correct.

there’s also the maybe more important scientific literature ban that is forcing scientists like those who make sure crops grow correctly in the US out of their jobs because they aren’t able to talk about the gender of the seeds they are breeding.

or the physicists who can’t talk about the “status” of the material they’re using, because that word is banned.

countries don’t want to buy American military equipment anymore because they rightly cannot trust the US, which is a huge loss of revenue.

the disastrously policies already enacted are going to economically and socially hobble the country for decades.

the scientist who goes to another country rather than the US to practice physics, agriculture, anthropology, anything, that’s an entire career of innovation and scientific benefit lost to the US.

and those scientists are already avoiding the us, that’s already happening.

the market numbers are the tip of the iceberg here.

I see, yeah, the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 scandal.

good article, I’m curious what the numbers are 7 years later.

it looks like in 2018 80 to 90% of Australian baby formula was exported to China!

I found a PDF explaining the specific domestic and local market share, so even after the scandal in 2008 about half of the baby formula in China was produced and bought domestically.

of course even half of the market is a huge amount of baby formula in real life considering the population of China.

the market research data only goes up to 2017

interesting, how do you mean?

I was literally in the middle of thinking about community groups when I came across your post, I think a lot of people would use this feature.

not for a while, since the US has stockpiles and other outside sources and domestic resources, plus the defense and military arms of the US government will be the last industry to be affected by these import sanctions.

If these Chinese sanctions remain in place for any amount of time however, they will affect US corporate bottom lines much more rapidly and significantly than they affect the DoD, which is no small thing.

Corporate policy is argued to have determined the outcome of the '24 US presidential election, so the ramifications of further industries-wide vast US corporate loss in addition to the 11 trillion already lost are likely to lead to further policy change like the blocking of presidential tariff authority underway now.

the policy decisions of the Chinese government are extremely separated from the everyday lives of the people.

the CCP may refuse to sell expensive minerals to the us, but the Chinese population will buy the cheapest, freshest produce full stop. which is usually the local farmers.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen American produce in China, come to think of it.

during the last trade war, there wasn’t any anti-us purchasing sentiment from Chinese people themselves because everything they want is produced by China anyway.

the Chinese population, in effect, is and has been boycotting every other country all the time for decades because so many of their basic needs are met by domestic production.

i find this very satisfying: gently disagreeing with them via a short single positive message like “gay people do deserve respect”, then letting them throw a very lengthy, time-invested tantrum before gently and completely disagreeing with their comment with another short sentence, over and over until they get tired.

i find that both very funny and I’m putting out positive messages that negate their bigotry without too much time or effort.

that’s just if you have the time and inclination to engage, you aren’t morally obligated to subject yourself to abusive behavior.

if it’s real bad, they’re probably violating a rule, and reporting them will get them banned

hated that work culture so i left as soon as the opportunity presented itself.

went to teach ESL. half the hours for better pay

i travel constantly, and every time I’m flying in a plane i am re-amazed.

i think about how easy and quick it is to fly anywhere in the world and I’m sitting in a bit metal tube floating in the air.

it’s bananas.

I make my own DIY huaraches like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1FrEgeP9jI

extremely comfortable, you can make it with any old slipper lying around and some paracord, lasts for 6 months to a year, depending on the quality of the sandal base.

adjust it to exactly your size that fits perfectly and then you can sew the knots so that all the dimensions stay the same.

takes me maybe 5 minutes to make each pair, and then 5 minutes for the sewing of the knots so I never have to readjust them, costs nearly nothing.

“…that molten glass was involved…”

yeaj, the process you actually go through is even more impressive than the already incredibly difficult fantasia-sequence molten glass process I imagined, haha!

creating a 40 piece picture frame or 60 piece or whatever it is, jeez, that is very cool, and to get it so smooth.

the podcast is called “bit of a rambler”, it’s everywhere podcasts are, main page here: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bit-of-a-rambler--6571124

the first two episodes are out and new eps will be coming out every Wednesday for a long time to come, travel stories and information.

those paints came out great, very vibrant colors, and the car polish you added is such a smart idea, they’ll probably look that way forever.

the nail polish in UV lamp are another good idea, what’s on hand is the way to go, I ended up using strips of old pool noodles lying around as sound insulation for the office I record the podcast in just the other day.

I’ll be on the lookout for whatever you post here next. or I’ll remember you from Lemmy when your YT shorts blow up!

“…she is a true inspiration.”

wow, what a stellar gift, and something that you can throw your appreciation for her into.

do you have a finished picture of the “we can do it” piece you can share?

haha, i remember soldering headphone wires for the first time and ending up with a crazy lumpy Boulder of solder and burnt wires by the end.

to which, of course, I shrugged and rolled electrical tape around and accepted.

Whoa! That is a legitimately fascinating video, thanks again for sharing. “We Can Do It” is such a great image too.

Youtube shorts might net you a little extra revenue if you have a bunch of these clips, btw, if you aren’t way ahead of me, haha, i just learned about shorts.

How long did it take you to develop such a steady hand for the solder?

So there’s no glue and the metal doesn’t fuse into the glass, but the overhang of the solder once it’s cooled acts as a picture frame for each shard and then a complete frame for the whole piece? That’s amazing.

And you definitely did great work on the smooth part of the soldering, all of those front-facing lines look very even and smooth.

Ha, easy to bump projects, i got all excited about these t-shirt designs but after four designs i started up a podcast and got super distracted throwing myself into the episodes. It’s great to feel that inspiration though when you like a project so much you can be reasonably assured it’ll develop into something you’re proud of.

Well, I’m excited to see the new piece, thanks for sharing all this information with me, I would have no idea how something like this worked otherwise.

Are there special glass paints to use for the colors?

oh wow and it’s a time-lapse, you legend!

that definitely gives me a better idea of how the process goes, thanks a lot for sharing, that was very cool to see.

so that’s the copper foil at the end and then do you use a blow torch or something to melt all the pieces together?

that must be so much fun for you also, do you have a lot of projects going on at the same time or do you tend to focus on one at a time?

Ha, that’s awesome, thanks for explaining. Yea, I’ll definitely check out the video when it goes up, sounds like a nail-biting, rewarding process.

Very cool, it came out great.

I coincidentally looked up glass cutting recently and found videos of people cutting window panes by scoring a line and then smacking the scored section off. Is that what you do for cutting glass curves also? Your work looks too technically precise for the smacking method I saw.

wow, that’s very cool. so you have to cut each piece of glass for each finger bone like that?

yes, because it is fun, and we don’t have to make it different just to be different.

Thank you, it was hide read posts.