Cindy Wan

“Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.” Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) historian, philosopher, political theorist.

Many of the #AI companies in #China are pretty much overhyped #scams anyway. The US too with the money being earmarked for unproductive projects. The only saving grace is most projects are still on the planning stage and actual money hasn't been spent yet. #bubble www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Refreshing to listen to Olivia Chow, a Hongkonger who believes in democracy. It’s nice to be reminded what a proper election is supposed to be like

Most of them do absolutely nothing

Strands #968 “Who ya gonna call?” 💡🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,956 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My main question is whether this is common practice. Like, for example, if a police officer is injured by a triad member or other criminal in the line of duty, do they also sue them for damages? Is that even a thing? Or is it only for protesters? And if so, why? Legit question.

This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

#ElonMusk so called "historically accurate" #TheOdyssey: a cast that looks entirely northern European, speaking modern English. Mycenaean Greeks were Mediterranean, and the Anglo-Saxons didn't exist until about 1,600 years after the Trojan War era. #AI #Homer www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

I think this is very important to understand. If you can limit the rights of trans ppl, you can do it to anyone.

Idea: GovHK should make Halloween a Public Holiday. World’s first! That’ll keep Hong Kong in the news for a little while…

Another hub for the books @kjoules.org

Q: What percentage of the people in the US healthcare system are doctors and nurses? Less than 5%?

Some thoughts on how state media reported on the Alberta referendum - or rather, how they didn't. Even while they devoted breathless coverage to a fire on an Alberta army base, China's biggest names in official broadcasting and the press largely ignored the province's vote on pursuing independence.

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

In 9 yrs time Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None will enter the public domain, at which point I’ll finally be able to self-publish my masterpiece “10 Little Frat Boys,” in which 10 former bros are lured away from their CEO desks & senate seats 4 a superfun weekend on a luxury island estate.

I wonder if Eric Chan knows how much a hotel room costs in Hong Kong. I don't think he does.

Formosa, Taiwan, what's in a name? www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori... #Taiwan

Oh, c’mon!

Reminder that the fall of Vucic stems from a corrupt "renovation" of Novi Sad station under China's Belt & Road Initiative, with construction mainly done by China Railway International & China Communications Construction Company. A concrete canopy collapsed shortly after, killing 16 people.

A Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslide

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

With so much at stake—Musk himself has billions of dollars in government contracts he wants to protect or land—it would be surprising if the final days of this campaign were free of disinformation skullduggery and campaign-cash chicanery.

As a Hongkonger, this hits hard.

Oy, Mr FS, it’s called “The Gateway to China”…!

One of my hobbies as a schoolboy was to see the extent to which subversive takes would be published in the SCMP letters, which reminds me of one of the first times I tried.

From Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen's English-language interview with Catherine Chang, calmly saying that figures acting for Beijing were known to be following him and his family, including his 5 yr old daughter, in Taiwan in 2025.

I warned 3 years ago that mink farms are a likely route to a new and horrific human pandemic, and once more I'm fervently praying it doesn't map out that way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

None of those purged will have had any semblance of due process, and their political demises will put justice for those they harmed further out of reach—and give Xi breathing room. ‘Pull Out the Sick Trees’: Xi’s Constant Purges Pave Way for Next Term www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

If you see this, post a random picture from your device without explaining it

Trump is a moron and Taiwan did NOT steal the chip business. It is still super important to understand the chip supply chain and New Yorker magazine did an excellent job: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

CE John Lee met with Huang Runqiu, China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment, at Government House, where hopefully Mr Huang asked what in the world were you guys thinking installing unnecessary artificial lighting at the Peak

I own a thesaurus. Yes, I’m old, and not ashamed of it.

Mientras me consumen los nervios por Brasil, esto en Serbia me parece un notición cadenaser.com/nacional/202...

If you see this, post a random picture from your device without explaining it

A high profile symptom of how baby boomers like to pull up the ladders and how messed up the tax system is in California. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/b...

An all-ages revolution: begun by students, supported by folks who "...voted against a model of government that had become synonymous with personalised politics, a strong concentration of power, political control over institutions, media & deep social polarisation" www.euronews.com/2026/10/26/p...

Interesting. Surely there’s lots of evidence by the others in the betting pool, right?

14 employees at Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department have filed a lawsuit against Ling Chun-ting (pictured right), a FEHD health inspector, to recover HK$28.91 million in Mark Six winnings www.hk01.com/article/6040...