Demonstrators sing "Glory to Hong Kong" during a rally at Chater Garden in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2019. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
Can a song endanger the national security of China and threaten to subvert the power of the ruling Communist Party?
You read that correctly — a song.
Hong Kong officials seem to fear it can, as they are seeking an injunction against a protest anthem called “Glory to Hong Kong.” Officials have asked a court to ban the song from being performed, broadcast, distributed, displayed, sold, printed or published by any means and on any platform.
Not just the lyrics but also the melody. Under the government’s sweeping request, even humming it on the subway or street could violate the city’s draconian national security law.
“Glory to Hong Kong” was written in Cantonese chiefly by a local composer known as Thomas dgx yhl. It emerged during the 2019 anti-government protests and became the ubiquitous unofficial anthem of the movement. Its most provocative lyrics? “Liberate our Hong Kong, in common breath; Revolution of our times!”
Hey ChatGPT, write me a tone deaf, mealy mouthed, corporate doublespeak screed that completely ignores everything that’s happened for the last month. Be sure and add lots of bullshit about how we will now “listen to mods” and have useless meetings every month.
Tesla’s directors will return $735 million to the company to settle claims from shareholders that they excessively overpaid themselves, according to a Monday court filing.
Hallelujah. Now do Elon next. Fucking nobody should be able to cut themselves a $56 Billion paycheck.
That’s where Subscribed versus All comes in though. I do want to see what everyone is upvoting, even when it’s all memes/196 posts. We’re in a shitpost phase now but it’ll pass.
But what they don't tell you is that there's unsung heroes in those facilities, part-timers that - you know, these trucks do not deliver packages unless they're loaded. And these part-timers are working at poverty wages. They need to drive the starting wage rate up, reward the people that have been there a long time and provide full-time opportunity for these folks. And, you know, when we got into the negotiations over the part-timers, UPS simply said there's no more to give and said we're not going to go any further, and that was it.
Record profits for shareholders but not a penny for the people who do the actual work.
Our French compatriots are giving Spez the guillotine!