The state of America

Brothers visit Chernobyl after 30 years

Conan visits Greenland

Who knew there were so many Mitsubishi SUVs?

Food tour: Lhasa under Chinese rule

Recently, I've been watching Mark Wiens eat his way around the world. He just visited Lhasa, under Chinese government supervision. I've never seen footage like this before. It's quite disconcerting to see a fully loaded Range Rover in front of the Potala Palace. And every store sign has Chinese words and red flags. I think it's safe to say the Tibetan spirit has been completely broken.

i3 being charged by a Honda generator

As you may know by now, we are going through some pre-emptive power shutdowns. This tweet is making the rounds, and it's actually from 2014 in LA. H/t to Dogs!

Viral photo going around titled “As seen in Silicon Valley....” #poweroutage pic.twitter.com/ozZnvtRuWk

— Heather Blanchard Tapia (@poplifegirl) October 9, 2019

Tristan da Cunha's Inaccessible Island

I was reading an article about plastic garbage and came upon a place called Inaccessible Island. It's a part of Tristan da Cunha.

Here is the island:

Here is Tristan da Cunha:

Foreign troops marching in China's 70th National Day parade

The list of countries is telling. The leaders who showed up is telling. And Xi pressured a lot of them to wear goofy baseball caps.

Afghanistan

Belarus

Cambodia

Cuba: The new leader looks so modern and young compared to the Castro brothers.

Egypt: Sisi showed up.

Fiji

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev showed up. I thought he retired.

Kyrgyzstan

Laos: The first lady has Imelda Marcos sunglasses.

Mexico: So neutral.

Mongolia: No mounted archers.

Pakistan

Serbia: Remember when NATO "accidentally" bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade?

Tajikistan

Vanuatu: !

Venezuela: Maduro dared to leave his country.

Russia: But Russia is not last alphabetically.

1982 Seiko TV watch

CO2 contributors, 1751 to 2017

Hongqi speeding on the freeway

This is supposedly the model that carried Xi during the China National Day parade yesterday. H/t SanchezF40 and Ramon.

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This is awesome. The engine really sounds like M120.

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