Reposted by TurtlesYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Be it golden hour or sunset, Hong Kong still is really beautiful to me. 🥲 0213
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A lot of the old YT links I had for videos and clips from 2019-2020 are now dead, a combination of people scrubbing their channels or this 12711
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I thought it was a moth coming through the window but it was a feather. 000
Reposted by TurtlesRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 19/09/20262 incidents of ICE detaining Hong Kongers with Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status have been reported. The detained had valid work authorizations that allow them to travel domestically within the US. They are expected to be detained for over a month before being released. 0136
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's not a fair fight 25519
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm aware that that AI is programmed this way and that just evaporated a ton of water but when they say your dumb question was a brilliant idea. 000
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026LRT or is it last repost now? 火腿湯通粉 was the most exciting thing because it was not rice. Because it's something you eat not at home. Then there's the shame of enjoying soggy pasta after some cooking show on TVB Pearl talked about al dente like it's some absolute law that shall never be broken. 130
Reposted by TurtlesYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026There actually are intelligent, positive views of cha chaan teng over on Twitter, BTW. E.g., this one in Japanese. Okay, I relied on Google Translate, but this spoke me: "It is a culinary import from the West. But the people of Hong Kong didn't just eat macaroni the way Westerners do...x.com茶記Cha Ki (@chakijapan) on X🇭🇰 香港茶餐廳物語 #08 なぜ香港人の朝食に「マカロニ」があるの？🍝 香港の茶餐廳で朝食を頼むと、 スープに入ったマカロニ。 その上にハム。 さらに、目玉焼きやスクランブルエッグ、トースト。 そして一杯の奶茶。 香港人にとっては—— ごく普通の朝ごはんです。 でも、日本の方から見ると、 「なぜ朝からマカロニ？」 「しかも、なぜスープに入っているの？」 と思うかもしれません。 実... 172
Reposted by TurtlesYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Seven years ago today, I got tear gassed while walking home after a protest march had ended. Of all the times I got tear gassed in 2019-20, this was actually the most direct hit I sustained and it was a pretty awful experience; one which caused me to be temporarily blinded, among other things. 15413
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My theory is that the mi goreng packets are actually carefully engineered, engineered to have the maximum probably of causing the maximum amount of human suffering. 011
Reposted by TurtlesJeppe Mulich @jmulich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Seven years in jail for organizing a vigil and using a slogan. A vigil and a slogan which were legal in Hong Kong for thirty years. Really, Lee and Chow are being punished now for those thirty years of freedom and Beijing's frustration with the yearly vigil. 01214
Reposted by TurtlesNBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/09/2026Three pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong who organized annual vigils for victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are sentenced to prison terms between five and over seven years after being convicted under a national security lawnbcnews.toOrganizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigils sentenced to up to 7 years and 3 months in national security caseHong Kong residents’ freedoms have significantly eroded since Beijing imposed a controversial 2020 national security law, used to jail a number of pro-democracy activists. 54430
Reposted by TurtlesRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Thank you all for tuning in this morning, if you liked the reporting, please consider donating to help with the expenses. Donation links here: bsky.app/profile/razv... 1137
Reposted by TurtlesRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Good morning Twitter. We are starting today off at the High Court to hear Joshua Wong's plea to a "foreign collusion" charge, he is expected to plead guilty and the hearing will move onto sentencing on the same day. 13117
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The fact this is his second NSL trial could really only be read as “we just want to lock the guy up for life” 17728
Reposted by TurtlesBrian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Honestly, just tragic. A society that devours its young has no future but that is what the CCP has in the cards for Hong Kong, while Wong and many nameless others have sacrificed so much to defend their hometheguardian.comHong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security caseWong, 29, is accused of urging foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades and other hostile measures against China 56523
Reposted by TurtlesRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026At least 3 activists have been detained by police outside Hong Kong's Prince Edward MTR station tonight on the anniversary of the "831 Incident", where police indiscriminately attacked passengers and activists returning from protesting on HK Island. 13019
Reposted by TurtlesPoohsticks @poohsticks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Central, Hong Kong August 31st, 2019 0133
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 31/08/2026...until one of the Prince Edward station entrances - conveniently right beside the Mong Kok police station, go unsubtle symbolism! - was so laden with flowers it looked almost like it was about to topple over from the collective grief 1195
Reposted by Turtles Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Drink more water, outlive them all. 0153
Reposted by Turtles Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Busy weekend coming up with 17 events in the calendar inc talk on Xenophobia & anti migrant rhetoric in Tokyo, Film screenings by Samyan in BKK, Protest in Vancouver & more. Also news & articles on everything mentioned in the 1st post for those who want more info, as well as a few other bits. 👇 0137
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 28/08/2026nevertheless, she persisted 13118
Reposted by TurtlesPoohsticks @poohsticks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026From Chow Hang Tung (still behind bars) August 27th, 2026 286
Reposted by TurtlesRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Good morning Hong Kong. We once again return to the West Kowloon Courts this morning for the mitigation hearing for the HK Alliance subversion trial. Court proceedings should begin shortly. 1179
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Realising that I might not be allergic to air con air and it might be overstimulation from the noise 000
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I was reminded of the Buddhist saying 一水四見 (lit. one water four views?) seeing Taiwanese FFXIV players' reactions on their 7.2 Savage release, which was a year behind; and gaming journalists excited to suffer through MSQ/leveling on TV/toilet with the new Switch 2 port; and my guild being very dead. 020
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 08/08/2026There's this particular kind of melancholy of listening to JPOP when sleepless 040
Reposted by Turtles Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 02/08/20266 years ago, Thai youth did the unthinkable (at the time) & called for reform of the monarchy, Anon Nampa & others spoke out, many of them are now jailed for what they said under Lèse-majesté laws. #FreeOurFriends Events thread for the week is up, lot of good events & more 1167
Reposted by TurtlesThe Economist @economist.com · 01/08/2026Lam Wing-kee was arrested and told Hong Kong had forgotten about him. But the Chinese police had lied. The bookseller’s story brought protesters to the streets and was broadcast to the world bit.lyLam Wing-kee, the bookseller who would not admit defeatThe Hong Kong bookseller died on July 2nd, aged 70 0368
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This drawing is based on a famous photo of IIRC the 'human chain' formed by high school students on 2 September 2019, a continuation of the Hong Kong Way event that took place on a few days before 23 August 1267
Reposted by TurtlesNPR @npr.org · 25/07/2026Led by Gen-Z youth across India, the movement has become perhaps the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 12 years in office n.pr/3TgngOIn.prIndia's 'cockroach' movement ousts minister, but can Modi calm youth?Led by Gen-Z youth across India, the movement has become perhaps the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 12 years in office. 622855
Reposted by TurtlesYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Also, that "their" internet may not be exclusively theirs. (Still smarting over the westerners who talk about Asia, Asians, etc. here LIKE WE ARE NOT HERE TOO. And worse, don't realise it when encountering us here because we are responding to them in the only language they can read and write.) 011
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Another thing that extremely online westerners never seem to consider is that their internet is not the only one and extremely online people elsewhere have their own and different internets to be on too much. 110
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 26/07/2026A thing that’s often hard for anyone outside of HK (and Taiwan?) to wrap their head around is that no opposition would be caught dead calling themselves “the left”, even if the policies pursued are “leftist” in any other place. The reason should be obvious if you think about it for even 2 seconds 210028
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Just learned the Japanese word 一枚岩 ichimai-iwa that is literally monolith and also used figuratively the same ways. But I kinda still think 一舊嘢 is elegant in its own way. 010
Reposted by TurtlesNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Between these and the 我是書店店員 t-shirt from the other day, HKers are making quite a statement with clothes 0103
Reposted by TurtlesPoohsticks @poohsticks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In Hong Kong you have to learn to read between the layers. #HKwalls #HongKongWalls 1227
Reposted by Turtles Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 21/07/2026In the latest piece from @kitetalesmm.bsky.social La Pyae, a former political prisoner, describes the waiting outside prison like many others on one of the Junta's infamous "prisoner releases" it carries out on major holidays. www.kite-tales.org/en/article/p... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmarkite-tales.orgPrison gates 0117
Reposted by TurtlesDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Cabinet announcements: 6484102
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Still slogging through Andor and after the Palmo Plaza episode I somehow thought that googling and reading what internet experts thought about the episode would help with my hyperventilation upon experiencing the protest and seeing all hell break loose because the police been waiting to, ordered to 110
Turtles @turdles.bsky.social · 20/07/2026How do you reconcile that they always told you to go away, that they were fine and there was nothing to do here anyways shoo shoo, and that you wish you spent more time with them, and that you wished you talked more, that you asked questions, that you knew more about how their lives. 010
Reposted by TurtlesTing @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Photo memories of another recently raided bookstore: Hunter 獵人書店. They used to sell bilingual postcards featuring quotes fr @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s On Tyranny & #Havel ‘s quote, “Living in Truth,” could be spotted at many indie #bookstores in #HongKong w incredible creativity, humour, courage 12714
