Kailing
@kailing.bsky.social
Living in beautiful Taiwan, aka ROC and Formosa
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Roma lost her job when the Taliban took over, she has an ill child at home & struggles to afford proper medical care. She said writing this letter was the best thing that has happened to her in years. I'm thrilled we @indexoncensorship.org could publish it.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/we-l...
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We live beneath a dark roof: what it means to be an Afghan woman today - Index on Censorship
In this, the first of our Letters from Afghan Women, one writer believes she will stand, fight and build a brighter, more progressive Afghanistan
www.indexoncensorship.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Roma lost her job when the Taliban took over, she has an ill child at home & struggles to afford proper medical care. She said writing this letter was the best thing that has happened to her in years. I'm thrilled we @indexoncensorship.org could publish it.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/we-l...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/we-l...
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The 31 still in prison inc.:
- ex law professor Benny Tai (not expected out until 2032)
- nurse-activist Owen Chow
- journalist turned activist Gwyneth Ho
- ex ICAC investigator and legislative councilor Lam Cheuk-ting
- veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung
- nurse-union leader Winnie Yu
- ex law professor Benny Tai (not expected out until 2032)
- nurse-activist Owen Chow
- journalist turned activist Gwyneth Ho
- ex ICAC investigator and legislative councilor Lam Cheuk-ting
- veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung
- nurse-union leader Winnie Yu
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The 31 still in prison inc.:
- ex law professor Benny Tai (not expected out until 2032)
- nurse-activist Owen Chow
- journalist turned activist Gwyneth Ho
- ex ICAC investigator and legislative councilor Lam Cheuk-ting
- veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung
- nurse-union leader Winnie Yu
- ex law professor Benny Tai (not expected out until 2032)
- nurse-activist Owen Chow
- journalist turned activist Gwyneth Ho
- ex ICAC investigator and legislative councilor Lam Cheuk-ting
- veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung
- nurse-union leader Winnie Yu
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"things happen" = burning risotto, breaking a vase, forgetting a friend's birthday
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"things happen" = burning risotto, breaking a vase, forgetting a friend's birthday
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
"things happen" ≠ violently murdering and dismembering a journalist in a consulate
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A (la diputada MAGA difundidora de grandes bulos) Marjorie Taylor Greene la ha odiado la izquierda durante años y nunca temió por su vida. (A raíz de que Trump la llamara traidora) la derecha la lleva odiando 2 días y ha tenido que contratar guardaespaldas. Esa es la diferencia.
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A (la diputada MAGA difundidora de grandes bulos) Marjorie Taylor Greene la ha odiado la izquierda durante años y nunca temió por su vida. (A raíz de que Trump la llamara traidora) la derecha la lleva odiando 2 días y ha tenido que contratar guardaespaldas. Esa es la diferencia.
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Sobering stats from Hong Kong Democracy Council: As of Oct. 31, the number of Hong Kong political prisoners has reached 1,942. 🔗 www.hkdc.us/hong-kong-po...
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Sobering stats from Hong Kong Democracy Council: As of Oct. 31, the number of Hong Kong political prisoners has reached 1,942. 🔗 www.hkdc.us/hong-kong-po...
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It is too early to call the Mamdani administration a disappointment?
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It is too early to call the Mamdani administration a disappointment?
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This obviously sucks. But it's like we paid attention one summer to the fact that US police are killing people—at no less than a rate of 3 homicides per day—THE MOST EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS POSSIBLE, but since The Bad Orange Man Show is the only program on TV we've forgotten/moved on...
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This obviously sucks. But it's like we paid attention one summer to the fact that US police are killing people—at no less than a rate of 3 homicides per day—THE MOST EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS POSSIBLE, but since The Bad Orange Man Show is the only program on TV we've forgotten/moved on...
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nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...
These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how
Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi
www.science.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...
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Beautiful sunset colors
October 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Beautiful sunset colors
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Happy Taiwan National Day! 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼Double Ten Day celebrates the founding of the Republic of China, the government of Taiwan. In this blog, we will explain the history of the holiday, its significance, and how it is celebrated now in Taiwan. taiwantravelblog.com/taiwan-doubl...
Taiwan Double Ten Day Holiday Guide 台灣雙十節指南
Taiwan's Double Ten Day (officially National Day of the Republic of China) is an important holiday in Taiwan when Taiwanese people celebrate the founding of the Republic of China, the current governme...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Happy Taiwan National Day! 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼Double Ten Day celebrates the founding of the Republic of China, the government of Taiwan. In this blog, we will explain the history of the holiday, its significance, and how it is celebrated now in Taiwan. taiwantravelblog.com/taiwan-doubl...
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One thing that comes to mind with all the MAGA-Trump-Republican love affair is how weak and flawed is US democratic system. They were lucky it came to happen more than 200 years after the US constitution became the law of the land...
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
One thing that comes to mind with all the MAGA-Trump-Republican love affair is how weak and flawed is US democratic system. They were lucky it came to happen more than 200 years after the US constitution became the law of the land...
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October 1st, 2019, was the day that the Hong Kong police first fired live rounds at pro-democracy protestors, and shot one from close range. The teenaged protestor who was shot was brandishing a plastic stick and his other "weapon" was a surfboard shield.
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Video: Hong Kong police shoot demonstrator with live bullet
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October 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
October 1st, 2019, was the day that the Hong Kong police first fired live rounds at pro-democracy protestors, and shot one from close range. The teenaged protestor who was shot was brandishing a plastic stick and his other "weapon" was a surfboard shield.
observers.france24.com/en/20191001-...
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I think it is time for all no US citizens to start abandoning all US based/financed media platforms. Do you really believe your privacy rights are safe in the present state of affairs in the USA?
Getting close China/Russia standards: praise the system/emperor or shut up.
Getting close China/Russia standards: praise the system/emperor or shut up.
September 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I think it is time for all no US citizens to start abandoning all US based/financed media platforms. Do you really believe your privacy rights are safe in the present state of affairs in the USA?
Getting close China/Russia standards: praise the system/emperor or shut up.
Getting close China/Russia standards: praise the system/emperor or shut up.
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I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
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Wow 👀👀👇
President Stubb on the UN:
No single state should have a veto power.If a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter,its voting rights should be suspended.I believe that these changes at the top of the UN are necessary in order to maintain the UN's central role in international relations
No single state should have a veto power.If a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter,its voting rights should be suspended.I believe that these changes at the top of the UN are necessary in order to maintain the UN's central role in international relations
September 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Wow 👀👀👇
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'Rapid defence capability acquisition in western countries is rare, and projects invariably run behind schedule and blow out in budget. China won’t face necessarily these same challenges,' writes Malcolm Davis.
China may soon reach far into the Pacific with many uncrewed bombers | The Strategist
China is clearly thinking ambitiously about long-range power projection with autonomous aircraft. Pictures have emerged of large new Chinese uncrewed aircraft of a configuration remarkably like the Un...
www.aspistrategist.org.au
September 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
'Rapid defence capability acquisition in western countries is rare, and projects invariably run behind schedule and blow out in budget. China won’t face necessarily these same challenges,' writes Malcolm Davis.
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Wang warned that loose soil could lead to the dam giving way by mid-September. He suggested that the chance of sudden failure could be as high as 70–80%, adding that a typhoon or serious storm could put it over the edge. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6189184
Exclusive: Professor warns Hualien villages at risk from barrier lake | Taiwan News | Aug. 28, 2025 20:33
Seven villages in Taiwan’s Wanrong Township threatened if landslide dam collapses | Aug. 28, 2025 20:33
www.taiwannews.com.tw
September 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Wang warned that loose soil could lead to the dam giving way by mid-September. He suggested that the chance of sudden failure could be as high as 70–80%, adding that a typhoon or serious storm could put it over the edge. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6189184
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Netizen Voices: AI Face-swap Straight-washes Gay Couple in Imported Horror Movie “Together”
"We’ve reached the point where it’s not a matter of cuts, but of falsification and misrepresentation."
"We’ve reached the point where it’s not a matter of cuts, but of falsification and misrepresentation."
Netizen Voices: AI Face-swap Straight-washes Gay Couple in Imported Horror Movie “Together”
The critically acclaimed U.S.-Australian body-horror movie “Together” launched in China on September 19. Some viewers noted, alongside cuts to sex scenes, a less familiar and overt form of alteration:...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Netizen Voices: AI Face-swap Straight-washes Gay Couple in Imported Horror Movie “Together”
"We’ve reached the point where it’s not a matter of cuts, but of falsification and misrepresentation."
"We’ve reached the point where it’s not a matter of cuts, but of falsification and misrepresentation."
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What’s crazy is so many Americans have no idea what an actual violation of the first amendment looks like.
It’s not Facebook moderating your uncle’s racist comment about George Floyd.
It’s this. 👇
It’s not Facebook moderating your uncle’s racist comment about George Floyd.
It’s this. 👇
As Trump holds Northwestern University hostage with $800 million in frozen funds, Northwestern leadership cracks down on students' right to free speech.
These policies put more than 22,000 students at risk of punishment for peacefully protesting for any cause in any way.
These policies put more than 22,000 students at risk of punishment for peacefully protesting for any cause in any way.
September 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What’s crazy is so many Americans have no idea what an actual violation of the first amendment looks like.
It’s not Facebook moderating your uncle’s racist comment about George Floyd.
It’s this. 👇
It’s not Facebook moderating your uncle’s racist comment about George Floyd.
It’s this. 👇
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"Charlie Kirk was not “practicing politics the right way.” His work should never “be continued.” He embodied everything corrosive about American politics today."
"Charlie Kirk was not “practicing politics the right way.” His work should never “be continued.” He embodied everything corrosive about American politics today."
We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life
Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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"Charlie Kirk was not “practicing politics the right way.” His work should never “be continued.” He embodied everything corrosive about American politics today."
"Charlie Kirk was not “practicing politics the right way.” His work should never “be continued.” He embodied everything corrosive about American politics today."
