The Firehose Feed
This is a chronological feed of everything I’ve published.
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My thoughts about the two-hour Tucker Carlson interview with Russian president Vladmir Putin.
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Verily I tell you, 90% of my relatives will not survive cancel culture in the West. 📧Subscribe to read the post.
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We’re blessed to have so many tools to use to learn Mandarin free. It has made learning the language so much faster and easier. Here are the apps and courses I’m using to improve my Mandarin.
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The new approach my little newsletter, Tai Tales is taking in 2024. Standing up against outrage culture on the Internet. And some articles about the Substack / Platformer drama. 📧Subscribe to read the post.
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In 2024, I’m determined to improve my Mandarin vocabulary to a point where I can understand Chinese dramas without subtitles. Here’s how I plan to do it.
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I reflect on the concepts and ideas that have improved my life in 2023.
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In the last week of every year, I reflect on the year that is about to end and prepare for the new one. Here’s what I do, day by day.
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Substack’s design and content choices is fostering a social “class” system of elites, followers and outsiders. Can we escape this game? 📧Subscribe to read the post.
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In the world of the Silent, secrets can be found behind doors and words. A Distant Stars mosaic novel story. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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This was one of the most special things that had happened to me when living in this apartment on top of a hill. A pair of sunbirds decided to build a nest in my balcony and I got to watch life happen.
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Mister Meadows finds out the truth. Miss Brahms skirts it. A Distant Stars mosaic novel story. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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Mister Meadows finds a clue that reveals more than it should. Part 2 of a seven-part short story in the Distant Stars mosaic novel. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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My thoughts about The Verge’s article, The people who ruined the Internet and Danny Sullivan’s response, and the conversation swirling around SEO and the suckiness of the Internet.
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Although I prefer journaling by hand, I have to admit that digital journaling is far more practical, safer and more secure, and I’ve been journaling so much more.
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The Silent are happy to serve. To be useful is to live well. A seven-part short story in the Distant Stars mosaic novel. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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Can we agree on one thing? Racism, bias and cringe-worthy depictions of foreign nations is not unique to Chinese entertainment.
Elizabeth Tai 