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Visitor parking; spaces open! Chicago, Illinois. January, 2025. © Clayton Hauck

Another update on the “China Situation,” as I will now refer to it. If unfamiliar, please see: 2025 11 07; 2025 11 24

The trend remains! An even higher percentage of this here blog’s traffic is now originating in China (or my mom’s infected computer). Up from a previous high of 70%, China now accounts for over 83% (!) of all visitors. At this pace, by the end of the year we suspect nine of every ten visitors to be Chinese (bots). By early next year, the figure might be at 100% or even 110%, assuming they’ve figured out how to mathematically make this possible.

My new theory is that the bots are infiltrating every detail of this blog in an effort to (finally) get me to sign up for a TikTok account. It won’t work.

Instead, I think once the 100% threshold is inevitably reached, I will sell all of my photography equipment and get that juicy $80k/year salary job pushing carts at Costco that I’ve been dreaming about. While the Costco parking lot is perhaps my most dreaded place on Earth, I welcome the new life challenge.

-Clayton 卡哇邦嘎