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Daisann
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All things Hong Kong (proud Islander🌴)with a side of Brooklyn.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Nov 9
But what, you might ask, are the happy things that have happened to you this week? I give you exhibits A and B. I was hiking last Sunday through one of those semi-abandoned HK villages and I spotted these stuffed into a basket of trash
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · 1d
Yes to 🧵. None of Kathryn Bigelow’s films stands up to scrutiny imo—peel away the tension and shock and there’s no there there, because she has nothing to say. And what a misuse/ waste of Idris Elba.
prchovanec.bsky.social Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d
Just watched "A House of Dynamite". Some thoughts:
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, exactly. Besides the maddening (cop out) ending, it’s the lack of basic strategic common sense (in service of the plot I guess) that irritated me.
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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you #HongKong apnews.com/article/hong...
One of the rarest birds in the world finds a city sanctuary in Hong Kong
Yellow-crested cockatoos have found a sanctuary in Hong Kong's urban parks, but they face housing troubles similar to their human neighbors.
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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 8d
chinese tea garden, main street, decatur, illinois, 1980
chinese tea garden, main street, decatur, illinois, 1980
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · 29d
Sam Waterston as Sydney Schanberg and Dr. Haing S. Ngor as Dith Pran in The Killing Fields. Two enormous performances--Dr. Ngor won the Academy Award for his.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 29
As I got off the plane at transit in Seoul there was a sign saying “Welcome to Korea” with 🇰🇷on one side and 🇺🇸 on the other. I felt so ashamed. I know it’s been said before but the way in which the US is destroying every shred of people to people global goodwill is depressing and I think irreparable
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 27
I was crossing Flatbush just now and the noise from a very low flying copter was deafening. What’s going on?
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 26
The NYT article dryly understates this extraordinary protest as “dozens of countries walked out”. In fact only a handful stayed.
adamjschwarz.bsky.social Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 26
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 26
Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.
Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died
Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 25
People are saying that the HK gov't overkilled it with the typhoon early warning signals. But having 24 hours of extra prep time certainly saved the day on my little island (the local council distributed free sandbags!). And even with all the warnings, you still had some wacko typhoon selfie takers.
tripperhead.bsky.social Aaron Busch @tripperhead.bsky.social · Sep 25
Two women aged 32 and 36 have been arrested by Hong Kong police on suspicion of "ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of child or young person" over the viral video of the pair, plus an 8-year-old boy, being hit by powerful waves as they posed for photos along the waterfront in South Horizons
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 25
Which is not to say that Khrushchev didn't have an agenda, and (natch) his anti-colonialist stance only applied outside the sprawling borders of the Soviet Union. Still, it was delightful watching K lecturing truth to the UN's smug hypocrites, a nice antidote to last week's horror show.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 25
There's a lot to unpack and learn in this dense doc, but as a Cold War baby I'm riveted by the images of Khrushchev, who loomed in my 6 year old head as the UN shoe-on-desk banger out to bury me. But K, a solid anti-colonialist, is an unexpected hero of this film www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths
Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black ...
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 25
Western palates are texture impoverished and I am forever grateful to my Cantonese friends for showing me the LIGHT.

BTW gumbo pairs quite nicely with an orange wine!
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
The next 2-3 hours will be the worst it seems. #Ragasa is at 21.2°N, 114.0°E, and my island is 22.28 N, 114.04E. Wind direction has shifted to the East though, so my house will have a bit of protection from the hills to the east and south. Waiting to see photos from my neighbors this morning.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
A little while ago I saw that my island experienced a wind gust of 167 kph, which was even higher than what was recorded on the top of Hong Kong's second highest mountain. That seems unbelievable to me, and I wonder if it's because our island's weather station is 125 ft above sea level. #ragasa
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
Businesses in our low lying downtown are doing their best to prepare but….
Funeral paper store on Peng Chau island boarded up in makeshift way for Typhoon Ragasa
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
The island's main commercial area was built right over the tombolo connection, in other words it is at sea level or possibly a bit below it. The shops, restaurants, etc are at serious risk of flood with seas expected to be 2 meters above normal.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
As a third floor resident, I'm luckier than any of my island neighbors who live on ground floors. The name of my island is Peng Chau, which in Cantonese means "flat island". You get the idea. It's a tombolo island, created when silt and sand builds up over time and connects two smaller islands.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
The worst looks like it will happen around 8am HKT, when ECMWF predicts sustained winds of 70 kph and GFS predicts winds of 108. I'm rooting for the Europeans obvs! The one "good" thing is that the worst winds will come from the east and southeast, where the house is partially protected by hills.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
Everything did survive Mangkhut, the previous "big one" in 2018. But Ragasa is stronger, and depending on which source you follow, it will be much closer to HK. ECMWF, the Euro weather modeler, and GFS, the US one, are now estimating it will be 120 km south of my island.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
My wonderful part-time 🇵🇭housekeeper Gen has cleared the balcony and secured everything on the roof that's too heavy to move. She is a pro at typhoons. Still I fret. Is the washer going to blow away? Will the glass doors that face the (usually gorgeous) little bay survive the intense winds?
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
Hong Kong's Typhoon Ragasa couldn't have happened at a worse time for me. I rent a tiny flat that faces the ocean bay on a small island. But right now I'm in the US preparing to fly back to HK soon. My landlord is vacationing in Vancouver. I'm a bundle of nerves and obsessive refreshing of windy.com
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
Speaking as a resident of a small island who is fearful that my little flat will even be liveable/intact on Thursday I’m finding it difficult to read all these blasé comments about “it’s just a breeze”. It’s a fucking hurricane, dude and some HKers need the time off before hand to batten down!
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 23
Yet another echo of things we did a few years ago when museums in Hong Kong began “rectifying” history
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Sep 23
Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.
Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian
Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.
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Daisann @daisann.bsky.social · Sep 17
Voila! I stepped into a hidden Zohran campaign center busy with volunteers. It was like a political speakeasy. I asked the staffer at the door, what's up? And she told me it was unmarked for security, there have been vandals, threats. And BTW she said, please don't share this address with anybody.
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