Ron Judy / 周廷戎
@ronentity.bsky.social
Literature Prof @ NCHU in Taiwan; dumbfounded dad; ex-USian & aspiring posthuman
Oh boy, I can’t wait to start listening to their slow, ungrammatical, poorly enunciated English news reports!
New Control Yuan report auditing #TaiwanPlus condemns the hiring process for an English-language TV channel for prioritizing English writing and speaking abilities?
Claims that T+ needs to broadcast in "Taiwanese English" and not discriminate against local accents?
www.cy.gov.tw/CyBsBoxConte...
Claims that T+ needs to broadcast in "Taiwanese English" and not discriminate against local accents?
www.cy.gov.tw/CyBsBoxConte...
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Oh boy, I can’t wait to start listening to their slow, ungrammatical, poorly enunciated English news reports!
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Nominate up to three titles for the 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize: chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/p...
Last year the jury selected at the "Edge of Empire" by Edward Wong as the winner in Nonfiction and "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (author) and Lin King (translator) in Literature.
Last year the jury selected at the "Edge of Empire" by Edward Wong as the winner in Nonfiction and "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (author) and Lin King (translator) in Literature.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Nominate up to three titles for the 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize: chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/p...
Last year the jury selected at the "Edge of Empire" by Edward Wong as the winner in Nonfiction and "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (author) and Lin King (translator) in Literature.
Last year the jury selected at the "Edge of Empire" by Edward Wong as the winner in Nonfiction and "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (author) and Lin King (translator) in Literature.
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#STORMTRACKER: Fung-wong has been upgraded to a Category 1-equivalent typhoon.
It remains on course to cut across north-central Luzon in the Philippines on Monday, making landfall as a possible Category 4-equivalent typhoon just past midnight Sunday, then curve later toward Taiwan.
It remains on course to cut across north-central Luzon in the Philippines on Monday, making landfall as a possible Category 4-equivalent typhoon just past midnight Sunday, then curve later toward Taiwan.
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#STORMTRACKER: Fung-wong has been upgraded to a Category 1-equivalent typhoon.
It remains on course to cut across north-central Luzon in the Philippines on Monday, making landfall as a possible Category 4-equivalent typhoon just past midnight Sunday, then curve later toward Taiwan.
It remains on course to cut across north-central Luzon in the Philippines on Monday, making landfall as a possible Category 4-equivalent typhoon just past midnight Sunday, then curve later toward Taiwan.
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ENDLESS RECORD HEAT IN SE ASIA
Tonight it was the November hottest night in history in some stations: Minimums
28.2 Ca Mau and Rach Gia VIETNAM
26.3 Malacca MALAYSIA
TAIWAN keeps recording 35C every day and it'll get hotter: Full Summer conditions in November.
Tonight it was the November hottest night in history in some stations: Minimums
28.2 Ca Mau and Rach Gia VIETNAM
26.3 Malacca MALAYSIA
TAIWAN keeps recording 35C every day and it'll get hotter: Full Summer conditions in November.
HISTORIC HEAT IN SOUTH ASIA
SRI LANKA destroyed with huge margins the records of November High Minimums (up to 3C+)
Most extreme event in a maritime equatorial area
Min 28.0 Mannar,27.5 Colombo etc
HOTTEST NOVEMBER NIGHT IN LANKA HISTORY
Record also in MALAYSIA
Min 26.1 Malacca
SRI LANKA destroyed with huge margins the records of November High Minimums (up to 3C+)
Most extreme event in a maritime equatorial area
Min 28.0 Mannar,27.5 Colombo etc
HOTTEST NOVEMBER NIGHT IN LANKA HISTORY
Record also in MALAYSIA
Min 26.1 Malacca
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
ENDLESS RECORD HEAT IN SE ASIA
Tonight it was the November hottest night in history in some stations: Minimums
28.2 Ca Mau and Rach Gia VIETNAM
26.3 Malacca MALAYSIA
TAIWAN keeps recording 35C every day and it'll get hotter: Full Summer conditions in November.
Tonight it was the November hottest night in history in some stations: Minimums
28.2 Ca Mau and Rach Gia VIETNAM
26.3 Malacca MALAYSIA
TAIWAN keeps recording 35C every day and it'll get hotter: Full Summer conditions in November.
TIL Tom LeClair is still alive and doing some very sharp criticism…poor Danielewski
lareviewofbooks.org/article/enuf...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/enuf...
Enuf Is Enuf | Los Angeles Review of Books
Tom LeClair clop-clops through Mark Z. Danielewski’s new novel “Tom’s Crossing.”
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
TIL Tom LeClair is still alive and doing some very sharp criticism…poor Danielewski
lareviewofbooks.org/article/enuf...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/enuf...
The Abrams iteration of Star Trek (2009) did a great job of exploring this aspect of Spock’s character
There's been various articles over the decades on how characters like Spock being 'half Vulcan' made him immediaty relatable to 20c 'half-not-white' Americans
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
Mr. Spock, Mixed-Race Pioneer
As Mr. Spock on Star Trek, the late Leonard Nimoy embodied the conflicts faced by many biracial and other people of color. Even on the diverse crew of the Enterprise, he stood out.
www.npr.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Abrams iteration of Star Trek (2009) did a great job of exploring this aspect of Spock’s character
So the bad historical analogies begin again www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
How the 19th-Century Opium War Shapes Xi’s Trade Clash With Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So the bad historical analogies begin again www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
The comments and replies to this NYTimes piece are a hoot— www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
Beyond Trade War, China’s Xi Looks to Press Trump on Taiwan
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The comments and replies to this NYTimes piece are a hoot— www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...
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Imagine if we did this but instead of paying people to racially profile and terrorize communities and grab mostly innocent people we did it for teachers
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Imagine if we did this but instead of paying people to racially profile and terrorize communities and grab mostly innocent people we did it for teachers
These autumn winds, finally back
October 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
These autumn winds, finally back
Hsinchu is no utopia: far less to do than in Taipei or Kaohsiung (boring); overcrowded & terrible traffic; rainy months that make you want to move to Taichung; basically it’s Taoyuan with more Bentleys & chip factories…Good job with baby production though! (Sincerely hoping the water isn’t polluted)
Former farming town Hsinchu has morphed into the Silicon Valley of Taiwan, home to TSMC, the world's most advanced chipmaker.
Taiwan's chip capital bucks the fertility slump — for those who can afford it
Former farming town Hsinchu has morphed into the Silicon Valley of Taiwan, home to TSMC, the world's most advanced chipmaker.
www.businessinsider.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Hsinchu is no utopia: far less to do than in Taipei or Kaohsiung (boring); overcrowded & terrible traffic; rainy months that make you want to move to Taichung; basically it’s Taoyuan with more Bentleys & chip factories…Good job with baby production though! (Sincerely hoping the water isn’t polluted)
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Worth the stop on your way to, or from, Vegas—don't miss it! #Yermo #Vegas #LibertySculpturePark #ChenWeiming
October 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Worth the stop on your way to, or from, Vegas—don't miss it! #Yermo #Vegas #LibertySculpturePark #ChenWeiming
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Cheng, who started out in politics in the DPP, said during the campaign that she did not support increasing the defence budget, a key policy of President Lai Ching-te's administration, spending which also has strong U.S. backing. www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Cheng, who started out in politics in the DPP, said during the campaign that she did not support increasing the defence budget, a key policy of President Lai Ching-te's administration, spending which also has strong U.S. backing. www.reuters.com/business/med...
downtown Taichung
October 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
downtown Taichung
Watching “One Battle After Another” (2025) this was my favorite shot of psychotic Colonel Lockjaw (Sean Penn)
October 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Watching “One Battle After Another” (2025) this was my favorite shot of psychotic Colonel Lockjaw (Sean Penn)
That which passes, passes like clouds
October 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
That which passes, passes like clouds
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The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.
What changed over the past seven months of war in the Middle East?
The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.
reason.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.
Live feed of National Day speech of Taiwan president Lai for 10/10 www.youtube.com/live/Sz0R-v5...
Taiwan President's Keynote Address On National Day To Mark 114th Anniversary Of Republic Of China
YouTube video by Hindustan Times
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Live feed of National Day speech of Taiwan president Lai for 10/10 www.youtube.com/live/Sz0R-v5...
I speculate that Taiwan’s PX Mart chain—全聯福利中心—must be named after the PXs (post exchanges) on US army/air force bases in Taiwan during the Cold War. (Relatedly, Universities in Taiwan in the 90s used to have discount stores 福利社 that were basically PXs with subsidized foods, stationary, etc)
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I speculate that Taiwan’s PX Mart chain—全聯福利中心—must be named after the PXs (post exchanges) on US army/air force bases in Taiwan during the Cold War. (Relatedly, Universities in Taiwan in the 90s used to have discount stores 福利社 that were basically PXs with subsidized foods, stationary, etc)
It appears there is a big rock music concert thing going on at the park (文心森林公園) in Taichung next weekend, Oct 11-12.
October 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It appears there is a big rock music concert thing going on at the park (文心森林公園) in Taichung next weekend, Oct 11-12.
He’s so bubbly about $415 million in US tax dollars being used to subsidize commercial space stations to replace the ISS. Fuck corporate NASA, we need to subsidize healthcare instead.
Commentary - NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 - and welcome in an age of commercial space stations, writes John M. Cormack in a commentary for the @us.theconversation.com via @alaskabeacon.com
NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 | Alaska Beacon
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American – a…
alaskabeacon.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
He’s so bubbly about $415 million in US tax dollars being used to subsidize commercial space stations to replace the ISS. Fuck corporate NASA, we need to subsidize healthcare instead.
Only applies to Taiwan-made bicycles…So Giant treats Vietnamese workers in Taiwan worse than it treats Vietnamese workers in Vietnam?!#latecapitalism #捷安特
US customs bars Taiwan-made Giant bicycles over forced labour concerns – Focus Taiwan: ‘a report by the U.S. Department of Labor based on 2024 interviews with Vietnamese and Thai migrant workers at Giant's Dajia District, Taichung factory identified multiple forced labor risks.’
U.S. bars Taiwan-made Giant bicycles over forced labor concerns - Focus Taiwan
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Wednesday issued an order barring bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories made by Giant Bicycles in Taiwan over evidence of forced labor.
focustaiwan.tw
September 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Only applies to Taiwan-made bicycles…So Giant treats Vietnamese workers in Taiwan worse than it treats Vietnamese workers in Vietnam?!#latecapitalism #捷安特
TIL the correct usage of the word “stoush” in the context of China’s geopolitical bullying of Taiwan.
Pacific leaders reject China's push to exclude Taiwan from regional forum: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-12/pacific-backs-taiwan-in-regional-forum-despite-chinas-opposition/105768946
Pacific leaders reject China's push to exclude Taiwan from regional forum
Despite pressure from Beijing, Pacific leaders have backed Taiwan's right to attend the Pacific Islands Forum.
www.abc.net.au
September 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
TIL the correct usage of the word “stoush” in the context of China’s geopolitical bullying of Taiwan.
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Texas A&M firing a lecturer, removing a department chair & dean, & launching an "audit" of all its courses on a concocted pretext signals the start of a full-blown McCarthy Red Scare, only this time with the full backing of the White House, Homeland Security, ICE, DOJ, DOE, & much of the media
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Texas A&M firing a lecturer, removing a department chair & dean, & launching an "audit" of all its courses on a concocted pretext signals the start of a full-blown McCarthy Red Scare, only this time with the full backing of the White House, Homeland Security, ICE, DOJ, DOE, & much of the media
You’ve spent to much time browsing at PXmart when you know half the lyrics to their Ghost Month song…
by DJ Didilong, “大家在拜拜”
by DJ Didilong, “大家在拜拜”
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
You’ve spent to much time browsing at PXmart when you know half the lyrics to their Ghost Month song…
by DJ Didilong, “大家在拜拜”
by DJ Didilong, “大家在拜拜”