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Andrew Kerslake

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Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Mar 7

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Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 1d

Make sure those things are for you. You definitely deserve to lavish on yourself

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 1d

There are still several groups that are working at cultural resurgence and reintegration. Several groups of Siraya, Makatao as well as groups of Pazeh, Popora and Taokas are seeking official recognition.

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Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 7d

A Sweatshop!

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 8d

*went

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 8d

She blocked me a long time ago after poking fun at her trust in Taiwan’s aggregate and concrete suppliers. She then when full xenophobe on me (you aren’t allowed to opine) when I voiced surprise she had never heard of Yan Ching-piao. I see I haven’t missed much.

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Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 14d

Mariners fans don’t talk about anything right now.

Like the Greek gods of yore, the baseball gods don’t look kindly on hubris… it’s just with the Mariners that seems to be seen as expressing any type of positivity or hope.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 15d

Grief will ache…. But grief is not for others, it is entirely about our own sense of our hurt and loss.

Grief means we are open to listening to our own feelings even in hurt and loss.

It also pointe us to those things that remind us it’s okay to feel.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 22d

Totally! It’s just a way of experiencing the world ffs.

I know a guy who covers his other harmful problems by claiming “autism made me do it”… but the day he called himself an autism “sufferer” I knew he was likely faking it.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · 28d

Doing the right thing tomorrow is definitely not doing the easy thing.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Sep 10

Maybe it’s not getting worse. Maybe it’s just the end of bad.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Aug 30

Apparently… dessert is a urinal cake.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just making that statement deserves applause. Many of us feel this way and don’t dare speak truth to it. You’re very brave.

Love yourself to the max and make sure everyone else does too… don’t accept any less back than you are willing to give.

You surely are deserving of everything.

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Michael Jacobson: A Journey into the Heart of Indigenous Taiwan - Life of Taiwan

When Seattle resident Michael Jacobson visits Taiwan, he’s not on a foodie quest. Nor does he obsess about drinking the finest oolong tea or taking photos of the island’s vibrant temple culture. But t...

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Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Not sure the message they are sending here with these desserts… a heart and a green hat 🤔

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Aug 16

Taichung still manages to surprise me. Walked into an art gallery… because it was there.

City of Culture?

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Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · Jul 30

Simulated propagation of tsunami generated by Kamchatka M8.8 earthquake. Generated by NCDR, Taiwan. 🧪⚒️⚛️

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Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 30

It will be there within the half hour

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 26

Remember the hope of the sunflowers started with despair and hopelessness.

Something will happen. The KMT will misread this as an endorsement, and people will rise up using their new networks to enact change.

Taiwanese always stand back up.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 26

As I think about it for a while… it is not all dark. I think I see a rewiring of politics in Taiwan where people who have not always felt they shared interests connected.

It continues the trend that started with the sunflowers as the divisions were no longer ethnic, but class.

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Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 26

A little rain never hurt anyone, but a bad government has…

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 23

And nobody’s happiness should come from your pain either.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 22

You really care a lot about others…

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 19

I’m sure you’re fine.
Maybe you aren’t used to seeing things outside the simple dichotomy of right and wrong. Maybe it’s not even the important question at all.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 18

This is from S’éveiller Pâtiesserie (甦醒法式甜點) in Taichung’s Houli District.

Andrew Kerslake @erimjh.bsky.social · Jul 17

Dennis, I tell your story as often and as well as I can to my art students who are often pressured into career paths that sound “profitable” to nervous parents with artistically gifted children.

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