Jeremy Wickersheimer
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@mercoglianos Why wouldn't Iran completely close the strait again when this goes into effect?
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Hearing word that the Notice to Mariners issued by CENTCOM will enforced outside the Strait of Hormuz.
All ships in Iranian ports will be subjected to the blockade.
Neutral vessels (non-Iranian ships) will have until 1400 UTC on 13 April to vacate Iranian ports.
After that ships are subject in interception, diversion or capture.
Ships sailing to other nations in the Gulf will be permitted, along with humanitarian shipments, but subject to inspection.
Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴☠️@mercoglianos
So how can the United States enforce a maritime blockade of Iran? 1️⃣ The US will issue a Notice to Mariners announcing the blockade of all Iranian ports along the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman 2️⃣The US will identify all ships currently in ports and monitor those heading to Iranian ports. 3️⃣They will warn off ships heading to Iranian ports. 4️⃣Ships that leave Iranian ports will be identified by the US and monitored. 5️⃣Expect the Navy and Marines off the Tripoli ARG to perform vessel seizures in the Gulf of Oman, in a manner similar to the ops against Venezuelan tankers. The seized ships will probably be sailed to Diego Garcia. NOTE: This is my opinion, based on recent operations, and I have no firm evidence what will happen.
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@JustinHorn @FredLambert This is all "by wire" and not "physical", if the computer tells the motors to go, they go. "Telemetry" can be misleading, because it merely reads sensor data as seen by said computer, so you can have haywire telemetry as well as behavior with a bad glitch.
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@FredLambert If you press the brake, it overrides the motors. It's just physics. I'm not sure what's going on with the shady stuff, but I have no doubt it was user error.
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Insane Tesla story coming out of Norway today.
You probably forgot about this weird Tesla crash from 2023 where a Model Y taxi had two bizarre 'sudden acceleration' crashes in just a few seconds.
The driver claimed the car accelerated on its own and he was pressing the brake pedal. Tesla claimed its data shows he was pressing the accelerator.
The driver was charged, but the charges were later dropped for lack of evidence, and there are indeed some serious problems with the evidence.
While Tesla did share some telemetry data, the automaker claimed that the last 6 seconds were somehow missing.
It turned out that someone went inside the vehicle, opened up the onboard computer, and removed the network card, which an expert believes would hold critical evidence.
Everyone involved claims not to know where the card is.
Electrek.co@ElectrekCo
Key evidence disappears from Tesla involved in bizarre crash electrek.co/2026/04/13/tes… by @fredlambert
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@GlennLuk @AngelicaOung Also the picture above shows trucks, and hydrogen maybe better for long range haul?
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Hydrocarbons are actually close to 2 orders of magnitude more energy dense than batteries but if we factor in the inefficient combustion process, it brings it to around an OoM.
That’s why you can get to 2,000 kn range EREVs where extra range is provided by high density combustion engine that serves to charge the battery.
Maybe we won’t need 5,000 km range cars but what about drones? That seems like an application where the extra range afforded by fuel cells will be valuable. And given how drones have reshaped the battlefield you can see why China might consider it strategic to build a robust green hydrogen / fuel cell based ecosystem.
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I can't think of a single reason they're doing this except to make sure Japan doesn't get to be ahead on a single technology.
Jason Smith - 上官杰文@ShangguanJiewen
🇨🇳China to deploy 100,000 fuel cell vehicles domestically by 2030. While, similtaneously bringing hydrogen prices down through massive investment in its production.
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@LorenzoTheCat That cat is saying, "I'm the dictator now" 😅
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@RnaudBertrand Awkward statement in light of Trump dumb blockade 😂
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Sign of the sheer chaos of our age that it literally took longer for ASEAN to draft this 👇 than the ceasefire lasted.
ASEAN@ASEAN
We, the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), welcome the two-week ceasefire between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced on 8 April 2026. We reaffirm the importance of maintaining maritime safety and security, and upholding freedom of navigation in and overflight above straits used for international navigation, in accordance with international law, including the 1982 UNCLOS, and the relevant standards and recommended practices by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). In this regard, we call for the restoration of the safe, unimpeded, and continuous transit passage of vessels and aircraft in the Strait of Hormuz in line with the 1982 UNCLOS, as well as for all parties to ensure the safety of seafarers and ships in accordance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Read more: bit.ly/AFMS-DME
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@ChinaEV_Eng_Lif @wojteks81929404 Mostly as in the wheeled platform. But the point is if you need a platform that can access and operate everything a human can, it's an easy solution.
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@jwickers @wojteks81929404 A Roomba is a vacuum cleaner?
What’s the point in saying „My $300 vacuum robot can’t do something a $25k robot might be able!“
Also, there are already stair climbing vacuum robots.
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I wonder how that product meeting went:
“Boss, we finished the sexbot!”
“Wait, what? That was a joke!”
“…well, we could just put some Robocop-style plastic over the private parts?”
“…fine. And give it a helmet.”
CnEVPost@CnEVPost
Chery brings humanoid robot to general consumer market Chery's Aimoga has launched online sales of its robots to ordinary consumers, with a humanoid model carrying a retail price tag of 285,800 yuan ($41,830). cnev.co/8qSJiN1 👇
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@ChinaEV_Eng_Lif @wojteks81929404 Also domestic usage means being able to navigate an environment that was designed for humanoids. Roombas can't open doors or navigate stairs, let alone fetch something from a cupboard 😅
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@wojteks81929404 1. Caretaking (Hospital, Elderly)
2. Entertainment (already established)
3. Sexbots
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@teortaxesTex Used to do IT a long time ago, and companies here had to install Kingsoft accounting software so we had to setup a dedicated VLAN for it because nobody would trust it to be on the company network 😅
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this is the state of *private* Chinese security industry, but Chinese patriots were telling me I'm a fool for accepting that the FlamingChina breach of NSCC was possible. Even gave me some helpful advice about humility, thanks. Their cope re: Qihoo is "the Party asked" lmao
impulsive@weezerOSINT
chinese antivirus companies are shipping kernel drivers that let any local user take over your entire system i reversed two drivers from Qihoo 360 and Kingsoft. one has a heap overflow that corrupts 512 bytes of kernel pool. the other lets you kill any process and read/write kernel memory with a static AES key embedded in the binary these are "security" products. thread
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@notXiangyu There is a fine line between typo and pun 😅
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Smh some mainland businesses use Traditional characters on their signage for the aesthetics, but accidentally fuck it up.
發 (fa - prosper) and 髮 (fa - hair) both got simplified to 发, but they're different characters in Traditional Chinese!
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@SandyofCthulhu That's why Western analysts hate Xi BTW, they much prefer corruption.
It used to be even worse.
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And it still goes on, I'll use Chinese examples from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) but obviously the Chinese aren't unique.
2007: JF-17 fighters sold to Pakistan had mechanical problems, bad radar, unreliable engines, and entire systems not working.
2015: the vice chairmen of the PLA's top body were found to take bribes in exchange for promotions. Basically if you were a PLA general you had to pay off these guys to get your rank.
2010-2020 Chinese electronic parts found to use inferior materials, and even fake components were installed in weapon systems. Bid rigging common.
~2023: Chinese nuclear sub sinks in the dock. Critical design flaws found in carriers.
2023: Chinese rockets found to have water instead of fuel. Also really bad silos, with doors that didn't open or substandard concrete.
2025: nine top generals caught taking bribes to give promotions.
2026: Chinese nuclear secrets sold. You don't hear a lot about this because both the Chinese and the Americans (who bought the secrets) are happy to keep it kind of low. But it happened. 100 senior PLA officers purged.
2026: Chinese anti-air defenses in Iran and Venezuel prove to be largely paper tigers.
So yeah it's ongoing. I'm not saying, "Don't fear China." Probably for every defective system they have 10 or more that work just fine. But it must be disconcerting to be a Chinese leader and not know WHICH systems aren't working.
Sharky (Samurai Arc)@spaceshark23
"Wait... wait a second. You're telling me the entire Beiyang Fleet, the most powerful naval force in Asia, got absolutely wiped out because the money was lost to corruption? The admirals and officials were skimming so hard that the sailors barely got trained, the ships were rotting in port, and they were loading faulty ammunition that probably exploded on their own decks? Bro... I'm sitting here looking at the numbers and I’m actually speechless. They had the hardware, they had the budget on paper, and they still managed to lose an entire fleet like it was amateur hour. This isn’t just military incompetence, this is the ultimate case study in state capture and capital destruction. The Qing administration literally burned their own navy with graft. Unbelievable. If that doesn’t teach you why you never trust governments with serious money, I don’t know what will."
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@ChrisCo512 @johnarnold @Simracer You think a USN ship will attack a civilian tanker?
Nothing makes sense, so anything goes.
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@johnarnold @Simracer You think a tanker is going to play chicken with a U.S. naval fleet?
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So what happens when a Chinese ship is trying to exit the Strait? The US is going to block it? The Chinese will allow that to happen?
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@TGTM_Official That's what happens when you forget to read the manual you mean 😅
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Now the video of the barrel explosion of the VT-4 has come out.
The original vehicle crew members were injured and sent to the hospital for treatment, and the tank was recovered by the arriving recovery team.
This is what you get from buying from Temu. Despite the issues, Thailand is still buying from Norinco.
We are wondering how much they are bribing the Thai team.
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@ChinaUncensored You mean like they did in Iraq or Afghanistan? 😂🤷♀️
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At this point, I think Israel is far more likely to join the US in defending Taiwan from a Chinese invasion than any of America’s so-called European allies.
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@tongbingxue Used to go to his café, that was a long time ago.
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Jeremy Wickersheimer retweetledi
China's first viral internet celebrity “Little Fatty” (Qian Zhijun钱志君）went from overnight meme fame to a quiet family life.
Born on July 15, 1987, in Shanghai’s Jinshan District to a working-class family, he was just 16 when a teacher photographed his classic “contemptuous glance” at a 2003 traffic safety event.
The image exploded online, sparking China’s earliest Photoshop meme craze as netizens edited his face everywhere.
He later acted in films and TV (including Love Apartment), hosted a cooking show, opened a café, and got married. Now 38, he has slimmed down significantly, closed the café, and lives a low-key life in Shanghai with his wife and young daughter — enjoying simple family moments far from the spotlight.
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@TheGrouchHK @ruima I'd imagine, the stuff I get in 2 days all come from Shenzhen and around so obviously can't get those trucked to Shanghai on the same day 😅
JD has stuff all over so can easily get same day if it comes from their warehouse though.
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@ruima "Taobao is usually minimum 2 days"
Err no. In SZ we get same-day if ordering in the morning, and go to the 快递中心 around 7 pm. Next day lunch time if ordering in the afternoon...
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While it’s difficult to beat the equivalent of Instacart or Uber Eats (eg Meituan) <30 minute deliveries, I’ve gotten so used to Amazon Prime / Overnight / Same Day that I forget Taobao is usually minimum 2 days and often longer
Leaving toddler without the smartwatch I bought for them 3 days ago, hope the grandparents can figure out how to set up video calling in my absence
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@TGTM_Official I can think of a few examples ... In the US administration 😅
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This classic Chinese idiom (兔死狗烹) describes how loyal servants or tools — especially the most useful and faithful ones — are often discarded, or even eliminated, once they have served their purpose. The hunter no longer needs the dog after the prey is caught, so the dog itself becomes expendable.
Modern Relevance:
Today, this idiom perfectly applies to the wumaos (五毛党) and other online regime defenders. They enthusiastically attack critics, spread propaganda, and defend the Party line while they are still useful. But history shows that once the regime achieves its objectives , or when political winds shift , these same loyal “hunting dogs” are frequently cast aside, silenced, purged, or even turned into scapegoats.
Their usefulness has an expiration date, and loyalty offers no protection when the rabbit is already dead.
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@CleansedTweets I don't think the concrete is the issue as much as the long bars being barely a few centimeters in. Given the length there is a significant lever effect...
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Many of these crumbling cheap-concrete apartments likely exist in China, they build them so so quickly, but mine is totally fine. Still looks bad though 👀
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@averros271828 @pcdebol @airmainengineer You should try with passengers too because the extra weight means it won't be exactly the same as doing it solo.
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@jwickers @pcdebol @airmainengineer Probably... I alternate between normal and performance t/o and landings for the same reason when I'm flying solo. I don't do that with passengers on board because of additional risk inherent in being at higher AOA near ground.
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Any guess about why the small plane struggles to takeoff?🛫
With fly_with_bruno
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