Thomas Batchelor
@tobbinatorscw.bsky.social
Linguistics PhD, Sydney > Köln > 台北
Linguistics (Creoles, Australia, Asia-Pacific, morphosyntax, policy, endangerment), politics (Syria, Taiwan, Australia in particular ig), history and other ramblings
Anarchist at heart
@tobbinatorscw in most places
Linguistics (Creoles, Australia, Asia-Pacific, morphosyntax, policy, endangerment), politics (Syria, Taiwan, Australia in particular ig), history and other ramblings
Anarchist at heart
@tobbinatorscw in most places
Got me a camera almost twice as old as I am
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Got me a camera almost twice as old as I am
took an excellent car ad pic with a disposable camera on holiday last month
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
took an excellent car ad pic with a disposable camera on holiday last month
Yeah, I support pride. Pride in the Beiyang government of the Republic of China (1912-1928)
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yeah, I support pride. Pride in the Beiyang government of the Republic of China (1912-1928)
Just a casual family walk in Alishan
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just a casual family walk in Alishan
Hotel in kaohsiung came up with the weakest excuse to cancel our booking so they could likely jack up their rates for the blackpink weekend
September 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hotel in kaohsiung came up with the weakest excuse to cancel our booking so they could likely jack up their rates for the blackpink weekend
i appreciate that they shrink wrapped even the helicopter
September 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i appreciate that they shrink wrapped even the helicopter
This article still proudly featured on their website a decade later
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This article still proudly featured on their website a decade later
it's even "desinicisation" and Taiwan independence now if you're exhibiting literally the most Chinese part of the country's heritage collections
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
it's even "desinicisation" and Taiwan independence now if you're exhibiting literally the most Chinese part of the country's heritage collections
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
A good day for everyone's favourite wikipedia word, at least
September 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A good day for everyone's favourite wikipedia word, at least
Australia has some brilliant phonologies
September 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Australia has some brilliant phonologies
is there a better political party emblem than ANGRY LORIKEET
September 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
is there a better political party emblem than ANGRY LORIKEET
Imagine being rescued from the peak of the region's tallest mountain by someone in crocs and a tracksuit
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
August 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Imagine being rescued from the peak of the region's tallest mountain by someone in crocs and a tracksuit
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
Did my first 小百岳 yesterday (I hate stairs), but later found out that I have previously done another, a 20m hill in Penghu that's also on the list for some reason
August 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Did my first 小百岳 yesterday (I hate stairs), but later found out that I have previously done another, a 20m hill in Penghu that's also on the list for some reason
americans are never beating the allegations jesus
August 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
americans are never beating the allegations jesus
When we arrived in Yulara it even had its own cloud, whch cleared up nicely by the time we got on the bus towards Uluru
August 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When we arrived in Yulara it even had its own cloud, whch cleared up nicely by the time we got on the bus towards Uluru
love some fucken ~clouds~
August 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
love some fucken ~clouds~
Finally getting to my Uluru pictures from over a year ago and it really cannot be said enough just how much the weather shapes the landscape. That rock can really *glow*
August 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Finally getting to my Uluru pictures from over a year ago and it really cannot be said enough just how much the weather shapes the landscape. That rock can really *glow*
This KMT report's brilliant solution for maintaining constitutional checks and balances after giving themselves infinite power and gutting judicial oversight is "it's ok everyone will just respect the constitution anyway!"
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
August 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This KMT report's brilliant solution for maintaining constitutional checks and balances after giving themselves infinite power and gutting judicial oversight is "it's ok everyone will just respect the constitution anyway!"
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
New Australian passports apparently failed to take into account the concept of "humidity"
(it's been only one day!)
(it's been only one day!)
August 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New Australian passports apparently failed to take into account the concept of "humidity"
(it's been only one day!)
(it's been only one day!)
Proofs returned!
July 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Proofs returned!
"public health across borders" is, these days, generally not used to mean crossing the border to colonise it
July 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"public health across borders" is, these days, generally not used to mean crossing the border to colonise it
By far my all time favourite first attestation of a word in English is the first appearance of "egg"
July 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
By far my all time favourite first attestation of a word in English is the first appearance of "egg"
Meanwhile back home in Australia
July 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Meanwhile back home in Australia