Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊
@sauthoff.bsky.social
Historian of rasaśāstra (Sanskrit alchemy) and tantra. Researches: medicine, gender, sexuality, religion, history of science and technology.
Assistant Professor at HKBU.
News junkie with a journalism past.
https://hkbu.academia.edu/PatriciaSauthoff
Assistant Professor at HKBU.
News junkie with a journalism past.
https://hkbu.academia.edu/PatriciaSauthoff
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Headed to the @fcchk.bsky.social with bags of pads, toothbrushes, and soaps.
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Headed to the @fcchk.bsky.social with bags of pads, toothbrushes, and soaps.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
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Moose are ACAB
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Moose are ACAB
Grandparents care for the young until they go to school. When the senior members can no longer sustain this role, a maid—Filipino or Indonesian—is often hired to live in the home. The time of the outbreak of the fire, means that most of those trapped in the units were grandparents and toddlers.
Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 94, hundreds still missing
It is increasingly likely that the conflagration was caused by corruption and cost cutting measures, including the use of illegal highly flammable materials.
www.wsws.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Grandparents care for the young until they go to school. When the senior members can no longer sustain this role, a maid—Filipino or Indonesian—is often hired to live in the home. The time of the outbreak of the fire, means that most of those trapped in the units were grandparents and toddlers.
Check out this 19th century Thai treatise on cats I just found!
www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
www.loc.gov
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Check out this 19th century Thai treatise on cats I just found!
www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
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HKJC is one of the biggest charities in the city. And while they may be the only legal form of gambling going in HK, they do give back.
This is a great gesture.
This is a great gesture.
Hong Kong Jockey Club:
• HK$100 million relief fund to help victims of the Tai Po disaster
• Saturday’s Mark Six postponed to next Tuesday (all purchased tickets valid)
• Sunday’s races will occur behind closed doors; all proceeds will be donated to victims
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
• HK$100 million relief fund to help victims of the Tai Po disaster
• Saturday’s Mark Six postponed to next Tuesday (all purchased tickets valid)
• Sunday’s races will occur behind closed doors; all proceeds will be donated to victims
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
馬會宣布六合彩延至下周二攪珠 周日賽事收益悉數捐出協助受災人 - RTHK
馬會表示，對大埔宏福苑大火災難造成多人傷亡及重大財物損失深感悲痛，宣布原定於星期六舉行的六合彩攪珠，將延至下周二舉行，所有已購買的彩票仍然有效。 至於周日的賽馬賽事，將會以閉門方式舉行，馬會董事、幹事、練馬師及騎師將為今次悲痛事件，進行一分...
news.rthk.hk
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
HKJC is one of the biggest charities in the city. And while they may be the only legal form of gambling going in HK, they do give back.
This is a great gesture.
This is a great gesture.
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We may not know our neighbours' names or socialise with them but Hongkongers will help complete strangers when the need arises. I've seen it time and time again. Including in 2019.
Hongkongers really do community so well.
Hongkongers built their own SOS map as seven towers burned
When a fatal fire tore through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, thousands of families were glued to a single webpage that offered updates far more quickly than official governmen...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We may not know our neighbours' names or socialise with them but Hongkongers will help complete strangers when the need arises. I've seen it time and time again. Including in 2019.
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Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
Thousands left homeless by fire in Bangladesh shantytown in Dhaka
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Some 60,000 families, many of them climate refugees, live in the area spread over 65 hectares.
Hongkongers really do community so well.
Hongkongers built their own SOS map as seven towers burned
When a fatal fire tore through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, thousands of families were glued to a single webpage that offered updates far more quickly than official governmen...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Hongkongers really do community so well.
Wow. I’ve seen several people say the CWB blood donation centre is also turning away people. It’s wonderful to see the community turning out like this for each other.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Wow. I’ve seen several people say the CWB blood donation centre is also turning away people. It’s wonderful to see the community turning out like this for each other.
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I’ve been flooded with messages from the U.S. since last night
You know the fire in HK is beyond bad when it shows up on my local news in Denver Colorado.
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I’ve been flooded with messages from the U.S. since last night
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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Starting today, HongKongers will see scaffolding and remember yesterday…
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Starting today, HongKongers will see scaffolding and remember yesterday…
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🚨 journo job! 🚨
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
China Correspondent
Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers award-winning, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of journalists, c...
workwithus.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
🚨 journo job! 🚨
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Replace me! - after 13 years at the Guardian and six years on the incredible China team, including five in Taiwan, I’m leaving at the end of this year. I’ll get sentimental about it later but for now: Here’s the job ad. I recommend it!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
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Forty-four people are dead and 279 are missing after a fire engulfed seven residential towers in Tai Po on Wednesday. Of those hospitalised, 45 remain in a serious condition. In full: buff.ly/sXdgQbB
Tai Po fire: 44 dead, 279 missing as firefighters continue to battle blaze; 3 arrested on suspicion of manslaughter | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Forty-four people are dead and 279 are missing after a fire engulfed seven residential towers in Tai Po on Wednesday. Of those hospitalised, 45 remain in a serious condition. Police said three men have...
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Forty-four people are dead and 279 are missing after a fire engulfed seven residential towers in Tai Po on Wednesday. Of those hospitalised, 45 remain in a serious condition. In full: buff.ly/sXdgQbB
This is just terrible. I’m nowhere near it but some of my university colleagues and students live in the area.
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Hong Kong fire leaves 13 dead, over a dozen injured - In Pictures
A major fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Tai Po has killed at least 13 people, including a firefighter, and injured 16 others, authorities say.
hongkongfp.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is just terrible. I’m nowhere near it but some of my university colleagues and students live in the area.
hongkongfp.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Just got a message from a friend that my IG is now showing my location. I do not want this. You probably don’t either. Worth checking to see if yours does too.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Just got a message from a friend that my IG is now showing my location. I do not want this. You probably don’t either. Worth checking to see if yours does too.
Me swimming for 5 minutes: this is boring.
British swimmer Simon Holliday became the first person to circumnavigate Lantau, Hong Kong's largest island, a distance of over 65 kilometres, in 20 hours and 56 minutes. The American Edie Hu closely followed, completing her own odyssey of 21 hours and 28 minutes. In full: buff.ly/t1uZrHn
In world first, swimmers conquer 21-hour journey around Lantau
British swimmer Simon Holliday became the first person to circumnavigate Lantau, Hong Kong's largest island, a distance of over 65 kilometres, in 20 hours and 56 minutes. The American Edie Hu closely...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Me swimming for 5 minutes: this is boring.
Same tho
Raise money to lose money. The continuing annals of late capitalism.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Same tho
My dad used to tell me I only had a certain number of words to use in my whole life to try to keep me from babbling. At 5 I knew it was bullshit.
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My dad used to tell me I only had a certain number of words to use in my whole life to try to keep me from babbling. At 5 I knew it was bullshit.
Give budtenders the day off.
the weed store will be open on Thanksgiving, which makes me like them less
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Give budtenders the day off.
Houses gonna burn down when AI tells them to broil the turkey for 15 hours.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Houses gonna burn down when AI tells them to broil the turkey for 15 hours.
I wish this accepted individual papers. Sounds like a fun conference.
If you're working on a proposal for #AASInAsia2026 in Lahore, you have one week left before the submission deadline! All panel and roundtable proposals, for both in-person and hybrid panels, must be submitted by December 2.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I wish this accepted individual papers. Sounds like a fun conference.
Setting myself vague goalposts like “the end of the year” which will mean the end of the year of the snake if I don’t get it done by the end of the calendar year.
Follow me for more procrastination tips.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Setting myself vague goalposts like “the end of the year” which will mean the end of the year of the snake if I don’t get it done by the end of the calendar year.
Follow me for more procrastination tips.
Follow me for more procrastination tips.