coming along?

    Global average temperatures from January to September were 1.4 C higher than 1850-1900, almost breaching the 1.5 C warming goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement, C3S reported.
    That threshold is seen as essential to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change.

    FUCK

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  • [–] 107 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

    This actually works. All you have to do is decelerate the train once (because it's spinning with the world while you build it).

    And solve the trivial engineering task of reducing all friction and air resistance to zero. Oh, and that of getting on and off the train.

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