Even if you decide not to delete, I feel like this incredible little book—only 150 pages—should be required reading for getting anywhere near a computer or phone. 1/6

Unsubscribe from Amazon. Plus, my thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg’s monopoly. www.resistandunsubscribe.com

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

🚀 UpScrolled has jumped to No. 1 on the U.S. App Store, overtaking ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Threads over the past day. Founder Issam Hijazi shares an update on the surge and what comes next, saying the platform belongs to its users: “We’re just building it.”

US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.

Shocking comments by the PRC ambassador to Australia about Taiwan. Disinformation, declaring that Taiwanese who oppose annexation should leave Taiwan, and directly linking Australia's sovereign national debate about regional security and Taiwan to good relations with China.

Bruce Springsteen: “King Trump’s private army from the DHS... It’s our blood and bones and these whistles and phones against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.”

I've covered ICE / DHS for about a decade now and more ICE agents are willing to talk now than ever before. The confidence the administration is trying to project is absolutely not reflected internally.

I wept as I re-watched Mon Mothma’s Senate speech from Andor. It is a mirror of our present reality. “Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The loss of truth is the ultimate victory of evil… 1/2

My US health insurance premium increased from ==> $332.26 / month in 2024 ==> $386.42 / month in 2025 (up 16%) ==> $447.93 / month in 2026 (up 16%) High deductible of $7,500. I am healthy, 37 years old, non-smoker. For comparison, health insurance in Taiwan is $30 / month.

Here’s a picture of ICE unloading chemical irritant directly on a protester’s face after he’s already down. Also a picture of 5-year-old Liam Ramos, detained by ICE with his father and sent to detention in Texas. (Both are legal with active asylum claims.) 1/2

When ICE sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

The moral compass needs recalibration which condemns MLK Jr. for affairs but praises the man who suppresses the Epstein Files.

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“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”

“As an American, I have one thing to say to my many European friends: Do not back down in this confrontation. Up to now, both the EU and the major European powers have sought to appease Trump... This strategy has not worked and should be abandoned immediately.”

How often we wish mercy for ourselves, justice for others.

Trump 2.0: handing China the keys. Our enemies are laughing, our friends are looking elsewhere.

A big burden was lifted just now as the following popped into my head: YOUR JOB IS NOT to convince anyone else to be intellectually honest. YOUR JOB IS ONLY to make sure you remain intellectually honest yourself.

When you want progress in any endeavor, it’s good to find your “edge”—but pushing too far beyond your capacity is also counterproductive (or harmful). 1/4

Extraordinary to see Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell make a special Sunday announcement stating that the Department of Justice has threatened him with criminal indictment. 1/4

Here are five guidelines for how to respond if US federal immigration agents stop, approach you, or knock at your door. zeteo.com/p/what-to-do...

Masked federal agents should not be bringing chaos, fear, death to our communities.

I will attend this rally with Indivisible tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 10. I’m going to honor Renee Good, fatally shot by an ICE agent; to call for accountability; and to speak out against the use of masked federal agents in our communities, creating fear and chaos instead of making us safer. 1/2

It's important to watch the footage of an ICE agent shooting Renee Good. This analysis synchronizes multiple angels and shows relative positions of the officers and Good's car. There is no truth to the claim that she ran over (or even struck) an agent.

If Taiwan were part of China, there would be no need to take it “by force if necessary”.

“Making our Posts of Honor Places of Profit... will only nourish the Fœtus of a King”

Do you want to live in a world where hemispheres are controlled by superpowers?

My health insurance premium has increased by 16% for 2026, from US$386.45 to $447.93 per month. For context, I am a contractor with a personal HSA-compatible plan directly with an insurance company; I am healthy, 37 years old, and have a deductible of $7,500. How does this compare to your situation?

The United States is now in the business of unprovoked bombing and kidnapping foreign leaders. If Trump can do regime change in Venezuela, what’s to stop China from doing ANYTHING it likes with Taiwan—and whatever comes after?

舉頭望明月

Beginner guitar holiday meditation on Will Ackerman, “What Strangers Are These.” I am falling in love with this instrument—even a single note hits you deep on guitar. Peace, peace on all our Earth. There are no strangers.

China 🇨🇳 should leave Taiwan 🇹🇼 alone. The more defensive capabilities Taiwan has, the better.

疑是地上霜

Working to ensure that every kcal I consume this week assimilates as muscle and strength. DEADLIFT 6 x 325 lbs

Prices trying to go down by 600%

Prices are the best they’ve ever been, these worst-ever prices are Biden’s fault, and drug prices are going down 600%. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

NEW PAPER! Some kinds of genetic mutations are more likely to arise than others. Such "biases" in mutation vary between species. Analyzing data from 14 species, we show that this variation explains species differences in the genetics of adaptation! (1/3) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Just a quick introduction post: Im Javi, I am currently a PhD student at UCONN studying parasitic copepods! I am passionate about mentoring, science communication. I have a podcast highlighting LGBTQ+ scientists. In my free time I play video games, rewatch my favorite shows/animes and drink coffee 💜

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Just a few days ago, all these Chinese characters looked like 牛 🐮 to me — how do you keep them all straight? More and more, learning this language is becoming an act in mastering attention to detail, to distinguishing features, to fine differences and discernment.

A mask can’t hide you from the neighbors, your children, and God. #ICE

So fun to shoot in 18th century London & age a few decades in a day as part of 黑盒子 The Black Box, now on NETFLIX! Thanks to Ming-Hsueh Lin for the push, Ponny Chen for the photos, and especially thAHnkful to Suzanne Cerreta for the incredible diction coaching!

我的「美」不美

Our strength fluctuates, going up and down like a squiggle on a line graph—as all progress. What matters is finding your limit for today. Pushing further risks injury and is “unprofessional”. Today the limit was 3 x 150 kg and that’s okay. A lifter is one who lifts; simply lift, then.

Had my flu shot and, since I was at it, a Covid shot as well, all free as I turned 50 this year. Thanks Taiwan.

Prepping for a great Christmas so I got my flu shot. Here in Taiwan it costs US$30 for people under 50, even with insurance. Worth it! Vaccines are among our most incredible discoveries—a silent molecular armor.

Today, after 12 years, I reached the last page of this book. Cameron is a guide like no other. I will share just one quote, from Brenda Ueland: “They do not know that ideas come slowly, and that the more clear, tranquil and unstimulated you are, the slower the ideas come, but the better they are.”

Shifen 十分 Waterfall 瀑布 just outside of Taipei in beautiful Taiwan.

Otherworldly view of 台北 Taipei 101 from Keelung Mountain in 台灣 Taiwan—sky as fire, heavens opened. First picture taken by my aunt, Amy Eckert.