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I really f**king love Hong Kong, and Funassyi!
Bluesky user #55,617 -- joined in May 2023! -- but am also "over there" too. Yes, I'm still straddling between Twitter and here (because there still are not enough Hongkongers and Funassyi fans here!).
Bluesky user #55,617 -- joined in May 2023! -- but am also "over there" too. Yes, I'm still straddling between Twitter and here (because there still are not enough Hongkongers and Funassyi fans here!).
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· Sep 20
Have decided to post daily re Hong Kong heroes & heroines. 1st up: Chow Hang-tung. Activist, barrister, former vice-chairman of the HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China that organised Hong Kong's (once) annual June 4th candlelight vigils, and current political prisoner.
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This man won't stand up to China.
INGRAHAM: A Chinese diplomat said the prime minister of Japan should be beheaded. These are not our friends are they in China?
TRUMP: Well, a lot of allies aren't our friends either
TRUMP: Well, a lot of allies aren't our friends either
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This man won't stand up to China.
A reminder that in 2019, Apple removed an app that helped Hong Kong protestors track the police. And that many Hongkongers also actually used to avoid the police because they didn't want to deal with police harassment, police created "tear gas buffets", etc.
Also, this 👇
Also, this 👇
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A reminder that in 2019, Apple removed an app that helped Hong Kong protestors track the police. And that many Hongkongers also actually used to avoid the police because they didn't want to deal with police harassment, police created "tear gas buffets", etc.
Also, this 👇
Also, this 👇
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"There are some who argue"
"Raises questions about"
"Critics say"
All stock weasel words that professors and editors have cautioned against using in my 25-plus years in journalism. Somehow, though, the activists carrying out the NYT's sacred mission of protecting the powerful missed that memo.
"Raises questions about"
"Critics say"
All stock weasel words that professors and editors have cautioned against using in my 25-plus years in journalism. Somehow, though, the activists carrying out the NYT's sacred mission of protecting the powerful missed that memo.
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"There are some who argue"
"Raises questions about"
"Critics say"
All stock weasel words that professors and editors have cautioned against using in my 25-plus years in journalism. Somehow, though, the activists carrying out the NYT's sacred mission of protecting the powerful missed that memo.
"Raises questions about"
"Critics say"
All stock weasel words that professors and editors have cautioned against using in my 25-plus years in journalism. Somehow, though, the activists carrying out the NYT's sacred mission of protecting the powerful missed that memo.
The first film many Westerners saw Cheng Pei-pei in is probably "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000). And few people knew what a legend she was. (Cheng passed away last year.) Thus, unlike when I viewed the film in Asia, audience members weren't gasping when they first saw her in it...
Esta tarde he utilizado en clase un corte de la segunda y última película que King Hu dirigió para la Shaw Brothers en 1966. 'Come Drink With' Me es un prodiio de planificación, de coreografías y de disposición espacial donde tiene lugar la acción: una posada. ¡Los alumnos han alucinado!
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The first film many Westerners saw Cheng Pei-pei in is probably "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000). And few people knew what a legend she was. (Cheng passed away last year.) Thus, unlike when I viewed the film in Asia, audience members weren't gasping when they first saw her in it...
Until 2019, November 11th was Armistice Day for me. But now I remember it as the day that a cop shot a weaponless young protestor. It's a miracle the kid survived but tragic that he is now in prison -- arrested after he was shot, something witnessed by many Hongkongers as it was live-streamed.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Until 2019, November 11th was Armistice Day for me. But now I remember it as the day that a cop shot a weaponless young protestor. It's a miracle the kid survived but tragic that he is now in prison -- arrested after he was shot, something witnessed by many Hongkongers as it was live-streamed.
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WHAT DOES SON KNOW
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
WHAT DOES SON KNOW
"Universities are a vector for China’s Communist Party to control debate, reinforce its grip on power and build global influence. The party seeks to project China as modern + successful, and a responsible partner. Anything that draws attention to its more unsavory aspects undermines that narrative."
The lesson of China’s broadening interference in the education systems of democratic countries is that if we want academic freedom, we will have to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
China Is Exposing the Fault Lines in British Universities
Principles are fine, if you can afford them. Britain is starting to appreciate the vulnerabilities of its higher-education funding model after learning how one of its universities halted a research pr...
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Universities are a vector for China’s Communist Party to control debate, reinforce its grip on power and build global influence. The party seeks to project China as modern + successful, and a responsible partner. Anything that draws attention to its more unsavory aspects undermines that narrative."
There's also Akira Kurosawa's "Ran", which was the first Japanese film I ever saw. But I will forever associate him with "The Human Condition", an amazing -- and absolutely devastating -- trilogy of films that I viewed on a big screen 15 years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
There's also Akira Kurosawa's "Ran", which was the first Japanese film I ever saw. But I will forever associate him with "The Human Condition", an amazing -- and absolutely devastating -- trilogy of films that I viewed on a big screen 15 years ago.
Multiple Japanese accounts are reporting that Funassyi's been appointed the Chiba Jets Funabashi basketball team's CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer) for the third year running! For a taste of Funassyi in Chiba Jets CEO mode... 👇
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Multiple Japanese accounts are reporting that Funassyi's been appointed the Chiba Jets Funabashi basketball team's CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer) for the third year running! For a taste of Funassyi in Chiba Jets CEO mode... 👇
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Well this is not a nice start to my week. Someone reported to me that a kickstarter uses my pictures and it’s really sickening because they’re ALL mine with FREAKING AI bg. I already filed a copyright claim but it makes me sick.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Had my worst FF week ever thanks to my failing to predict that: - Sunderland would put 2 goals past Arsenal (I had Gabriel as my captain 😭)
- Aston Villa would smash Bournemouth 4-0 🤯
- Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth would be scoreless 😬
Also, didn't think Man City would beat Liverpool so easily!🙃
- Aston Villa would smash Bournemouth 4-0 🤯
- Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth would be scoreless 😬
Also, didn't think Man City would beat Liverpool so easily!🙃
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Had my worst FF week ever thanks to my failing to predict that: - Sunderland would put 2 goals past Arsenal (I had Gabriel as my captain 😭)
- Aston Villa would smash Bournemouth 4-0 🤯
- Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth would be scoreless 😬
Also, didn't think Man City would beat Liverpool so easily!🙃
- Aston Villa would smash Bournemouth 4-0 🤯
- Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth would be scoreless 😬
Also, didn't think Man City would beat Liverpool so easily!🙃
What's mundane to some is cool and fascinating to others.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What's mundane to some is cool and fascinating to others.
Went with friends to lunch at Thai Ki Lung (泰基隆) -- which, note, is scheduled to have its last day of operation this upcoming November 13th. After the boss recommended the Hainanese chicken rice, we all ended up ordering it. And yes, it was good. #YellowEconomicCircle
(What I Tweeted over there.)
(What I Tweeted over there.)
#YellowEconomicCircle 的必知道。
支持 #奶茶聯盟 與我們的盟友
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More: mtag.info/gal2live
Original tweet by @FY4Chan
Link: twitter.com/1427500444327104514/status/1986668578574377376
支持 #奶茶聯盟 與我們的盟友
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More: mtag.info/gal2live
Original tweet by @FY4Chan
Link: twitter.com/1427500444327104514/status/1986668578574377376
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Went with friends to lunch at Thai Ki Lung (泰基隆) -- which, note, is scheduled to have its last day of operation this upcoming November 13th. After the boss recommended the Hainanese chicken rice, we all ended up ordering it. And yes, it was good. #YellowEconomicCircle
(What I Tweeted over there.)
(What I Tweeted over there.)
That Chinese "diplomat" should be expelled from Japan.
🇨🇳 Consul General in 🇯🇵 Osaka Xue Jian (薛剑) wrote in a now-deleted X post in the evening of 8 Nov.,2025, threatening to cut off the head of 🇯🇵 PM Takaichi Sanae (高市早苗).
#China #Japan
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
#China #Japan
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
That Chinese "diplomat" should be expelled from Japan.
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Look, just tell the students knowing traditional Chinese helps with reading kanji if they want to appreciate manga properly
All students should learn traditional Chinese regardless of their background, Hong Kong's education authorities have said after a government-subsidised school allowed the use of simplified Chinese in examinations. In full: buff.ly/4OzNM6k
All students ought learn Trad. Chinese says Education Bureau amid exam row
All students should learn traditional Chinese regardless of their background, Hong Kong's education authorities have said after a government-subsidised school allowed the use of simplified Chinese in...
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Look, just tell the students knowing traditional Chinese helps with reading kanji if they want to appreciate manga properly
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A great HK T-shirt spotted by @medievalchina.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A great HK T-shirt spotted by @medievalchina.bsky.social
Okay, yes, I'm biased but I really do find Funassyi so much more fun to watch than pretty much any other mascot. (In this video, compare the Pear (Fairy)'s antics and the horse mascot next to it. Also... yes, it does like to shake its puriketsu (juicy butt), and its fans like seeing it doing it!😂)
ファンサービスするふなっしー！ 2014.9.23
YouTube video by ciao1318
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Okay, yes, I'm biased but I really do find Funassyi so much more fun to watch than pretty much any other mascot. (In this video, compare the Pear (Fairy)'s antics and the horse mascot next to it. Also... yes, it does like to shake its puriketsu (juicy butt), and its fans like seeing it doing it!😂)
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When folks like him talk about winning the tech war against China, it apparently means seeing who can build a more terrifying surveillance state
Ooh look. Now they're trying to sell you Thiel's electronic collar because "China bad".
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
He also had strong opinions about people's
gizmodo.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When folks like him talk about winning the tech war against China, it apparently means seeing who can build a more terrifying surveillance state
Sunderland worked VERY hard to prevent Arsenal from playing their usual game... including "mov[ing] the advertising boards around the edge of the pitch closer in than usual, to limit the amount of space Arsenal players had when looking to launch the ball"! 🤯
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Sunderland worked VERY hard to prevent Arsenal from playing their usual game... including "mov[ing] the advertising boards around the edge of the pitch closer in than usual, to limit the amount of space Arsenal players had when looking to launch the ball"! 🤯
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Good evening Hong Kong
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Good evening Hong Kong
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Horrific. Astounding that some of the children of the survivors (Netanyahu etc) now do similar to others
9-10 November 1938 | The November Pogrom – a pogrom against the Jews throughout Nazi Germany. Hundreds were killed (or died by suicide), 30,000 men arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps, over 1,000 synagogues burnt, over 7,000 Jewish businesses destroyed or damaged.
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Horrific. Astounding that some of the children of the survivors (Netanyahu etc) now do similar to others
My top four Hong Kong Asian Film Festival picks. (None of them are from Hong Kong but, instead, from very different parts of Asia.🙃)
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My top four Hong Kong Asian Film Festival picks. (None of them are from Hong Kong but, instead, from very different parts of Asia.🙃)
Went to my 12th and final Hong Kong Asian Film Festival film screening earlier today. The cast and director of "Pass and Goal" (2025) were there too. 🙂
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Went to my 12th and final Hong Kong Asian Film Festival film screening earlier today. The cast and director of "Pass and Goal" (2025) were there too. 🙂
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That’s seven games in 22 days. 6 wins and one disappointing draw (that was nearly a win).
I don’t get the lack of fresh legs for the last 10 today but it’s inarguably a fantastic stretch and, with health from the guys who have been out, we will start the belly of the season with a killer squad.
I don’t get the lack of fresh legs for the last 10 today but it’s inarguably a fantastic stretch and, with health from the guys who have been out, we will start the belly of the season with a killer squad.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
That’s seven games in 22 days. 6 wins and one disappointing draw (that was nearly a win).
I don’t get the lack of fresh legs for the last 10 today but it’s inarguably a fantastic stretch and, with health from the guys who have been out, we will start the belly of the season with a killer squad.
I don’t get the lack of fresh legs for the last 10 today but it’s inarguably a fantastic stretch and, with health from the guys who have been out, we will start the belly of the season with a killer squad.
Dammit. Wish Trossard's goal had been the winner. And it'd have been if Sunderland didn't get a goal from a free kick that shouldn't have been after Zubimendi was -- and Arsenal were -- wrongly penalised for a non-foul.
At least Arsenal didn't lose this game before the international break. 😬
At least Arsenal didn't lose this game before the international break. 😬
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Dammit. Wish Trossard's goal had been the winner. And it'd have been if Sunderland didn't get a goal from a free kick that shouldn't have been after Zubimendi was -- and Arsenal were -- wrongly penalised for a non-foul.
At least Arsenal didn't lose this game before the international break. 😬
At least Arsenal didn't lose this game before the international break. 😬