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Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Nov 24

The world’s first (and only) ice cream shop to receive a Michelin star… is in Taiwan
⭐️ 🍦 🇹🇼

Screenshot of GuideMichelin app showing Minimal in Taichung, Taiwan; the world’s first (and, as of 2024, only) ice cream shop to receive a Michelin star

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Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 18

(But it’s not like they randomly selected a month or something. Wasn’t sure but guessed correctly it was Stonewall)

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 18

It is a shame they put pride in June though at least for Taiwan visits because it can get hot 🥵 luckily, tea shops are stationed every few hundred yards.

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 18

(I want to say the correct answer is tourism is better in the South. Taipei may be considered crowded enough already, and the South has a greater need for the tourist spend. But how do the experiences stack up?)

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 18

At first thought you’d uploaded the wrong pic. But no, just hard to spot even for someone who know what to look for.

BTW, is tourism better in the southern cities or Taipei? Seems you visited both areas?

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 18

If you can’t see it before the current run of showings end, you might not be able to see it in theaters again!

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 18

Small and hard to see, spot the logographs to the right of the red characters outlined in yellow on center signage

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王定宇TingYu Wang @tingyu-wang.bsky.social · Jun 18

結束今天上午國防委員會行程和工作…

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · Jun 17

Taiwanese military to establish HIMARS army unit next month – Taipei Times

HIMARS army unit to be established next month - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

www.taipeitimes.com

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Fransglobal @fransglobal.bsky.social · Jun 17

Evening at Dongmen, Taipei 🇹🇼

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Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

If it can breach Fordow it can breach Chiashan, and even if China lacks a similar MOAB (and plane) it may be able
to use repeated runs with 5-10K lbs bombs.

Quote from Sanger & Swan. “Trump’s Iran Choice: Last-Chance Diplomacy or a Bunker-Busting Bomb” New York Times. June 16, 2025.

<https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/politics/trump-iran-diplomacy-conflict.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare>

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Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

*with apologies to Arab friends in peace for whom Netanyahu would be considered worst

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

Oh, he actually left because Mr. Modi and Zelenskyy are showing up. The most vile* and annoying leaders, respectively.

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Yen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @chen-yenhan.bsky.social · Jun 17

Taiwan's new attack submarine ROCS Hai Kun began sea acceptance tests on 6/17, sailing under its own power from the Port of Kaohsiung, southwestern Taiwan, at around 0800.

Source: Liu Hsueh-sheng (United Daily News)

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Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

(A rare instance of an AAPI band with a hit single, “Like a G6” chronicles the struggles of AAPI boys forced to date white women despite having other preferences. G6 refers, here, to the Pontiac G6, a domestic sedan)

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

You heard it here first folks (Far East Movement released “Like a G6” in 2010…)

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

I don’t think the West does best when it’s on the backfoot, but I also don’t think Trump left Kananaskis because he was worried Antonio Costa might knee him in the groin at the behest of Ursula von der Leyen.

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

Was incorrect on point #1. Trade deal incoming due to G7 bonhomie.

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Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

Hard to say, but I did see propaganda on the BBC live stream a few days ago after initial strikes and prior to Nantaz being possibly disabled. I’d leaven positive news for the Jewish people with some degree of skepticism. They can’t breach Fordow.

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

TBH probably just laughing at the idea that you could wheedle a nuke out of Israel
after having asked for one from Iran. Usually doesn’t happen! I guess you’d just get the Iranian one and leave with a bad impression of Bibi. Very bad?

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

C. 1960, sure.

You don’t need me to tell you OP is referencing former
British controlled Palestine, but since Iran’s use of the term “Zionist Entity” likely does not map directly to a Western conception of the Westphalian Nation State of Israel (de facto or de jure), unsure what’s being disparaged.

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Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 16

Wait, are we talking about Israel here or the Zionist Entity?

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 16

*and Iran, perhaps?

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 16

Might be a good time for Taiwan to throw its weight behind Israel right about now. Pick up some nuke tech. Or Iran for that matter, I guess.

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 15

They do have efficient cows, I mean.

Source: Netanyahu, B. “Innovation Nation” The World in 2019. The Economist Group. 2019.

Taiwanomaly @taiwanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 15

Really, it’s a shame for Taiwan and the rest of the first island chain that Israelis get first dibs on what appears to be rare-on-the-ground kit just because they’re funny, (often) helpful, personable, generous, smart, innovative, and have efficient cows. Well, maybe not that last one but they do.