My latest interactive explainer all about the technology behind record players is done! perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck...
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3 days after opening they finally updated New Taipei Metro Sanying Line on the map
Apple maps had added Shah Alam line on to the map. It is expected to open on 6/29
“津津蘆筍汁” — this lowkey Taiwanese drink works really well mixed with Red Bull🤩
Never forget
Brian Hioe@brianhioe.bsky.social · 5mo agoHere's the text of Cheng Li-wun's speech at the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum, she refers to the ROC as being a seed for peace, claims eastern culture is peaceful compared to despotic western culture, that Japan was acting out western hegemonic culture udn.com/news/story/6...
according to TASA official Twitter. Four CubeSats supported by TASA programs are onboard Transporter-16, which launched hours ago. x.com/TASA_Taiwan/...
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It seems there was yet another attempt of suppressing Taiwan at the AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia, when the performance of a Taiwan indigenous group was abruptely canceled for "political reasons", but finaly went on after negotiations led by Taiwanese diplomats.
女足亞洲盃》原民舞蹈險遭「政治因素」取消 外交部介入成功 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
2026年女足亞洲盃在澳洲舉辦，繼前國家隊總教練陳貴人因在場邊喊「台灣加油」遭驅離後，14日台灣與中國八強賽事場外再傳打壓爭議。原受亞洲足球聯盟（AFC）邀請在中場休息演出的台灣原住民舞蹈團體，竟在上場前臨時因「政治因素」遭通知取消。所幸經過外交部緊急介入交涉，最終成功恢復表演。台灣女足在該場賽事展現強韌防守，正規賽首度以0：0逼平衛冕軍中國隊，雖於延長賽以0：2惜敗，但堅毅表現贏得尊重。儘管無緣...
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Incredibly illuminating to compare income and hours worked across countries and states for ***the bottom 95% of earners only***. The typical Belgian earns as much as the typical Californian but works about 24% less via sethackerman.substack.com
Jet Lag: The Game just released Season 17 trailer. The game play is to "capture" as many TRA stations in 5 days. Still can't believe they were actually in Taiwan. nebula.tv/videos/jetla...
Japanese private launch company Space One is going to launch its KAIROS 3rd rocket tomorrow 3/1 at local time 11:00am at . It's carrying 4 micro/cubesats into space. The company had two failure launch attempts in 2024. Link: space-one.co.jp/news/news_20... Live: youtu.be/iGTpmpSdGNk
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The Korea Enterprises Federation released a report comparing entry-level salaries in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The findings shows that the Korean is 40% more than Taiwanese(PPP-adj). In general, salaries from non-SMEs is 1.226 times higher than SMEs in Taiwan, while the ratio in Korea is 1.159.
TASA(Taiwan Space Agency) has recently released five images captured by FORMOSAT-8. According to TASA, the image resolution met the originally designed 1m resolution. This is a great improvement over FORMOSAT-5’s 2m resolution images. www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
The print edition of @economist.com is weekly—but there's often more than one cover. Different regions, different stories. In 2025, we published 81 in total. Here they all are—and how each one came to be: www.economist.com/interactive/...
1/2) As fascist, (using traditional description) totalitarian state capitalist regime, CCP oppresses & controls every aspect of citizens lives. Only difference between Trump regime & Xi/CCP is that US regime hasn’t completely succeeded (yet) & folks can protest & we can still see takeover process.
On the situation in #Venezuela - lots of booms, lots of videos, not much verified info. Remember, in any military operation, first reports are always wrong. Will see in an hour or so where we are, and whether there are any statements/releases from the Pentagon (or anyone else).
Yesterday I visited the Chen Renhe Centennial +3 exhibition at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. Chen Renhe was a Kaohsiung-based architect of Modernism, responsible for numerous public building projects, ranging from Buddhist temples to a slaughterhouse, as well as many schools in between.
Philippines challenges Chinese vessel off northern province amid Taiwan tensions reut.rs/4ji0hM9
Philippines challenges Chinese vessel off northern province amid Taiwan tensions
The Philippines Coast Guard said it deployed an aircraft on Tuesday to challenge a Chinese research ship that serves as a base for submersible vessels after it was spotted about 19 nautical miles off the coast of the northern Cagayan province.
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The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake. n.pr/4jkrm19
For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up
The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake.
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This map reveals what scientists care about—and what armed forces don’t want to share
The quest to chart the sea
This map reveals what scientists care about—and what armed forces don’t want to share
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Galileo 14th launch successful! 🛰️ On 17 December at 05:01 GMT/06:01 CET), Galileo satellites 33-34 were launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on an Ariane 6 rocket. 🔗 esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Galileo_s_first_Ariane_6_launch_strengthens_European_resilience
The #30DayMapChallenge is a wrap! I made a map quilt of my favorite Rhode Island maps from the challenge. I had to resize a few of them to get them all to line up. Had I planned this in advance, I would have alternated between light and dark maps. #cartography
In Singapore🇸🇬 and Malaysia 🇲🇾 , box junctions is marked with two lines forming a cross. Yet, in Apple Maps crossings in Singapore is marked with grids.
The Reporter’s 10th-anniversary exhibition is worth checking out. It features lots of handwritten drafts, sketches, and behind-the-scenes stories. 2025.12.04(四)–07(日) 11:00-19:00 華山1914文化創意產業園區中4A館 Huashan 1914 Creative Park 4A 10th.twreporter.org
