Be Water 6489
@bewater6489.bsky.social
Just somebody who cares about the world around them and has a passing interest in just about everything, particularly #StandwithHongKong 🇭🇰 #StandwithUkraine 🇺🇦
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Be Water 6489
@bewater6489.bsky.social
· Nov 17
First post. Finally gave up on Twitter, X, whatever after 15 years. For those who happen across this, I stand with Hong Kongers against the CCP, with Ukrainians fighting for their survival against Putin's Russia (hi #NAFO), and generally like to dive in on an assortment of topics.
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Seven persons wanted by National Security Police have had their Hong Kong passports cancelled via government gazette on December 24th.
1. Kevin Yam
2. Yuan Gong-yi
3. Anna Kwok Fung-yee
4. Dennis Kwok Wing-hang
5. Ted Hui Chi-fung
6. Frances Hui Wing-ting
7. Joey Siu
Seven persons wanted by National Security Police have had their Hong Kong passports cancelled via government gazette on December 24th.
1. Kevin Yam
2. Yuan Gong-yi
3. Anna Kwok Fung-yee
4. Dennis Kwok Wing-hang
5. Ted Hui Chi-fung
6. Frances Hui Wing-ting
7. Joey Siu
December 24, 2024 at 3:38 AM
🇭🇰 🚔
Seven persons wanted by National Security Police have had their Hong Kong passports cancelled via government gazette on December 24th.
1. Kevin Yam
2. Yuan Gong-yi
3. Anna Kwok Fung-yee
4. Dennis Kwok Wing-hang
5. Ted Hui Chi-fung
6. Frances Hui Wing-ting
7. Joey Siu
Seven persons wanted by National Security Police have had their Hong Kong passports cancelled via government gazette on December 24th.
1. Kevin Yam
2. Yuan Gong-yi
3. Anna Kwok Fung-yee
4. Dennis Kwok Wing-hang
5. Ted Hui Chi-fung
6. Frances Hui Wing-ting
7. Joey Siu
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This is how you stop tyranny. Saying there is nothing you can do is just being complicit.
Russia will not win. Evil will be crushed.
#GeorgiaProtests
#GeorgiaProtests
December 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
This is how you stop tyranny. Saying there is nothing you can do is just being complicit.
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Assad has fallen. After 54 years of terror and 13 years of civil war, the regime fell in 11 days.
December 8, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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December 1, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Protesters in Tbilisi pelting the Russian-backed government goons with fireworks.
November 30, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Protesters in Tbilisi pelting the Russian-backed government goons with fireworks.
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Drone video of demonstrators in Tbilisi this evening-- one day after riot police violently dispersed protesters. By RFE/RL's Georgian Service
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Drone video of demonstrators in Tbilisi this evening-- one day after riot police violently dispersed protesters. By RFE/RL's Georgian Service
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🇬🇪 Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili refuses to leave office until a legitimate parliament and president are elected. "My mandate lasts until a lawfully elected parliament chooses my replacement. I am with you and will remain with you."
November 30, 2024 at 6:27 PM
🇬🇪 Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili refuses to leave office until a legitimate parliament and president are elected. "My mandate lasts until a lawfully elected parliament chooses my replacement. I am with you and will remain with you."
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I’m sure ethics considerations will prevent Elon Musk’s business interests firm affecting his actions in governm…..BWAHAHAHAHA can’t keep a straight face
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/b...
What Elon Musk Needs From China
From electric cars to solar panels, Mr. Musk has built businesses in high-tech manufacturing sectors now targeted by Beijing for Chinese dominance.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
I’m sure ethics considerations will prevent Elon Musk’s business interests firm affecting his actions in governm…..BWAHAHAHAHA can’t keep a straight face
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/b...
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The #HongKong selections—they aren’t elections—now serve three purposes:
1. Generating an illusion of #democracy.
2. Prompting displays of pro-#China govt loyalty.
3. Giving cover to international finance and other businesses (see #1).
1. Generating an illusion of #democracy.
2. Prompting displays of pro-#China govt loyalty.
3. Giving cover to international finance and other businesses (see #1).
If the imprisonment of 45 peaceful pro-democracy activists for, essentially, trying to win an election isn’t a red line, then what is the point of any of them?
www.ft.com/content/c795...
www.ft.com/content/c795...
Jimmy Lai case tests red lines of UK-China relations
British national’s supporters hope human rights will be prioritised over UK push for strong relationship with Beijing
www.ft.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:40 PM
The #HongKong selections—they aren’t elections—now serve three purposes:
1. Generating an illusion of #democracy.
2. Prompting displays of pro-#China govt loyalty.
3. Giving cover to international finance and other businesses (see #1).
1. Generating an illusion of #democracy.
2. Prompting displays of pro-#China govt loyalty.
3. Giving cover to international finance and other businesses (see #1).
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excuse me but what the
November 20, 2024 at 6:22 PM
excuse me but what the
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"Australia should encourage Taiwan to reunite with China peacefully"
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November 21, 2024 at 6:49 AM
"Australia should encourage Taiwan to reunite with China peacefully"
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New #HongKong standards: Fighting for freedom, jailed 10yrs; former police sexually assaulted 6 children age 11-14, jailed just 46months.
Unjust and disproportionate sentencing for dissidents has become commonplace. #FreeJimmyLai
My latest:
www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/20/f...
Unjust and disproportionate sentencing for dissidents has become commonplace. #FreeJimmyLai
My latest:
www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/20/f...
Hong Kong’s freedoms are hanging by a thread
Forty-five brave activists will spend up to a decade behind bars for challenging the CCP’s tyranny.
www.spiked-online.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:23 AM
New #HongKong standards: Fighting for freedom, jailed 10yrs; former police sexually assaulted 6 children age 11-14, jailed just 46months.
Unjust and disproportionate sentencing for dissidents has become commonplace. #FreeJimmyLai
My latest:
www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/20/f...
Unjust and disproportionate sentencing for dissidents has become commonplace. #FreeJimmyLai
My latest:
www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/20/f...
Gross.
Keira Starmer has got to go.
Can't he be Liz Truss'd?
Keira Starmer has got to go.
Can't he be Liz Truss'd?
This is dismal and disappointing. And utterly at odds with what he said about Jimmy Lai yesterday
Keir Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown
www.ft.com/content/b2f2...
Keir Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown
UK premier said he had ‘frank’ discussions with Xi Jinping at G20 but declined to air criticism publicly
www.ft.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Gross.
Keira Starmer has got to go.
Can't he be Liz Truss'd?
Keira Starmer has got to go.
Can't he be Liz Truss'd?
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⚠️ “The two damaged data cables in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany were no accident—it was sabotage. I don’t believe they were damaged by anchors,” said German Defense Minister Pistorius.
November 19, 2024 at 12:30 PM
⚠️ “The two damaged data cables in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany were no accident—it was sabotage. I don’t believe they were damaged by anchors,” said German Defense Minister Pistorius.
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🇨🇳 The Chinese vessel Yi Peng is the main suspect in the investigation into the cutting of two submarine cables between Finland and Germany, and Sweden and Lithuania, - Reuters
❗️The Chinese vessel suspected of cutting the submarine cables docked in Russia 4 days ago.
❗️The Chinese vessel suspected of cutting the submarine cables docked in Russia 4 days ago.
November 19, 2024 at 4:35 PM
🇨🇳 The Chinese vessel Yi Peng is the main suspect in the investigation into the cutting of two submarine cables between Finland and Germany, and Sweden and Lithuania, - Reuters
❗️The Chinese vessel suspected of cutting the submarine cables docked in Russia 4 days ago.
❗️The Chinese vessel suspected of cutting the submarine cables docked in Russia 4 days ago.
Sigh. Loving Bluesky after a couple days, but I see the specter of Alex Lo will continue to haunt.
Now I suppose I'll have to follow @scmp.bsky.social here and continually remind them that they're a fallen publication.
Now I suppose I'll have to follow @scmp.bsky.social here and continually remind them that they're a fallen publication.
I have firsthand information that US consul general to #HongKong Gregory May offered himself to be interviewed by the South Morning Post - and was flatly rejected. Real arrogance is allowing your Canada-based opinionista to take shots at a diplomatic representative and refusing a right of reply.
November 19, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Sigh. Loving Bluesky after a couple days, but I see the specter of Alex Lo will continue to haunt.
Now I suppose I'll have to follow @scmp.bsky.social here and continually remind them that they're a fallen publication.
Now I suppose I'll have to follow @scmp.bsky.social here and continually remind them that they're a fallen publication.
Sum.
November 19, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Sum.
It's awful any of them got sentences, even though the sentences could have been worse.
Even one day in jail for these Hong Kongers is one too many.
I hope that when they finally do get out that they find a way to leave the city.
They've done their part and deserve goo's lives.
Even one day in jail for these Hong Kongers is one too many.
I hope that when they finally do get out that they find a way to leave the city.
They've done their part and deserve goo's lives.
As the defendants were escorted away by the corrections officers, Joshua Wong yelled: “I love Hong Kong, bye bye!”
hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...
hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...
Benny Tai among 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to 10 years in landmark national security case
This is a developing story, please refresh for updates… Pro-democracy activist Benny Tai has been jailed for 10 years over organising an unofficial primary election in 2020, as Hong Kong̵…
hongkongfp.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:20 AM
It's awful any of them got sentences, even though the sentences could have been worse.
Even one day in jail for these Hong Kongers is one too many.
I hope that when they finally do get out that they find a way to leave the city.
They've done their part and deserve goo's lives.
Even one day in jail for these Hong Kongers is one too many.
I hope that when they finally do get out that they find a way to leave the city.
They've done their part and deserve goo's lives.
"Declines to rule out." Er, OK. That's...something? I'm saying this as purely an armchair general, but the best option would be to wake up one morning to news that long range missiles have hit Russia, without all the telegraphing in advance. www.ft.com/content/ee5b...
Keir Starmer declines to rule out allowing Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia
UK premier under increasing scrutiny after Biden authorised deployment of US-supplied long-range weapons
www.ft.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:22 PM
"Declines to rule out." Er, OK. That's...something? I'm saying this as purely an armchair general, but the best option would be to wake up one morning to news that long range missiles have hit Russia, without all the telegraphing in advance. www.ft.com/content/ee5b...
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Activists raised the flag of Ukraine in occupied Crimea.
The Ukrainian flag was raised on the highest point of the Baidarskaya Yayla, a rocky massif called Ilyas-Kaya, located near Sevastopol.
The Ukrainian flag was raised on the highest point of the Baidarskaya Yayla, a rocky massif called Ilyas-Kaya, located near Sevastopol.
November 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Activists raised the flag of Ukraine in occupied Crimea.
The Ukrainian flag was raised on the highest point of the Baidarskaya Yayla, a rocky massif called Ilyas-Kaya, located near Sevastopol.
The Ukrainian flag was raised on the highest point of the Baidarskaya Yayla, a rocky massif called Ilyas-Kaya, located near Sevastopol.
Repost a gif describing your exit from Twitter.
November 18, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Repost a gif describing your exit from Twitter.
Bro pushing through it.
Why do I have the feeling RFK is going to be one of the first ones voted off the island?
One can dream.
Why do I have the feeling RFK is going to be one of the first ones voted off the island?
One can dream.
November 18, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Bro pushing through it.
Why do I have the feeling RFK is going to be one of the first ones voted off the island?
One can dream.
Why do I have the feeling RFK is going to be one of the first ones voted off the island?
One can dream.
The Hong Kong 47 are set to be sentenced on Tuesday.
"The U.S. has described the trial and its guilty verdicts as 'politically motivated'..."
No shit.
The fact they've had yo wait this long at all for sentencing has been a sentence in and of itself.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
"The U.S. has described the trial and its guilty verdicts as 'politically motivated'..."
No shit.
The fact they've had yo wait this long at all for sentencing has been a sentence in and of itself.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
After long legal battle, Hong Kong's 47 democrats brace for sentencing
The U.S. has described the trial and its guilty verdicts as "politically motivated," and has demanded that the defendants be released.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:46 AM
The Hong Kong 47 are set to be sentenced on Tuesday.
"The U.S. has described the trial and its guilty verdicts as 'politically motivated'..."
No shit.
The fact they've had yo wait this long at all for sentencing has been a sentence in and of itself.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
"The U.S. has described the trial and its guilty verdicts as 'politically motivated'..."
No shit.
The fact they've had yo wait this long at all for sentencing has been a sentence in and of itself.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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"What does your revolution look like?" (Nov, 2019)
November 17, 2024 at 10:46 AM
"What does your revolution look like?" (Nov, 2019)
Yeah no. Biden allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS inside Russia will not start WWIII. It will finally allow Ukrainians to hit targets to slow constant RU missile attacks, defend their borders, maintain position in Kursk, and hit North Korean troops.
November 17, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Yeah no. Biden allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS inside Russia will not start WWIII. It will finally allow Ukrainians to hit targets to slow constant RU missile attacks, defend their borders, maintain position in Kursk, and hit North Korean troops.