YouTuber Niko Omilana pranked a father into attending a movie premiere about his own life The father, Tudor, achieved his son's dream of a YouTube play button after discovering his son had bone cancer

The cast of ‘SHADOW & BONE’ reunited 📸

You think you know China? 🇨🇳❓🤷 If you’ve never lived here, you don’t. Full stop! I live in China and every time I go back to Australia, the place I still call home, I feel it in my bones: things are getting harder. More expensive. More uncertain. Groceries through the roof. Rent strangling young families. Wages barely keeping pace. Friends working two jobs just to get by and it’s not just Australia, it’s happening across the West. Meanwhile, in China, life is affordable. I’m not just talking about rent or a bowl of noodles (which, by the way, costs me far less than a small cup of coffee back home). I’m talking about everything, from electronics to public transport, from eating out to getting a haircut, it’s all dramatically cheaper. Taxis? A few dollars to cross cities. Entertainment? Accessible. Even high-speed rail that puts most Western transport systems to shame. I’m living better on less and with far less stress. And then there’s the taxes. In China, the standard VAT is 13%, but many essentials are taxed far less or not at all. Compare that to Australia’s 10% GST on everything, or the 20%+ VAT in the UK. No land tax for individuals. No capital gains tax unless you’re seriously trading. In the US? Property taxes, sales taxes, state taxes, federal taxes… it never ends. Yet somehow we’re told we’re the free ones? Let’s talk about politics. China has a socialist-style system that focuses on stability, development and lifting people up. You might not like how it sounds, but here’s the reality: people here don’t stress about healthcare costs bankrupting them. Poverty has been reduced on a scale the West never accomplished. Cities are safe. Streets are clean. Infrastructure is constantly improving and the people? They’re not oppressed, they’re getting on with their lives, building their futures. Here’s something you won’t hear on the nightly news: the everyday Chinese person is doing better than the everyday Aussie, American, or Brit. Most Chinese own their homes outright, over 90%. Compare that to Australia’s declining home ownership, where younger generations are locked out entirely. Public healthcare is cheap, efficient and doesn’t come with a five-hour ER wait. Crime rates? Far lower. Streets are safe to walk, day or night. Kids are educated, elders are respected and the pace of life, while busy, is grounded in purpose. Now, I know this is hard for some to hear. You’ve been fed a certain image of China all your life. It’s hard to cut through the lies, the media bias, the political spin. But here’s a truth: if you’ve never set foot here, you have no right to criticise. None. You’re commenting from the outside, through a filter someone else chose for you. Come and see for yourself. Walk the streets. Talk to the locals. Experience it firsthand. This is the only way. I live here. I’ve lived the reality, both in China and back in Australia and I can tell you with all honesty: We’ve been sold a lie. And the longer we ignore it, the more our own countries fall further behind, while pointing fingers at the ones that are actually rising.

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this not being scripted. yearning is in his bones

ダイワスカーレット描きました

gachiakuta doodles...episode 1 was sooo good i love gachiakuta i love studio bones 🥹 #GACHIART

he moves so smooth like he doesn't have a single bone in his body

Beef bones and beans with steamed bread.

How does MechaHitler have a more honest face than Sam Altman?

Moments before Elmo was hacked 😳

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