Samantha Wynell-Mayow
@swmayow.bsky.social
Freelance Illustator & Graphic Designer from Hong Kong.
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
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A string of paper cranes, folded by mourners praying for hope, peace and resilience in the wake of the Tai Po fire tragedy.
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A string of paper cranes, folded by mourners praying for hope, peace and resilience in the wake of the Tai Po fire tragedy.
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A dog has been reunited with its owners, who had been anxiously waiting outside Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po after it went missing for two days during the massive fire that broke out on Wednesday.
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A dog has been reunited with its owners, who had been anxiously waiting outside Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po after it went missing for two days during the massive fire that broke out on Wednesday.
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
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Grassroots. Spontaneous. Mobilisation. Ad hoc. Organisation.
What I'm seeing on Hong Kong social media.
All volunteer stations in Tai Po fully 'manned'. All supplies distribution stations, sufficiently supplied. Blood donations, fully sufficient. 'Buddy' support, almost 1-on-1.
This is Hong Kong 🧡
What I'm seeing on Hong Kong social media.
All volunteer stations in Tai Po fully 'manned'. All supplies distribution stations, sufficiently supplied. Blood donations, fully sufficient. 'Buddy' support, almost 1-on-1.
This is Hong Kong 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Grassroots. Spontaneous. Mobilisation. Ad hoc. Organisation.
What I'm seeing on Hong Kong social media.
All volunteer stations in Tai Po fully 'manned'. All supplies distribution stations, sufficiently supplied. Blood donations, fully sufficient. 'Buddy' support, almost 1-on-1.
This is Hong Kong 🧡
What I'm seeing on Hong Kong social media.
All volunteer stations in Tai Po fully 'manned'. All supplies distribution stations, sufficiently supplied. Blood donations, fully sufficient. 'Buddy' support, almost 1-on-1.
This is Hong Kong 🧡
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Stay strong, Hong Kong
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Stay strong, Hong Kong
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International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
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Reflexively blaming bamboo with no evidence and no effort to address regulatory failures is journalist malpractice but it doesn’t stop there.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reflexively blaming bamboo with no evidence and no effort to address regulatory failures is journalist malpractice but it doesn’t stop there.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
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The death toll in the fatal fire that engulfed a Tai Po housing estate has risen to 65, as the city's leader has announced the government will be distributing HK$10,000 to all affected households. In full: buff.ly/zgJ3SzY
Tai Po fire: Death toll rises to 65; affected households to get HK$10k handout
The death toll in the fatal fire that engulfed a Tai Po housing estate has risen to 65, as the city's leader has announced the government will be distributing HK$10,000 to all affected households.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The death toll in the fatal fire that engulfed a Tai Po housing estate has risen to 65, as the city's leader has announced the government will be distributing HK$10,000 to all affected households. In full: buff.ly/zgJ3SzY
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Hongkongers are responding to the deadly blaze in Tai Po, donating supplies, money and blood to assist in the relief effort. HKFP rounds up fundraisers and initiatives for readers looking to contribute. In full: buff.ly/9nD1r9L
Hong Kong fire: How to support families affected by the blaze
Hongkongers are responding to the deadly blaze in Tai Po, donating supplies, money and blood to assist in the relief effort. HKFP rounds up fundraisers and initiatives for readers looking to contribute.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hongkongers are responding to the deadly blaze in Tai Po, donating supplies, money and blood to assist in the relief effort. HKFP rounds up fundraisers and initiatives for readers looking to contribute. In full: buff.ly/9nD1r9L
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Hongkongers really do community so well.
Hongkongers built their own SOS map as seven towers burned
When a fatal fire tore through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, thousands of families were glued to a single webpage that offered updates far more quickly than official governmen...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Hongkongers really do community so well.
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Reuters has a live feed going about the Tai Po fire that's Hong Kong's worst fire since 1996.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reuters has a live feed going about the Tai Po fire that's Hong Kong's worst fire since 1996.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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At least 13 people are dead and at least a dozen injured after a major No. 5 alarm fire swept through multiple Tai Po residential buildings on Wednesday. Authorities have set up on a helpline on 2658 4040, and opened temporary shelters. Full updates: buff.ly/L2UM41P Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
At least 13 people are dead and at least a dozen injured after a major No. 5 alarm fire swept through multiple Tai Po residential buildings on Wednesday. Authorities have set up on a helpline on 2658 4040, and opened temporary shelters. Full updates: buff.ly/L2UM41P Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
Thoughts with the injured and the family of those killed. I can’t believe how far it’s managed to spread.
A fire engulfed a residential building in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district, with plumes of thick gray smoke billowing out as emergency services battled to subdue the blaze reut.rs/4rrKyOi
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Thoughts with the injured and the family of those killed. I can’t believe how far it’s managed to spread.
A rollercoaster match from start to finish but that last goal was just pure magic at play. I still can't believe how well that worked out.
COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A rollercoaster match from start to finish but that last goal was just pure magic at play. I still can't believe how well that worked out.
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 🥮 🌕
a drawing of a rabbit eating a cake with chinese writing
Alt: A gif that depicts a cute drawing of a rabbit eating a mooncake with Chinese writing wishing you a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
media.tenor.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 🥮 🌕
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This is horrific and feels like it should be a bigger deal. Business Insider reports that people who have worked at xAI have seen Grok create images and written material with child sex abuse material.
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...
Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content
Workers say they've faced sexually explicit content while xAI has marketed Grok to be deliberately provocative. Experts say the company should be cautious.
www.businessinsider.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This is horrific and feels like it should be a bigger deal. Business Insider reports that people who have worked at xAI have seen Grok create images and written material with child sex abuse material.
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...
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Bemoaning the cost of UK electricity and in the same breath promising to do the one thing guaranteed to cause that cost to stay sky high is the sort of intellectual brilliance you'll only get from the world's leading tech moguls.
"Britain must burn more fossil fuels and bills must rise in order to power the robot that'll fire everyone. How else will I afford my next private island?"
Nvidia says Britain will have to burn gas to power technology revolution
The company chief executive Jensen Huang says the UK’s costly electricity means new data centres will rely on fossil fuel as well as renewable energy
www.thetimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Bemoaning the cost of UK electricity and in the same breath promising to do the one thing guaranteed to cause that cost to stay sky high is the sort of intellectual brilliance you'll only get from the world's leading tech moguls.
Just wondering how the folks at HKUST are feeling about awarding this guy an honorary doctorate, just less than year ago.
Additionally, it'd be interesting to know how the negotiators for this UK/US Technology deal, are digesting this latest bit of news.
Additionally, it'd be interesting to know how the negotiators for this UK/US Technology deal, are digesting this latest bit of news.
BREAKING: China officially bans its companies from buying Nvidia, $NVDA, chips, per FT
September 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Just wondering how the folks at HKUST are feeling about awarding this guy an honorary doctorate, just less than year ago.
Additionally, it'd be interesting to know how the negotiators for this UK/US Technology deal, are digesting this latest bit of news.
Additionally, it'd be interesting to know how the negotiators for this UK/US Technology deal, are digesting this latest bit of news.
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September 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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When I asked two years ago about Mandelson’s role advising Starmer, his spokesman told me he had “no reason to believe” Mandelson wasn’t a fit and proper person
Those reasons were there for anyone who wanted to see them. That Starmer either couldn’t, or wouldn't, tells us everything we need to know
Those reasons were there for anyone who wanted to see them. That Starmer either couldn’t, or wouldn't, tells us everything we need to know
Keir Starmer's Reluctant Sacking of Peter Mandelson Over Epstein Connections Gives the Lie to His 'Crackdown on Cronyism'
The Prime Minister and his advisers spent years dismissing questions about Mandelson's relationship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
bylinetimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When I asked two years ago about Mandelson’s role advising Starmer, his spokesman told me he had “no reason to believe” Mandelson wasn’t a fit and proper person
Those reasons were there for anyone who wanted to see them. That Starmer either couldn’t, or wouldn't, tells us everything we need to know
Those reasons were there for anyone who wanted to see them. That Starmer either couldn’t, or wouldn't, tells us everything we need to know
Good riddance. 👋
BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired Britain's ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, over links to Jeffrey Epstein.
UK's Starmer fires Britain's ambassador to the US over his links to Jeffrey Epstein
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired the U.K’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Good riddance. 👋
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Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
September 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
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🚨THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN: Gary Lineker has just won Best Presenter at the National Television Awards, ending Ant & Dec’s 23 year streak!
September 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚨THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN: Gary Lineker has just won Best Presenter at the National Television Awards, ending Ant & Dec’s 23 year streak!
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Liberals are starting to say shit like, "trans people asked for too much too fast," and I'll remind your souless asses that we actually didn't ask for anything. we were minding our own business and quietly improving our healthcare and you (cis) decided to do a pogrom against us for no reason.
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Liberals are starting to say shit like, "trans people asked for too much too fast," and I'll remind your souless asses that we actually didn't ask for anything. we were minding our own business and quietly improving our healthcare and you (cis) decided to do a pogrom against us for no reason.