Steve

Guten Morgen, Berlin!

Guten Morgen, Herr Gorilla?

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There are worse views to wake up to …

I see the tower. Do I win 50p?

‘I’m just a tourist!’

Visiting Cleveleys, aka Planet Niamor in Andor!

Now in the local ‘spoons, which is giving off more Mos Eiseley vibes

Next aisle

Now remembering why I left this country

#itsseptember
#explicitynotchristmas
#stopit

Hong Kong Denies Visa Renewal for Senior Bloomberg Journalist

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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/w...

Hong Kong Officials Harden Their Stance on ‘Soft Resistance’

Is sharing articles about ‘soft resistance’ considered to be ‘soft resistance’ 🤔

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...

Saturday silhouettes

Low cloud with a bit of a purple tinge this evening

China’s cyber-abuse scandal: is the government unwilling to crack down on exploitation of women online? Secretly filmed images of women are spreading online, yet the authorities seem more focused on censorship than punishing the perpetrators, critics say

In the wake of China’s massive #maskpark scandal, in which sexually exploitative images of Chinese women were found to be shared in Telegram groups with hundreds of thousands of users, I wrote a story @theguardian.com about how the current system leaves women vulnerable to digital violence and abuse

<holds up magnifying glass> waitaminute...

Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City

Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/w...

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Yes. And I can almost touch it from here!

Back at Kai Tak …

Gotta say the air con here should be standard for everywhere in HK. Comfortable but not cold.

This is how you bring the teams out!

From Sun Wing Toi station to the stadium (far from convinced that this is the most direct route 🤷‍♂️)

First look at the stadium, and the thousands of Liverpool shirts. Can you see it?

Clouds are a bit low today

To be fair there’s been a few pics …

Very bad picture of the aircraft carrier Shandong, and a better one of the clouds over Lantau

New Tseung Kwan O South Park is now semi-open. No sign that they told anyone, but plenty of people found their way here anyway.

An Investor Who Took on Hong Kong’s Tycoons Faces a Tougher Foe

New York Times profile of David Webb…

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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/w...

Clouds got Monday off, too

It was sunny 10 minutes ago …

Does Huddersfield getting Feeney help Blackpool with this one, Alan?

Hong Kong Looks for Ways to Win Back Big-Spending Tourists

Tourists after tourists to replace tourists following tourists. Great!

(Looking forward to finally seeing inside Kai Tak Stadium tomorrow, though)

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Hello Observatory? I’d like to order exactly this weather for the rest of the summer.

Yes, until mid-October, if you wouldn’t mind?

Thanks.