With micro.blog no longer auto posting to my Facebook Page, and IFTTT no longer able to retweet, I fixed things by: (1) creating a new twitter user @blogkerim and (2) using Zapier to retweet that account, as well as cross-post to Facebook. Seems to be working now?
Joe Biden Pushed Ronald Reagan to Ramp Up Incarceration - Not the Other Way Around
Between Washington and Beijing 「for the people of these in-between places, self-determination is not an abstract idea, but a matter of life and death」
Nearly twice as many people displaced by weather than conflict in first half of 2019
Graduate Students, After Gains in Union Efforts, Face a Federal Setback
Paternoster 《Those 1920s elevators you see in Babylon Berlin》
In April I got to meet the wonderful Kiribati ambassador to Taiwan, Tessie Eria Lambourne. Sad that Kiribati will no longer recognize Taiwan…
I used to think Netflix didn’t understand me, but today it is showing me recommendations for “cynical tv shows” …
Fear and oppression in Xinjiang: China’s war on Uighur culture 《No FT paywall today, so please read and share this important article.》
South Korean serial killer who inspired ‘Memories of Murder’ identified after 30 years
《Doom》 KFC is testing fried chicken sandwich between 2 glazed doughnuts
Long blog post intended for anyone considering applying for dual citizenship in Taiwan
我是台灣人！Guá sī Tâi-uân-lâng！Ｏ Taywan kako！I’m Taiwanese!
Over the past several years we’ve transformed the Taiwan Int’l Ethnographic Film Festival website into more than a festival website: it is now also one of the most important (bilingual) databases for scholars of Indigenous Taiwanese documentary film. www.tieff.org
In ‘Disgusting’ Move, Jeff Bezos Abruptly Cuts Health Benefits for Nearly 2,000 Part-Time Whole Foods Workers 《This couldn’t happen in Taiwan where (like most of the industrialized world), we have single payer health care.》
Joe Biden on “record players” at the debate might seem like a Howard Dean scream moment, but it is very different. Dean wasn’t doing anything unusual in a large noisy room, while Biden has been saying racist stuff like this his whole career.