Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 25/09/20262nd point on the slide, "I suggest looking for girls of a different age [read: younger] and ones that did not live too far." The illustration/slide template with the crayons are the chef's kiss on these talking points. 020
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSTom Grundy @tomgrundy.hongkongfp.com · 22/09/2026Hong Kong's embattled domestic workers - the engine of the middle class - earn HK$5,100 a month. GovHK is enacting a crackdown on their side hustles. 1108
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The most adept authoritarian government would sell the naming rights and rename this 維他奶公園；it would de-colonize while giving an identity/product that Hong Kongers can identify with, and a "compromise" name for some. And in 20 years' time, no one will remember what was 維園。 020
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How about the time when Yongzheng banished and renamed his royal brothers pigs and dogs? 000
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is one of the best episodes of You're Dead to Me. I especially like how Professor Zhung is unapologetic about her judgement of English tea, ie. dust. 110
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026RFK Jr stays winning, Floridians can once again get 100% natural dengue fever 516829
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSRyan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 09/09/2026Ready for these bad boys to make a comeback 023
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSAi-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I loved this article and its exploration of Asian names, discrimination and how naming conventions persistkontinentalist.comWhat's in an Asian name?The diversity and richness of Asian naming conventions 13613
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A really good article. If the author were to write a follow-up, he could explore those Asians with surnames that consist entirely of vowels (e.g., Ooi), consonants (e.g., Ng), have just two letters (Ng again along with Oh, Ho, etc.), etc.! 🙃 271
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026ICE is force feeding hunger strikers with NG tube (via nose) and PEG tube (requires surgery to tack stomach to a hole in the abdominal wall) 100
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/09/2026Canada confirms defence strategy against invasion mainly waiting for Americans to die from preventable illnessesthebeaverton.comCanada confirms defence strategy against invasion mainly waiting for Americans to die from preventable illnessesOTTAWA - Last weekend, Canada's Ministry of National Defence confirmed their main strategy to fend off a potential invasion from the United States is to wait for American forces to be killed off by th... 301075322
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSEmily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Woo first copies are here! Our Hearts Burned For Home, on sale very soon October 12. The book unearths the untold story of Uyghur exiles who fled China’s expanding police state—only to become a pivotal force behind the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-he... 33810
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I don't know the story behind it, but I really enjoy the sign of 做錯就屌 featuring right in the middle. 010
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It's not often you see someone cancelled for supporting China over HK, it's usually the other way round, but bless Taiwan for remembering us 0276
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSBrian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hong Kong singer Daniel Chan performance in the Taipei Dome, originally for a baseball game by the TSG Eagles, canceled after controversy over Chan’s support for the Hong Kong police in the 2019 proteststw.sports.yahoo.com台鋼雄鷹》臨時取消陳曉東演出！ 台鋼球團聲明：避免模糊賽事中職台鋼雄鷹中秋連假前進台北大巨蛋擔任主場球隊，賽後演出藝人近期陸續曝光，公布9月26日由陳曉東擔任演出嘉賓後引發熱議，今天球團轉彎宣布取消他的演出。而宣布蘇永康將於25日來台開唱，獲得好評。 0111
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSHong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 28/08/2026Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, and the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance returned to court on Friday for mitigation proceedings. Chow's mitigation statement in full: buff.ly/BCAveBL Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP. 0198
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSHong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 28/08/2026An activist who once organised annual vigils to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown has said that a Hong Kong court’s decision to convict her under national security legislation amounts to saying that “pursuing democracy is a crime.” In full: buff.ly/rm4EYtR File photo: Kris Cheng/HKFP. 02412
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Horrible choice of photo of a human tragedy to pair with this headline. 010
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry is going places.static.klipy.comTim Curry's Iconic 'Space Corrupt' MemeALT: Tim Curry's Iconic 'Space Corrupt' Meme 000
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026New statement from Prime Minister Mark Carney. Talks on a trade deal have been suspended. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat... 2524773
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026@moderation.bsky.app is terrible at moderation. The point of the comic is that breastfeeding is not sexual. This is literally the case of "Bro, leave her alone to feed her child." 000
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I wish there’d be a day when we no longer have inspiring photos of HKers standing proud and unbowed in the face of authoritarianism 34520
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSHong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 21/08/2026BREAKING: #HongKong Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been convicted of incitement to subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/08/21/b... Photo: Jennifer Creery/HKFP and Peter Parks/AFP. 12830
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I see Chow as the very last intellectual from a line of intellectuals that started from the 1800s in China. 000
Reposted by Otalp, MBBS852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I never knew id been measuring my feet in barleycorns my entire life. 16714
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11/08/2026Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. 820362
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I couldn't imagine the President of the United States leaving a country on a diplomatic visit on a secret plane, but here we are. 100
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Royal Navy spy drones used by Britain’s elite special forces secretly sent data to China, The Telegraph can reveal. The cameras on the K3 Scout surveillance drones had components made in China which were secretly transmitting information to a device in the country. 1026389
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSGroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity. 624177884820
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/202643-time Club Champion. 1618132923170
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSslate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop 12353581325
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026All of this is so petty but understandably important to this group of clientele. 020
Otalp, MBBS @otalp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026If the Brits try to workshop the name back in the day, there would be at least 5 million people in southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong) who can tell them the name sounds like "shitter" in Cantonese. 000
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSHong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 29/07/202650-year-old Greenfield Bookstore to close following arrests, national security raid 🔗 hongkongfp.com/2026/07/29/5... 11816
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Impossible to put into words how useless Gmail search is. No wait, these guys did it! 502186640
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSGRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 28/07/2026I thought this was a typo but no, the (mostly) beloved 24-hour bakery/cafe is getting into real estate development, neat 3194
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 27/07/2026😡 BREAKING: New court filings reveal Republican Max Miller poured hot water on his wife, put a gun to her head, and broke his two year old daughter's collarbone. Why is Mike Johnson defending him? 2171241713
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSJoel Chan @kjoules.org · 26/07/2026Wang Cong, an associate professor at EdUHK’s Chinese language studies department, is under fire after an anonymous academic wrote a complaint to Springer Nature for using this hare-brAIned map of Hong Kong in an article published last July www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko... 2113
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20378813324834
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Well, this article is incredibly depressing for cooking enthusiasts. The short version: private equity has, over the last couple of decades, quietly bought up most of the classic brands you’ve heard of and then traded on their names while drastically cutting quality and closing American factories 11529621157
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84." 9894681953
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct. 2107532055
Reposted by Otalp, MBBSBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026the important thing is that we know that all this money will be handled honestly and openly 417323
