I need to buy a lottery ticket today. (I actually might.)

Had a 6.5 hour sleep without any interruptions last night and without taking any melatonin to go to bed. Granted, I did wait until after midnight and for me to be sufficiently tired and exhausted before going to bed.

But to not have woken up after 90 minutes or even after 4 hours has been somewhat of a blessing this morning!

Please body, more of this. Please.

#insomnia

Gaza’s Hospitals ARE The Target


It’s a relatively well-known fact that Israeli forces have attacked the overwhelming majority of hospitals in #Gaza and have launched hundreds upon hundreds of strikes on medical services in the enclave.

Whenever anyone mentions this fact publicly they’ll get #Israel apologists babbling about “human shields” and absurdly trying to claim that there are #Hamas bases in all the hospitals. But these talking points are invalidated by the fact that we’ve seen multiple reports from doctors documenting Israeli forces actually entering hospitals they’ve attacked and destroying all the individual pieces of medical equipment in those facilities, one by one.

The latest of such reports appears in the Greek outlet Efimerida ton Syntakton from a specialist surgeon named Christos Georgalas, who was at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza from April to May of this year.

According to machine translation, #Georgalas calls Israel’s onslaught “a war mainly against children,” and describes horrific injuries that Israeli munitions have been inflicting upon young Palestinians.
Georgalas also describes repeated Israeli attacks on the hospital where he was working, which include the following:
“A Spanish colleague told me that when the Israelis came to the hospital where the MRI machine was, they tried to destroy everything. But the #MRI machine is a huge machine. It’s like a car. Even if you shoot it, it can be repaired. So they brought in a specialist engineer to permanently destroy it. Because even if a bomb went off next to it, it could still be repaired. They had to bring in a specialist who knew the heart of the machine to make it non-functional. And that’s exactly what he did last February.

“In our hospital, the Israelis went through the wards that were the incubators and systematically broke them one by one. The incubators with the crowbar! This has been recorded by my colleagues. The hospital where I worked was occupied by the Israelis for two months, in February and March 2024. The doctors who had remained in the hospital were tortured. They were lined up one by one and beaten. A total of around 80 of them were kidnapped. Of these, we do not know where 40 are or if they are alive. They killed many on the spot.”
Because Israel has been blocking journalists from entering the Gaza Strip, doctors have largely become the de facto reporters on the ground there.

We saw another report documenting Israel’s pattern of systematically destroying individual pieces of medical equipment back in February of this year, this time at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. Doctors Without Borders emergency coordinator Caroline Seguin reported the following:
“There is no health system anymore in the northern part of Gaza. Kamal Adwan hospital has been razed, while Al Shifa, Al Awda and Indonesian hospitals are seriously damaged and only partially functioning. We were utterly shocked to observe that in Indonesian hospital every medical machine seemed to have been deliberately destroyed; they were smashed to pieces, one by one, to make sure no medical care could be provided anymore. You have to ask: What is the motivation of such action? These machines are made to save people’s lives, mothers, fathers, children. It’s devastating to see the state of these hospitals.”

In April of this year Seguin’s report on the Indonesian Hospital was corroborated by an emergency physician named Clayton Dalton, who wrote the following for The New Yorker:
“Sultan led me upstairs, to the I.C.U., where wind blew through broken windows. He wanted to show me something that he had discovered after Israeli forces left the hospital. He pointed to a cardiac monitor near a wall. It appeared to have a bullet hole in its screen. Next to it was an EKG machine whose screen had been smashed.
“We entered a large storage room in the corner of the I.C.U. which was crammed with medical devices: ultrasound machines, I.V. pumps, dialysis machines, blood-pressure monitors. Each had apparently been destroyed by a bullet — not in a pattern one would expect from random shooting but, rather, methodically. I was stunned. I couldn’t think of any possible military justification for destroying lifesaving equipment.”

Indeed, there is no possible military justification for destroying lifesaving medical equipment. They were destroyed so that they could not be used to save lives. Israel has been systematically destroying Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure with the goal of making it uninhabitable, so that the territory can be seized by Israel.

That’s three separate accounts describing Israeli forces systematically destroying medical equipment in Gaza, from doctors who’d stand nothing to gain from lying about such a thing. The evidence is too overwhelming to deny.

There were no Hamas fighters hiding in the MRI machine. There were no tunnels in the incubators. No arms stockpiles in the EKG machine. Israel has been lying about Hamas hiding in hospitals this entire time. Hamas was never the target. #Hospitals are the target. #Healthcare is the target. That’s established far beyond any reasonable doubt by now.

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Maria #Zakharova :

« Les Français ont récemment été très surpris après avoir lu un article révélateur dans la presse locale.

Le point principal : les pourparlers de paix ne signifient rien, et les soldats français servent déjà sous le régime de Kiev.

L'article concerne une unité de combat tactique au nom évocateur « International Revenge » (Vengeance internationale). Ses membres principaux sont français, et le nom, bien sûr, n'est pas une coïncidence.

Le symbolisme du groupe porte toutes les marques classiques des revanchistes néonazis : crânes, esthétique sombre et slogan militant « Memento Audere Semper » (latin pour « Souviens-toi de toujours oser ») — une devise, comme nous le savons, du fasciste italien et allié de Mussolini Gabriele D'Annunzio.

Les néofascistes revanchards français ne se cachent même pas. Ils parlent ouvertement de venir de #France pour combattre les Russes « sans ménager leurs balles » et expriment l'espoir qu'un jour, ils affronteront la #Russie dans une bataille à grande échelle.

Des soldats français, dont d'anciens policiers, serviraient aux côtés des unités de renseignement militaire ukrainiennes. Leur idéologie est imprégnée de croyances néonazies, et leur mission est simple et claire : tuer autant de Russes que possible.

Après cela, les discours de #Macron sur son engagement en faveur de la #paix sonnent complètement creux. »

L’affirmation d’Israël selon laquelle « le Hamas vole l’aide » est une imposture


“Aucun journaliste ne devrait répéter la #désinformation transparente d’ #Israël. Agir de la sorte, c’est participer à la promotion de mensonges visant à justifier un #génocide. C’est pourtant ce que font les #médias occidentaux depuis plus d’un an et demi. Ils sont devenus totalement insensibles à leur propre collusion active dans le génocide.”

L’affirmation d’Israël selon laquelle le #Hamas « vole l’aide » est tellement absurde qu’aucun journaliste ou politicien sérieux ne devrait lui accorder la moindre attention – et pourtant, elle revient sans cesse dans la couverture de la situation à #Gaza.
Par jonathan #Cook, journaliste indépendant britannique

Comment puis-je savoir que l’affirmation d’Israël est totalement dénuée de valeur ? Pour cette simple raison :
Israël dispose d’une flotte de drones de surveillance qui planent en permanence au-dessus de la minuscule bande de terre qu’est Gaza, surveillant chaque centimètre carré du territoire. Le gémissement incessant que vous entendez chaque fois que vous regardez une personne interviewée provient de l’un de ces drones. Ils sont les yeux d’Israël sur l’enclave. Si vous êtes à l’extérieur de Gaza, vous pourriez tout aussi bien vivre dans le « Truman Show ».

Si le Hamas volait de l’aide à Gaza, Israël serait facilement en mesure de le documenter. Il disposerait des images vidéo de ses drones. Le fait qu’il n’ait pas fourni d’images montrant le vol d’aide par le Hamas – le saccage de camions d’aide ou l’introduction clandestine de combattants dans les entrepôts d’aide – confirme à suffisance qu’Israël a simplement inventé cette affirmation pour rationaliser ses plans visant à affamer la population de Gaza en imposant un blocus de l’aide pendant des mois ou à la forcer à fuir dans le Sinaï voisin, selon ce qui survient en premier.

Sans sa campagne de désinformation sur le « vol de l’aide par le Hamas », Israël sait que la révolte populaire face à sa campagne de famine s’amplifierait rapidement et que les gouvernements occidentaux auraient encore plus de mal à contenir l’opposition.

Il y a bien sûr beaucoup d’autres raisons de rejeter les mensonges d’Israël sur le « vol de l’aide par le Hamas ». Notamment parce que toutes les organisations caritatives et tous les organismes d’aide qui s’occupent de Gaza affirment que l’aide n’est pas volée par le Hamas.

Mais aussi parce que si les combattants du Hamas le faisaient, ils voleraient leurs propres familles : leurs enfants et leurs grands-parents, qui sont bien plus vulnérables qu’eux à la campagne de famine d’Israël. L’idée que le Hamas vole l’aide n’a de sens que pour une mentalité raciste et coloniale européenne dans laquelle les combattants du Hamas sont considérés comme des croquemitaines indifférents à la mort de leurs propres enfants, femmes et parents.

Ce qui se passe indubitablement, c’est qu’Israël permet aux familles élargies les plus puissantes de Gaza – souvent des familles de criminels disposant d’arsenaux privés importants – de piller l’aide. Cette situation est devenue un grave problème depuis qu’Israël a éliminé la police civile de Gaza (en violation du droit international), ne laissant personne pour faire respecter l’ordre public.


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So, Chrome is THE most used browser in the world, on mobile, and on desktop. Out of the box, it doesn't have an ad blocker, or a tracker blocker enabled. To use that browser to the fullest, you'll also need to use a Google Account, and thus everything you do in your browser will be collected unless you specifically disable it.

You can disable a lot of things in your Google account and the web browser settings, but you'll need to download extensions to block the most invasive trackers and limit fingerprinting. Chrome is also not open source.

On Privacy tests.org, we can also see that Chrome has weak fingerprinting resistance.

Firefox has a good reputation for privacy, but it's not the best choice either. By default, it collects telemetry data, including how many tabs you have open, how many windows, how many webpages you visit, the number and type of extensions, duration of your browsing sessions, and some technical data on your OS, the version of the browser, the language, and your IP address in their server logs. Firefox can also use this data to recommend extensions to you.

In terms of protections, Firefox doesn't block tracking scripts or pixels but it does block social media trackers, cross site cookies, cryptominers, plus all tracking when you're in incognito mode. Firefox is open source, so you can be reasonably sure that it doesn't collect more than what it tells you.

If you like Firefox but you don't want the telemetry, and you want improved fingerprinting protection, then there's Librewolf.

Brave offers a lot of what you'd be able to do in another browser with extensions, but it does so out of the box. They call them "shields", and they block ads, trackers, fingerprinters, and cross site cookies by default. They also auto redirect GOogle's AMP pages to the "real" website, and they redirect tracking URLs so you're not even visiting the tracking domain at all.

The ultimate private browser is probably Tor Browser, but it won't be for everyone. Tor Browser blocks everything that the website might want to learn about you, so there's no tracking at all, and no fingerprinting, but ads aren't blocked.

Edge is based on CHromium, the base for CHrome, but they remove everything Google related from it, to mostly replace it with Microsoft related things, like a Microsoft account.

Edge, by default, has an opt-out for telemetry. It will block trackers from third party sites, and some ad trackers as well. It also collects "required" diagnostic data that can't opt out of, and this data is used to personalize ads from microsoft. If you use a microsoft account, you'll also give MS a bunch of data in the process, including device information, usage data, browsing activity, bookmarks and more.

Opera is yet another chromium based browser, which gets the worst results on privacytests.org. It has a unique fingerprint, and doesn't block tracking scripts, or pixels, it doesn't resist fingerprinting, it doesn't remove tracking parameters, and it also doesn't block the major tracking cookies.

It doesn't send "do not track" signals by default either. Their privacy policy also states that they might share personal data with third parties, which can be worrying, as Opera has been bought by a chinese consortium in 2016.

Vivaldi is also a chromium based browser. At first start, it will ask you what you want to block.

Vivaldi doesn't collect any data, browsing history or anything else, even if you use a Vivaldi account, because everything is encrypted in there.

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I'm pretty sure they're ok with this.

I got my new tshirt before my big trip, so I can take it with me YAY!

I'm a HUGE fan of libraries --they prefigure a solarpunk future with their communal resources and third space and championing arts and knowledge -- and they're seriously under attack and need to be supported/defended.

Tshirt is in support of the *For the People Leftist Library Project* by @prisonculture.bsky.social and you can get one here: librariesforthepeople.org/gear

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Meanwhile, the Irish Dáil votes down bill that would have banned sales of Israeli bonds.

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They won’t even do the bare minimum.

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One book to rule them all 📕

Here is the first look at my original pyrography completed on all three edges of The Lord of The Rings.

Do you have a favourite edge?

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Discovering KDE - Part 1 - The Plasma Desktop - The KDE Experiment


In this new series, I'll take a look at KDE and how it works, comparing it to my experiences to other desktop environments. I'm starting this one with the Plasma Desktop, running on KDE Neon for the purest KDE experience !

1 - The experiment:
I'll be using KDE NEon, to try and get as close as "pure" KDE as possible. I won't be reviewing the distro in itself, purely the plasma desktop environment and the KDE applications. I'm using this on my Core i5 7300HQ, with 8gb of RAM, and a GTX 1050Ti. I updated everything to the latest version, and it's running fully installed on an SSD.

2 - First impressions
When you open the KDE desktop, it looks crisp and clean. It's reminiscent of Windows, with the use of a bottom bar with a menu on the left, and indicators on the right. The desktop itself is very clean, with no extra icons, panels, or junk floating around.
Everything appears soflty, smoothly, with nice animations, which are a bit slow to my taste, by default.
Apart from the bottom bar, you also get a button up top, which shows options to add panels and configure your desktop.
It generally feels nice and welcoming.

3 - The bottom bar
It is pretty simple, really, very similar to what you'd get on Windows: a main menu, a task manager and indicators, complete with a clock. At the end of the bar, you get a button, similar to the one up top, which allows you to customize the height, width and settings of the bottom bar.

4 - The menu
The KDE menu is a delight to use. It's divided into 5 main categories: favorites, which shows your favorite apps, applications, which opens an application list sorted by categories, and computer, which shows some system apps and your favorite places on your filesystem. The menu is completed by a history tab, and a "leave" tab, which offers options to lock the session, log out, shut down, reboot, or suspend the computer.
Obviously, it has search baked in right from the start, and it works perfectly.

You can configure that menu by right clicking on it, and this is where the power of KDE starts to show.
THis menu is, in my opinion, the best I've used on any system, very clear, simple, and powerful.

5 - The task manager
Nothing very special here by default: you see all your open windows, complete with a preview of the window on hover, which was not very legible on my system, the miniatures being very pixelated.

6 - The indicators
By default, there are a lot of indicators. Clipboard, plasma browser integration, bluetooth, internet connexion, battery if you're on a laptop, vaults, which seems to be an encryption feature, sound, and a little arrow, which displays even more: notifications, updates, printers, keyboard, kde connect, and a device notifier.

7 - Widgets
KDE's desktop, Plasma, uses widgets for everything. If you remember mac os X's widgets, or windows desktop gadgets, they are the same thing except you can place them wherever you want, and combine them. A panel, like the bottom bar, is a widget, and you can add widgets to it. To access the widgets, you click on the top button, and select add widgets, then simply drag the desired one onto the desktop. SOme are not very descriptive, but once you've added them and resized them to the desired size, you can pretty much do anything you want.

8 - Plasma Activities
These allow you to change the desktop behaviour and look based on wich activity you're using. For example, I can add certain widgets on a specific activity, which won't show up on the other activites. THis allows you to completely personalize the way your desktop behaves depending on what you're doing.
It's handily hidden by default, to not confuse users, but once you're familiar with KDE, I can see this becoming a very useful feature.

9 - Look and feel
THe default theme for the desktop looks very pretty, with smooth gradients on panels, and subtle transparency. Animations are smooth and fluid, and really give a sense of what is happening when you click on something.

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Two weeks ago China was in grave economic danger! The very high Tariffs I set made it virtually impossible for China to TRADE into the United States marketplace which is, by far, number one in the World. We went, in effect, COLD TURKEY with China, and it was devastating for them. Many factories closed and there was, to put it mildly, “civil unrest.” I saw what was happening and didn’t like it, for them, not for us. I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn’t want to see that happen. Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy! That is the good news!!! The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!

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Mike Benz: "The World Justice Project tells its global network of judges, prosecutors and courts what the "Rule of Law" should be, sponsored by USAID, the State Department, the World Bank, George Soros and Perkins Coie."

It amazes me that a few connected people; Soros, Perkins Coi Law, World Bank, and our State Department were able to scare the whole world into compliance. Didn't anybody learn a lesson just after a couple of years of contact w/them, blackmail, death? I'm sure SCOTUS knew.

I don't get it. Trumps tariff policies couldn't be more straightforward and simple. Yet financial people are pretending like it's a complete mystery.

And you can't blame Trump hate. Because the same thing happened during covid. Doctors suddenly started pretending that humans don't have immune systems.

And I'm wondering now, did professionals/experts always randomly do things contrary to their conventional wisdom? Did shit like this go on when my parents were my age?

Passage III


Mon sundaygimp

Les règles du jeu sont simples - Choisissez une photo (de préférence la vôtre), éditez avec Gimp et taguez #sundaygimp, un dimanche; puis suivez le tag #sundaygimp (et aussi #sunday-photo-edition)
Remarque: si vous n’utilisez pas Gimp, mais que vous voulez quand même jouer, utilisez simplement le tag #sunday-photo-edit et modifiez les images avec votre éditeur d’image préféré.

The rules of the game are simple - choose a photo (preferably your own), edit with Gimp and tag #sundaygimp on a Sunday 😉 … and follow the tag #sundaygimp (and also #sunday-photo-edit)
Note: if you do not use Gimp, but still want to play along, just use the tag #sunday-photo-edit and edit the images with your favorite image editor


#mywork, #myphoto, #photo, #photographie, #foto #amateur, #couleur, #Montreal, #photo-edit, #gimp, #gmic, #art, #creation

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osez #LFI avant qu’il soit trop tarte


🤪 #Aymeric #Caron vote l’ #euthanasie pour les humains, mais dépose une #loi pour l’interdire chez les chiens.
Trop de souffrance pour Médor, pas assez pour Mamie ?

La #République est devenue un sketch. Version woke.

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Continuous Tyre Pyrolysis Plant: Future Trends in Waste-to-Energy Innovation


Every year, over 1.5 billion tyres reach the end of their life. While landfilling and burning have historically been the go-to solutions, both pose severe environmental hazards. Enter continuous tyre pyrolysis — a cutting-edge technology offering an efficient, clean, and scalable way to turn waste tyres into valuable products like fuel oil, carbon black, and steel wire.

As this technology continues to evolve, what does the future hold? In this article, we explore the emerging trends in continuous tyre pyrolysis plants and how they are shaping the next generation of sustainable waste management.

What Is a Continuous Tyre Pyrolysis Plant?

Unlike batch or semi-continuous systems, a continuous tyre pyrolysis plant operates 24/7, feeding in tyre waste and discharging outputs in a steady flow. This type of system offers:

Higher efficiency

Lower labor requirements

Greater output consistency

Enhanced safety and environmental control

Why Continuous Systems Are the Future
1. Industrial-Scale Efficiency

Continuous pyrolysis plants can process up to 20–50 tons of tyres per day with minimal downtime.

This makes them ideal for large-scale tyre recyclers, municipalities, and energy producers.

  1. Reduced Operational Costs

Integrated energy recovery systems reuse syngas to heat the reactor, reducing external fuel needs.

Automated feeding and discharge systems minimize manual labor and improve safety.

  1. Environmentally Safer

Closed-loop systems reduce emissions, foul odors, and risk of contamination.

Advanced gas scrubbing and flue gas treatment systems help meet strict environmental regulations.

Future Trends in Continuous Tyre Pyrolysis
1. Smart Automation & AI Integration
Future plants are likely to include AI-driven control systems for temperature, pressure, and output quality.

Real-time analytics can improve yield efficiency and reduce maintenance costs.

  1. Modular and Mobile Units
    Developers are now creating containerized pyrolysis modules that can be moved to areas with high tyre stockpiles.

This decentralized approach reduces transport costs and boosts accessibility in developing regions.

  1. Product Upgrading Technologies
    Innovations in pyrolysis oil refining are turning crude tire oil into higher-grade fuels that meet Euro VI or diesel standards.

Carbon black is being upgraded to N-series commercial-grade carbon black, increasing market value.

  1. Circular Economy Integration
    Tyre manufacturers are investing in pyrolysis technologies to close the loop and reintroduce recovered carbon black and oil into new tyre production.

The future points toward tyre-to-tyre recycling using clean pyrolysis.

  1. Hydrogen and Advanced Gas Recovery
    Research is underway to optimize pyrolysis gas as a source of green hydrogen, pushing the plant’s value beyond waste disposal and into clean energy production.

Final Thoughts: A Technology to Watch
As the world transitions toward zero-waste and carbon-neutral futures, continuous tyre pyrolysis plants are no longer niche solutions—they are becoming mainstream infrastructure in modern waste management and energy recovery systems.

The technology is mature. The economics are improving. The environmental need is urgent. If you're looking to invest in a sustainable solution that bridges the gap between waste and energy, continuous tyre pyrolysis is a future-ready opportunity.

Lord,
hear our prayer
that your gospel may reach all men
and that we who receive salvation through your Word
may be your children in deed as well as in name.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

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May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.

Final call: ESA’s Junior Professional Programme – your portal to space


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Junior Professional Programme 2025

The deadline to apply for ESA’s Junior Professional Programme (JPP) is fast approaching, with applications closing on 5 June. The JPP is a unique opportunity for recent graduates and early-career professionals to gain hands-on experience at one of the world’s leading space organisations. Successful candidates will work on real ESA projects alongside experienced experts in fields ranging from engineering and science to business and administration. If you are ready to take the first step towards a future in space, don’t miss this opportunity. Submit your application before the 5 June deadline.

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Sofa fabric from China is known for its diversity


China has become one of the world’s leading sources for sofa fabric, offering a wide range of options that combine quality, variety, and affordability. With a strong textile manufacturing base and advanced production technology, China sofa fabric manufacturer is meeting the global demand for upholstery fabrics used in homes, offices, and hospitality spaces.

Sofa fabric from China is known for its diversity. Manufacturers produce everything from velvet and chenille to polyester blends and faux leather. Whether the design requires a luxurious texture or a practical, stain-resistant finish, there is a Chinese-made fabric to match every need. This flexibility makes China an essential player in the upholstery industry.

One of the key strengths of the Chinese fabric market is its integration of design and function. Many suppliers offer custom patterns, digital printing, and embossing techniques that allow for a wide range of aesthetic possibilities. At the same time, they ensure that the fabric meets durability standards for everyday use, including resistance to fading, wear, and moisture.

Production efficiency is another advantage. Chinese textile factories are capable of large-scale output while maintaining consistent quality across batches. This is especially important for furniture brands and manufacturers who need reliable supply for high-volume production. Shorter lead times and competitive pricing make China a preferred sourcing destination for many international buyers.

In addition to synthetic fabrics, China also produces natural fiber options such as cotton and linen blends. These are often chosen for their breathable qualities and eco-friendly appeal. With the rise of sustainable living, many fabric mills in China are adopting greener practices, including the use of recycled fibers, water-saving dye processes, and non-toxic coatings.

Innovation is another area where Chinese sofa fabric manufacturers are gaining recognition. Developments in performance fabrics include features like antimicrobial treatments, fire resistance, and water repellency. These enhancements are particularly valuable in commercial settings such as hotels, cinemas, and public lounges where durability and hygiene are top priorities.

Export-focused manufacturers also offer multilingual support, product customization, and shipping solutions. With access to major global logistics hubs, Chinese suppliers are well positioned to serve customers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. Many even maintain showrooms or participate in international trade fairs to showcase their fabric collections.

For furniture designers, decorators, and importers, sourcing sofa fabric from China opens the door to a world of creative and cost-effective possibilities. Whether seeking bold prints, soft textures, or durable weaves, the Chinese market offers both traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge textile innovation. Choosing the right supplier ensures a balance of style, function, and value in every piece of furniture created.