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I really f**king love Hong Kong, and Funassyi! Bluesky user #55,617 -- joined in May 2023! -- but am also "over there" too. Yes, I'm still straddling between Twitter and here (because there still are not enough Hongkongers and Funatomo here!).

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · Sep 20

Have decided to post daily re Hong Kong heroes & heroines. 1st up: Chow Hang-tung. Activist, barrister, former vice-chairman of the HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China that organised Hong Kong's (once) annual June 4th candlelight vigils, and current political prisoner.

Portrait of Chow Hang-tung with Hong Kong's Central District skyline and Victoria Peak in the background.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! Will give that website a look (but NOT Taobao).

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not planning to be away for THAT long! 😅

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

I will be taking a social media break soon. Plan to be back before too long though. In the meantime, hope you folks will have TLs that won't be all negative and depressing!

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

My wish on his birthday is that he will live a good, long life and will be free for the bulk of it. 🙏

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

The (funny -- peculiar, maybe also haha) thing is that I love rollercoasters but this ride scares me more... probably because I imagine one spends a longer time at a high height on it than rollercoasters (which go much faster)! 😅

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John Carpenter's dEFR🎃G @defrog.bsky.social · 1d

This is a key difference between Hong Kong and mainland China ... for now. The question is for how much longer, because I do think this is the future of religion in Hong Kong, eventually. GovHK likes to say freedom of religion is guaranteed in HK. Yeah, well, it's "guaranteed" in the mainland too.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 1d

The founder of a prominent Chinese underground church has been detained along with more than 20 of its members in a sweeping national crackdown, according to his daughter and one of its pastors. In full: buff.ly/ttRJ1iR

China detains prominent 'underground' pastor in crackdown

The founder of a prominent Chinese underground church has been detained along with more than 20 of its members in a sweeping national crackdown, according to his daughter and one of its pastors.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

I think you're thinking of the Naruto Whirlpools? Same sea but different bridge. (I think that one's the Onaruto Bridge, and it's to the east of the Seto Ohashi.)

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

Funassyi has said that it no longer accepts crazy TV jobs (that had it running from explosions, being parachuted from a plane, going deep-sea diving, etc.) but that doesn't mean it doesn't indulge in some pretty hair-raising activities from time to time still. E.g., 👇 from this past weekend.😅

Funassyi and cameraman on a scary looking (especially if you're an acrophobe!) amusement park ride on Washuzan, Okayama Prefecture, that looks out to the Seto Naikai (Seto Inland Sea), Seto Ohashi (Great Seto Bridge) and nearby islands.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

Joshua Wong is 29 years old now, and still behind bars in Hong Kong.

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · Oct 13

Joshua Wong Chi-fung. Maybe the most well known name/face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement. An activist while still in secondary school, he is 27 years old today. Like many of the HK47 (who took part in pro-democracy primary elections), he has been behind bars since February 28th, 2021.

Close-up photo of Joshua Wong in a suit.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

Out of curiosity, had this person you disagreed ever seen Rothko works "in the flesh" rather than just in print, etc.? There are some art works that I do think are best appreciated in their original form/up close, where you can really behold their textures/size/etc.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 1d

Gui Minhai (aka Michael Gui) is one of five men associated with Hong Kong's Causeway Bay Books (which sold books on Chinese politics and politicians that were not available in mainland China) who were abducted by the Chinese authorities in late 2015. A Swedish citizen, he was abducted in Thailand.

CHRD人权捍卫者 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 1d

International efforts to secure #GuiMinhai ’s release have yet to shed light on his whereabouts. Most recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution last week, but #Beijing appears to have simply ignored these calls.
www.nchrd.org/2025/10/chin...

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

"Do as I say, not as I do".

Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 2d

Xi Jinping just lectured world leaders about the need to include more women in government. If only there was someone who could influence such a change in the Chinese government eh?
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

As in... Hong Kong is still more international/cosmopolitan than other Chinese cities.

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

1) 35% is not a small percentage;

2) Not thinking immigration is an important issue can be apathy/people not feeling strongly either way about it.

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

Economic boycotts can be a powerful thing if enough people take part.

Something I learnt from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, which began as the Boycott Movement, set up to persuade shoppers to boycott goods from apartheid South Africa.

(Oh, and sports boycotts can be effective too!)

That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia.bsky.social · 2d

#blackoutthesystem is back.
You all saw what an economic boycott did for Jimmy Kimmel; see if you can do the same thing to protect your freedom and your life.

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

Really DIU.

Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 2d

A judge in Hong Kong has insisted on sentencing a 15 year old kid after his 16th birthday. Which means the kids name can be published & he can be sentenced to an adult prison.

Case highlights the criminalization of youth dissent and the weaponization of law under the NSL.

15歲男生被指「香港民主建國聯盟」成員擬認串謀分裂國家罪 - 棱角媒體

15 歲男童周三（8日）在區域法院提訊時，辯方表明擬認罪，望判處教導所，並在本月滿 16 歲前分拆案件判刑，但法官郭偉健指索取報告需時至少 14 天，「似乎無可能」，又指判刑時年滿 16 歲可以公開其姓名，並會由屯門兒童及青少年院，「一到16歲就轉交去懲教署看管」。

points-media.com

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

QT this post with someone you wish was still alive

(Second time that this meme has come my way; different answer given by me here... both film related.)

The late Malaysian filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad (1958-2009), a maker of truly Malaysian films, like "Sepet" (whose poster is on a wall behind her).

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

An 89 year old man. Arrested for threatening national security. The national there being the People's Republic of China. A very large and supposedly very powerful country.

Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 2d

Police confirmed with HKFP on Thursday that an 89-year-old man was apprehended on October 1 for a sedition offence under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, more commonly known as Article 23. The force did not say what led to the arrest.

Elderly man granted bail after sedition arrest on China's National Day

An elderly man has been released on police bail after he was arrested on China's National Day for allegedly acting with seditious intent.

hongkongfp.com

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

In recent years, I've seen a number of "washed out" looking road signs and such here in Hong Kong, and wondered if the degradation was due to tear gas...

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 2d

A few years ago The Lancet picked up an estimate from Bloomberg that ~90% of the HK population tasted tear gas during the 2019 pro-democracy protests. The article was filed under oncology because no one knows what happens when a city gets persistently tear gassed over a long stretch of time.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d

The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

Except, with regards to the UK, it seems the left wing also isn't all that welcoming of immigrants!

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

It'd be a bigger win if there were demonstrations against certain other attendees, like Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too!

YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

Please don't tell me that that this was the first time that the European Parliament called for Gui Minhai's release!

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

"The streets are bustling, and the vibrancy is unmistakable." Really now?

Also, how "World City" is Hong Kong when 80% of the tabulated "tourism footfall" between January to August has been from just one country -- and, in fact, being domestic tourists (since Hong Kong is, ahem, part of China)?

Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 2d

‘Beneath this uneven recovery looms a larger, strategic question: Is Hong Kong rebounding to reclaim its cherished mantle as Asia’s World City – a cosmopolitan powerhouse akin to New York or London – or is it morphing into China’s World City, a specialised outpost serving the mainland’s ambitions?’

Commentary: Is Hong Kong still ‘Asia's World City’?

As China prepares for a key meeting to discuss its next five-year plan, repositioning Hong Kong must take focus, says former SCMP editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei.

www.channelnewsasia.com

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 2d

Wang Xiangwei writing for Channel News Asia? SCMP no longer allowing his commentary?! 🙃

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