Hong Kong passes new security law, raising max. penalty for treason, insurrection to life in prison, March 19, 2024
Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature has unanimously passed new homegrown security legislation, making treason, insurrection and sabotage punishable by up to life in prison, and rejecting Western criticism that the law would further restrict the city’s freedoms.
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Hong Kong adopts contentious law giving government more power to quash dissent, March 19, 2024
Hong Kong's legislature unanimously passed a new national security law on Tuesday ( March 19), introducing penalties such as life imprisonment for crimes related to treason and insurrection, and up to 20 years' jail for the theft of state secrets.
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I voice out on article 23 public consultation.
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Article 23
Article 23
The Right against exploitation enshrined in Article 23 and 24 of the Indian Constitution guarantees human dignity and protect people from any such exploitation. Thus, upholding the principles of human dignity and liberty upon which the Indian Constitution is based
Prohibition of Traffic in Human Beings and Forced Labour
Clause 1 of Article 23 prohibits the trafficking of human…
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Lovejoy show they have what it takes to headline a stage at Reading 2023
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Playing at the very end of the weekend, up against Billie Eilish, barely a year into their career, and Lovejoy are still expected to bring in one of the biggest crowds of the weekend. Headlining the Festival Republic stage, it’s one of the smaller tents, but that didn’t stop fans lining up all day in the front rows.
It’s been a mammoth year for the boys, getting out on the road properly to do their first festival season sandwiched between two tours, Reading closing out the run that’s seen them cut their teeth on some very big stages. And it’s the perfect ending; the late 2000s indie scene Lovejoy sonically pull from has always been welcome at Reading, frontman Will noting playing the festival is a dream come true.
Bringing out the big guns first, they fire through early track ‘Perfume’, recent Top 40 cracker ‘Call Me What You Like’ and ‘Taunt’ from their debut EP right off the bat, although from the reaction here, it’s impossible to tell which are even the singles. When it comes to hype, they’ve got it by the bucketload, but almost a year on the road has meant they’ve now got the chops to live up to it.
With a clear ambition to climb up the ranks of a festival like this, the top spots will be within easy reach if they keep on at this pace.
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unnamed toba sauropodomorph - titanosaur(?) - early cretaceous
only known from a few partial leg bones and four caudal vertebrae, this mysterious fella was found in toba, japan! the only information ive been able to find about the lad (apart from its appearances in the fossil fighters franchise) is a paper written by yukimitsu tomida and yoshihiro tsumura discussing the discovery and structure of the bones, as well as postulating the fossils belonged to a titanosaur! assuming it is a titanosaur, its quite possibly the largest dinosaur ever found in japan.
higher resolution version and a link to the paper under the cut!
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For the future economy of Hong Kong SAR, Article 23 is opposed by pro-Beijing camp member as I mentioned before.
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Electric Picnic Live Report: Spreading joy with Lovejoy at Rankin's Wood
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The Brighton-based outfit serenaded a crowd filled with die-hard fans, delivering a set impossible not to dance along to.
“We’re Lovejoy and we’re from Brighton!”
Lovejoy was greeted with overwhelming cheers at Rankin’s Wood. They had drawn an ever-growing crowd bursting with fans who had structured their entire weekend around seeing this set; screaming fans were hoisted on shoulders, waving their arms wildly to the bubbly, high-tempo tunes. The audience was one of the loveliest of the weekend so far, a Gen-Z-heavy crowd encouraging others to enjoy the music and dance along as they opened with crowd-pleaser 'Call Me What You Like'.
At one point, I spoke to a girl who told me she had bought a ticket for Electric Picnic for the sole reason of seeing Lovejoy live for the first time. As she explained to me, "Everyone in the crowd was there for a reason."
The band formed in 2021 after frontman and social media star Wilbur Soot’s solo music was received to great acclaim. They’ve released three EPs since and have been playing a series of festivals that have cemented them as an unstoppable force in the indie rock scene.
But Lovejoy is decidedly not Soot’s solo project. During the set, people were predictably clamouring to get his attention– but the set was not about him by any means. The band is a full package, with Joe Goldsmith shredding on lead guitar, Mark Boardman effortlessly smashing it on drums and Ash Kabosu grooving on bass. They were also joined by a horn/keyboardist, adding a special element to the band that placed them above some of their other indie rock contemporaries.
“This is our third ever gig in Ireland,” Soot revealed, his heavy accent dripping from every word, “and you guys always bring it. You’ve been some sick crowds.” He’s very focused, perhaps a bit daunted by the crowd at the start, but as the show progressed it was clear that he was absolutely comfortable and relaxed as the crowd cheered him on.
The songs are effortlessly danceable, and they kept a pleasing high tempo throughout that you couldn’t help but jump to. The clean riffs and shredding bassline reminded me a bit of early-ish Paramore if Paramore were from Brighton and had gone more indie earlier on.
“I want to see dancing for this next one,” Soot said before they launched into a roof-blowing rendition of their hit ‘Portrait of a Blank Slate’ off of their most recent EP Wake Up and It's Over. “Why else are you here?”
And dance the crowd did, waving their arms and screaming along to every single word.
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new #fantheory: nolan was scrolling through twitter on his burner account and didn’t care about the speculating until he saw sam carchidi reporting on it
He saw Sam Charcuterie make his comeback post about him after months… probably deep sighs before clicking on the link… but I bet you he actually didn’t… he just sheepishly grinned at himself and went “I’m back baby.”
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