Subskeeting a bit but I searched to see what folks were saying about Diego Garcia and the Chagos Deal, and some of the results make me feel like I’m back at the bird site.
In many places a car caught in the intersection when the light changes would continue though once safe to proceed. In Hongkong they have to just sit there while glowering pedestrians snake around the car.
Someone has a beef with Lenovo HK and is paying Instagram to signal-boost their anger. I don’t love it, but it’s a bold gambit. (I realize I’m signal-boosting this but I’m afraid it can’t be helped.)
TFW you order off the all-Chinese menu, in Cantonese w/proper tones, and you still get the fork. #softbigotryoflowexpextations
Of all the horse-related place names in HK, “beneath the horse’s tail” (馬尾下) may be the most evocative.
Growing up with imperial units, one is told a mile has 5,280 feet. A number to be filed away for future use. And then one day one is asked to think about chains, and told there are 66 feet per chain, 10 chains per furlong, and 80 furlongs per mile. And so 5,280 makes sense. But 66 doesn’t.
The headline writer for the Guardian hypes this as “excitement” for the latest Beatles synthetic collaboration. Reading the article the most excited thing it discloses is a scholar saying it’s “significant” and “a sweet moment”. www.theguardian.com/music/2023/n...
AI-enhanced song released at 2pm GMT today, but Beatles experts are divided over how effectively it could capture the band’s spirit
Just so my profile isn’t showing as a blank feed, let me say: 1) Treasury tags are underrated, vastly better than those two-piece bendy metal file clasps; and 2) The demise of the metal-tipped treasury tag (pictured left) is a loss to humanity. Thank you for your attention.
