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2019-08-18 08:07 pm
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Hong Kong Protests, 18/8

Two live feeds of the very large (and a bit wet) protests in Hong Kong today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTZdVz6zSo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um5yZ3SyP0w

They will keep streaming for anything up to twelve hours, going by past efforts (and what happens after dark). It's very impressive journalism. Not "here's a few curated snippets of what happened today", but "here's everything we saw today - make of it what you will".
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2019-07-07 05:00 pm
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Hong Kong Protests

I've been following the Hong Kong protests as best I can. This is a good insight into the cost to those protesting...

https://popula.com/2019/07/06/the-face-of-protest-in-hong-kong/

The New Zealand government sort of has to take sides on this, due to this court ruling landing in their lap...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/113387161/china-extradition-decision-profound-and-important-human-rights-victory

I can't guess which way they'll go.