i’d also note that the HK$2000 fine chan got is 40% of the maximum fine that people riding the bus without a seatbelt would have been subjected to under the seatbelt law that was scrapped because no one actually read it
Hong Kong courts Opinion SCMP Editorial Editorial | Judy Chan careless driving case a reminder of high expectations for lawmakers
not sure i’d consider ‘not driving against traffic’ a particularly high expectation
how i feel the frisson of transgression
how i feel the frisson of transgression
feeling the frisson of transgression by going to tsui wah twice in one week
and therefore never send to know
for whom the frame mogs. it mogs for thee.
there’s something there… the meter of ‘tripoli cha cha’ plays…
something something barbary wars?
they printed the bit where lau siu-kai was giving them editorial direction
Tam Yiu-chung, formerly the city’s sole representative to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, also said he believed the city’s national education efforts in future would focus on Chinese history and culture to help promote ethnic unity. “China has multiple ethnicities, and it values unity and respect. In many countries, ethnic issues can be a headache when they are not handled properly,” he said. “Sometimes, external factors also have an impact, such as the cases of Xinjiang and Tibet. Therefore, ethnic unity is of pivotal importance.”
not sure i'm super confident in people who think 'ethnic issues can be a headache'
the original picture of the old grenade, with a slab of butter poorly added to it.
graphic design is my passion
that’s an old pineapple bun
wild that there’s now a swimming pool where there used to be sea
honestly, i respect this so much
Confucian classics lauded hard work as a moral virtue, warning that laziness would lead to failure.
okay dude
entering my kuwaiti f16 pilot era
me trying to warn xjp to not let adrian cheng near the fifteenth five-year plan
shadowrun-ass timeline
the only asian market you need to follow is the queen street cooked food market
Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth, looking at Michael with skepticism.
it's one barrel of oil, michael
implying. I quickly changed the subject. "Are you busy?" "Not really." He shrugged and put his one leg on the table. "It's all work that won't amount to anything." Following that, words flowed from his mouth like he was reciting lines from a poem: "We step into classrooms to end the semester, propose theses to abandon research, and graduate to face the prospect of unemployment. At long last, people, students and teachers, leave this place one after the other, until we can no longer call it a school." His eyes glinted with excitement.
From Hon Lai-chu’s MENDING BODIES, translated by @jacqlyy.bsky.social:
mad respect to the person who wrote a letter to the editor extolling the virtues of poon choi
ngl, the subway has never been more relatable
ryan ‘pretty fucking’ grim
that’s craig t. nelson
