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J. Martin
@gyokusai.bsky.social
All my snark is sincere.

Writer, Ph.D., Professor of Game Design. Not necessarily in that order. JAN 2007 Twitter veteran as gyokusai, movethirtyseven, & newsoftheend.

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Looks like the government is calling on Taiwanese to travel to Japan and boost exports, given its diplomatic row with China over Taiwan

focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait...
Taiwanese urged to help boost Japan's tourism, exports amid row with China - Focus Taiwan
Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) on Thursday called on Taiwanese to increase travel to Japan and buy more of its products in support of the neighboring country, which has been facing a wave of rep...
focustaiwan.tw
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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This routine is amazing.
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.

IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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I'll never get over how all of these companies folded like wet cardboard when a dim NYC real estate conman operating at a fourth grade reading level demanded they all be more sexist and racist (or at best hide their efforts to be kind and inclusive under a tarp)
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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dressing up cowardice as innovative efficiencies
Tech companies are backing away from creating diversity reports.

Microsoft, which released its annual diversity and inclusion report in 2024, is choosing to not do one in 2025.

www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I think it goes to show they never wanted to do them in the first place. Like uncomfortable shoes, they took them off as soon as they were given the slightest permission.
I'll never get over how all of these companies folded like wet cardboard when a dim NYC real estate conman operating at a fourth grade reading level demanded they all be more sexist and racist (or at best hide their efforts to be kind and inclusive under a tarp)
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is so great.
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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(Note: In fact not all my investments are in the stock market, we are diversified into bonds, securities, real estate and tulips, why are you looking at me like that, we bought the tulips on the dip, they are gonna come back big, just you wait, admittedly it's a long hold on those)
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
七星潭 Qixingtan Beach, Hualien, Taiwan

April 2025, Canon PowerShot

#Hualien #Taiwan #Photography
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I won't consider Starlink for the same reason I won't buy a Tesla and why I'm no longer on the former Twitter: I won't willingly give money to (or be an advertising base for) a Nazi salute-throwing fascist who actively tried to destroy our democracy
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Revisiting DETENTION for the first time in eons. Modern Taiwanese horror couldn’t have asked for a better debut on the world stage.

DETENTION and DEVOTION are the finest one-two punch since SH2 & 3.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
祥德寺 Xiangde Temple Mountain Sanctuary, Hualien, Taiwan

April 2025, Canon PowerShot

#Hualien #Taiwan #Photography
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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In Paris, Zelenskyy met Brittany fishermen who donated their nets to Ukraine. Those nets now hang above streets and power yards, catching low-flying drones before they reach people. They’re already saving lives in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and across the east.👇
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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A key part of dehumanization is simply turning the most human of behaviors into something bizarre and criminal. The most basic survival instincts of a family is now a "hustle" or a "scheme".
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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In other news: “Shovel digs hole” and “Typewriter wins the Booker Prize”
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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ok, i'm calling it, Olivia Nuzzi is not real. she is a Markov chain text generator. we've been duped.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Japan is right to hold its ground while calling for calm in this war of words over Taiwan
China’s Return to Wolf Warrior Rhetoric Is a Mistake
Don’t listen to the China doves claiming the era of Beijing’s wolf warrior diplomacy is over. All it took was a comment on Taiwan from Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to resurrect it.
bloom.bg
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Wild that threats and actions by PRC have no effect on tensions, but words from Japan PM in response DO "stir tensions". Why is it always the victims who "provoke"?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 2d
Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.
Japan's new leader's remarks on threats toward Taiwan spark tensions with China
Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Russia is using Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese machine tools to manufacture guided bombs and missile parts. OSINT investigators identified Okuma (Japan) and Hision (China) equipment on Russian bomb assembly lines, and Taiwanese AKIRA SEIKI and ECOM machines for missile systems like Iskander.
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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How's that Golden Age going?
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:

"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Once again, those ceaseless, uncaused tensions mysteriously arise.

If the PRC did threaten to make war on Taiwan and Japan, there would be no tensions.
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM