Some strong testimony over how Ko was reported to about Muko finances, though I bet his supporters won’t care news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

Some info here on who is thought to be backing Cheng Li-wen’s KMT chair run udn.com/news/story/1...

Long but a must-read about Taiwan’s relation to Eswatini

Legislator Wang Yi-chuan of the DPP alleges being followed by someone who has the same name as an former assistant of Huang Kuo-chang and could be the same person news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

Good to see steps taken to crack down on malpractice www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

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

Hmmmm focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait...

Some closures due to the typhoon focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...

KMT goes after agricultural purchases from the US, which the DPP accuses of being disinformation aimed at sabotaging US-Taiwan ties news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

Rather than whine about Palestine being recognized before Taiwan (and I am appalled by the Taiwanese who do not know or care how many deaths took place for that to occur), why not Taiwan recognize Palestine? America wouldn’t be happy of course, lol udn.com/news/story/6...

Chiang Wan-an suddenly isn't headed to Shanghai for the Taipei-Shanghai Forum as originally planned, but the narrative here seems to be trying to blame the Mainland Affairs Council udn.com/news/story/7...

Brian Hioe on Campism and the Left in Taiwan – 21 September 2025 leftrenewal.org/videos-en/hi...

Video of a webinar on Taiwan and campism I gave a few hours ago, thanks for organizing @danielmang.bsky.social vimeo.com/1120617635

I was thinking about how much of an impact Xenosaga had on my life that it shaped my tendency toward extreme content maximalism and encyclopedias. I mean, where do you think inspiration for the encyclopedia from Daybreak Project came from?

Important read. The Taiwan Association for Human Rights and Taiwan Fishermen's Union FOSPI-PMFU was silenced at the UNRBHR 2025 Forum shortly before presenting on migrant worker issues in Taiwan due to likely Chinese pressure. More details here

God, just terrible www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It's funny when I talk to a high schooler or college student for career advice and a part of me in the back of my head is thinking, "Should you really be taking career advice from a man approaching mid-30s for whom every other meal has been instant noodles for over a decade?"

There is really a need for more regulation in the cosmetic surgery industry, given the dangers www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

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

Speaks to the deadlock in the legislature, I think www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Ker Chien-ming maintains his position in the DPP, surviving efforts to oust him tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9F%AF%E5...

Probably the best film I've seen in awhile

Lol, this is going to be an interesting race focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

That story about 陳達 playing for him is so insane. My grandfather did research and documented his music back in the 60s. Taipei Times wrote about him here: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Appeared on Taiwan Plus a few days ago to discuss efforts by China to pressure Pacific Islands on Taiwan, particularly regarding the Solomon Islands

Golden rule: KMT-TPP (never forget KMT alone doesn’t have a majority) can screw up as much as they want, at the end they’ll end up blaming the DPP (and a majority of KMT and TPP voters are fine with that)

An article on Hsu Hsih 許石, who saved Taiwan folk music and "rediscovered" the blind folk musician Chen Da 陳達. It's the subject of Andrew Jone's fifth chapter ("Folk Circuits. Discovering Chen Da") of the now classic "Circuit Listening. Chinese Popular Music in the Global 1960s".

Lu Shiow-yen calls on the central government to restore budget allocations to city governments, but, well, it was the KMT that cut the budget udn.com/news/story/7...

Good read on an interesting life www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Wumao sure are getting creative these days

Nice read on the lives of the homeless in Taipei, Wanderers' Lodge is actually located just behind Daybreak focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...

A report on an important demonstration from @ginollopez.bsky.social

Still a question as to whether the CUPP will be dissolved, but these sentences are not surprising www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

There is a rather alarming statistic, important for the government to make sure the public is aware of these specific numbers www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Looks like there are many AI deepfakes of Lai these days news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

Some reshuffles of military personnel def.ltn.com.tw/article/brea...

A very weird proposal from the KMT that won’t get anywhere due to not having enough votes in the legislature to change the constitution. But does it mean the KMT wants to eliminate the TPP? There is some evidence to suggest the KMT has knives out for the smaller party

Errrr, that's grim mothership.sg/2025/09/body...

Seeing Hau Lung-bin out there running for KMT chair, when he has been completely forgotten about in the last decade despite having been Taipei mayor, traditionally a stepping stone to the president, kind of makes me miss Sean Lien too

Tbh, sometimes I feel bothered by Taiwan using its history of successful democratization only for soft power as a nation-state as juxtaposed to China rather than any /actual/ efforts to share such experiences in a meaningful manner

Sometimes I have this weird intrusive thought of wanting to put the water in my dehumidifier through a Brita filter and drink it

Interesting to see China packaging its Great Firewall to Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Myanmar, and others to assist with censorship and monitoring interseclab.org/research/the...

Interesting focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

Unfortunate that industrial accidents, leading to worker deaths, environmental destruction, and sexual harassment of workers occur at Taiwanese-owned companies in Indonesia, at a time that Taiwan seeks to expand its presence in Southeast Asia

Looks like we may see some heavy rain soon focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...

Lol www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

On “Taiwan This Week” on @ICRTNews shortly after 8 PM tonight with Gavin Phipps and @shuwanggong.bsky.social!

Certainly a welcome measure, but seems a bit like a measure just to deal with the fallout from last year's suicides among civil servants taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Not surprising that it was approved, but it's to be seen if Chiang keeps within these boundaries, of course www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Demographic shifts will probably become increasingly visible in coming years www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...