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New Bloom @newbloommag.net · 30/09/2026

Important to note—Taiwanese detained in China are prevented from returning to Taiwan after the end of their sentence as long as they are deprived of their civil rights, which for this man in question was as long as his actual sentence

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New Bloom will be tabling at the Fake Art Book Fair this weekend! Join us over the weekend at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park www.instagram.com/thefakeartbo...

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Wrote on recent changes to Taiwan's migrant work policy for Euroview euroview.ecct.com.tw/category-ins...

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On this point, it's really interesting to note how all these anime have these weird fantasies about these conglomerate nation-states while not thinking that the nationalism of the present and past would persist into some future

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We always make fun of the journalists who speak to ONE taxi driver and cast their verdict on a society based on that sole conversation, but do we talk enough about the people who talk to a random genocidal taxi driver and decide to echo such views to a hilt based on that convo?

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Noticed this bizarre detail of the plot of Gundam SEED

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Learned Thaksin's last name is also 丘 and his family is from the same place. So we may be distantly related. Cursed. On a less cursed note I also realized recently that my family background matches up with 丘逢甲 closely enough for him to be a possible distant clan relative, too

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Lenore Beadsman @lenorebeadsman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sometimes when I look at the younger activists around me I find that they're very bad at emotional regulation when the world is full of ceaseless suffering, but after having been at it for close to two decades (I've been organizing since I was a teenager)

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@brianhioe.bsky.social su Trump che pare si offra di vendere armi alla Cina anche se gli Stati Uniti hanno rimostranze sulle parti dell'F-35 che finiscono a Hong Kong, potenzialmente finendo sotto il controllo cinese e dopo aver fatto pressione su Taiwan per aumentare la spesa per la difesa

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Disappointing that the government has now just sent another valuable historical archive into the black hole. This happens with almost every publication they fund for publicity, as with Taiwan Beats too

taipeitimes.com

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The scary things is that, seven years on from the 2019 protests in Hong Kong probably seems a lifetime ago for some in Taiwan—such that the usual actors have gone back to trying pitch One Country, Two Systems

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Even in late September 2019, many Hong Kong protestors still believed in non-violent, peaceful protest. Or, at the very least, were willing to give it a try. Sadly, the police were more pro-violence. In nearby areas that day, the police fired tear gas at -- and otherwise attacked -- protestors.

Circular rows of origami birds of different colours made by Hong Kong protestors and placed on the ground at Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on September 29th, 2019.

Way more circular rows of origami birds of different colours made by Hong Kong protestors and placed on the ground at Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on September 29th, 2019. The lights are on and it's much later in the day than in the previous photo.

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Chiang Wan-an under fire over leaving a ceremonial gift of sugarcane from a temple by the roadside. A rather odd controversy but it’s seen as showing his disconnect from regular people

news.ltn.com.tw

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Sometimes I think between tracking an endless succession of short-term, medium-term, and long-term administrative and writing tasks, it's all too much for my monkey brain

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There's a strange way in which the DPP's need for diplomatic triumphs to tout domestically contributed to rosy views of Trump--since Trump was so willing to break from precedent and this could be touted as a win.

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To be honest, I find traveling to be a terrible burden, since I know that it is a privilege and it contributes to the destruction of the earth through CO2 emissions, so I obsessively devote all my time traveling to making useful connections for the left out of the sense of guilt

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It's kind of funny when your schedule entails doing four events in a week between travel, including flying in and doing an event that night, then doing an event and flying out immediately after

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The Trump-Xi Summit Is Over, But Taiwan Is Still Bracing for the Fallout

Here's me in the @thediplomat.com on the Trump-Xi meeting. Well, who knows what to make of Trump apparently offering to sell China arms even as the US scrambles over F-35 parts ending up in Hong Kong--potentially ending up in Chinese control.

thediplomat.com

Given what happened in May, Taiwanese may have been more nervous after the latest Trump-Xi summit ended.

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