Tom Mackenzie (@TomMackenzieTV) on X (original) (raw)

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  Sam Altman
  @sama
  tells me
  @elonmusk
  $97B bid for
  @OpenAI
  comes from a position of “insecurity”. Musk’s “whole life is from a position of insecurity… I feel for the guy… I think he’s not, like, a happy person”
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  Protests in China are not rare. What *is* rare, are multiple protests over the same issue, at the same time, across the country. The protest below, apparently in central Beijing’s liangmaqiao, is astounding #China #protests
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  Now:
  @elonmusk
  offers to buy Twitter for $54.20/shr in cash - 54% premium on Jan 28 closing price - Musk: Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it - Musk: Twitter needs to be transformed as a private co.
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  Just over 2 months ago, plain clothes security officials detained our colleague and friend Haze Fan here in Beijing. She remains in detention, held "on suspicion of endangering national security" Today is Haze's birthday.bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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  Flew back to Beijing today from US. All staff in hazmat suits, multiple temp checks & health-related questions. Waiting to be taken to designated screening facility shortly, before starting 14-day quarantine #Covid_19 #China @QuickTake
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  #coronavirus update: - Discharged patient dies of #Covid_19 in Wuhan, says The Paper - China reports 139 new cases, up from 119 on Weds - 31 new deaths, total: 3,012 - Discharged total now 52,045 (*see 1st point*) - Doubts remain over databloomberg.com/news/articles/… @QuickTake
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  'When students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength.'
  @realDonaldTrump
  in 1990 on putting down #protests
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  If Beijing’s parks are anything to go by, #China continues to edge towards something resembling normal @QuickTake #coronavirus
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  BREAKING: China Weighs Giving US Full Access to Audits of Most Firms - affects 200+ firms list in NY - as soon as mid-year - rare concession from Beijing - watch BABA, Baidu, NIO etc
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  China reports 108 new #coronavirus cases Apr 12 plus 61 asymptomatic cases - of those 108, China says 98 from abroad - quarantine measures ramped up in Harbin amid spike in cases via Russia - 51 cases on a single Russia-Shanghai flightbloomberg.com/news/articles/… @QuickTake #COVID19
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  It’s official: Beijing’s morning rush hour is back
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  #coronavirus update: #China's official daily death rate still slowing: 30 vs 31 y'day *But new cases up for 2nd day: 143 vs 139 *Vast majority deaths, cases remain in Hubei *NEW count today: China reporting 16 imported infections bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @QuickTake #Covid_19
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  Breaking: City of Beijing said to seek taking Didi under state control #Didi #China