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An American perspective at the western frontier of liberal democracy, framed and focused through the lens of life in Taiwan. #LiberalHawk #NeoIdealist #TaiwanIsACountry
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thoc.bsky.social
Oh, what that? You wish to understand why XJP is doing the thing he's doing? That's cute, of course you do. And you will...

But first, let me tell you about a little something called Pangu. In the beginning, there was nothing but an egg, & in it was all Light & Darkness. For 18,000 years it is gest
elifriedman.bsky.social
SCMP giving up on being a newspaper
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tculpan.bsky.social
It costs AI players around $50bn to build each gigawatt of AI capacity, TSMC CEO CC Wei said Thursday. Wei declined to say how much of that flows to TSMC.
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Speaker of the Russian Parliament Volodin called former U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "mold."

"And there will be fewer people like Biden in the world, fewer like Macron or Scholz, because they are mold.
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badiucao.bsky.social
Proudly make it to the 2025 walkleys Awards finalists for DIGITAL MEDIA: INNOVATION JOURNALISM

Badiucao, Matthew Absalom-Wong, Patrick O'Neil, Tom McKendrick, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Watched, followed, threatened. Now an impostor is claiming to be me'

www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
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niaocollective.bsky.social
You just know they really wanted to have ‘5000 years of civilisation’ in there but one of the editors must have intervened because that will give the game away
elifriedman.bsky.social
SCMP giving up on being a newspaper
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SCMP giving up on being a newspaper
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niaocollective.bsky.social
I’m 100% certain China is ahead of the US in many many tech and manufacturing aspects but this genre of articles also feels like, hmm, dunno what the right term for it is, maybe ‘technological orientalism’?
cwebbonline.com
While Trump plays trade war like he’s holding all the cards, our executives are coming back from China terrified.

They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.

One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.
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michaelpettis.bsky.social
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Chinese debt continues to rise quickly, with total social financing rising by 8.7% year on year in September (more than twice GDP growth) to RMB 437.08 trillion. This is equal to nearly 312% of 2025's expected GDP (versus 303% at the end of 2024).
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-10-16/c...
China’s September Credit Growth Beats Forecasts, Fueled by Bond Surge
Government bonds account for rising share of new credit as Beijing tackles debt risks and funds infrastructure
www.caixinglobal.com
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
“This stuff doesn't just permeate the culture of conservatism at this moment. It is the culture, by and large. These are ‘JD Vance Republicans,’” says Chris Hayes on the leaked GOP text messages praising Hitler—and the vice president downplaying it. youtu.be/b2UsgH761bg?...
'Kids telling edgy jokes’? Hayes SHREDS Vance’s defense of racist GOP group chat
YouTube video by MSNBC
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michaelpettis.bsky.social
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Caixin: "China’s exports of new-energy vehicles surged 89.4% year-on-year to 1.76 million units in the first nine months of 2025. The export frenzy underscores a broader challenge: stiff domestic competition and significant overcapacity."
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-10-16/c...
China’s NEV Exports Soar 89% as BYD Drives Global Expansion
Boom in overseas sales helps automakers offset sluggish domestic demand amid rising trade barriers
www.caixinglobal.com
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
President Trump claims PM Modi “assured him today that India won’t be buying any oil from Russia”.

We haven’t heard any other reports on this.
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jfallows.bsky.social
Sorry to harp on this, but another almost-unbelievably terrible unsigned editorial from WaPo. This one has a crucial "tell" that Murdoch's Fleet Street team is in full control.

The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?
A Washington Post editorial which refers to Trump as "the American."
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newyorker.com
Sifting through myth, scholars are endeavoring to retrieve the imaginative worlds of the earliest storytellers. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zV6QMB
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bcfinucane.bsky.social
Great segment here with @rgoodlaw.bsky.social.

Also, important observations from @natashabertrand.bsky.social about the dynamics of lawyering within DoD on the Caribbean strikes, including the sidelining of actual experts and reliance on the OLC license to kill.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L062...
Trump authorizes CIA operations in Venezuela
YouTube video by CNN
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acyn.bsky.social
Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
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davidcorn.bsky.social
This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?
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acyn.bsky.social
Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far
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ericjgeller.com
Leading ADN vendor F5 says nation-state actor had long-term access to its production environment and engineering resources. CISA is ordering agencies to update F5 products and isolate them from the internet. Passwords, API keys, data at risk.

www.cisa.gov/news-events/...
my.f5.com/manage/s/art...
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davidcorn.bsky.social
NEW: In my OUR LAND newsletter, the time Stephen Miller asked me to meet him for coffee & tried to recruit me for a left-right anti-immigration crusade.

link.motherjones.com/public/41978...

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