Touching story from 'The Water Asks from Whence it Flows': a little red bug that fears black ink is imprisoned in an ever shrinking circle by the author; amid heightening panic it suddenly stops & makes its way through the black ink to the white page, defying expectations.

#CodeSwitching: co-workers discussing how bad it looks to shove a whole #mooncake into your mouth in #Mandarin, switched to #Taiwanese to heighten the punchline & sound naggy, tsin pháinn-khuànn/真歹看. 某某: 月餅一口吃掉，真歹看 Eating a mooncake all in one, it looks so bad!

Coming to a 7-11 near you #柯文哲 #KoP

Interesting primer from New Bloom Magazine on current controversies in the LGBT+ movement in #Taiwan & how the #UK and #US discourse on trans people is raising tensions: newbloommag.net/2025/10/14/202…

Love the turn of phrase describing the awkwardness of cross-strait family reunions 似近實遠 (seemingly close but distant in reality) in this very touching memoir of forgotten family links #銀波之舟 by #阮慶岳

Instead of arguing about politics in the run-up to #Christmas, compete in the #ChessmasClash in your rating bracket: 600-1000: chess.com/tournament/che… 1000-1300: chess.com/tournament/che… 1300-1500: chess.com/tournament/che… 1500-2300: chess.com/tournament/che… #Chess #holidayseason

#Chess960 rapid arena #chess chess.com/play/arena/459…

Interested in what it's like to come out as #gay in #Taiwan, check out this thread in #Chinese: threads.com/@chiao1990/pos…

See this post on enhanced protections for wrongful termination in #Taiwan. (Keep your salary while legislation is ongoing) linkedin.com/pulse/understa…

BBC article on rumors and reality on #ZhangYouxia and #LiuZhenLi purge and what it means for the #PRC's leadership structure bbc.com/news/articles/…

Have some craic this #StPatricksDay by making questionable #chess moves while three Guinnesses down! There is a range of brackets, so make sure you're in the right one before the tournament starts! #Slainte chess.com/announcements/…

RIP: I hereby announce the death of the #佛系 #BobbyHill meme. The meme was tragically posted by #Taiwan's Ministry of Finance yesterday evening, resulting in its immediate passing from popular culture, god rest its soul. Reflect on its glory days here: translatingtaiwan.com/2018/07/26/bob…

A #KoWenje fan with a side of misogyny, pretension, and pro-PRC sentiment, who is also a mummy's boy, that's what makes a #莮 in #Taiwan! #TaiwanSlang translatingtaiwan.com/2026/03/16/wea…