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@tclin.bsky.social

Taiwanese photographer/author/musician, based in Xindian Website: www.poagao.com

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Firefly Crew Teaser / Once We Were Spacemen / Nathan Fillion Alan Tudyk
YouTube video by theRealDuMon Firefly Crew Teaser / Once We Were Spacemen / Nathan Fillion Alan Tudyk

As much as I’d love to say “Get ur terrible Mandarin ready, Firefly is coming back!” I don’t dare get my hopes up.
youtu.be/5U1o3PiYj0k?si

09.03.2026 01:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have yet to see anything close to as substantive and meaningful a conversation about photography on Bluesky as I've seen regularly on Flickr.

05.03.2026 04:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #12 Kaohsiung, 2011

Continuing with this series...

04.03.2026 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Did an interview at CTS a few days ago. 前幾天在華視受訪, 那邊的人都蠻專業。

27.02.2026 04:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Saw it coming long ago; renounced my U.S. citizenship in 1994.

27.02.2026 01:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Saw this coming ages ago; renounced my U.S. citizenship in 1994.

26.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 — 👍 35936    🔁 16647    💬 1299    📌 2472
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Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …

Related: Over the past few months I've noticed certain photographers who never before wrote much of anything suddenly becoming rather loquacious while expressing their views on photography in a suspiciously AI-like style.

10.02.2026 03:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's exciting to see so many photographers and artists migrating to Bluesky. Connecting with each other is the first hurdle — If you make pictures, please reply to this post or share it so more art folks see it. I hope we can create a virtuous circle and make it easier to find each other. Cheers!

09.02.2025 15:00 — 👍 324    🔁 61    💬 80    📌 2
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Near Failures #11 Miaoli, 1996

Continuing these, but at a slower pace, if anyone’s interested.

09.02.2026 05:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Recording 錄音中, 大中小號都有準備 All horns out ;)

08.02.2026 04:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks. I've been told I've been posting too frequently for people to digest properly, so I might continue at a slower pace in the future.

06.02.2026 08:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Failures, etc. I don't think there's anybody back there.

Is there a there there? Or nah?

06.02.2026 03:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Near Failures #10 Tucheng, 2014

Number 10! Is this thing on?

05.02.2026 03:22 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Man, the overwhelming response has really moved me to do more...

...not.

04.02.2026 16:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #9 Mutrah, 2013

Number Nine...wondering if I should bother posting these here any more.

04.02.2026 04:11 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Near Failures #8 Tokyo, 2008

If you skate, you would be great...

03.02.2026 04:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #7 Kending, 1989

Lucky Seven! Take a look!

02.02.2026 04:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's so telling that the same people who are upset by people posting photos on the Leica forums of tributes to those murdered by ICE are the same people who caused Henri Cartier-Bresson to bury his Leica.

28.01.2026 09:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #6 Taipei, 2012

Number six up. Is anyone reading these? Was inspired by folks like @flakphoto.news and @mwriston.bsky.social and others who might be interested in a more thoughtful approach to discussing photography.

28.01.2026 05:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #5 Xindian, 2024

Fifth one up

27.01.2026 03:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #4 Hsinchu, 1989

The latest one…let me know what you think.

26.01.2026 05:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #3 Taipei, 2011

Third one...how yall feelin?

23.01.2026 07:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures #2 Taipei, 2012

Second in the series, seeing where this goes.

22.01.2026 03:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Near Failures An explanation of sorts

So I made a new section where I talk about individual photos, the background information, thoughts, etc.

“The good ones are on the border of failure.” -Garry Winogrand

20.01.2026 07:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Chunghwa Telecom is apparently contacting foreigners to reconfirm their phone data plans and some white dudes are upset about it, according to their online posts. Dunno, I've lived in Taiwan a similar amount of time, but then again, I'm a citizen.

09.01.2026 12:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

White dudes in Taiwan: "Those foreigners and their supporters in the U.S. deserve all the horrible treatment they're getting!"

Also white dudes in Taiwan: "How dare they slightly inconvenience me by calling to reconfirm my data plan!"

08.01.2026 07:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I nearly made it to 2026 without a friend writing an email to me that was obviously written using Gmail's "Help me write this" AI.

At least my disappointment was real.

02.01.2026 07:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

我無法評選“2025 年最佳照片”,因為我根本還沒有看過下半年拍攝的任何照片。Can't really do a "Best of 2025" as I haven't even looked at any photos I took in the second half of the year.

31.12.2025 09:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Saw my book in the library of the university where I'm currently doing a master's program...I want to sign it with something encouraging any student who happens to check it out, but I'm not sure how the librarians would feel about that. Ask first, or just do it and hope I don't get caught?

02.12.2025 10:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0