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Reader. Writer. Collector of trinkets. She/Her.

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Klaus Bardenhagen @taiwanreporter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"China’s active disinformation and cognitive warfare campaigns make an independent English-language public media outlet more than a luxury — they make it a necessity. TaiwanPlus functions as both shield and instrument: ..." www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
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Silencing TaiwanPlus would weaken the island democracy
The KMT’s plan to slash the news channel’s budget would hinder Taiwan’s ability to counter disinformation and tell its own story.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 24/08/2026
Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people Monday, including one from Nvidia and two from Super Micro, for illegally exporting "high-end AI servers" to mainland China, adding another wave of turbulence in the AI rivalry between China and the United States. to.pbs.org/4cbT8L0
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Taiwan charges 9 over illegal AI server exports to China, including Nvidia and Super Micro staffers
Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people Monday for illegally exporting “high-end AI servers” to mainland China, adding another wave of turbulence in the AI rivalry between China and the United State...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 25/08/2026
Heavy rain forecast as Typhoon Saudel girds towards Japan and Taiwan reut.rs/4xikO9f
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Heavy rain forecast as Typhoon Saudel girds towards Japan and Taiwan
Medium-strength Typhoon Saudel moved towards southern Japan and northern Taiwan on Tuesday where it is expected to bring heavy rain, as ​Taiwan reported one dead and four missing from a separate ‌weather system over its south and east.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I wonder why Taiwanese have no interest in being part of this....
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Joohn Choe @joohnchoe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports." - Darline Graham
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yep. Pre-1945, people mostly spoke Hokkien, Hakka, local indigenous languages, and Japanese. Mandarin as a dominant language is recent and was forced.
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Foreigners in Taiwan 🇹🇼 外國人在台灣 @foreignersintw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Ghost month started last week, and goes from August 13th to September 10th. It is an important festival when it is believed that the dead come to visit the realm of the living. In this blog, we will introduce this holiday, as well as key taboos to avoid. taiwantravelblog.com/ghost-month-...
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Ghost Month in Taiwan, Key Taboos to Avoid
Happy Ghost Month! (鬼月禁忌 英文介紹), In this blog, we will introduce the beliefs as well as key taboos to avoid during this time and how to protect yourself.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Something I love: Waking up with the early morning light streaming through the window and then drifting back off to sleep for a while with the sunrise on my face. I swear it's the best, coziest sleep ever, and full of the most interesting dreams.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/08/2026
Taiwan’s biggest war games yet are spilling into everyday life, drawing in civilian contractors, businesses and the media as the island rehearses for the possibility of war with China.
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Taiwan’s War Games Are Spilling Into Everyday Life
The island’s annual military exercises are becoming broader and more realistic, reflecting efforts to prepare both the armed forces and civilians for conflict.
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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
With cultural funding also something that the KMT wants to cut--including funding for TaiwanPlus--I'm amused how the KMT wants Taiwan to have no culture, nor defense, no capacity for external outreach, only caning
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文化部媒宣費全遭刪 李遠揭藍白可怕計畫:欲滅其族、先滅文化 - 自由藝文網
立法院昨三讀通過115年度中央政府總預算案。其中,文化部媒宣費4738萬全遭刪,公視預算遭刪2185萬元、凍2億元,Taiwan Plus經費也被刪2億元。文化部長李遠今(15)日表示,他原本實在想不透,為何文化部這兩年預算一直被針對,但後來發現「欲滅其族,先滅其文化」,現在文化部媒宣費全遭刪,原來
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I flew to another country with no job or housing lined up just hoping it'll all work out (it did). I was in my early 20s and way too optimistic. I do not recommend going in as unprepared as I did. (But also I did it and it was fine).
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Mark Harrison @mhar4.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The outcome of many decades of campaigning by Siraya people and a milestone for indigenous reconciliation in Taiwan. The PRC rejects the concept of indigenous and defines all 17 tribes as a single "ethnic minority" and would dismantle all this if it annexed Taiwan. focustaiwan.tw/society/2026...
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Cabinet officially recognizes Siraya as Taiwan's 17th Indigenous tribe - Focus Taiwan
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) on Thursday approved the official recognition of the Siraya as one of Taiwan's Indigenous tribes, making it the country's 17th officially recognized tribe and the first Plai...
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Taiwan Maps and Dataviz @alexkunztaipei.com · 31/07/2026
You probably use products from Taiwanese companies every day without realizing. From semiconductors and computer hardware to bicycles, airlines, shipping, and textiles, Taiwan is home to many globally known brands. This map shows the headquarters of a selection of them. #Taiwan #MadeInTaiwan #Maps
Map of Taiwan showing the headquarters of a selection of well-known Taiwanese companies, including technology firms, manufacturers, airlines, shipping companies, bicycle brands, and retailers, grouped by their locations across the island.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 31/07/2026
China coast guard patrols east of Taiwan, angering Taipei reut.rs/3Tv9wjd
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China coast guard patrols east of Taiwan, angering Taipei
China's coast guard conducted patrols it described as routine law enforcement in waters east of Taiwan on Friday, angering Taipei, ​which condemned the move as a political operation aimed at expanding Beijing's control.
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Taiwan Cambot @taiwan-cambot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The hills of Dashibi Mountain Trail, Taiwan #Taiwan
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Not just difficult, but the hard part isn't the invasion, but the occupation, which is going to tie down tens of thousands of troops (whose skills will deteriorate) necessary to control a powerful state full of engineers and drawing on four centuries of resistance to outside powers.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My thoughts exactly. Dead or alive, McConnell is clearly unfit to do the job.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What a callous take. These "minor border issues" are nowhere near minor for the people whose self-determination and way of life will be stolen from them if China gets its way.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The US definitely does imperialist things. But not EVERYTHING is imperialist. There is sometimes nuance.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Look, I think Hasan gets some things right. There are things I like about him. But I am forever annoyed by his takes on Taiwan and China.
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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
On March 23, 1996, the people of Taiwan held their first direct presidential election, marking a historic milestone in Taiwan’s democratic development. Since then, Taiwan has built one of the world’s most vibrant democracies and demonstrated the peaceful transfer of political power.
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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026
Emphasizing historical connections is how you get cursed scenarios like “Taiwan is Japanese” or “Jerusalem is Turkish”
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The Manchu (Qing) empire treated China as a colony, exactly as the Raj treated India. From 1644 to 1911-12 there was no "China" with independent sovereignty. That is why the "historical" claim to Taiwan by the PRC based on the Qing is worthless.
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This Reddit comment (on a post about whether it's appropriate to knit during a showing of the Odyssey) made me chuckle.
Text of comment reads: What could be more Odyssey than working on a textile (and frogging later if needed) during said odyssey?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I am so fascinated by product reviews that are like "This is the best thing ever!!! (4 stars)"
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 12/07/2026
Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian men's team are paid the same as the women's team. In 2017, they took a voluntary pay cut to allow the women's pay to be increased. The move came from the players' union, not management.
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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This once again is proof that a generation needs to JUST RETIRE for gods sake
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
America has never been susceptible to communism. It has always been susceptible to fascism. Know your history. Know your context. Know smokescreens when you see them. The threat of communism has always been a smokescreen used by fascists in America.
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J.S. Park 박준 @jspark3000.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
May you live in such a way that when you are gone, the world may be lesser, not better, that your life beget grief, not relief.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Maybe I'm not overthinking, maybe I'm just regular thinking about stuff that’s overhappening
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
lindsey graham got the same thing anyone who wants to be spoken of well in death gets: a lifetime. what he did with it is entirely on him.
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Haunted Hannah 👻 🍂🎃 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
It's giving school hallway
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Frog and Toad are the most relatable characters in all of literature.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My son: "Mama, I'm going to teach you a new game" *pulls out a box of balled-up socks* Me: "So how do we play?" Him: "Take some socks out of the box..." Me: "Ok, and then?" Him: "Throw them really far." That's it. That's the game. Throwing clean socks on the floor.
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Ozymomdias @ozymomdias.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cheese and cracker moms, rise up. Apple sauce pouchie moms, come together. Gogurt mamas, it is our time. Cyclospora has brought down the berry mom, the cutie mandarin mom, and the celery stick mom. It is our world now.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I had a dessert tonight that was so good I nearly cried. Or maybe that's on PMS hormones, idk... Either way, 10/10 dessert experience.
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Abby @abbyeo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The fun thing about ADHD is that I go down Internet rabbit holes that start with reading about time dilation and somehow end in learning that if you've had your appendix removed, you have up to a 25% lower risk of developing Parkinson's.
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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is SO TRUE
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Oh this is so sad
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Andrew Teale @andrewteale.me.uk · 03/07/2026
Particularly funny given that the Vatican is one of the few countries that doesn't recognise the Beijing government and has full diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yeah this ethnic unity law is pretty sinister, if you ask me.
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Ashley ☀️🕶 @misssashleyrae.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yeah, there's no way I'm calling it that lol Just like Jason's will always exist in my heart. Mia C'bon? What's that?
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Christian Nationalists: “You should be REQUIRED to teach the Bible in school!” Me: 😈 “Okay class, everyone turn to James chapter 5.” Christian Nationalists: “Wait, not like that.”
Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.la 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
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piskyinpresbyland.bsky.social @piskyinpresbyland.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Related: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose. The law demands that we atone When we take things we do not own But leaves the lords and ladies fine Who take things that are yours and mine.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/06/2026
Black text on a white page that reads:

Today marks 11 years since Obergefell v. Hodges affirmed a simple, profound truth: everyone has the right to marry the person they love.

It's a day to celebrate the generations of LGBTQ+ people and organizers who fought to make that promise a reality. When so many protections are being challenged, we should remember what it looks like when the Supreme Court expands freedoms instead of revoking them.

Love is always worth defending. Happy Pride.
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St. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In this house we only recognize one fast casual shrimp
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Pepe The King Prawn Dancing
Alt: Pepe The King Prawn Dancing
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