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
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
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.
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 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.
@fonecokid You'd almost think that the algorithm that has been replacing all those haphazardly fired content moderation crews has no idea of music and iconic bands. Just like #MadElon has no idea of the concepts of responsibility and accountability. Or of the concept that there can be no true freedom without responsibility. He's essentially promoting a very simplified and vulgar kind of libertarianism.
@ScottSoCal@fonecokid Ever so true. And his TW timeline looks like that of a hyperactive teenage edgelord. How many of his claimed 60+ workhours per week are devoted to socialmedia turf wars to soothe his fragile ego? Distraction is not a way to success.
@aristeon This beggar was less obnoxious when he only wanted USD 8.- and not USD 1000.-. #MadElon is destroying his #KakApp bit by bit. Or is it bite by bite?
@tk I'm truly despised about how many marketing folks are betting heavily on #TikTok to reach out to young consumers. This platform is evil trash, controlled by China, sending data to China and engaging in nasty manipulation through its algorithm.
We do know that the size of the average car in the #UnitedStates is utterly bonkers. And that heavy cars (SUVs and pick-ups) with towering bonnets pose a serious threat to pedestrians and cyclists.
Eating, breathing and thinking bicycles - and yes, riding them and writing about it. Frequent visitor and lover of Taiwan, based in Switzerland.Neither paid by CIA nor Falun Gong.ENG/GER/NED