The Firehose Feed
This is a chronological feed of everything I’ve published.
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I think we really need to be super honest about cat ownership. It’ll help prepare a lot of people, especially if they’re inexperienced with cats, about the complexities of cat ownership.
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A new strategy for Tai Tales, and dealing with a new housemate. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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Fostering a cat when you’re in the throes of a mental burnout from social media was probably not a good idea. But omg look at that fuzzy face!
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Sometimes a note-taking app should just remain a note-taking app.
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An interesting debate about imperialism, capitalism and why there’s a move towards a multipolar world. Justin Podur and Sam Gindin discussed this with such civility. We need more grounded debates like this.
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I’m often obsessed about random topics, but none of my pet topics would paint me in a bad light like my current interest in the US-China tensions. It’s pretty disturbing to realise that I will be automatically disliked because I hold a different view of China.
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I was vacationing with a friend on Scotland island, off Sydney, #Australia in this amazing B&B. We were having breakfast at the verandah when the host approached us hesitantly. “I hope I am not offending you if I ask this, but we were curious why you were speaking English after we have left.” My friend…
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Why do some Americans have such bad geography skills? Why do they knows so little of the world outside America. The book, “A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization” by Sam Lebovic, attempts to explain the phenomenon.
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If I don’t start my day early in the morning walking while the sun rises, I know that it will be a less than ideal day. A few days ago, I grabbed my Nordic poles and went out walking despite it being a drizzly day. I let the rain fall as I walked/poled around the…
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I speak and think in English. But I’m genetically Chinese and that is problematic in an anti-China Western world. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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Dealing with digital burnout and a bumper issue with 12 recommended reads! 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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The movie is a reminder that people are now desperate for something different and fun again. They don’t want to be preached to about diversity, inclusion or other agendas. They want to see a bunch of people doing crazy, impossible things, and Mission Impossible 7 delivers.
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I acknowledge that Apple products are sleeker, high in quality and they “just work”. But I still left the Apple Ecosystem anyway and have absolutely no regrets.
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Indiana Jones: The Dial of Destiny was great! But if you had listened to movie pundits, you probably would have expected it to be terrible. I think we’ve forgotten how to enjoy movies.
Elizabeth Tai 