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Pacific Standard 🚜🌻☂️ @pacstandardtw.bsky.social · 7m

I think they're saying by average take per location?

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How Din Tai Fung Became America’s Top-Earning Restaurant Chain

The dumpling restaurant was started in Taiwan half a century ago. Now there are 17 always-packed locations in the US, including one in Disneyland.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1h

A scorching gold rally is helping China get one step closer to its goal of building a world less dependent on the US.

Gold’s Record Rally Is Helping China Challenge Trump and the Dollar

Beijing is seizing the opportunity to offer up an alternative to US financial dominance.

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Pacific Standard 🚜🌻☂️ @pacstandardtw.bsky.social · 1h

Blockchain is literally sitting right there bro. Just glaring at y'all.

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Pacific Standard 🚜🌻☂️ @pacstandardtw.bsky.social · 1h

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"If someone were unscrupulous and didn't like how I voted, they could double-mark it, which would invalidate my vote," Wegat said. "It makes it too easy for bad actors."

Sacramento County ballot envelope holes draw concerns ahead of Proposition 50 special election

Mail-in ballots are now out for the Proposition 50 special election, and some Sacramento County voters are noticing holes in their ballot envelopes that they say they are concerned about.

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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 1h

Avec son film Salé, Sucré, sorti en 1994, Ang Lee rend hommage à son île natale et à ses traditions culinaires. Son héros M. Chu, le plus grand chef cuisinier de Taipei, la capitale de Taïwan est un homme peu loquace pour qui la cuisine est la seule façon de communiquer avec la jeune génération.

Le cinéma met Taïwan à table | Invitation au voyage | ARTE

YouTube video by Invitation au voyage

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 20h

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to let Facebook and Instagram users set a chronological feed by default, a first test of the EU’s Digital Services Act in civil court.
Tech Policy Press spoke with Bits of Freedom’s Rejo Zenger on the ruling’s significance.

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 3h

And yet, no one from the police ever faced any consequences for what they did in 2019. Wonder why.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 22h

A HK court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019. In full: buff.ly/HXrGhFp

HK court orders ex-protester who broke cop's finger to pay HK$150K in damages

A HK court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019.

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 3h

More news on the rare earth front - could damage EU efforts to build production

China has tightened curbs on rare earths to include items manufactured abroad

China Tightens Exports of Rare Earths and Related Technology

China has tightened curbs on rare earths to include items manufactured abroad, adding a potentially complex layer of restrictions to an industry that’s been a source of intense trade friction between Beijing and Washington.

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 3h

The agreement on the first phase of the Gaza peace deal marks a significant breakthrough.

This is a major diplomatic accomplishment and a real chance to end a devastating war and release all the hostages.

The EU will do what it can to support its implementation.

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Pacific Standard 🚜🌻☂️ @pacstandardtw.bsky.social · 3h

Couldn't be the wages, could it bro?

The pay, boss?

You know, the money you're in your pocket, but instead putting it in the pockets of your labor force? What do you think, captain?

That wouldn't be it, would it, bro?

Couldn't be that, could it, chief?

Ford CEO: "Average wait is 2 weeks" to get your car fixed. "We don't have mechanics."

YouTube video by Yahoo Finance

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5h

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 9h

www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

DPP outlines its 13 priority bills for legislative session - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

www.taipeitimes.com

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 9h

They will copy and steal everything. #Ukraine #China #drone
defence-blog.com/china-copies...

China copies Ukrainian anti-drone shield for tanks

China has filed a patent for a foldable anti-drone canopy for tanks that closely resembles a Ukrainian battlefield invention. The development, attributed to Dragon Shield Intelligent Equipment of Wuhu...

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Bessie the Normie @bessiefromsgv.bsky.social · 9h

Pope Leo to Young People: Get Off Your Damn Phone — And Promote Peace

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-t...

Pope Leo to Young People: Get Off Your Damn Phone — And Promote Peace

In the Trump era of online rage, Pope Leo’s telling all of us to log off and love harder.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 10h

It’s Extreme Make-Over: Military Edition here in the United States. @rosabrooks.bsky.social, David Sanger, and @kschake.bsky.social join @djrothkopf.bsky.social to shine a light on the actions of this administration and why the fallout could be calamitous. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 9h

Important discussion about the most significant refocusing of the US military in at least a quarter century...please join us.

The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 10h

It’s Extreme Make-Over: Military Edition here in the United States. @rosabrooks.bsky.social, David Sanger, and @kschake.bsky.social join @djrothkopf.bsky.social to shine a light on the actions of this administration and why the fallout could be calamitous. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 11h

I met with Ukraine’s new ambassador today to discuss Russia’s ongoing war and how the United States and its allies can continue to help Ukraine defend itself and address Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia.

The United States and NATO must stand firm against Russian aggression.

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 10h

No, it couldn't. Once a blockade commences, industrial production and a large chunk of commercial activity will collapse. The existing power reserves could then run the island for months. The nonsense below still circulates despite several articles issuing correctives.

Joyu Wang @joyuwang.bsky.social · 11h

"This could be the Achilles’ heel of Taiwan." A Chinese blockade would quickly deplete resources on an island that depends on imported fuel. Here's a graphical look at why––and how: www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 10h

www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

Taipei defense spending ‘promising’: US nominee - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

www.taipeitimes.com

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Pacific Standard 🚜🌻☂️ @pacstandardtw.bsky.social · 10h

This is popespeak for "you best get your ass in line, mf..."

Pope Leo’s message for the American church

Pope Leo’s responses to questions from Elise Ann Allen demonstrated a realistic understanding of the American church.

www.americamagazine.org

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