Linus Chen

Taiwanese interested in PolSci, mostly IR and political philosophy. RT != Endorsement

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Between 05:22:07 and 05:22:36 flight #FZ1073 dropped from 30,875 feet to 16,750 feet (-14,125 feet in just 29 seconds)

[Aaron Connelly @ConnellyAL]

Translation: it’s for the bloody conquest of a democracy of 25m people and their subsequent subjugation. This is somehow better?

[Ryan Hass @ryanl_hass]

6/ We will await the White House’s readout of the visit and its accomplishments. The main outstanding question, though, is not what the US gained. It is how much of Xi’s conceptual framing and Xi's purposeful agenda Trump embraced. END.

[Ryan Hass @ryanl_hass]

1/ Polling by different organizations captures a shift in America's national mood toward China. The shift toward a more positive view of China is bipartisan and most pronounced among younger Americans. But why? (🧵)

https://t.co/Ur11RTydKg

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

The incompetence is staggering.

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

This does not look like an encouraging development before the XJP State visit https://t.co/RsuVz8BH0z

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

Every single time it is some Rieu clip. A demonstration that many western conservatives don't even know what they are defending. There's nothing wrong enjoying André Rieu, but to hail him and his performances as representation of your culture is pretty shallow and kitsch.

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Goosebumps.

For all its faults, Western Christian culture is still worth defending.

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

Idk how many times I've walked, or in some instances, run through the connecting tunnel at the Stuttgart hbf. It was very annoying.

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

DB: Hold my Stuttgart 21.

[aoife 🎧🍸🌸🏳️‍🌈 @DirteeerMartini]

rail alignment chart, feel free to comment

[William Yang @WilliamYang120]

There is certainly a greater level of caution in Europe when it comes to the level of publicity of official engagement with Taiwan, but the European Commission’s decision to pull out of the event in Italy where Taiwan Vice President Hsiao Bi-Khim attended as a special guest will send a wrong signal to Beijing and reinforce Beijing’s belief that it could continue to exert pressure to limit European engagement with Taipei.

“The European Commission cancelled its participation in a conference in Italy after Taiwan’s Vice Premier Hsiao Bi-khim was announced as a surprise guest.

On Thursday, the European Parliament office in Italy announced the arrival of Taiwan’s vice premier on the island. Taiwan’s foreign minister was also present at the conference.
The European Commission Representation in Italy then informed the European Parliament’s Liaison Office – whose staff were already on the island – that it wanted its own logo removed from the event, a parliamentary official told Euractiv. The latest version of the programme available online now carries only the Parliament’s logo.

A Commission official, Alessandro Giordani, was due to speak on a panel with Picierno on Saturday afternoon. He called off his participation, while en route to Ventotene.”

https://t.co/9orVqdfIOI

[Euan Graham @graham_euan]

Teodoro is a class act. Takes formidable presence of mind and courage to react to a cheap stunt like this, maintain composure then throw it back on the 🇨🇳 delegation.

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Earlier today, Airlink performed a pre-match flyover at DHL Stadium in Cape Town.
Our lowest recorded ADS-B altitude was 50 ft at standard pressure, or approximately 205–210 ft AMSL when corrected for the local QNH of 1019 hPa. With DHL Stadium standing about 164 ft tall near sea level, that puts the aircraft roughly 41–46 ft (12.5–14 m) above the top of the stadium.

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

@phlegminglib @RossFeingold @kuomintang @DSORennie @TheEconomist @PLMattis @WEI_JINGSHENG @DPPonline You reap what you sow. KMT/TPP wanted this lol, they stripped off the checks and balances, and then accusing DPP of doing it.

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

@phlegminglib @RossFeingold @kuomintang @DSORennie @TheEconomist @PLMattis @WEI_JINGSHENG @DPPonline As stated, all parties share the blame, but not all parties are acting in good faith. Explaining constitutional order and political actions within twitter word count is too tiring. Let's just say I don't agree with all the things DDP has done, but KMT/TPP delibrately caused this.

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

@RossFeingold @kuomintang @DSORennie @TheEconomist @PLMattis @WEI_JINGSHENG @DPPonline All sides share the blame. However, it's unevenly distributed. If a party states that the disruption of constitutional order is good, which 翁曉玲 said, I don't think it is acting in good faith in this situation and should share the decisive blame on this.

[Archie McKenzie @archiemckenzie_]

“we sandboxed the agent”

meanwhile the agent:

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

By a man who knowingly spread disinformation, censoring critical health information, etc. Putting politics above health. It couldn't be more sarcastic.

[nature @Nature]

Diseases don’t stop at borders. Pandemics, climate change and conflicts demand a collective approach, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

https://t.co/h82ajGw76Z

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are acquiring Tarik Skubal for outfielder Zyhir Hope, right-hander River Ryan and right-hander Brady Smith, sources tell ESPN.

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

https://t.co/wueQoaekhA

[News from Google @NewsFromGoogle]

Re: our statement on Image Generation in Google Earth:
“We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world. We’ve seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we’ve also seen people sharing screenshots of generated imagery that appear to violate our policies. So we’re rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails. It's important to note that generated images didn’t appear in the main Google Earth experience for others to see and were watermarked as AI generated.”

[Linus Chen @LinusChen7]

This is as tone deaf as it can get.

[News from Google @NewsFromGoogle]

We take misinformation seriously – every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated. In addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections → https://t.co/AGncZKPXW0