William Moss
@williammoss.bsky.social
Trans-Pacific spin doctor with feet in San Francisco, Singapore and Taiwan. Head of global media relations at TSMC. Personal account.
BRB. Mailing my British passport back.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
BRB. Mailing my British passport back.
This process was hard enough in the before times. My wife and had been married a decade, had a 5 yr old, and a lawyer when we got her green card in 2013. And we came within a typo of disaster at our interview.
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This process was hard enough in the before times. My wife and had been married a decade, had a 5 yr old, and a lawyer when we got her green card in 2013. And we came within a typo of disaster at our interview.
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Classic China Thanksgiving blunder.
My Thanksgiving abroad story is that the only time I’ve ever puked blood was when we though the guy who deep fried ducks could handle a turkey that someone got from a Wal-Mart in Nanchang
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Classic China Thanksgiving blunder.
Wrote about my dad (an epidemiologist) and me (a kid) growing up in San Francisco's Castro district together during the AIDS epidemic, in the early 80s. By way of plugging my dad's very good memoir about that era. williammoss.substack.com/p/ward-86-gr...
Ward 86: Growing Up in the Time of AIDS
My father’s memoir of the pandemic of the 1980s
williammoss.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Wrote about my dad (an epidemiologist) and me (a kid) growing up in San Francisco's Castro district together during the AIDS epidemic, in the early 80s. By way of plugging my dad's very good memoir about that era. williammoss.substack.com/p/ward-86-gr...
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That’s made me think about those days, the experience of being a kid in the Castro, and how opaque a parents fears can be to children.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
That’s made me think about those days, the experience of being a kid in the Castro, and how opaque a parents fears can be to children.
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In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I lived with my dad, an epidemiologist, in San Francisco’s Castro district. When AIDS tore through the neighborhood, I was oblivious, but my dad was in the thick of it. Now he’s writing a memoir about those days. williammoss.substack.com/p/ward-86-gr...
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I lived with my dad, an epidemiologist, in San Francisco’s Castro district. When AIDS tore through the neighborhood, I was oblivious, but my dad was in the thick of it. Now he’s writing a memoir about those days. williammoss.substack.com/p/ward-86-gr...
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A friend of mine was on the other end of that situation www.imdb.com/title/tt2060.... Trying to find a time to get out and see it.
Fairyland (2023) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama
1h 56m | R
www.imdb.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A friend of mine was on the other end of that situation www.imdb.com/title/tt2060.... Trying to find a time to get out and see it.
In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I lived with my dad, an epidemiologist, in San Francisco’s Castro district. When AIDS tore through the neighborhood, I was oblivious, but my dad was in the thick of it. Now he’s writing a memoir about those days. williammoss.substack.com/p/ward-86-gr...
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I lived with my dad, an epidemiologist, in San Francisco’s Castro district. When AIDS tore through the neighborhood, I was oblivious, but my dad was in the thick of it. Now he’s writing a memoir about those days. williammoss.substack.com/p/ward-86-gr...
All sea slugs are festive. And this is 💯.
Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
All sea slugs are festive. And this is 💯.
Potentially divisive in the sense of dividing the Nazis from the non-Nazis?
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Potentially divisive in the sense of dividing the Nazis from the non-Nazis?
IMO, some journalists really benefit from aggressive editing.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
IMO, some journalists really benefit from aggressive editing.
“Network Neighborhood”
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Network Neighborhood”
Evergreen. As a crisis PR guy I always tell people to ask themselves, "How will this email sound when it's read back to me by lawyers?"
a lot of people regretting the 'this shoulda been an email' advice rn lol
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Evergreen. As a crisis PR guy I always tell people to ask themselves, "How will this email sound when it's read back to me by lawyers?"
Apropos of this, do not approach the sheep! williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Apropos of this, do not approach the sheep! williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
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Alien is coming back to Earth for a second season
Alien is coming back to Earth for a second season
More Aliens, more Earth.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Alien is coming back to Earth for a second season
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Honestly, I should not be left unsupervised. open.substack.com/pub/williamm...
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Honestly, I should not be left unsupervised. open.substack.com/pub/williamm...
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(I was sitting in a hotel room in Hsinchu, Taiwan, most of the day on Sunday. This is what happens when I am idle.)
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
(I was sitting in a hotel room in Hsinchu, Taiwan, most of the day on Sunday. This is what happens when I am idle.)
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I also wrote the PR apology post that would have appeared on the Weyland-Yutani corporate blog after the Nostromo blew up because I obviously have nothing better to do with my time. williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
In Space, No One Can Hear You Spin
Crisis PR for science fiction’s most evil company
williammoss.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I also wrote the PR apology post that would have appeared on the Weyland-Yutani corporate blog after the Nostromo blew up because I obviously have nothing better to do with my time. williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
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I enjoyed Alien: Earth, but the cyberpunk megacorporations and their supervillain bosses were boring. I have more fun imagining what the Alien story would be like if Weyland-Yutani were a realistic corporation, screwed up in all the normal corporate ways. williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I enjoyed Alien: Earth, but the cyberpunk megacorporations and their supervillain bosses were boring. I have more fun imagining what the Alien story would be like if Weyland-Yutani were a realistic corporation, screwed up in all the normal corporate ways. williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
As I am in Taiwan again, something I will never stop loving about the Chinese speaking world is that there will be some guy whose whole operation is a cart and a wok and his shingle will be, like, 鸭胗皇帝, “emperor of duck gizzard.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
As I am in Taiwan again, something I will never stop loving about the Chinese speaking world is that there will be some guy whose whole operation is a cart and a wok and his shingle will be, like, 鸭胗皇帝, “emperor of duck gizzard.”
Well, the political news is bad, the Niners got their asses handed to them on a plate by *the Rams* and it's a stormy Monday morning where I am, so I feel like I am entitled to go back to bed.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Well, the political news is bad, the Niners got their asses handed to them on a plate by *the Rams* and it's a stormy Monday morning where I am, so I feel like I am entitled to go back to bed.
Dune, Part 3
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Dune, Part 3
I enjoyed Alien: Earth, but the cyberpunk megacorporations and their supervillain bosses were boring. I have more fun imagining what the Alien story would be like if Weyland-Yutani were a realistic corporation, screwed up in all the normal corporate ways. williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I enjoyed Alien: Earth, but the cyberpunk megacorporations and their supervillain bosses were boring. I have more fun imagining what the Alien story would be like if Weyland-Yutani were a realistic corporation, screwed up in all the normal corporate ways. williammoss.substack.com/p/in-space-n...
Imagine 22 hours nonstop in steerage. I fly to Singapore 16 hours nonstop from SF once a year or so and that already feels like flying to the moon.
Qantas releases images of ultra long range Airbus that will fly non-stop from Sydney to London and New York
Qantas releases images of ultra long range Airbus that will fly non-stop from Sydney to London and New York
The A350-1000ULR is on the assembly line in France with the fuselage sections, wings and landing gear attached
Qantas has released the “first images” of its specially configured plane that will fly Australians non-stop from Sydney to London and New York from 2027.
The A350-1000ULR is on the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse, France, with its fuselage sections, wings and landing gear now attached, the airline said on Friday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Imagine 22 hours nonstop in steerage. I fly to Singapore 16 hours nonstop from SF once a year or so and that already feels like flying to the moon.