Notices by bikejourno (bikejourno@mastodon.cloud)

Please take note that
a) #Taipei is not a country, it is the capital of free and democratic #Taiwan.
b) not all inhabitants of Taiwan are ethnically Chinese. There's an indigenous population as well.
c) Taiwan is not a province of #China and has never been ruled by the #CCP.
d) an overwhelming majority of the people in Taiwan do not want to gibe up the country's sovereignty, do not wish to become a part of China and do not trust #Beijing to honor any agreements.
#StandwithTaiwan #fucktheCCP

We all know that #TaiwanisnotChina. Still the #CCP continues to bully athletes into giving up #Taiwan as their nationality and go for the #IOC-sanctioned nonsense known as "Chinese Taipei".
The latest example for this bullying is Taiwanese pro cyclist #SergioTu who has been racing for Taiwan all his life only to see his Bahrain Victorious Team change his nationality now due to pressure from #China.
Do NOT give in to Beijing's demands. Stand with free and democratic countries! #fucktheCCP

Yup: there really are way too many scumbags in the ranks of #Taiwan's #KMT.

Sung Chien-liang (宋建樑), the leader of a Kuomintang-backed campaign to recall a #DPP lawmaker, was wearing a Nazi armband and carrying a copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf when he repeatedly gave a Nazi salute in front of reporters outside the prosecutors' office on Tuesday.

The man... is suspected of involvement in signature fraud relating to a recall vote campaign against a DPP lawmaker.

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202504160009

I fully expected #rebellion and #subversion to resorts to the humble #bicycle. Something seems to be brewing in #China.

Yes: bicycles and #freedom are good friends, folks. Bring down the #CPP rule.
https://www.youtube.com/live/VXC1rplHdt0?si=BGE3fCSce0l7bpK0

That 13m tall effigy of a naked #Trump is a stroke of genius. Hearing Nevada's #GOP bemoan that it is [sic] "designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue" goes to show that is has done its job.
This is the very core of #Trumpism and #MAGA: designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue.
Speaking of being triggered... Get over it, ya snowflakes! Exposing that bunch's mindset, bigly so. #UnitedStates https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/naked-trump-statue-nevada-republicans

Clearly #TaiwanisnotChina... 😆
#travel #Taiwan #XiJinping

Seen the latest escalating threats of the ghoulish #CCP regime against supporters of #Taiwan's #independence, it's good to know that #China has zero jurisdiction or say over free, sovereign and democratic Taiwan. Always keep in mind that #TaiwanisnotChina and to #fucktheCCP. #Asia https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/22/china-threatens-death-penalty-for-taiwan-independence-diehards

Oh, by the way: when flying in #SEAsia and #FarEast from or to #Taiwan, give #Starlux a try. Certainly not the cheapest option, but proper service and authentic yummie TW style #food. Did I mention the cool cabin luggage hangers? Or the really funny animation movie to explain safety on board? #travel #Asia

@tk Kung-fu Panda vs Xinnie the Pooh: eternal fight for the pork belly? #humor #China

Here's the #MAGA scum taking things even one step further than political criminal and mobster Roger Stone: A #swatting call against special counsel #JackSmith on #christmaseve, do these deplorable bastards have any decency left?
Swatting calls have seen deadly endings in the past repeatedly as in the US the police tends to soot first and ask after. So I would rate this as an attack on Smith's life, not just his privacy and his christmas celebration.
#UnitedStates
https://thehill.com/homenews/4397405-special-counsel-jack-smith-targeted-swatting/

To all those who now decry a witch hunt and a politicized #judiciary: The fact that the #14thamendment could be used to keep #Trump off the ticket of the #GOP has been brought up by none other than the #FederalistSociety, and that is far from being close to the Dems.
A #democracy needs to be attentive and strong enough to keep a guy off the ballot who has attacked it before and has made it clear that he will try again.
Shocking to see how #MAGA folks react with threats of violence.
#UnitedStates

Die elendiglichen Effen drohen ihnen missliebigen #Medien und wollen sie #Benehmen lehren.
Dieser rechtsrechte Poebel ist angesichts nicht vorhandener Manieren zu Belehrungen in keiner Weise fähig. Haltet Eure Goschn, ungustlige Rechtspackler!
#FPOe #Oesterreich #Pressefreiheit https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000193297/fpoe-droht-medien-und-will-sie-benehmen-lehren

Got a free Momentum single-speed bike from my hotel in #Tainan today and pedaled 5 miles / 8 km to a beach South of Anping and back. Felt great turning those legs again after a full week of just walking. Even chased a roadie on a super-expensive custom Colnago with Zipp wheels.
Being at the beach was just as good: the sand, the beach, the ocean and no PLA in sight. Loved it despite the heat. #Taiwan #travel

@chrishuck @tk @cycling @mastobikes
As a Swiss elite cycling racer told me once: cx is one hour of freezing, suffering and going way over your limits. So a perfect winter work out.

Yo #MadElon, go eat shit, you are batshit crazy and all your money does not change a thing about it.

What a spoiled brat, should spend the rest of his life in his ancestor's emerald mine really.
#RIPTwitter #hatespeech

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/02/twitter-accuses-anti-hate-speech-group-over-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-in-lost-advertising

Nope: those traffic jams on #Crimea are certainly not caused by vacationers and their cars. Those traffic jams are a way more ominous sign seen the #Ukraine's advantages on the Southern front and its push towards Melitopol.
#Russia is losing its grip on Crimea, and it knows it. #PutinsWar #StandwithUkraine

@edolis Says who, Russian media outlets?

@edolis
According to recent reports Ukraine attacked the Kerch bridge with a modified S200 missile. While the attack was foiled, Russia closed the bridge as a reaction, provoking those long traffic jams.
Sources in ongoing wars are not easy to come by, and the truth always is the first victim in any war.

For me, every day is #worldbicycleday.
#cycling

There are plenty of media reports right now about a monorail suspension train system that has started operations in #Wuhan. And it's being celebrated as another proof of how progressive #China is.
Well, I'd say #Wuppertal wants its Schwebebahn back that became operational in - 1901!
Nope, this is not a new idea, folks. And a capacity of 200 people is underwhelming, really.
#transport #urbanism
https://railway-news.com/china-crrc-completes-wuhan-monorail-suspension-train/