2025.02.01
Some links for the day and some thoughts
Thoughts:
Today marks the 4th year since our dreams and hopes were shattered due to the coup in 2021. Life hasn't been the same since.
Links:
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Internal documents from Canadian embassy in Myanmar offer new account of 2021 coup — The Globe and Mail
Documents reveal diplomats had been bracing for some kind of dramatic action since November, 2020
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DeepSeek is bad for Silicon Valley. But it might be great for you.
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List of 200 UK companies that moved to 4-day working week.
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The Severance writer and cast on corporate cults, sci-fi, and more
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