Marco Lazzarotti 李克

One of the things I like writing about is how it is not inevitable, but highly contingent, that Taiwan is "Chinese" instead of something else.

Like Spanish, or Japanese.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

YouTube video by RATMVEVO Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name - Live At Finsbury Park, London / 2010

Current mood ...

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name - Live At Finsbury Park, London / 2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R88l...

1884 German survey map of Formosa

Prof Steve Keen on the importance of producing food locally.

By Giovannino Guareschi, the "father" of Don Camillo and Peppone

And the secret will lie in the fact that, by exploiting an approximate, elusive, and pleasingly ‘sonorous’ vocabulary, he will be able to speak for an hour without saying anything. This would be impossible with Latin."

When the era of demagogues and charlatans begins, a language like Latin will no longer be useful, and any boor will be able to give a public speech with impunity and speak in such a way that he will not be kicked off the podium.

Latin is a precise, essential language. It will be abandoned not because it is inadequate for the new demands of progress, but because new men will no longer be suited to it.

Taipei unveils pioneering subsidy for childcare-related work-hour cut - Focus Taiwan The Taipei City government is launching a pilot program to subsidize businesses that reduce daily work hours by one hour for parents of children aged 12 and below who meet eligibility requirements, en...

Wonder if other cities will take up such programs if this works out—could relieve some of the burden on parents

focustaiwan.tw/society/2026...

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Notes from Central Taiwan: The pirates who mapped the first island chain - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

A fun one. Wrote on pirates and the first island chain. The title wasn't mine. Going to do something with Shi Lang and the Zhengs soon, I think.
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Kafka goes to China The journey of Franz Kafka’s works from Europe to Mao-era China shaped generations of writers.

My latest, on Kafka in China (cameos by Yu Hua, Xue Yiwei, Kundera, Murakami & others, including an extended one by Orwell) engelsbergideas.com/essays/kafka... cc @parisreview.bsky.social

Tell State Leaders: Tax the Rich From New York to California to Connecticut, workers, unions, and community groups are demanding that states raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to fund our priorities. Send your letter to demand l...

#TaxtheRich Tell State Leaders: Tax the Rich
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology: China’s Health Diplomacy and the Belt and Health Road (292231) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology: China’s Health Diplomacy and the Belt and Health Road (292231), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Sunday, April 26, 2026

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YouTube video by NirvanaVEVO Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV Unplugged)

Happy 59th Birthday, Kurt...

Far Side

Always here with me.

Keong Hee Huat Chai (Hokkien equivalent!)

And Happy New Year of the Horse from Hong Kong to those who celebrate!*

(With apologies to the Japanese, whose New Year of the Horse began on January 1st!)

YouTube video by PublicEnemyVEVO Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Official Music Video)

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

Feb 13 A song with complex production

Public Enemy "Fight The Power" contained 23 samples to construct. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...

Samples: www.whosampled.com/Public-Enemy...

A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

OpenProject Release 17.1: Automate project initiation (Enterprise add-on)

#OpenProject 17.1 is now available. New in this release:

🧙‍♂️ Automated project initiation (Enterprise add-on).
✅ Create work packages as meeting outcomes.
🗓 See iCal responses directly in meetings.
🎨 Attribute highlighting released to Community.

...and more!
See ➡️ www.openproject.org/docs/release...

YouTube video by RATMVEVO Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up (Audio)

I mean...they were telling us like thirty years ago.

Unfortunately, this kind of White Terror revisionism is on the rise, as also seen in Chung Mung-hong’s The Embers. The White Terror is either justified or seen as simply material for a drama, not as though these were events in living memory

Very fond of this Mr Hyde by Grickle, look at that lovely Mr Hyde face

She is the only one watching over me. Thanks to God, there are cats...

The fact that this works is less a sign China has great intelligence and is evil and more a sign the US and UK doesn’t and are clowns