Dana Crane

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

90's Thailand stray (aka soi) dog numbers exploded due to rapid urbanization. Entrepreneurs smuggled them into #China where they were sold as meat. #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

90's #China saw dog meat go from cold season remedy (a "heating meat" folk medicine) to a regional restaurant trend even as pet ownership soared #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

90s #China night markets thrived on bootleg DVDs & counterfeit fashions phased out by 2001 due to WTO. Today they're largely tourist attractions #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

The 90's #China "mute English" phenomenon was brought on by an emphasis on reading, writing & grammar due to a lack of native English instructors #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

90's #China had two parallel economies until 1994: RMB for locals & FEC for tourists. In practice, we would use RMB to buy food & FEC for hotels. #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

#China executes more people than all other countries combined based on 47 crimes punishable by death including assault & robbery #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

In 90's #China violent crimes against foreigners are rare & heavily prosecuted due to the government's need to ensure safety for foreign investment #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

Robberies surged in the 90's in #China as economic reforms concentrated wealth & unemployment rose due to the closure of state-owned enterprises. #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

#KFC was the 1st western fast food in #China opening its first store in 1987 near Tiananmen Square Today it's the largest restaurant chain in China #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

CCTVs really took off in 2003 but the 90's saw deployments for traffic & safety monitoring Today #China is the most surveilled country in the world #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

Post Tank Man, China's Tiananmen square was empty except for cameras, upgrades to previous surveillance methods like word of mouth & denunciations #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

USSR's InTourist agency was proof of Kafka's bureaucratic nightmares. Less tour agency than foreign currency generator via gullible westerners. #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

#China's 1990's transformation from communism to capitalism unleashed economic freedom but the AI to control its political expression remain unseen #AIart️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ https://t.co/KRpGH3QL0Z

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

Happy #BlackFriday! In a #consumer society it may seem like we're all just happy goldfish with an attention span of a few seconds which keeps us chasing the next shiny object until we’re hooked. But that's probably just #conspiracytheories, or is it? https://t.co/fGwisXSgyN

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

At a time when more & more younger people experience severe anxiety & withdraw online, #technologyreliance is making it far too easy to lead a virtual existence. But such a lifestyle has consequences #AIart ##mentalwellness https://t.co/XWPyHeGNFO

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

A Hikikomori Tale: at a time when more & more younger people experience severe anxiety & withdraw online, #technologyreliance is making it far too easy to lead a virtual existence. But such a lifestyle has consequences- here be dragons https://t.co/rteDWem2v1 #AIart #MentalHealth

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

For The Realm is an #aimovie in simulated 1960's Technicolor generated in #klingai image-to-video (typically Kling 1.6 or 2.1) using images created in #mage

View it here: https://t.co/3h4NNnPKky

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

On the contrary, she was desperately bored of her lifestyle. Nothing but endless stuffy balls filled with stuffy suits dancing stuffy old-fashioned dances in their stuffy gowns. #AIart #GenerativeArt #fairytale https://t.co/jvEjAdYxst

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

So called because she was born into the lap of luxury with a silver spoon in her mouth, Princess Silverella was quick to tell others that it was no fault of her own. #AIart #GenerativeArt #fairytale https://t.co/jvEjAdYxst

[Dana Crane @danam_crane]

GPT3 weighs in: #Zelensky shoots self in foot by cutting off revenue from trans-Ukraine export of gas to EU. Russia still expects energy income to be >2024 due to #China & especially #India where Russia’s ghost oil exports are refined & then sold to EU circumventing US sanctions