Konrad Lawson

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Historian of modern East Asia he/him; Lecturer at University of St Andrews; From Stavanger, Norway Live in Edinburgh, Scotland. 林蜀道 https://muninn.net

"The great distance they had come and the excellent warning system the Chinese managed to maintain meant that there was ample time in which to prepare. A first alarm, accompanied by waving yellow flags, indicated that the planes had left Hankou, heading west towards Yichang. The second, some hours later, with red flags, meant that they had passed Chongqing, and about twenty minutes after that the black flag urgently warned that they were upon us."
4 issues of China pictorial 1976-80
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"International students “raise living standards in every constituency in the country,” according to new research from Public First. While previous analysis has demonstrated the aggregate economic benefit to the UK of international student fees and spending, the new research examines how the existing local population is affected in terms of GDP per head. Public First concludes that every UK resident is £355 a year better off as a result of international students – and for working adults, on a full time equivalent basis this rises to £466. The analysis also looks at how the effects are spread across the country, and the political make-up of the constituencies which benefit most – 80 out of the top 100 seats are currently held by Labour, including six by cabinet ministers."
Our digital networks are biased toward social connections—toward contact. Any effort to redefine or hijack those connections for profit end up compromising the integrity of the network itself, and compromising the real promise of contact. People are able to sense when a social network is really serving some other purpose. Seemingly permanent monopolies on our online social activity lose their constituencies more quickly than they earn them.
Song from Norwegian children’s song book “Syng med oss!” (1945) ‘Og mannen ville fra nissen flytte, men reisen ble ham til ingen nytte, for høyt på vognlasset nissen lo: “Jeg tror vi flytter i dag, vi to. Jeg tror vi flytter i dag vi to!”’
Sunset over the firth of Forth, Scotland. Taken from a train back to Edinburgh. New Forth road bridge visible.