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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 29/08/2026
Nepal’s foreign minister has called for a global effort to confront climate change, saying his country contributes little to greenhouse emissions yet suffers some of the worst consequences. “The global community must come together and preserve the Himalayan ecosystem.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
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Nepal floods latest: Foreign minister calls for 'global effort' to address climate change after devastating flash floods
A glacier collapse likely sparked Wednesday's floods in the Himalayan border region, killing at least 626 people, authorities say.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
😂
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端傳媒 Initium Media @initiummedia.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
👉請點擊連結,免費閱讀全文,走進香港的六四悼念:https://buff.ly/r6Mrczu
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六四37週年:維園七年無燭光,市民園內散步致哀,行為藝術悼念被阻|Whatsnew
維園長椅外,坐著悼念的市民、不約而同地抱住啤啤熊大玩偶的人和便衣警員。
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Today is June 4th. 🕯️🕯️🕯️
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"The notion that Canada needs a new pipeline — which would be built by 2033 or 2034 at the earliest — to supply Asian markets is not aligned with the region’s medium- and long-term energy needs nor long-term energy security needs, McKenna said."
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This is very interesting: a police superintendent with a Phd in computer science, soon to be an astronaut traveling to space. A truly unconventional career and life path!
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I missed those early blogosphere and twitter days when I could get all the key headlines, insights, and expert opinions at a glance on an event like the US-China meeting this week.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Also well-worth listening to for all the long term, bigger questions raised on US-China, AI and a new world, new era that's emerging.
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Richard Haass on the Meeting Between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump and What It Means for the World
YouTube video by Charlie Rose
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Good to listen to former US Trade Rep Katherine Tai's views and assessment of US-China summit with a focus on key trade issues: soybeans, rare earth, AI chips, etc.
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Trump's China Deals Are Just 'Performance,' Says Ex-US Trade Rep
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I often wonder if Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche) and/or the tertöns foresaw this. Had any of them hidden a terma in places that would one day be mined?
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
You need a good pair of speakers / headphones to enjoy the beauty of the sounds in this album. "Centred on Tibetan poetry, including original works and pre-existing texts by the disciple, yogi and spiritual poet Milarepa, as well as prayers by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama..."
tenzinchoegyal.bandcamp.com
Be The Sky, by Tenzin Choegyal, Philip Glass
7 track album
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Well worth spending the time listening to this weekend Very good background info. and many good questions from Eyck Freymann, author of the new book, Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War With China.
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How Taiwan Became the World's Most Perilous Geopolitical Chokepoint
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · May 1 · 57m
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A lighter read today, by one of my favourite women writers, 莊祖宜 Tzui Chuang Mullinax, who is writing a series of essays on the famous chef P.F. Chang.
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Before The Empire: The Dish That Made Peter Chang
Before he built a twenty-one–restaurant empire around Washington, D.C., Peter Chang was a rumor.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Here you go again!
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today must read. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
nytimes.com
How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is very beautiful. "AI can maybe act very compassionate...But on the experiential level, on the feeling level, we human beings have a unique characteristic: we can really sense each other's expression." --Geshe Lodoe Sangpo civic.ai/compassion-a...
civic.ai
Podcast: Can AI Be Compassionate?
Originally recorded for Accelerating AI Ethics, University of Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
小時侯,算命師傅對我母親說我年紀輕輕便會去一個很遠的地方,一去不返。 確實,我少年時便要遠走他鄉,只是當時我是一心一意想著等再過幾年我長大了,我必定會回來。 現在回頭看,果然算命師傅算得十分準確!我大部分的人生都在這個很遙遠的地方度過,遠遠超過我在家鄉生活的時間。 我就這樣,在毫無心理準備下,從此沒有機會再學習中文(我個人最愛的科目!)和在生活裡脫離了中文語境。這是我到目前為止還是覺得有點遺憾。
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84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha @translate84000.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
In this #ReelWisdom from Outwitting Distractions — Episode 4, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche offers a simple idea of retreat — not in the mountains, but in the middle of everyday life: try going without your phone for three days. The full teaching is available on our YouTube channel.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The report said AI companies now extract value from journalism "at every stage: ingesting news archives as training data, producing derivative content without naming the sources, and delivering answers to consumers that could reduce the need and incentive to visit the original source."
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 14/03/2026
Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?
Straight of Hormuz, with Buddha imposed, text: The realization that the lack of oil isn't causing your suffering, but the desire for oil itself, on your path to enlightenment.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
US Road Trips by Canadians Fall to Lowest Level in Four Years Many Canadians began cutting back on travel to the US last year in response to Trump’s tariffs and his attacks on Canada’s sovereignty, as well as the Republican’s nationwide deportation campaign. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Now we know why prediction markets offer valuable signals / insights coz insiders are betting there! "Making matters worse is Polymarket facilitating anonymous betting through the use of cryptocurrencies, making instances of insider trading difficult to identify, let alone police."
futurism.com
Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump's Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets
Just six Polymarket accounts made around $1.2 million in profit after successfully betting on the US striking Iran by the end of February.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 23/02/2026
In this lovely short film, the traditional Tibetan drink butter tea (bho jha) becomes a bridge between generations, outreach across cultures, and a reminder of the value of mindfulness. [kottke.org]
kottke.org
Butter Tea
In this lovely short film, the traditional Tibetan drink butter tea (bho jha) becomes a bridge between generations, outreach across cultures, and a reminder of the value of mindfulness. From Clarissa Wei at Eater, more
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
PM Carney: "Nostalgia is not strategy."
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Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
YouTube video by World Economic Forum
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Agree 100%
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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham @mauracunningham.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
"I dreaded seeing the blackened outline of what used to be a quotidian landmark." Novelist Gigi Leung writes on visiting Hong Kong in the wake of the fire at Wang Fuk Court.
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Hong Kong’s Shattered Idea of Home
Gigi Leung writes about Hong Kong and the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court which took at least 160 lives.
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不明白播客 @bumingbai.net · 02/12/2025
当“悼念”变成“软对抗”,当“问责”变成“黑暴”,香港人该如何在独裁的缝隙中守护彼此?三位香港嘉宾在此次直播中,带我们从竹棚背后的利益输送,谈到专业主义的崩塌,再追问香港人如何在“政治化灾难”中寻找生路: youtube.com/live/pnElrMA...
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不明白直播丨大火之后:没有被「驯服」的香港公民社会
YouTube video by 不明白播客
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“真香港,已经没有了,只有真香港人” 這標題起得好,說明了一切。 women4china.substack.com/p/hongkong-w...
women4china.substack.com
香港大埔火灾:“真香港,已经没有了,只有真香港人”
灾难发生不到十天内,围绕着灾难原因、官方问责姿态、民间救灾安排等种种问题,特区政府和民间发生了种种分歧;而在中国内地舆论场,媒体的焦点又与香港本地传媒不尽相同。“WOMEN我们”记录了悲剧背后的种种暗流涌动,帮助读者理解过去十天发生的一切。
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
很深刻的一個訪談。 感恩柴靜, 也特別感恩受訪者李先生的在大火生死關頭時捨己為人的善良。🙏
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香港大火幸存者:整层人不是生、不是死,而是凭空消失----告诉我,为什么?|柴静访谈|Hong Kong Fire
YouTube video by 柴静 Chai Jing
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Agree 100%
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Thank you @bloomberg.com Asia for this news coverage. I especially appreciate the frank discussions on public discontent and government's anxiety.
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Hong Kong Fire Disaster Stirs Anger Over Ignored Warnings
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
"Despite knowing the risks, no matter what he did, he couldn’t change what happened." Wong said his father, who had worked as a foreman in building maintenance before retiring and was a certified electrician and plumber, had worried about the safety risks from the renovation on the building.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"What we have documented here is just the tip of the iceberg. This goes to show that the mutual aid networks and practices that were part of everyday life six years ago still remain, and it will always be Hongkongers who protect one another."
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Good briefing of how US-China relations got to this point ahead of the Xi-Trump meeting in Seoul today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/p...
nytimes.com
Is China Beating Trump?
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Very comprehensive report on Canada-China relations and on the ground reporting by Globe and Mail after a long while...
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What Carney hopes to gain from a Canadian reset with Beijing
The Prime Minister is attempting to repair the relationship with Xi Jinping – without angering Donald Trump
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“Nature is extremely subtle,” he said. “I happen to think that the depth of natural substances cannot be fathomed by mankind. Because after all we only have, let’s say, 100 billion neurons. How can you match that with the infinite depth of nature?”
nytimes.com
Chen Ning Yang, Nobel-Winning Physicist, Is Dead at 103
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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If you reach a goal by compromising your values, you haven’t succeeded. If you fall short of a goal by upholding your values, you haven’t failed. The highest form of accomplishment is standing by your principles when they’re tested.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I still remember this.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Topology of "China AI"
On circles, misconceptions, deep infrastructure, founder archetypes, state's role, memes, AGI. A conversation about the topology of China’s AI world for you.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Love this! substack.com/@archeronlin...
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Thank you Tess Johnston for your existence and for documenting of Old Shanghai, which was once my fascination when I was there in the late 1990s. RIP. substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
Farewell, Tess. The Pioneer of Old Shanghai Studies Dies at 93
"She gave Shanghai back its history."
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
A touching part of story. You'd have to read what happened prior & his prayers to appreciate: "As a new exile, Phurba received the Dalai Lama’s blessings in person. “You have faced many hardships on your journey, I have been keeping you in my thoughts,” Phurba recalled the Dalai Lama saying."
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Very interesting read. "AGI, Zhu’s team has recently said, is characterised by qualities such as resourcefulness in novel situations, social and physical intuition, and an understanding of cause and effect."
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Reading about where we were then (+aspirations) and thinking about where we are now...
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"The space we make for each other."
policymagazine.ca
On Being Canadian: The Space We Make for Each Other - Policy Magazine
The meaning of being Canadian begins with liberty. I knew this even before a turning point in my life became a turning point in the life of the country. If I
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Please find some time to read this entire essay.
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Reminds me of what Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche said: "recently, I found out there's something we could do, which is maybe learn to outwit the algorithm. You explore some other channels, so that the algorithm gets so confused." youtu.be/vgdskXHXA9M?...
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Supporting Resilience and Mental Health in the Age of AI, 4 July 2025, Toronto, Canada
YouTube video by Siddhartha's Intent
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“Its webs, meanwhile, are woven by machines that are owned by corporations.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
A.I. Is Coming for Culture
We’re used to algorithms guiding our choices. When machines can effortlessly generate the content we consume, though, what’s left for the human imagination?
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I wish everyone on the planet could breathe clean air... "US is trying to undercut global demand for Chinese green tech by compelling its largest trading partners to import US fossil fuels instead..."
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tsalon 🇨🇦 @tsalon.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"Living by the Japanese principle of "一期一会 / ichigo ichie"—the uniqueness of each moment—teaches us that our experiences intertwine through fate. This interplay cannot be controlled or manipulated; it’s about welcoming each moment with an open heart and surrendering to it." A beautiful piece...
outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org
Landscapes of Uniqueness, Inner and Outer, on a Walk Through Japan.
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