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A T Beaune 唐博訥
@atbeaune.bsky.social
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Alum, Peabody Conservatory JHU
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A T Beaune 唐博訥 @atbeaune.bsky.social · May 27
A T Beaune Creations & f/Lash Productions
MELODIA: a short film in rondo form

Trailer (1:00, all audiences)
youtu.be/zX8mN0blYXU
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Full Film (9:00, 12+)
youtu.be/7xQR5jWoAI0
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Links linktr.ee/melodia.shor...
IMDb imdb.com/title/tt2253...
MELODIA 梅樂蒂 – trailer 1:00 (all audiences)
YouTube video by A T Beaune 唐博訥
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‘While today Taiwan is on the frontline of the defense of democracy, tomorrow it could be any one of us.’

Dr Tsai Ing-Wen, former Taiwan president, speaks in Berlin.
🇪🇺 🤝 🇹🇼

focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
Full text of ex-President Tsai Ing-wen's Berlin Freedom Conference speech - Focus Taiwan
Former President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) attended the inaugural Berlin Freedom Week event in Berlin, Germany, on Monday and was invited to deliver a speech at the Berlin Freedom Conference titled "Threats facing democracies: Taiwan's experience defending freedom."
focustaiwan.tw
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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‘Nothing has been easy. But we have never backed down, because we believe that the Taiwanese people—like all global citizens—deserve the opportunity to participate in the international community.’

– Hsiao Bi-khim 蕭美琴
Taiwan Vice President 🇹🇼
upon return from Brussels

focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
Taiwanese deserve opportunity to participate in global affairs: VP Hsiao - Focus Taiwan
The Taiwanese people should be able to participate in the international community like all global citizens, and this belief is what drives the government to fight for Taiwan's international recognition despite the many hardships and challenges, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said on Sunday upon returning to Taiwan from her trip to Brussels.
focustaiwan.tw
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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🇹🇼 Popular Taiwan badminton medalist Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) announced her retirement today after dealing with injuries the past two years. Not sure what comes next, Ms Tai says for now she intends to enjoy ‘life without alarm clocks.’
🏸

focustaiwan.tw/sports/20251...
Badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying announces retirement - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) announced on social media Friday that she is officially retiring, marking the end of the "Tai Tzu-ying era" in badminton.
focustaiwan.tw
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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What is the artist but the channel through which spirits descend—ghosts, visions, portents, the tinkling of bells.

— Isamu Noguchi
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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The 3,000yo Mayan monument at Aguada Fénix is not only huge, but also a cosmogram—and the site is yielding a treasury of discoveries.

www.sciencealert.com/oldest-known...
Oldest Known Maya Monument Could Be a Map of The Universe : ScienceAlert
A monumental complex built by the Maya around 3,000 years ago was modeled on a map of the cosmos, new fieldwork has revealed.
www.sciencealert.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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alanstrauber.bsky.social Alan Strauber @alanstrauber.bsky.social · 3d
This is the cornet that Louis Armstrong played while at the Colored Waifs Home for Boys in New Orleans after his arrest at 11 for firing a gun on New Years Eve, 1912. New Orleans Jazz Museum #music #jazz #Photography #NOLA

photo (c) Alan Strauber - taken with my Leica D-Lux 8 digital camera
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Dr Tsai Ing-Wen, Taiwan’s elected president 2016–2024, will address the Berlin Freedom Conference.
🇪🇺 🤝 🇹🇼

focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
Former President Tsai to visit Germany for Berlin Freedom Conference - Focus Taiwan
Former President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) will depart for Germany on Saturday to attend the Berlin Freedom Conference, where she is scheduled to give a speech, Tsai's office said Wednesday.
focustaiwan.tw
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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When you work in the Gar field . . .
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Gar Week calls for compelling gartwork. What’ve you got?
garlab.bsky.social GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 5d
Are you feeling particularly artistic this week? Enter our GARtwork contest for a chance to win a crochet gar 🧶! To enter, DM your submission to @OKWildlifeDept on Twitter or Instagram. The winner will be announced on Friday 🎨🖌️
#GarWeek
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
atbeaune.bsky.social
Edgar? Garance? Garcia? Gareth? Garfield? ​Garner? Garrett? Garrick? Garrison? Garson? Garth? Gary? Hagar? Helgar? Margaret?
garlab.bsky.social GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 5d
During Gar Week 2025, between Tuesday and Wednesday, offer your name ideas for the hybrid gar!

#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #FishSciComm #SciComm
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
atbeaune.bsky.social
It’s, um, Gar Week.
garlab.bsky.social GarLab @garlab.bsky.social · 6d
Gar Wallpapers!
#GarWeek
Obsessed with gar? We are too! Check link in bio to download our gar-themed wallpapers. Best for iPhone sizing. Feel free to repost your favorite gar background on your Insta story! #GarWeek
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un artiste, opus 14, 1830
Wiener Philharmoniker
Sir Colin Davis, conductor

• Rêveries, Passions
• Un bal
• Scène aux champs
• Marche au supplice
• Songe d’une nuit du sabbat

music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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President Lai has announced ‘broader efforts to accelerate Taiwan's transition toward net-zero emissions’ with the ultimate goal of creating a circular Taiwanese economy.

focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
Taiwan to unveil 2050 circular economy roadmap in 2026: President Lai - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan plans to unveil its 2050 circular economy roadmap in 2026 with a focus on boosting green growth momentum, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Thursday.
focustaiwan.tw
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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You’d think someone would have put a ‘Save as EPUB’ feature in word processors by now. 🫤
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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If you're looking for an award-winning lesbian novel about Taiwan's history under Japanese colonialism, check out Yang Shuang-zi's Taiwan Travelogue. It follows a young Japanese novelist who arrives on the island, only to become infatuated with her young female companion. 🌈📚
Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi
February 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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A presentation I will not soon forget.

Yeonmi Park
What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea (10')

www.ted.com/talks/yeonmi...
Yeonmi Park: What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea | TED Talk
"North Korea is unimaginable," says human rights activist Yeonmi Park, who escaped the country at the age of 13. Sharing the harrowing story of her childhood, she reflects on the fragility of freedom -- and shows how change can be achieved even in the world's darkest places.
www.ted.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Divya Siddarth
How AI and democracy can fix each other

www.ted.com/talks/divya_...
Divya Siddarth: How AI and democracy can fix each other | TED Talk
We don't have to sacrifice our freedom for the sake of technological progress, says social technologist Divya Siddarth. She shares how a group of people helped retrain one of the world's most powerful AI models on a constitution they wrote — and offers a vision of technology that aligns with the principles of democracy, rather than conflicting with them.
www.ted.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Jamaica’s official government portal for Hurricane Melissa support efforts. 🌀

SupportJamaica.gov.jm
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Paranthropus, a hominin that went extinct 800,000 years ago, was a gorilla-like creature that walked upright much as we do.

www.sciencealert.com/rare-fossils...
Rare Fossils Reveal Surprisingly Gorilla-Like Features of Ancient Human Relative : ScienceAlert
Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.
www.sciencealert.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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‘Taiwanese Olympians Lin Yun-ju (林昀儒) and Cheng I-ching (鄭怡靜) on Sunday won the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender London 2025 competition.’ 🏓

focustaiwan.tw/sports/20251...
Taiwan table tennis Olympians win WTT mixed doubles title - Focus Taiwan
Taiwanese Olympians Lin Yun-ju (林昀儒) and Cheng I-ching (鄭怡靜) on Sunday won the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender London 2025 competition.
focustaiwan.tw
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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🇺🇳 ‘Drone attacks... were widespread and systematic, and amounted to crimes against humanity or murder.
....
‘They pursued the victims, sometimes over long distances, and dropped explosives on them, causing death and injuries. Drones have also struck ambulances and other emergency services.’
rikefranke.bsky.social Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 13d
UN report confirms that Russia is using drones to systematically target civilians in Ukraine.

“These attacks have a devastating impact on the civilian population living in the affected areas. They have caused extensive damage and destruction, leaving entire localities unliveable”
UN Commission says Russian drones target civilians and destroy infrastructure, making localities in frontline provinces of Ukraine unliveable
GENEVA / VIENNA – Russian armed forces have targeted civilians and a wide array of civilian objects using short-range drones in localities stretching over 300 kilometres along the right bank of the Dn...
www.ohchr.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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There’s a rumour going about that this team will get the spotlight on Taiwan’s new NT$500 banknote.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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An illustration of a Pictish warrior with singing tattoos and carrying a severed head.
September 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Still Life with Peeled Orange and Bunch of Grapes, Albertus Steenbergen, late 19th century.⠀⁠
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Available as a print from our shop here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/still-life-with-peeled-orange-and-bunch-of-grapes
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The Rakuten Monkeys of Taoyuan take the crown in Taiwan baseball. ⚾
focustaiwan.tw/sports/20251...
Monkeys make a come back, clinch CPBL Taiwan Series Championship - Focus Taiwan
The Rakuten Monkeys outlasted the CTBC Brothers 9-7 in Game 5 of the 2025 Taiwan Series in Taichung on Monday to capture Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) championship.
focustaiwan.tw
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM