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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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Today is June 4th. 🕯️🕯️🕯️
Tom Grundy@tomgrundy.hongkongfp.com · 3mo agoFor the fourth consecutive year, a patriotic carnival is being held in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, the former site of a traditional commemorative candlelit vigil. hongkongfp.com/2026/06/04/i... Join us for trusted, independent coverage all day/eve.
"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."
Natasha Bulowski@natashabulowski.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf PM Carney's framing of a pipeline deal as ‘climate action’ sounds familiar, thats because it is. Trudeau approved TMX on a promise that its profits would directly fund the clean energy transition. @cathmckenna.bsky.social helps unpack some of the parallels www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/n...
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!
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hongkongfp.com · 3mo agoChina set for latest space launch, with Hong Kong astronaut – a police superintendent – aboard 🔗 buff.ly/TyNol93
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.
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.
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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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.
Trump's China Deals Are Just 'Performance,' Says Ex-US Trade Rep
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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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?
Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 3mo agoChina’s newly announced chromite discoveries in Tibet are strategically significant, but not world changing. They strengthen Beijing’s #criticalminerals security & reduce import dependence. Highlights Tibet’s growing role in PRC resource strategy, with major environmental & geopolitical implications
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..."
Be The Sky, by Tenzin Choegyal, Philip Glass
7 track album
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 4mo agoNew piece on Philip Glass and Tenzin Choegyal’s collaboration: music shaped by exile, Buddhism, & vast open space. www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/mus...
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.
How Taiwan Became the World's Most Perilous Geopolitical Chokepoint
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · May 1 · 57m
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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.
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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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...
Podcast: Can AI Be Compassionate?
Originally recorded for Accelerating AI Ethics, University of Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI.
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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。
端傳媒 Initium Media@initiummedia.bsky.social · 5mo ago生命要向前看，卻要向後才能理解。 當我們為了未知的明天奔波，為了更好的未來而活，回望曾經，現在的自己，是否走在當初想要的道路上了？ 總編輯陳婉容透過書信剖析自我與城市的羈絆：「我那時常想，someday，可能是五年後﹑十年後，我就會回來，雖然不知道要幹甚麼，雖然我小時候總想快點跑出去。但永遠離開香港是個太可怕﹑讓我想都不願意想的未來。」 而駐場評論人安徒（羅永生）如此回覆：「既愛且恨、欲捨難離，或者更能形容你我對香港的感情。若非如此，你不會雖然離開了十二年，但回港時在地鐵的人潮中，卻無法接受自己像個遊客。」
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.
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."
National Newswatch@nationalnewswatch.com · 5mo agoCulture minister says 'serious conversation' needed about AI systems and news media nationalnewswatch.com/2026/03/17/c...
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...
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."
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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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]
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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PM Carney: "Nostalgia is not strategy."
Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
YouTube video by World Economic Forum
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"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.
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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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...
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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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。🙏
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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Thank you @bloomberg.com Asia for this news coverage. I especially appreciate the frank discussions on public discontent and government's anxiety.
Hong Kong Fire Disaster Stirs Anger Over Ignored Warnings
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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