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YTSL

@ytsl.bsky.social

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I really f**king love Hong Kong, and Funassyi! Bluesky user #55,617 -- joined in May 2023! -- but am also "over there" too. Yes, I'm still straddling between Twitter and here (because there still are not enough Hongkongers and Funatomo here!).

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · Sep 20

Have decided to post daily re Hong Kong heroes & heroines. 1st up: Chow Hang-tung. Activist, barrister, former vice-chairman of the HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China that organised Hong Kong's (once) annual June 4th candlelight vigils, and current political prisoner.

Portrait of Chow Hang-tung with Hong Kong's Central District skyline and Victoria Peak in the background.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 15m

I really don't want to see AI "art" and other frivolous AI content if I can help it. So I'm going to Unfollow as well as not Follow accounts that post it for fun.

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 18m

Isn't that the dreaded "Vote of confidence" though? 😅

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 26m

*out go get you (out TO get you). Aiyah, I hate typos!!

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 27m

From what I've read: Hincapie.

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Langley @langley127.bsky.social · 15h

The unexpected outcome of this spy case has drawn the attention of the #British to the " #China threat theory."

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 41m

Did anyone read of "sedition"/"national security" arrests having been made on October 1st before "The Collective" reported on this??

RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 15h

Local outlet The Collective confirms that 89 year old democracy activist "Grandpa Ng", arrested on October 1st on China's National Day has been officially charged with "acting with seditious intention" by appearing at a subway station in that day.

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 13h

If anyone in Toronto is renting out or subletting an apartment that meets my peculiar requirements, please message me! Not having much luck on Facebook. Budget is negotiable.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 48m

What these American companies, etc. did outside of the US, they will now do/are now doing in the US. (So yes, PAY ATTENTION (if you haven't already) to what they did and continue to do outside the US.)

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 12h

They got plenty of practice doing censorship in China and HK, Apple is ready to play ball with authoritarians of all nations

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 51m

Take care, stay strong, send you a virtual hug.

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 11h

This history of China's labor movement sat on Cornell's shelves for almost 50 years till I came along

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 57m

Not a word but a place name: Tsim Sha Tsui.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 58m

"Did you tell anyone in the pub that you won the Nobel Prize?

"I did not tell anyone, haha. I didn’t think I needed to do that."

I've never met him. But I think I'm in love with Fred Ramsdell. 🥰

samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 8h

"My wife’s phone blew up when we went through some little town and she got some signal. She kind of yelled, 'Oh my god, oh my God.' I was outside and we’re in grizzly territory, and I thought, 'Bear? There’s no bear.' She comes out and says, 'You just won the Nobel Prize.'"

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 11h

I love this man.

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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 8h

There was a post about ideal public transit frequency floating around a while ago, and I realised I had no idea how often these ran, because in three years of living there, I just never had to think about it. So I looked it up: every five minutes standard, every minute peak. Fare's ~US$1. Amazing.

Brandon Yan 甄念本 @brandonyan.com · 1d

Kagoshima trams be cute

Kagoshima tram in yellow and green livery

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1h

The thing is that they've seen how well sports washing works with such as the Rugby 7s and the EPL friendlies staged in Hong Kong this summer.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 2h

Nothing says ‘interesting film’ than the HK government banning it for national security reasons

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 1d

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to authorities. In full: buff.ly/roPWvdO

HK bars 13 films from screening on nat. sec grounds since 2021 censorship law

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1h

Any article about To Kai-wa (the Hong Kong protestor who bit off part of a police officer's finger in 2019) should include this photo taken shortly before he bit said police officer's finger.

Photo of To Kai-wa (in the white shirt) on the floor mid struggle while one police officer holds on to him and another sticks his fingers onto his face (including near his mouth and eyes), and yet another looks on.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1h

Seems to be okay for me. For now.🤞

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1h

"(LegCo) member Perry Yiu, who represents the tourism sector, said... that visitor figures this year “did not exceed expectations.” The numbers, in fact, fell short of what the Travel Industry Council had forecast."

And yet I'd say most Hongkongers feel the numbers were already WAY TOO HIGH!!!!!

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 1h

Over 1.29 million mainland Chinese tourists visited HK during the first 7 days of the National Day Golden Week holiday, an uptick of around 6% compared with the previous year. In full: buff.ly/k2gkqrS

1.29m mainland Chinese visited HK in first 7 days of Golden Week holiday

Over 1.29 million mainland Chinese tourists visited HK during the first 7 days of the National Day Golden Week holiday, an uptick of around 6% compared with the previous year.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1h

This is the thing: we end up fearing. Probably more than we should. I know that "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out go get you". But that Mainlander could just have been clumsy/all-round rude rather than targeting you/white people. Something that's been known to happen!

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1h

*think (not thin -- of course!)

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1h

It was an enamel badge, not a sewn-on cloth one. I think it was an accidental bump. Heard a metallic "clanging" sound because the guy had some metal box thing. My first fear was actually for my camera (which was in my backpack).

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 17h

Honestly, I thin having the badge on my backpack ended up serving two purposes: 1) to remind myself of June 4th; and 2) to assure myself that there (still) are more things one can actually do than the whole "gray areas" thing makes one fear that one cannot.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 17h

I would like to think that it was accidental. (BTW, in all the time that I've worn that badge, only one person I know has noticed and recognised it umprompted. And she used to be a volunteer at the June 4th vigil. So...)

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you. And of course the sad thing is that it's not like I can easily replace it... 😢

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 17h

Yup. No luck. 😔 (To be fair, it was a number of hours later...)

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