We wear the crucifix to humbly affirm a core conviction: the righteousness of torturing the innocent. by Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt

Math gives me existential anxiety. Because what do you mean there are infinite infinities, each one larger than the last? How am I supposed to go through life with that knowledge floating around in my head? This kind of stuff keeps me awake at night. 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0jk...

Anti-AI posting today

The thing people need to realize is it's not just about Taiwan. There's a convenient excuse with Taiwan, but capturing Taiwan isn't the only goal 🤷‍♀️

The World #Indigenous Traditional Games kicks off in #Taiwan today! The mascot is inspired by the Formosan wild boar, a symbol of strength, endurance, and bravery. Tribal markings represent cultural identity and exchanges. The design reflects the perseverance and vitality of Indigenous communities.

"A senior Taiwan security ​official briefed on the matter said it is standard practice for Taiwan to provide an 'escort' to foreign vessels from like-minded countries transiting the strait, knowing that ‌such ships are often harassed or subjected to mock ​attacks by China’s military."

Why are so many people so shameless about watching their dumb internet videos at full volume in public? 🫠

Kaohsiung, I love you. But like a relative or friend who's fun in small doses but you'd never want to live with full-time. 😅 It's been great seeing friends, meeting new ones, and exploring a bit. I hope Linkou is chillier than Kaohsiung, though. Warm weather makes me cranky.

I love hotel breakfast. It's such good people-watching 😅

Excuse me but what is this? Why? How do they decide this?

Me, in a Facebook group: "Does anyone have personal experience with XYZ that you'd be willing to share?" Random person responding: "I haven't tried it myself, but I found this on Google." Gee, thanks. I don't have access to this "Google" thing you're talking about. 🙃

Fantastic /s Beijing building bases on coast: MAC - Taipei Times share.google/LqZkUMu52T7A...

My son: *falls off his chair* Me: "Oops. Did you bump your head, buddy?" My son, cheerfully: "Nope. Just my face. 😊"

"In this sense, whether Taiwan or China, the historical memory of World War II often has to do much more with present-day political concerns. This in itself may not be surprising, a way in which history proves all quite malleable to contemporary political concerns."

Very pro-democracy administration we've got. 👌🏻

Child sacrifice isn't just a horror of some barbaric past. It never went anywhere. We just sacrifice children on the altars of Profit and Wealth now.

I just ordered myself a little sewing machine. Perhaps now I'll finally have pants that are the correct length rather than constantly bunched up at the top of my tennis shoes...

Tbh my favorite thing about ADHD is the occasional ability to utterly lose track of literally everything and enter some other dimension where time and space and responsibilities and other people and even my own biological needs cease to exist.

Trying to avoid stupid online arguments about Taiwan. (No promises though, because I am me 😂). So for now I'll just say: The only people whose opinions on Taiwan truly matter to me are the citizens of Taiwan. Here's recent survey data about Taiwanese views on sovereignty and identity.

I really want a little treat but I don't have any little treats in my apartment and the only way to get one would be to LEAVE my apartment, which I'm OBVIOUSLY not going to do. So now I'm sitting here cursing my past self for having so much willpower while grocery shopping. Never doing THAT again.

"...that money can't buy" I want more of this! Get money out of politics. It's ruining everything.

Folks in/familiar with Kaohsiung: I'll be in Kaohsiung for a couple days soonish, and I'm looking for recommendations. 1. Your favorite cafes. Preferably not touristy/instagram-y. 2. A chill bar or pub where it would not be weird for me to sit alone with a drink and a book. And....

Today, a lady looked at me and said, very loudly, "WOW!!! YOUR SON IS SO CUTE." I said "Thanks" and tried to keep walking. She literally chased us down the sidewalk trying to ask me questions about him. Thankfully we were near our hotel and I just said "ok, bye" and dashed inside 😅😂

T.S. Eliot wrote that there's time for a hundred indecisions before taking toast and tea, and as an anxious person with ADHD I have never related to something more.

Makes me wonder when this guy last flew in economy because no, I'll stick with my leggings and big sweatshirts, thanks.

Taiwan folks: I reserved HSR tickets via the app. Then I decided to get the physical tickets at Seven. Printed, paid, etc. Is the app supposed to update based on that? It still says both tickets are unpaid. (Not a huge deal because I do have the actual, physical tickets already. Just curious.)

Somebody in our building keeps complaining to the front desk that we're too noisy and it sounds like we're having a party up here. But it's at times we're all sleeping. One time the front desk guy rang OUR doorbell and woke us up late at night to tell us to be quiet, and I was PEEVED.

We can spend $2 billion on this, $40 billion on bailing out Argentina, and MANY billions on killing people in other countries, but using tax dollars to make sure working class Americans have food and health care is apparently just too far.

As a SAHM, life can feel a little monotonous. SO I decided on a whim to book a hotel in Taipei for two work nights a couple weeks from now. My husband will work during the day. I'll take kiddo out to do some things in the city that are harder to get around to now that we live further out.

Remember when people were like, "If we accept gay people, it's a slippery slope! They're going to try to make us accept pedos too"? Remember when people were having a moral panic about the left being full of groomers? Remember when the right was constantly talking about protecting the children?

My son's favorite song to sing lately is "Old McFarmer had a dog, E-I-E-I-O" 😂😂😂

I must have picked the WRONG weekend to make plans in Kaohsiung because it's like every hotel in the city is fully booked. Besides ones where the reviews say things like "I got bed bugs here" or "cool place if you like spooky partially-abandoned buildings."

Taiwan pals: Planning a trip to Kaohsiung and looking for affordable hotels. Any favorites?

That being said, I just heard someone say that one piece of evidence for a flat Earth is that if you put the letter "t" into NASA and then mix up the letters, you get Satan, which means NASA is trying to hide God's handiwork and drag people to hell. ...and that's definitely too far for me.

It's too bad nobody saw this coming.... /s

I hate to admit it, but when I hear conspiracy theorists talk about their nutty ideas...I kinda get it on some level. It's not like I dive into every wild conspiracy theory and believe it fully with zero evidence. But I do have a few tinfoil hats in my closet, ya know?

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Ok, I'm reading The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir and I'm not quite to the end yet, but I think I'm beginning to see where it's going and...WHY??? 😢 (I know, I know, horror is SUPPOSED to be horrifying and I got myself into this willingly so I have no one to blame but myself)

Highly recommend Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. 💜 "Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?"

I'm on the Last Supper Diet (I only eat at the meal before one of my friends betrays another to law enforcement)

The US president is a convicted felon and "liable" for sexual assault. Forgive me if I'm not that upset about undocumented immigrants who are just existing peacefully in our country...

Updating my LEGO White House

This picture of the white house in shambles with American flags waving nearby is actually a perfect reflection of the state of the US right now.

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

Yes, and perhaps the saddest part is that nobody is even a little surprised.

Why are far-right Christians the same everywhere? It's like a disease or something. Always with the persecution complex.

Sad I could not be there with my fellow Americans to protest today, but so proud of the millions who gathered NON-VIOLENTLY around the country. Keep it up guys! I'll be cheering you on from afar and doing what I can where I am 💜 #NoKings

Made a new EZWay account with my new format APRC number...and now my packages are not showing up there for approval. Fun! It was working so well for me for a while there, too...

Not being even vaguely sarcastic: At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”