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I will try. I haven't found any PDFs online and I assume the authors are quite careful with it (they're a bunch of lawyers) but that would solve all my problems
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Reply to comment by !deleted31767 in How to leak digitized textbooks online? by greentea
Thank you so much for sharing this. Pity the kit isn't active anymore!
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thank you very much. I don't own the book atm but I may buy one for the long term benefit of future piracies
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yes that
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Reply to comment by NOISEBOB in Questions around adoption in South Africa or anywhere by greentea
That is unfortunate :(
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Reply to comment by lettuceLeafer in Questions around adoption in South Africa or anywhere by greentea
Thank you! Good luck to you too.
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Reply to comment by Tequilx_Wolf in Questions around adoption in South Africa or anywhere by greentea
Yeah those are good points. Let's chat about it offline some time :)
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Reply to comment by !deleted27729 in Questions around adoption in South Africa or anywhere by greentea
I agree with the points raised by TW and lL. It's also something I am not too knowledgable so will do more research, but I also felt a bit uncomfortable scrolling through private adoption companies who profit off this as middlemen. Some of those sites gave me moralistic religious feels mixed with a dose of capitalism. @NoWhiteSaviors on instagram also often posts about the adoption industry, especially when foreign white people adopt African babies. I think those critiques would apply to white South Africans adopting babies of color.
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Thanks
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Cool, these look awesome. I think Jack Halberstam in the Queer Art of Failure wrote how a lot of Pixar children's films are essentially queer anarchist (I think they maybe used different words though). I think these included Fantastic Mr Fox, Chicken Run, Robots, and some others.
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Reply to comment by d4rk in by !deleted22135
I hope it's ok if I butt in! I've spent the last five years in and out of China, so very interested in this topic!
One one: I agree with Deathdirge about Han chauvinism. I think there's also a bunch of other layers of racism. One source is seen in advertising and media (Wolf Warrior II, that ad where a black man becomes light skinned in the wash are some examples, almost every teen movie I've seen that has a muscle black man who chases the protagonist). I've encountered a lot of hate towards blackness from people on the streets outside big famous city centres. Most Africans I have met outside say Beijing have told me about experiences of verbal and physical harassment. On Chinese forums, I have also widely seen the sentiment that since China gives so much aid to Africa, it should at least benefit from being a colonial power. I think the politically correct narrative is against racism, but I think China is very anti-black. I have also seen an eviction notice targeted only at Africans and seen loads of job ads that specify they're for whites only (I think there are more examples but my mind is a little fuzzy now). On three: There's increasingly been a movement to make sure foreigners also will be affected by social credit. This is primarily being applied to foreign teachers. Also, when I was in China last year, I noticed I - not a teacher - had a Sesame credit score on my Alipay. I think even though its not state owned, it still counts as social credit, because it calculates the score based on criteria that include your online behaviour, social networks, etc.
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Oops, meant the latter! Sorry
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An anecdote of possible relation: I seem to remember that a few years ago, if you ordered something on Taobao (Chinese amazon) to Taiwan, you had the option to choose "Taiwan" or "Chinese Taipei" as choice of delivery. If you chose the former it was drastically cheaper, as incentive to get Taiwanese people to identify with PRC.
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thanks
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Cool, that worked really well. Thanks
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sorry I feel silly asking, but how do you bypass?
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Reply to comment by That_godman in Risks and tips for depositing cash earned doing illegal things into a bank account? by greentea
Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely explore cryptocurrencies
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Reply to comment by celebratedrecluse in Risks and tips for depositing cash earned doing illegal things into a bank account? by greentea
Thanks :) Really appreciate advice
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Reply to comment by celebratedrecluse in Risks and tips for depositing cash earned doing illegal things into a bank account? by greentea
Ahhh I see. Thanks a lot for the clarification. I think I have people who could do that for me.
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Ahhh I see. Thanks a lot for the clarification. I think I have people who could do that for me.
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Reply to comment by shanc in Risks and tips for depositing cash earned doing illegal things into a bank account? by greentea
I think a safe would be my best option but maybe tricky since I'll probably be travelling for a while and might need to access it.
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Reply to comment by celebratedrecluse in Risks and tips for depositing cash earned doing illegal things into a bank account? by greentea
Thanks so much! Sorry for my clumsy follow up question, but do you mean deposit money in a trusted friend's account? Thanks again
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Also the designer does look really interesting!