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#asia

Variety
1 hour ago
Farhad
6 hours ago

The port of Eilat in Israel has almost 0 ship arriving or leaving because of attacks by Yemeni forces


On top of massive economical losses of the war in Israel, the actions of the Yemeni forces have completely stopped all shipment in an out of the Israeli red sea port of #Eilat.

The Israeli economy is suffering, all transport from #Asia to Israel is now have to go around #Africa to avoid passing through the red sea and risk attack or hijacking.

Other than #Hamas and #PIJ, #Yemen military and #Hezbollah are the only groups who have pushed israel hardly that it's now begging US and UK to escalate their presence in the region and act on behalf of Israeli government.

This can cause an escalation of the war beyond the borders of Israel into a global war.

#SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Occupation #Apartheid #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow

screen capture of article in Hebrew about problems at Eilat port of Israel

"Unexploded American bombs littered the Cambodian countryside, maiming and killing people for decades to come.

Many also say that another consequence of Nixon and Kissinger's bombing campaign was that it helped pave the way for one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. Around 1.7 million people died at the hands of the Pol Pot-led Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 - almost a quarter of the population."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67582813

#aapi #aanhpi #history #asia #cambodia #vietnamwar

Kai Chang 張文愷
10 hours ago

In a bustling #Xian food street, chopping #noodles perfectly evenly using a giant knife with a metal block welded to the tip which rides a wooden stick. #KaiSilkRoad #Shaanxi #China #Asia #travel #food #ChineseFood #TheArtOfNoodles

A man in white cook's uniform chops noodles on a cutting board using a huge knife, maybe two feet long and ten inches high, with a metal block welded to the tip which sits on a wooden stick. There's a bowl of flour on his table, and a large pile of beautifully cut noodles. Behind him, a few diners can be seen eating noodles, with Chinese calligraphy hanging.
Kai Chang 張文愷
10 hours ago

Eating Shaanxi noodles in #Xian. According to locals, what makes these giant #noodles special (that’s ONE noodle I’m picking up here!) is #Shaanxi wheat, which is grown for 6 months before harvest, resulting in flour with extra body. Soooo good. #KaiSilkRoad #China #Asia #travel #food

Asian man wearing a blue shirt and glasses (i.e. Kai) sitting in a restaurant with long tables and benches, eating a huge bowl of noodles, picking up one giant noodle with chopsticks into his wide open mouth.
PCB has withdrawn Salman Butt as a selection consultant following criticism from fans and experts.#Sports #Corruption #Cricket #Crime #Asia #Pakistan
Fixing-convicted former Pakistan cricket captain withdrawn as consultant

@newbloommag @brian_hioe
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#China 🇨🇳 is merely a *small part* of #mainland #Asia. 🤔

Freemind
15 hours ago

For servers that have reached the end of support, upgrading to a version that still receives security updates remains the only viable option.

#Cybersecurity #RCE #USA #Asia #Europe #Vulnerabilities #Microsoft #MicrosoftExchangeEmail

https://cybersec84.wordpress.com/2023/12/03/critical-vulnerability-affects-over-20000-microsoft-exchange-servers/

Local media say the right-wing ruling party ahead in key states in boost for PM Modi months ahead of national elections.#Asia #India
India’s BJP leads in 3 of 4 states in key regional elections
Yewi
17 hours ago

Possibly because this maple tree in the backyard grows in shade, its leaves don't turn vivid red🍁 as they're supposed to do.🤔

😘Still, I appreciate the translucent yellowness until several frosts and winds take them all away.🍃

#gardening #trees #leaves #winter
#frost #wind #nature #colors
#Asia #Japan #species

Variety
23 hours ago
Mun-su Kobayashi
1 day ago

😁 Autumnal Food Impressions 3/3 😁

#munsusan #japan #japanese #hafu #asia #asian #cook #cooking

Mun-su Kobayashi
1 day ago

😁 Autumnal Food Impressions 2/3 😁

#munsusan #japan #japanese #hafu #asia #asian #cook #cooking

Mun-su Kobayashi
1 day ago

😁 Autumnal Food Impressions 1/3 😁

#munsusan #japan #japanese #hafu #asia #asian #cook #cooking

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive for the shooting was unclear.#Asia #Pakistan
Gunmen kill eight bus passengers in northern Pakistan
Great Cutting ASMR
1 day ago

Custard apples or Seethaphal are a tropical fruit from South America. They are grown and eaten a lot in Asia too. The fruit is sweet and creamy when ripe. It tastes very nice when eaten raw or can be made in to ice cream too. We are slicing off the outer skin of the custard apple and collecting the kernels inside it. Do enjoy the asmr video with asmr sounds.

#fruits #asmr #asmrreels #custardapple #asia #tropicalfruit

Gohar Ali Khan elected new PTI chairman to allow the party to take part in national election scheduled for February 8.#Elections #Asia #Pakistan
Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party elects new head before election
Vilaweb (Unofficial RSS)
1 day ago

Declarada una alerta regional de tsunami per un terratrèmol a Filipines de magnitud 7,6 https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/alerta-tsunami-terratremol-filipines-magnitud-7/ #Àsia-Pacífic #Filipines

Kai Chang 張文愷
1 day ago

This is the Great Mosque of #Xian, built by the Tang emperor in 742 CE to accommodate the cosmopolitan capital's sizeable #Muslim population. #Islam arrived in #China only a century or so after Mohammed’s death by way of the #SilkRoad. The minaret where call to prayer is sounded looks like a pagoda, and Koran passages are in both Arabic and Chinese calligraphy. The mosque still actively being used today by Xian’s ethnic Hui Muslims. #KaiSilkRoad #China #Asia #travel #mosque

Large Chinese gate at the entrance of the Great Mosque of Xian.
Chinese pagoda in a garden yard, with three levels, which serves as the minaret for call to prayer at the Great Mosque of Xian.
Great Mosque of Xian main prayer hall, which is a large Chinese building with a green roof, large red columns, Chinese and Arabic calligraphy inscribed above a series of doorways.
Jiko
1 day ago

"Seventy-two percent of respondents supported the US defending Taiwan."

64 percent also saw Taiwan as an ally of the US while 77 percent saw China as an enemy.

#Taiwan #UnitedStates #Survey #Opinion #Americans #Asia #InternationalRelations #Asian #MilitaryDefense #TaipeiTimes

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/12/02/2003810010

Jiko
2 days ago

This tree on a sidewalk in Taichung, Taiwan looks odd but pretty, especially under a blue sky.

#Taiwan #Taichung #Asian #Trees #Sky #Plants #Cities #SideWalks #Greening #Asia

Photo of tree with green leaves against a blue sky.
From Pakistan to Paraguay, these campaigns are trying to bring out changes in communities at front line of the crisis#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Africa #Asia #AsiaPacific #Indonesia #LatinAmerica #Lebanon #MiddleEast #Namibia #Pakistan #Paraguay
Five grassroots climate justice movements COP28 could learn from
How did followers of Jainism, a faith that shuns attachment to material goods, come to boss the global diamond industry?#Features #BusinessandEconomy #Asia #Belgium #Europe #India
‘Diamonds are in my blood’: The Jain jewellery traders of Antwerp
Moodindigo
2 days ago

Gosh! Am still addicted to this chips. Thanks to Red Rock Deli and Poh ! The burst of aroma everytime I open the packet brings me back to South East Asia 🤗

#chips #snacks #addicted #foodporn #potatochips #beefrendang #flavour #asian #favourite #photooftheday #southeastasia #asianmastodon #asia #foodies

Variety
2 days ago

Fan Bingbing Unpacks LGBT Role in ‘Green Night’ at Electrifying, Fan-Friendly Singapore Masterclass: ‘When Souls Connect There Is Love’
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #FanBingbing #GreenNight #SGIFF #SingaporeInternationalFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/fan-bingbing-lgbt-green-night-singapore-film-festival-1235818442/

Canadian Money Talk
2 days ago

Video: My Solo 14-week Asia Trip

The video talks about my #travel on a #solo 14-week, 7-country #trip in #Asia. I talk about my experiences #traveling in #Japan, #SouthKorea, #Vietnam, #Cambodia, #Thailand, #Malaysia, #Singapore. The #CanadianMoneyTalk channel concentrates on #Canadianinvesting and #personalfinance in Canada. Visit: www.canadianmoneytalk.caThe Advanced Investing: Stock Analysis Course is at Investing & Personal Finance Basics course is at

http://canadianmoneytalk.ca/2023/12/01/video-my-solo-14-week-asia-trip/

Human rights groups file the petition amid an ongoing crackdown on undocumented foreigners in the country.#Migration #Asia #Pakistan
Pakistan’s top court hears petition to halt deportations of Afghans
India beat Australia by 20 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five match T20 cricket series.#Sports #Cricket #Asia #AsiaPacific #Australia #India
India clinch T20 series against Australia to ease Cricket World Cup pain
Kai Chang 張文愷
2 days ago

Outside this popular restaurant in #Xian, they put on live music and dancing to entertain people waiting for tables. #KaiSilkRoad #China #Asia #travel #dance

Two women in Tang Dynasty attire, one seated playing the pipa in a violent dress, one dancing in a flowing orange-red and olive dress with gold embroidery.
Kai Chang 張文愷
2 days ago

Next stop after Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Beijing, Luoyang: my family at the Drum Tower in #Xian, the ancient Chinese capital formerly known as Chang'an, once considered the Eastern starting point of the #SilkRoad. At the very centre of the imperial city, bell and drum towers marked time and expressed power. There are 24 drums in the tower, each inscribed with one of the 24 Chinese Solar Terms which mark the periods of a year. #KaiSilkRoad #Asia #travel #family

Four people sitting in front of a row of Chinese drums, each inscribed with Chinese seal script, in a traditional Chinese drum tower.
The Carpentries
2 days ago

REMINDER: our FINAL event in the #Carpentries25 series celebrating our 25th anniversary is next week Monday, 4 December at 13:00 UTC.

Annajiat Alim Rasel, Tom Kelly, “Intekhab” Md Interkhabul Hafix, and Monah Abou Alez will be our guests to help us spotlight the history, growth and achievements of our subcommunities in #Asia. Our Director of Community @alycrall will facilitate.

You can still register for this final event in the series here: https://rb.gy/jiqsf

Poster announcement of The Carpentries 25th Anniversary Celebration Series: Asia Spotlight Event on 4 December 2023 at 13:00 UTC or 08:00 EST or 18:30 IST or 22:00 JST. Includes social media hashtag (#Carpentries25) and photos of the four speakers. On the left, Annajiat Alim Rasel who works for Brac University in Bangladesh. To his right, Tom Kelly who is affiliated with University of Otago / RIKEN Yokohama in New Zealand and in Japan. To his right, “Intekhab” Md Interkhabul Hafix (he/him), who is at Brac University in Bangladesh. And finally, to his right, Monah Abou Alezz, who is at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy.
dact toots 🌐
3 days ago

Akhanda Brahmanda Dharma

https://vk24india.wordpress.com/2023/11/24/akhanda-brahmanda-dharma/

Dear people of my country India, please vote for Indian National Congress INC and Rahul Gandhi. The Congress people are Impartial and do not favor any particular group, religion or community.

A Secular Democratic Government by Congress will ensure National Security and the interests of Indians in India and abroad. The reputation of Indians will be Enhanced as Congress has a Modern outlook.

Save India, Vote for INC Indian National Congress.

Religion should not be used to grab power, wealth or property of others. Religion is a means of understanding God or our Creator and moving closer to him. Unfortunately people use religion as a tool to control others and build their own wealth by unscrupulous means. Do not encourage such people.

#india #news #politics #democracy #asia

This week Al Jazeera covers issues for child athletes, Eritrea's deserting footballers and scolded Pakistani cricketers.#Sports #Africa #Asia #Eritrea #Europe #Pakistan #SouthAfrica #Uganda #UnitedKingdom
Sport Weekly: Child athletes on the joys and the perils of competing
Variety
3 days ago

R. Madhavan on Netflix Global Top 3 Series ‘The Railway Men’: ‘Indian Shows Have Come of Age’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Netflix #RMadhavan #TheRailwayMen #YashRajFilms

https://variety.com/2023/tv/asia/madhavan-the-railway-men-netflix-global-top-3-1235815631/

The embassy of the former Afghan government has shuttered in New Delhi amid allegations that India stopped helping it.#Features #Taliban #Afghanistan #Asia #India #Pakistan
Is Modi’s India cosying up to the Taliban?
Variety
3 days ago

‘The Mimicry’ and ‘Abang Adik’ Emerge as Winners at First Cinema at Sea Festival – Global Bulletin
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #AbangAdik #GlobalBulletin #Shogen #TAICCA

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/the-mimicry-abang-adik-cinema-at-sea-festival-1235815821/

The Hollywood Reporter
3 days ago
Variety
3 days ago

’24 Hours With Gaspar’ Director Yosep Anggi Noen Sets Horror Film With Indonesia’s Locarno-Winning Palari Films (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Production #Horror #Indonesia #PalariFilms #YosepAnggiNoen

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/yosep-anggi-noen-horror-film-palari-films-24-hours-with-gaspar-1235815702/

Variety
3 days ago

India’s Annecy-Backed AniMela Animation Festival Reveals Plans for Inaugural Edition (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Animation #AniMela #Annecy

https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/animela-animela-india-animation-festival-1235815720/

Poetry News
3 days ago
Jiko
3 days ago

The PH government asks Filipinos to pull out investments in Binance saying it is not authorized to sell securities in the country.

The advisory came after Binance founder and CEO Changpeng (CZ) Zhao stepped down last week as part of a deal with the US after they were found guilty of anti-money laundering violations.

#Philippines #Balita #Filipino #Asian #CryptoCurrency #Platforms #Binance #Asia #Finance #Investments #MoneyLaundering

https://www.noypigeeks.com/government/sec-banning-binance/

Phoenix.Serenity
3 days ago

#SyneraRenewableEnergyGroup, a #Taiwan-based #OffshoreWind developer, is in talks over potential deals across #Asia as it seeks to #diversify beyond its home market.

The firm is holding discussions over acquisitions and investments with companies in #SouthKorea, #Japan and #Australia, Chief Executive Officer Anna Su said in an interview.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/taiwan-offshore-wind-developer-sre-targeting-asian-acquisitions-1.2005324.amp.html

#AsianMastodon #geopolitics #Energy #WindEnergy #GreenEnergy #GreenTransition #EndFossilFuels #GreenTechNews #ASEAN

BCCI say Rohit and Virat Kohli asked for a break from the white-ball leg of the eight-match multi-format tour.#Sports #Cricket #Africa #Asia #India #SouthAfrica
India’s Rohit and Kohli skip white-ball leg of South Africa cricket tour
Jiko
3 days ago

What is the best coffee shop in East Asia?

#Polls #Asia #Coffee #Drinks #CoffeeShop #Poll #Survey #Japan #Taiwan #SouthKorea #Cafe

Kai Chang 張文愷
3 days ago

At the #Luoyang Museum, another #SilkRoad product: #Christianity. How did the teachings of Jesus spread as far as #Rome and #China? Like Buddhism and Islam, via the Silk Road. This 8th century Tang dynasty stele contains Nestorian Christian scripture, translated from Syriac into Chinese, with the emblem of Asian Christianity: the cross and lotus. In the cosmopolitan #TangDynasty, Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims, Christians, and Zoroastrians lived side by side. #KaiSilkRoad #Asia #travel

An ancient stone tablet, with a hexagonal body and a round cap, engraved with Chinese text as well as a cross and lotus emblem of Asian Christianity from the Silk Road.
Kai Chang 張文愷
3 days ago

Money: these bronze pieces are the world's earliest known metal #currency, from 700 BCE, found in the Eastern Zhou dynasty archaeological dig in #Luoyang, which served as the Chinese capital during 13 dynasties and kingdoms, going back to the Xia and Shang dynasties (2000 BCE). #KaiSilkRoad #China #Asia #travel #archaeology

Museum display case with 20 bronze pieces of ancient Chinese currency.
The murder is the latest in a spate of more than 5,000 incidents since 2012 in which women have been killed.#Crime #GenderEquity #Asia #Pakistan
Pakistani girl killed after photos with boy’s arm around her go viral
The master of cold realpolitik left a legacy of destruction that is still playing out across the world.#Africa #Argentina #Asia #AsiaPacific #Bangladesh #Cambodia #Chile #China #Cyprus #EastTimor
Henry Kissinger: 10 conflicts, countries that define a blood-stained legacy
A US Justice Department indictment suggests an Indian government official tried to mastermind the assassination.#Politics #Asia #India #UnitedStates #US&Canada
Did India order the murder of a US Sikh separatist? Here’s what we know
A fundraiser in Colombo aimed for 10 percent of the proceeds to go for Gaza. Most vendors donated their whole income.#Gaza #Israel-Palestineconflict #Asia #MiddleEast #Palestine #SriLanka
‘Palestine will win’: Sri Lanka businesses raise funds for war-ravaged Gaza
US federal prosecutors charge 52-year-old Indian man for alleged involvement in murder-for-hire conspiracy.#Courts #Crime #Asia #India #UnitedStates #US&Canada
US says Indian gov’t official directed plot to assassinate Sikh activist
Star players have been denied permission to play franchise cricket as board doubles down on workload management.#Sports #Cricket #Asia #Pakistan
Pakistan cricketers told to ‘prioritise country’ after poor World Cup
Yewi
5 days ago

Glacier clouds covering the sky...

#weather #nature #winter #cloudWatching
#sky #sea #art #Asia #Japan

After machines broke down, rat miners successfully rescued 41 workers trapped in India's Uttarakhand tunnel.#Construction #Asia #India
How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days
Dravid's role as coach will likely cover India's campaign at next year's T20 World Cup.#Sports #Cricket #Asia #India
Rahul Dravid to stay on as India cricket coach until T20 World Cup
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will boycott January elections amid a deepening crisis for the country's democracy.#Elections #Asia #AsiaPacific #Bangladesh #China #India
‘Won’t join farcical vote’: Bangladesh opposition leader ahead of election
Police have arrested seven students and charged them under a tough anti-terrorism law after India's defeat to Australia.#Cricket #HumanRights #ICCCricketWorldCup #Asia #India #Kashmir
Kashmir students accused of terror for ‘celebrating’ India World Cup loss
Somē
5 days ago

German speaking friends, please take the time to checkout this interview of Myanmar artists in exile in France https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gefluechtete-aus-myanmar-kampf-gegen-das-militaer-und-gegen-das-vergessen-dlf-kultur-ee6b848a-100.html

Published two weeks ago. My friend Li Li is one of those artists. It's one of the few media centered around the Myanmar Coup that has caused civil unrest until now.

#germany #myanmar #burma #france #frankreich #asia #SEA #SEAtoot #deutschland #artist #exile

Kai Chang 張文愷
5 days ago

This 1300-year-old Tang dynasty ceramic at the Luoyang Museum went viral on Chinese social media as "angry baby". #KaiSilkRoad #China #Asia #travel #AngryBaby

Ceramic sculpture of a four-legged mythical creature with a human-like face in an angry pout.
Gamiri
5 days ago

Smithsonian Magazine: A Contemporary Look at Asian Art

"The new galleries—the first dedicated solely to modern and contemporary art in the museum’s 100-year history—build on the museum’s established practice of exhibiting and collecting late-20th and 21st-century Asian art...'Park Chan-kyong: Gathering' will launch the museum’s next chapter & engage visitors in the myriad formats and media employed..."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/impact/2023/11/28/contemporary-look-asian-art/

#MastoArt #art #Asia #Smithsonian

Kai Chang 張文愷
5 days ago

In Luoyang, the most traditional feast is called a "Water Banquet", which includes 24 courses, half of which are soups. We didn't do a full #WaterBanquet, but this soup course was presented and explained by server in Tang dynasty attire as dry ice smoke poured off the tray. #KaiSilkRoad #China #Asia #travel #food

A woman in Tang dynasty attire stands smiling next to a dinner banquet table where dry ice smoke is pouring off a tray.
Kai Chang 張文愷
5 days ago

White Horse Temple in Luoyang was the first Buddhist temple in China, built in 68 CE during the Han dynasty, after one of the many courageous monk expeditions to India to bring back and translate Buddhist sutras. #KaiSilkRoad #China #Asia #travel #Buddhism

Four people standing in front of the red gate to White Horse Temple in Luoyang.
Ancient Buddhist temple with staircase in front and Chinese architecture.
Buddhist shrine.
Jiko
5 days ago
GregCocks
1 week ago

Interactive Map - The World As 1,000 People
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-people-in-the-world-1000-peop/ <-- shared technical article
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“The world’s population has doubled in size over the last 50 years.
In 2022, we reached the mark of 8 billion living on Earth. According to UN estimates, by July 2023, all the people in the world numbered 8,045,311,447.
In this interactive map, [the authors] use population estimates from the United Nations Population Division to illustrate the world’s population as if the Earth had only 1,000 people..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartogram #world #global #population #infographic #representation #decline #populationhealth #populationgrowth #demographics #countries #Africa #Europe #China #India #USA #Nigeria #northamerica #southamerica #southasia #Asia

screen shot - table - top 10 countries by population, etc
graphic - map - the world's population as 1,000 people
graphic and maps - world's population by country - as parts of a whole
graphic / map - world's population - cartogram - redrawn by relative population size
Mina Hanse
1 week ago

Three major #Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid U.S. sanctions now being imposed on some shipping firms carrying Russian oil, four traders told Reuters and shipping data showed.

The development is a blow to Russia as it narrows the number of shipping firms that are ready to transport Russian oil to consumers in #Asia, #Turkey, the Middle East, #Africa and South America.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/greek-shippers-exit-russian-oil-trade-us-tightens-price-cap-scrutiny-2023-11-23/

#Ukraine #Russia #Greece #US

Kai Chang 張文愷
1 week ago

That's my little #SilkRoad travel group, me, Z, my parents, at #WildGoosePagoda in #Xian, the ancient Chinese capital formerly called Chang'an. The pagoda was built by the great monk Xuanzang when he returned from India with #Buddhist scriptures during the Tang dynasty and is regarded as a foundational monument of Chinese #Buddhism. #KaiSilkRoad #Asia #China #Travel

Four people standing in front of a statue of a Buddhist monk and, further back, a large seven-story pagoda, in the ancient Chinese city of Xian.
Kai Chang 張文愷
2 weeks ago

Dramatic shot of me in #TianshanGrandCanyon near Kucha, #Xinjiang. #KaiSilkRoad #Asia #China #Travel

Photo of the floor of a steep desert canyon with red rock walls, and the sun bursting through a gap in the rocks, with a man in the foreground (Kai) wearing a black leather jacket, and a few people on the canyon floor further away.
The grouping, which has previously focused on economic issues, called for an end to 'war crimes' in the Gaza conflict.#Features #Israel-Palestineconflict #Africa #Asia #India #Israel #MiddleEast #Palestine #SouthAfrica
BRICS condemns Israel war on Gaza in signal to the West
CalyxOS
2 weeks ago

So there is a lack of accessibility to folks in the #GlobalSouth in particular. These Motorolas cost around half of what the budget versions of Pixel phones cost and are sold in many countries in continents where Pixels are not, including in #SouthAmerica #Asia and #MENA

Thank you to #StartSmall and jack dorsey for believing in us, and for the funding that made this possible ! And a BIG thank you to our friends at @LineageOS for their work on platform support for the Motorola phones

Nicolas Hoizey
3 weeks ago

“The Star Ferry in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong”

The Star Ferry is a passenger ferry service operator and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island, and Kowloon.

With a fleet of twelve ferries, the company operates two routes across the…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/travels/asia/hong-kong/the-star-ferry-in-victoria-harbour-hong-kong/

📅 16 August 2015

📸 Sony RX100 III
🎛️ ISO 2500, ƒ/9, 1/30 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Asia #HongKong #Photography

The Star Ferry in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
The Mayor 🏵️
3 weeks ago

It's Film Fra Sør festival this week — the largest film festival in Oslo 🇳🇴 that showcases the jewels of international film production from outside of the western hemisphere.

📅 11-19 November

Get out and see something new! 🎥 🍿
https://www.filmfrasor.no

#HvaSkjer #WhatsOn #Oslo #Norway #Norge #Film #FilmFraSør #Movie #FilmFestival #MovieFestival #Cinema #Asia #Africa #LatinAmerica

Japanned Steve McCarty
3 weeks ago

Deleted my #X #Twitter account because of its evil owner, so call me ex-X as I cross it out of my nice life here in #Japan! Thanks to @dangillmor for the nudge. I'm a stickler anyway about living by #academic #ethics: https://japanned.hcommons.org/academic_life

I'm in the #Humanities Commons instance, and we have free profiles like https://hcommons.org/members/stevemccartyinjapan that include a link to the old blue bird of Twitter, and members are increasingly leaving, so our admins at @hello might want to reconsider having that item in the next version of profiles.

What can I do with all this new free time besides taking contemplative hikes in Kyoto? I'm still looking for a wide range of informants and academic colleagues, as I should have big news on #international #collaboration in 2024. I'm looking for #friends in fields such as #online #education, #bilingualism, #language #teaching with #technology, #journalism, #interculturalcommunication, and #Asia.

A little positive reinforcement goes a long way!

@academicchatter

Eugenia L
3 weeks ago

I've been watching a number of experts speak about a possible #war with #China (mostly talks by Gray, Allison, Dalio, Varoufakis etc).

Looking at the #trends of #wealth & political/educational/tech/etc #health between the two countries, it's obvious that #USA can't win this, despite the declining demographics in China.

To avoid a war, or going #nuclear, I think US might need to give some concessions to China. I don't like that, but I don't see a good alternative.

#politics #geopolitics #asia

US vs China
In eastern India's Kolkata, synagogues are managed by Muslim caretakers. The war won't change that, they say.#Features #Israel-Palestineconflict #Religion #Asia #India #Israel #MiddleEast #Palestine
‘Beacon of hope’: Amid Gaza war, Indian Muslims take care of synagogues
Adrianna Tan
4 weeks ago

Two silhouettes from 2004ish: one film, one digital

#BelieveInFilm #Photography #FilmPhotography #Travel #Asia #Cambodia #India #toots

a scan of a color photo of the silhouette of angkor wat type temples in cambodia, with at least 6 structures, set against a light blue sky and gray cloud with harsh lighting
a digital photo of the silhouettes of 3 camels, and 2 riders, in the desert of rajasthan, india, shot with a digital camera
Vikki :verified:
4 weeks ago

Day 6 of the #30DayMapChallenge ended up taking me a couple of days due to a lot of bugs, and producing a code file too big to be committed to GitHub without being zipped first...

The theme for day 6 was #Asia, and I decided to plot the provinces of Thailand according to how much tourist revenue they pull in.

As usual you can find all my code, data and the interactive version of the map on my challenge website at the link below.
https://vikkiwalls.github.io/30-Day-Map-Challenge-2023-Live/Day%206.html

(please note - this is quite a heavy duty map, so it will probably need a few seconds for the page to load)

#Python #Pandas #Plotly #Matplotlib #Geopandas #SQL #DataScience #DataVisualisation #GIS

Choropleth map of Thailand showing Bangkok with the most tourist revenue

#30DayMapChallenge 🗺️ Day 6️⃣: #Asia

This map shows where the many of the world’s centi-millionaires live in #Asia 🌏. Centi-millionaires, according to Henley & Partners, are “individuals with investable wealth of USD 100 million or more”: https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/centi-millionaire-report-2023

The map only shows the 17 Asian cities among the top 50 cities in the world that have the most number of resident centi-millionaires. (Certainly, other such high net-worth individuals live elsewhere but not in the top 50.)

Bar-chart map of Asia with bars located on cities where centi-millionaires live.

The 17 cities and number of centi-millionaires are as follows:
Istanbul: 64
Tel Aviv: 86
Riyadh: 65
Dubai: 210
Mumbai: 224
Delhi: 126
Singapore: 330
Guangzhou: 68
Shenzen: 154
Hong Kong: 305
Beijing: 365
Hangzhou: 98
Shanghai: 332
Taipei: 82
Seoul: 185
Osaka: 70
Tokyo: 275
Flipboard News Desk
1 month ago

Dozens killed, many more injured, after strong earthquake rocks northwestern Nepal. AP reports: https://flip.it/7hiZxj
#News #WorldNews #Asia #Nepal #NepalEarthquake

Nearly 1.7 million undocumented Afghans ordered to leave the country by Wednesday as 'holding centres' are set up.#Refugees #Afghanistan #Asia #Pakistan
‘Where do I go back to?’: Expelled Afghans battle chaos at Pakistan border
FediFollows ☃️
1 month ago

#Asia / #Asian picks of the day:

➡️ @kixes - Journalist & activist in Singapore, publishes newsletter on human rights

➡️ @ncoca - Freelance journalist on Asia, especially environment, human rights, energy, etc

➡️ @curiocritters - Naturalist & wildlife biologist in Mumbai, discovered the Sorting Hat Spider

➡️ @ademalsasa - FOSS expert in Indonesia, long-time Fedi user

➡️ @raghukamath@mastodon.art (main) & @raghukamath@makertube.net (videos) - Indian professional illustrator, keen on FOSS art tools

1/4

Flipboard News Desk
1 month ago

In Japan, where loneliness is such an acute problem that in 2021 the government appointed its first “minister of loneliness,” a nursing home director came up with an idea to bring cheer to her residents: Enter the toddlers. NBC News reports: https://flip.it/hFLoY9
#News #WorldNews #Japan #Asia #Loneliness #MentalHealth

Adrianna Tan
1 month ago
a scan of a color photo of a temple in singapore with the words 'seng wong beo' in black and gold. in the foreground, there are lanterns, and flowers
Adrianna Tan
1 month ago

I hope that when I get older, I will also have a friend who will massage my feet in a public park!

(Nikon FE, Kodak ProImage 100)

#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #FilmPhotography #Photography #Singapore #TootSea #Asia

a scan of a color photograph of two old chinese men massaging each other's feet in a public park

"Keeping my bias in check, I left the movie with this question: Why is it that Asians are often portrayed as either backward, evil, or both, which then gives the West a justification to treat us with blind inhumane violence?"

#TheCreator #Cambodia #SouthEastAsia #TootSEA #Asia #Movie #Film

https://campuccino.substack.com/p/64-karma-police

Adrianna Tan
1 month ago

This album is a late 1980s / early 1990s interpretation of Kazakh, Tatar, Mongol, Sibe, and Kyrgrz folk tunes by Daulet Halek. Published by Shenzhen's "Old Heaven Books" (a book store and vinyl presser) as part of their 'archival recordings)

https://oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/daulet-halek-dombra-solo

#Music #Asia #CentralAsia

Adrianna Tan
1 month ago

Some self-developed and scanned medium format photos of a market in Singapore that I visit frequently with my parents

https://micro.popagandhi.com/2023/10/23/bukit-merah-days.html

#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #Photography #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #Singapore #TootSea #Markets #Asia

a vendor in a stall with a lot of goods, only a bag of mushroom caps are in focus amongst a lot of clutter. The person is wearing a blue medical mask which is the only cool color in an very warm tone photo.
Flipboard News Desk
1 month ago

A Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and military supply boat, a Philippine official told the AP. The encounter heightens fears of an armed conflict in the disputed South China Sea. https://flip.it/MH4jQ7
#News #WorldNews #China #Philippines #Asia

Leonardo Di Ottio
1 month ago

I’m researching Mastodon accounts with huge follower numbers and looking for help.

In the US George Takei has over 400000 followers, in Germany Eugen Rochko has over 300000 and Jan Böhmermann nearly 200000, in the UK Stephen Fry has over 100000.

Know any other big accounts? Any over 500K? Any in #Asia? Who's big in #France, or #Spain, or #Italy, or #Argentina? Who is the most followed woman? Did most of them take their followers from Twitter?

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Twitter #Followers #Research

Dr. Steve Thompson
2 months ago

"A Journalist Exposes the Philippines’ Extralegal Killings"

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-journalist-exposes-the-philippines-extralegal-killings

"The reporter Patricia Evangelista discusses the country’s drug wars, Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous rhetoric, and how she manages the difficulties of covering trauma."

#Asia #Journalism #Philippines

Yewi
2 months ago

I found some 'akebi' (Akebia quinata) and 'mube' (Stauntonia hexaphylla) fruits alongside a road.

Both are East Asian wild fruit vine, but akebi is deciduous🍁 while mube is evergreen🌿.

The people coming for #henro pilgrimage mustn't miss the season😋.

#nature #autumn #foraging #fruits #lookup
#Asia #Japan #botany #vines

Dr. Jibreel Sohail
2 months ago

Hello Guys!

Sorry been inactive past couple weeks. We grew too big for our servers and had to sort that out, in the meantime a lot of requests and reports ended up pending.

Hopefully everything is back on track now. If you guys need anything or want to get in touch off mastodon, email us at paktodon.asia@gmail.com

#Paktodon - #Pakistan's first and only mastodon server is back

Dedicated to everyone from the #GlobalSouth

#Admin #Fedi #Asia #India #Bangladesh #SriLanka