Phillip Forsyth
@pforsyth.bsky.social
Born in Scotland, and have called Hong Kong, home, since 1987. Main business is logistics and love tramping around the hills here.
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The new Vietnam.
Trump likely to face long military commitment and chaos if he ousts Maduro in Venezuela, experts say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has said he believes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s days are numbered, and that land strikes inside Venezuela are possible.
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The new Vietnam.
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Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The 20-metre Christmas tree in Statue Square Garden, Central has now been lit, after an opening ceremony on Friday night.
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The 20-metre Christmas tree in Statue Square Garden, Central has now been lit, after an opening ceremony on Friday night.
@hknumberplates.bsky.social Not sure if this is a twofer, but I did get two species in the same picture. #koala #cowcow
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
@hknumberplates.bsky.social Not sure if this is a twofer, but I did get two species in the same picture. #koala #cowcow
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Remembering when Starbucks was in the Forbidden City bernunit.substack.com/p/beijing-me... #beijing #starbucks
Beijing Memory with a Cuppa
When Starbucks made an Imperial Statement in the Forbidden City
bernunit.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Remembering when Starbucks was in the Forbidden City bernunit.substack.com/p/beijing-me... #beijing #starbucks
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In the immortal words of Groucho Marx, "they've got the brains of a four year old child - and I bet he was glad to get rid of them."
a black and white photo of a man behind a stack of paper
ALT: a black and white photo of a man behind a stack of paper
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November 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In the immortal words of Groucho Marx, "they've got the brains of a four year old child - and I bet he was glad to get rid of them."
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This is how they posted it on Instagram
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is how they posted it on Instagram
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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China’s exports of tomato paste to industry powerhouse Italy have collapsed this year after an outcry over alleged use of forced labour in Xinjiang and complaints about misleading origin labelling by some Italian companies.
www.ft.com/content/deea...
www.ft.com/content/deea...
China left with tomato paste mountain as sales to Italy collapse
[FREE TO READ] Dramatic slump in imports this year hailed by champion of Italian ingredients as an ‘important victory’
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
China’s exports of tomato paste to industry powerhouse Italy have collapsed this year after an outcry over alleged use of forced labour in Xinjiang and complaints about misleading origin labelling by some Italian companies.
www.ft.com/content/deea...
www.ft.com/content/deea...
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Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
Hong Kong deserved the win against Shandong last night. I didn’t realise Rugby 7’s was so popular throughout China. Hebei, also an up and coming team to watch. #nationalgames #rugby7s
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hong Kong deserved the win against Shandong last night. I didn’t realise Rugby 7’s was so popular throughout China. Hebei, also an up and coming team to watch. #nationalgames #rugby7s
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The Eddie Murphy doc on Netflix is really fucking good. It’s hard to articulate how, in the 80s, Murphy, Prince, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston changed the world on a molecular level and beyond that, how Murphy is the sole survivor of such influence.
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Eddie Murphy doc on Netflix is really fucking good. It’s hard to articulate how, in the 80s, Murphy, Prince, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston changed the world on a molecular level and beyond that, how Murphy is the sole survivor of such influence.
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can i pick them your holiness
i have some names
i have some names
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
can i pick them your holiness
i have some names
i have some names
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i had to see this so you do too
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
i had to see this so you do too
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Oh, we are just getting started on the memes, folks.
This is going to take a while...😆😆
This is going to take a while...😆😆
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Oh, we are just getting started on the memes, folks.
This is going to take a while...😆😆
This is going to take a while...😆😆
I’ve never heard @hknumberplates.bsky.social has a #bigmouth - could it be true?!?!?
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’ve never heard @hknumberplates.bsky.social has a #bigmouth - could it be true?!?!?
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SORKIN: The question is whether you think tariffs are helping affordability
EMMER: I think Trump has been winning on the tariffs
SORKIN: Winning in terms of the price Americans are paying for goods?
EMMER: Donald Trump and his administration have driven down costs on groceries [this is a lie]
EMMER: I think Trump has been winning on the tariffs
SORKIN: Winning in terms of the price Americans are paying for goods?
EMMER: Donald Trump and his administration have driven down costs on groceries [this is a lie]
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
SORKIN: The question is whether you think tariffs are helping affordability
EMMER: I think Trump has been winning on the tariffs
SORKIN: Winning in terms of the price Americans are paying for goods?
EMMER: Donald Trump and his administration have driven down costs on groceries [this is a lie]
EMMER: I think Trump has been winning on the tariffs
SORKIN: Winning in terms of the price Americans are paying for goods?
EMMER: Donald Trump and his administration have driven down costs on groceries [this is a lie]
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Four in 10 women under the age of 45 say they'd like to permanently leave the U.S. Probably not coincidentally, they have also disproportionately lost trust in American institutions, including in the Democratic Party.
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Four in 10 women under the age of 45 say they'd like to permanently leave the U.S. Probably not coincidentally, they have also disproportionately lost trust in American institutions, including in the Democratic Party.
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
Has anyone tried booking tickets to the National Games? The website is an absolute clusterfork, and the tickets for games held in Hong Kong, are in RMB....Might head over to Kai Tak, purchase tickets manually, and watch the HK Rugby 7's team win a couple more games.. #HongKong #NationalGames #Rugby
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Has anyone tried booking tickets to the National Games? The website is an absolute clusterfork, and the tickets for games held in Hong Kong, are in RMB....Might head over to Kai Tak, purchase tickets manually, and watch the HK Rugby 7's team win a couple more games.. #HongKong #NationalGames #Rugby
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Literally describing Mar-a-Lago staffing here.
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Literally describing Mar-a-Lago staffing here.
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I never happen to see any of the real "Louvre of Bluesky" stuff in the wild, but this got me pretty good.
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I never happen to see any of the real "Louvre of Bluesky" stuff in the wild, but this got me pretty good.
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oh so those epstein files are BAD bad
Pete Hegseth announces Operation Southern Spear.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
oh so those epstein files are BAD bad