Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞

Sociology PhD student at UCLA.
Interested in medicine/science/tech/Taiwan.
Views my own. He/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

I wrote about “Good Morning Image” culture in Taiwan with @leemeichun for @kuokuomich and @albertowu’s newsletter “A Broad and Ample Road”. It’s a story of a maligned digital subculture, digital adaptation, and how people care for each other. https://t.co/8Ky4HQe6Uu

[⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt]

#InnoMinds Season 2 is a wrap!🎬

But don't fret. #Taiwan’s🇹🇼 top programme on AI, digital democracy, tech & more lives on.

Revisit with host @helloitissam via @taiwanplusshows’ podcast platform.🎧

Episode 1 with @thommeread of @GDSTeam is out now.🖖

▶️ https://t.co/zwsQNe2NJ7

[Anatol Klass @AnatolKlass]

https://t.co/BsqDp2LW7j Got to write about Yolbars Khan, his Xinjiang Provincial Government in-exile, and the unsuccessful plan to make Taiwan a central hub of the global Uyghur diaspora. Many thanks to @HistoryToday for running this and to @rhyswgriffiths for such careful edits.

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

Exciting start to 2024
Season 2 "Innovative Minds" w/ Taiwan's digital minister @audreyt (and me!) is out now on podcast platforms!

Audrey & I talked to great guests from all over about digital governance, openness and innovation. find episodes here:
https://t.co/pU6lsec34f

[Chiqui Esteban @chiquiesteban]

Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed.
That’s one out of every 200 people.
Visual story by @arturgalocha @juledurg @RubyMellen

https://t.co/uwu2O6QJA8

[Andrew Ryan 阮安祖 @thefeast]

A step in the right direction. This story really got me.

[Yi-Ching Huang (Jing) @Yiching_Huang_]

Receiving Master thesis Award from Taiwanese Sociology Association! Thank for high affirmation.

The research is about how welfare center build social ties among homeless people. I found the limitations of organizational ties, which only functions within the organizations.

[Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive]

⚠️ HAPPENING NOW AT NYC'S GRAND CENTRAL STATION: THOUSANDS OF JEWS AND ALLIES HOLD AN EMERGENCY SIT-IN, DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. WE'RE TAKING OVER THE GRAND CONCOURSE. WE'RE REFUSING TO ALLOW A GENOCIDE BE CARRIED OUT IN OUR NAMES. CEASEFIRE NOW! NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE! ⚠️

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

Me, reading sts/environmental texts: wow, modernity broke our relationship with nature, humans need to stop messing with the natural order
Me, seeing one wasp fly near near: burn it all down and no more plants ever

[@jamestplunkett.bsky.social @jamestplunkett]

One thing that's quite hard to ignore is the gender split of people's reactions to disability. The people who swear at me from their cars or bikes - always (100%) men. The people who offer me a seat on the tube when I'm on crutches - nearly always (80%+) women.

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

second-language Mandarin speakers, support @HaoJiuzhou’s cool research and get involved in this study

[Wen-Ti Sung @wentisung]

Taiwan's #MeToo movement, after 2 full months, finally reaches a legislative milestone today.

This morning TW parliament passed amendments to two laws, 'Gender Equality in Employment Act' and 'Sexual Harassment Prevention Act'.

A few changes that stand out to me.../1

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

@shawn_yxs Was the test hard ?

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

Passed my driving test in Taiwan. I can finally drive, at age 26. Even though I will need to get a new license in California, it is still an achievement. I am now an expert on how to drive around four specific roads in Nangang.

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

@bowei_hu 買到車以後可以帶大家去玩

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

Happy pride month here’s a photo of me with the literal face of male homosexuality on Chinese-language Wikipedia

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

The lead tech science medicine reporter at TaiwanPlus is @joycetsengtw follow her for more stories.

Thank you to the whole team at Taiwanplusnews who gave me a space to work on stories I really cared about.

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

Today is my last day at @taiwanplusnews before I take some rest time before starting my PhD at UCLA. I had the chance to work with many amazing reporters and I'll miss the team. On the tech & medicine desk, I had the chance to work on very cool stories that I'm really proud of.

[Sam Robbins 羅翔鈞 @helloitisSam]

Finally, the piece I think about the most. I'm still proud of big bird bolts it. Hope this ostrich is doing well. https://t.co/XDMMhtwrk1

[TaiwanPlus News @taiwanplusnews]

Moving violation: A runaway ostrich incurs a traffic fine for running down a Taiwan highway.