Erin Hale
@erin-hale.bsky.social
A journalist and noted cat person based in Taiwan.
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In case you're wondering what one week of nonstop playing of a single song does, "Monster Mash" makes about $1 million per year.
www.billboard.com/pro/monster-...
www.billboard.com/pro/monster-...
How Much Is ‘Monster Mash’ Worth?
How much money does the "Monster Mash" Halloween song make each year?
www.billboard.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In case you're wondering what one week of nonstop playing of a single song does, "Monster Mash" makes about $1 million per year.
www.billboard.com/pro/monster-...
www.billboard.com/pro/monster-...
I'm at ASEAN this week, a region that's getting hit by two headwinds - US tariffs, but also a surge in Chinese exports. Some of these are due to China Plus One, but a significant (and likely growing) number are heading for Southeast Asian markets. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
As Southeast Asia welcomes Trump, it battles headwinds unleashed by him
Southeast Asia and its 'China Plus One' supply chain are feeling the fallout from the US trade war.
www.aljazeera.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'm at ASEAN this week, a region that's getting hit by two headwinds - US tariffs, but also a surge in Chinese exports. Some of these are due to China Plus One, but a significant (and likely growing) number are heading for Southeast Asian markets. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
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Apparently Thursday nights on #Fox here in Australia will soon consist of #ChicagoFire followed by #ChicagoPD. I don’t know why we have as much US content on our screens down under, but I guess #ChicagoMartialLaw can’t be far from premiering for the trifecta.
September 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Apparently Thursday nights on #Fox here in Australia will soon consist of #ChicagoFire followed by #ChicagoPD. I don’t know why we have as much US content on our screens down under, but I guess #ChicagoMartialLaw can’t be far from premiering for the trifecta.
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Pritzker: “ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace.”
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pritzker: “ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace.”
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Legendary, veteran prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, known for targeting Osama bin Laden and bringing down the Illinois mob, is coming out of retirement to defend former FBI director James Comey.
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald who took down the mob is coming back
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, 64, served as a US attorney in Chicago for more than a decade, and he is a longtime friend and former colleague of Comey, 64.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Legendary, veteran prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, known for targeting Osama bin Laden and bringing down the Illinois mob, is coming out of retirement to defend former FBI director James Comey.
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From December 2023: With avowed ‘massive gamer’ Mohammed bin Salman at the helm, the kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are already remaking the global video game industry.
Read more from @lewisgordon.bsky.social:
Read more from @lewisgordon.bsky.social:
Saudi Arabia’s plan to become the crown prince of gaming
With avowed “massive gamer” Mohammed bin Salman at the helm, the kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are already remaking the global video game industry.
www.theverge.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
From December 2023: With avowed ‘massive gamer’ Mohammed bin Salman at the helm, the kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are already remaking the global video game industry.
Read more from @lewisgordon.bsky.social:
Read more from @lewisgordon.bsky.social:
Redditors are reporting that Taiwan Threads - a very popular platform here – is getting flooded with Chinese and Russian bots. It's very timely as there is a lot of doubt in the government after the deadly flood last week in Hualien.
www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/com...
www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/com...
From the taiwan community on Reddit: Russian/Chinese bot accounts flooding Threads trying to sow discord and profit from chaos.
Explore this post and more from the taiwan community
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September 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Redditors are reporting that Taiwan Threads - a very popular platform here – is getting flooded with Chinese and Russian bots. It's very timely as there is a lot of doubt in the government after the deadly flood last week in Hualien.
www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/com...
www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/com...
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The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
August 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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A little bit of an update
August 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A little bit of an update
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In 2023, I visited an Anne Frank-themed church in Japan, where Christians pray for the Jews and the restoration of Israel in a sanctuary built to resemble the "secret annex." My reporting and reflections w valuable input from Rev. Thomas Hastings and more:
jordynhaime.substack.com/p/the-japane...
jordynhaime.substack.com/p/the-japane...
The Japanese Church Dedicated to Anne Frank
On Christian Zionism, Peace, Shrines, and Gaza
jordynhaime.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In 2023, I visited an Anne Frank-themed church in Japan, where Christians pray for the Jews and the restoration of Israel in a sanctuary built to resemble the "secret annex." My reporting and reflections w valuable input from Rev. Thomas Hastings and more:
jordynhaime.substack.com/p/the-japane...
jordynhaime.substack.com/p/the-japane...
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Following a horrific incident involving a head-on collision of a Filipino tourist by an 80-year old taxi driver, the Hong Kong Taxi and Public Light Bus Association has objected to stricter health checks among cab drivers, saying more drivers would quit the trade
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Hong Kong taxi trade wants subsidised health checks amid calls for tougher rules
Public calls for annual checks after spate of crashes involving older drivers, but taxi trade warns that move could prompt more cabbies to quit.
www.scmp.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Following a horrific incident involving a head-on collision of a Filipino tourist by an 80-year old taxi driver, the Hong Kong Taxi and Public Light Bus Association has objected to stricter health checks among cab drivers, saying more drivers would quit the trade
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
What is chikugunya anyway?
I had it once. I was covered in a rash that looked like the measles, just in time for Xi Jinping to visit Cambodia. Heat + fever is also a weird experience, as someone from a cold climate.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/....
I had it once. I was covered in a rash that looked like the measles, just in time for Xi Jinping to visit Cambodia. Heat + fever is also a weird experience, as someone from a cold climate.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/....
What is the chikungunya virus, how are countries such as China battling it?
Since the start of 2025, about 240,000 people have been infected with chikungunya, with 90 deaths in 16 countries.
www.aljazeera.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What is chikugunya anyway?
I had it once. I was covered in a rash that looked like the measles, just in time for Xi Jinping to visit Cambodia. Heat + fever is also a weird experience, as someone from a cold climate.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/....
I had it once. I was covered in a rash that looked like the measles, just in time for Xi Jinping to visit Cambodia. Heat + fever is also a weird experience, as someone from a cold climate.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/....
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I’m watching a live stream
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m watching a live stream
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Such an important point:
“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
🧵
“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
🧵
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Such an important point:
“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
🧵
“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
🧵
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Medical relief agency has treated more than 1,300 patients for wounds sustained near notorious GHF aid sites in Gaza.
Gaza aid distribution declared ‘orchestrated killing’ by MSF
Medical relief agency has treated more than 1,300 patients for wounds sustained near notorious GHF aid sites in Gaza.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Medical relief agency has treated more than 1,300 patients for wounds sustained near notorious GHF aid sites in Gaza.
Trump's transshipment tariff is meant to target China, but it could spell disaster for Southeast Asia and the China Plus One supply chain.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Trump’s transshipment crackdown spells danger for Southeast Asian economies
Trump’s 40 percent tariff on transshipped goods casts clouds over ‘China Plus One’ manufacturing model.
www.aljazeera.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Trump's transshipment tariff is meant to target China, but it could spell disaster for Southeast Asia and the China Plus One supply chain.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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This morning, ICE rolled into a Home Depot parking lot using a moving truck loaded w/agents, like a Trojan horse, to snatch up Latino workers. Whoever they could find. No idea if they were undocumented or not.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
August 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This morning, ICE rolled into a Home Depot parking lot using a moving truck loaded w/agents, like a Trojan horse, to snatch up Latino workers. Whoever they could find. No idea if they were undocumented or not.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
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Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
August 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
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A history of Red and Black Rainstorm Warnings in Hong Kong, since they began in March 1998
August 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A history of Red and Black Rainstorm Warnings in Hong Kong, since they began in March 1998
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Useful and comprehensive read about many of the questions that will go into the question of whoever comes next after Xi, though I suspect that won't be anytime soon
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/after-...
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/after-...
After Xi
The succession question obscuring China’s future—and unsettling its present.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Useful and comprehensive read about many of the questions that will go into the question of whoever comes next after Xi, though I suspect that won't be anytime soon
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/after-...
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/after-...
1/ Taiwan's drone ambitions are too small. 🇹🇼 wants to make 15,000 drones/month by 2028 + acquire 700 military grade UAV + 3422 dual use + maybe 47,000 (not set in stone) + 1000 US UAV.
👉 Ukraine, by contrast, is aiming to make 200,000 drones/month in 2025 🇺🇦
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
👉 Ukraine, by contrast, is aiming to make 200,000 drones/month in 2025 🇺🇦
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
In the shadow of China, Taiwan is building a drone army to stop an invasion
Taipei sees homegrown drones as key to its defence, but analysts say its plans do not go far enough.
www.aljazeera.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
1/ Taiwan's drone ambitions are too small. 🇹🇼 wants to make 15,000 drones/month by 2028 + acquire 700 military grade UAV + 3422 dual use + maybe 47,000 (not set in stone) + 1000 US UAV.
👉 Ukraine, by contrast, is aiming to make 200,000 drones/month in 2025 🇺🇦
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
👉 Ukraine, by contrast, is aiming to make 200,000 drones/month in 2025 🇺🇦
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
Today marks 50 years since the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh - April 17, 1975z
The Cambodian People’s Party had used the KR, the war and their role in helping to topple Pol Pot’s genocidal regime to stay in power ever since.
aje.io/uomv8z via @AJEnglish
The Cambodian People’s Party had used the KR, the war and their role in helping to topple Pol Pot’s genocidal regime to stay in power ever since.
aje.io/uomv8z via @AJEnglish
April 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Today marks 50 years since the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh - April 17, 1975z
The Cambodian People’s Party had used the KR, the war and their role in helping to topple Pol Pot’s genocidal regime to stay in power ever since.
aje.io/uomv8z via @AJEnglish
The Cambodian People’s Party had used the KR, the war and their role in helping to topple Pol Pot’s genocidal regime to stay in power ever since.
aje.io/uomv8z via @AJEnglish
POV: you have a clingy cat (work set up)
April 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
POV: you have a clingy cat (work set up)