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(he/他)🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇺🇦🌱🐦🌻🍉 Former hospitality consultant in Taiwan Trans rights are human rights! Secular humanist, lefty, feminist, queer Plantbased cooking, science, social justice, consistent anti-oppression Keep Taiwan free! Resist!
#零日攻擊 debuted last summer, 80 years after the announcement of Japan's surrender in WWII. Taiwan's public television is now offering free streaming of the series that features a stellar cast (Janet Hsieh, Leon Dai, Chen Yu, Chapman To, Takahashi Issei, Mizukawa Asami): www.ptsplus.tv/zh/programs/...
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聚焦於台海危機，透過十個故事展現各方角力與抉擇。涵蓋恐攻、紅色滲透、網路戰、宗教組織、社群操控等危機，呈現台灣如何面對動盪年代的命運考驗。
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ZERO DAY ATTACK A ten-part series on China's infiltration of Taiwanese society through grey zone tactics, from elite capture in the military to funding social media influencers and local politicians. Commendable focus on how people who have business or family in China may react in a strait crisis.
1/5) Threads is freakin wild ya’ll *White supremacist online celeb yells at Indigenous folks telling people he is a vegan/vegetarian (吃素) *Han supremacists join in, calling indigenous folks racist slurs *Indigenous folks speak out (and continue to do so) against racism and Han supremacy
Important interview from one of the best media orgs covering Taiwan asia.nikkei.com/editor-s-pic...
Taiwan security chief says China's 'hybrid warfare' tests whole region
Joseph Wu welcomes Tokyo-Manila cooperation as Beijing expands maritime pressure
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PRC constructs platforms for Taiwanese to find work: Obvious united front/intel op is obvious #Taiwan www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
China’s e-Home platform a security risk, official says - Taipei Times
A platform launched by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) purportedly to help young Taiwanese find work opportunities and exchange programs in China poses serious privacy and national security risks,...
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Did Netflix create Taiwan’s TV renaissance? I argue no. Long before streaming, Taiwan spent three decades building the institutions, talent, and creative ecology behind today’s acclaimed dramas. As PTS faces deep budget cuts, this history matters more than ever. newbloommag.net/2026/08/03/t...
Before Netflix: The Hidden History of Taiwan’s Television Renaissance | New Bloom Magazine
Taiwanese television has entered a remarkable period of creative success. During the past decade, dramas such as The World Between Us (我們與惡的距離), Gold Leaf (茶金), Light the Night (華燈初上)…
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"May we both win gold" 🥊🥇 Boxer Lin Yu-ting endorses the DPP's candidate for New Taipei mayor, revealing a decades-long sisterhood with Su Chiao-hui — who secured better facilities and funding for New Taipei's youth athletes, and comforted Lin when she was under attack. youtube.com/shorts/C3Hxh...
奧運拳擊金牌得主林郁婷 ：「我人生中的低潮，當時大家看到都閃很遠，巧慧卻公開為我發聲。」「我們一起努力，希望我們可以在各自的主場拿到金牌！」
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Each time a "historical claim" by the CPP appears in media, it should be followed with: "Historians say that this claim is false." Editors have no trouble doing that for many similarly bogus claims, from conspiracy theories to flat earth. The lack of such correctives helps legitimate China's lies.
Michael Turton@michaelturton.bsky.social · 3d agoMy column for Monday. Inspired by Macabe Keliher's excellent paper on how Taiwan became "Liuqiu", I glance at the problem of how the PRC's Taiwan history is a construct scholars know is fake, but is seldom challenged in the media. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
1/2) Made chick’n & dumplings (vegan) using Taiwan-grown stoneground wheat flour (from 十八麥/18 Wheat) for first time. Might have been coincidence, but without mentioning change in flour, family thought dumplings had a much richer, more complex, nutty flavor.
My column for Monday. Inspired by Macabe Keliher's excellent paper on how Taiwan became "Liuqiu", I glance at the problem of how the PRC's Taiwan history is a construct scholars know is fake, but is seldom challenged in the media. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
Notes from Central Taiwan: The fake history behind China’s territorial claims - Taipei Times
The conference in late June of “scholars” of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that announced out of the blue that the Batanes Islands of the Philippines were “Chinese,” based on the PRC claim to T...
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THE DAY THE WAR ENDED A documentary on Taiwan's fate during WWII. Rockstar politician Freddy Lim interviews the Taiwanese who fought, protested, or survived the war and witnessed Aug 15, 1945 — the day Taiwan went from being Japan's colony 🇯🇵 to the Republic of China's island 🇹🇼 youtu.be/JDQbvobNVeM
《終戰那一天》正式預告｜8.14 時代回望
YouTube video by 牽猴子電影粉絲俱樂部
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My column from Thursday. Even if PRC actually wants to preserve Taiwan -- which it does not -- after occupying it, the PRC is so corrupt it won't be able to. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
Notes from Central Taiwan: Organized crime, organized looting - Taipei Times
This paper ran a piece this week on the rampant smuggling of Kaoliang liquor from Kinmen through customs to Xiamen in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Our paper reported that “Chinese frequently ...
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Honored to have Julia Strauss review my book, In the Global Vanguard: "All interested in contemporary Taiwan history, as well as other audiences interested in agrarian development or the high modernism of the Green Revolution, should run, not walk, to get their hands on this informative and ground-
"Stevens writes with remarkable restraint, allowing sparse dialogue & richly observed detail to do the emotional work. The result is a haunting meditation on memory, abandonment, and the human desire to leave a mark on a world that so often seems intent on erasing us."
Ink marks, traces of life, and cigarette burns
a review of Hannah Stevens’s latest short story collection, on tattoos and marks left by “life”.
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🚴♀️ Cycling around Taiwan is a rite of passage for many Taiwanese and a wonderful way to see the country. There are are also many great cycling routes in Taiwan apart from the official Taiwan Cycle Route No 1. A bicycle is the perfect way to explore off the beaten track www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
An epic 1,000km bike ride around Taiwan
Each year, thousands of Taiwanese ring the island as a rite of passage. Now, a growing number of tourists are cycling it, and experiencing a side of Taiwan few outsiders see.
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My new piece in @wpr.bsky.social argues that the spread of Chinese AI models is not just about censorship of obviously sensitive topics such as Tiananmen and Xinjiang, but also about the subtler ways these models may shape how we understand the world. www.worldpoliticsreview.com/china-ai-mod...
Taiwan's Indigenous peoples are the original owners of this land. Yet new settlers referred to them as "savages" and "mountain compatriots." Name rectification came in 1997 through a constitutional amendment. Aug 1 declared Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2005. Siraya just recognized as the 17th tribe.
Mark Harrison@mhar4.bsky.social · 6d agoThe 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...
Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
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Statement from Indigenous Youth Front on Indigenous Peoples’ Day (8/1) “However, for us, Indigenous Peoples' Day is not merely a historical moment, nor is it an annual cultural celebration. It serves as a reminder that many rights and justices remain unfulfilled.” www.instagram.com/p/DbetlerTWW...
indigenousyouthfront.tw on Instagram: "每年8月1日，是台灣的原住民族日。這一天，紀念的是1994年「原住民」正式寫入憲法，國家開始承認原住民族作為這片土地上原來主人的存在，也象徵台灣走向多元文化與歷史正義的重要一步。但對我們而言，原住民族日從來不只是紀念一個歷史時刻，更不是一年一次的文化慶典。而是提…"
每年8月1日，是台灣的原住民族日。這一天，紀念的是1994年「原住民」正式寫入憲法，國家開始承認原住民族作為這片土地上原來主人的存在，也象徵台灣走向多元文化與歷史正義的重要一步。但對我們而言，原住民族日從來不只是紀念一個歷史時刻，更不是一年一次的文化慶典。而是提醒我們：許多權利與正義，至今仍未實現。因為到了今天，我們仍然必須不斷追問：為什麼原住民族的土地依然持續流失？為什麼傳統領域仍然充滿爭議？為什麼文化仍然經常被消費，而不是被尊重？為什麼族語仍在流失？為什麼狩獵、祭儀、自治、教育、政治參與等基本權利，至今仍需要一次又一次向社會解釋、向國家爭取？如果這些問題仍然存在，原住民族日就不該只是慶祝，而應該是一個提醒。因此，今年的原住民族日，我們想共同回答一個問題：「為什麼到了今天，我們還要談＿＿＿＿？」我們邀請每一位長期投入原住民族公共議題的青年，從自己最關心的一個議題出發，寫下自己的觀察、經驗與思考。原住民族日，不只是紀念過去，而是追問現在、面向未來。因為還沒有實現，所以我們還要繼續說。因為還有人沒有被聽見，所以我們繼續書寫。✍️徵稿期間：即日起至8/31止。✍️建議字數：2000 字以內，適合社群分享及閱讀。✍️投稿方式：Google表單（需登入），連結在留言或掃QRcode。✍️刊登原則：原則上來函照刊，但若涉及辱罵、歧視性敘述，原青陣保留拒絕刊登之權利。
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"Their brains were half the size." 🦑 Ocean acidification significantly damages squid brains. Taiwanese-Canadian research found neural shrinkage and behavior changes in tested squid caused by an inability in their brains to properly send or receive information. www.courthousenews.com/ocean-acidif...
Ocean acidification could be shrinking squid brains
A Taiwanese-Canadian research project on intelligent cephalopods produced worrying results.
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Akin to U.S. moves against public media, Taiwan's conservative majority in the Legislative Yuan is holding a knife over its Public Television Service (PTS) 公視： docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧋
守護公共媒體 53位製作人發聲連署
我們是來自公視、小公視、公視台語台的第一線製作人。每天負責製作戲劇、兒少、新聞、紀錄片、文化與公共議題節目。我們很少公開發言，但今天，我們不得不站出來。 二十多年來，公視陪伴孩子成長、記錄台灣土地與文化、在重大災難與公共事件發生時提供可信賴的資訊，也讓許多弱勢族群、地方聲音與不同世代的故事，都有被看見、被聽見的機會。我們不只製播電視節目，更肩負了促進社會對話、提升教育文化、守護公共利益的使命。 近...
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Oh my ... Reuters has actually assigned anger to another nation besides china. This is progress.
Reuters@reuters.com · 6d agoChina coast guard patrols east of Taiwan, angering Taipei reut.rs/3Tv9wjd
On August 13th, the first-ever Internet disruption drill will take place in Taipei. To prepare for future scenarios in which communication is disrupted in Taiwan, New Bloom will be holding a meshtastic workshop on the night of August 12th! Join us! www.facebook.com/events/10834...
Obligatory: In this house, we are Jackie Chan haters. His films are good but the man is a homophobe, a hypocrite, a bootlicker. There are other HK action stars.
This guy would win in a landslide if he ran for office. I promise you there are SO MANY voters waiting for the "Were going through every file and we will find all of you" candidate to take on the New Gestapo. Establishment Dems will never hold anyone accountable. They had their chance and blew it
Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 5d ago"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
Check out the newest New Bloom Substack! Featuring our round-up of the latest events and recent articles!
From Taipei, Taiwan: New Bloom Newsletter July 29, 2026
DAYBREAK Party! • newsletter handover • spying accusations • extraterritorial violence • diaspora traditions • budget cuts, again? • COVID surges • The Dull-Ice Flower
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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...
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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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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