Jeremy Kenner @shekpool

@RazvenHK “Irate” ? That suggests he is angry or upset about something. Emotional for no reason? Insanity?

@EYakoby Huge street protests! Armed forces of the state firing directly at protesters and bystanders? Hospitals then targeted to seek out those considered enemies of the state? Sadly, this reminds me of events in Hong Kong just a few years ago. This is a well-known historical playbook.

@Matt_Pinner 19 ! Only because we never had Blockbuster in my town.

@macastel3 Date please.

On Jimmy Lai’s 78th birthday today, we have lit a candle on a cake to send our best wishes for hope and peace, and to honour his courage and dedication to democracy in #HongKong. We reiterate our call to #FreeJimmyLai so that he may be reunited with his family and celebrate his next birthday, freed.

“#HongKongers are united in grief, we are united in anger. Of course, we think that all of our demands should be tolerated by the law.” Kudos to uni student Miles Kwan. Crazy that asking for basic accountability requires righteous courage in #HongKong. hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/hon…

The fire disaster in Hong Kong is a big test of whether there is any space for public advocacy left in the city. So far, it seems not: a student who organized a mild petition calling for official accountability has been arrested.

Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us

11 months ago

One person who started a petition calling for accountability for the Wang Fuk Court fire in #HongKong has reportedly been taken away by national security police (unclear whether arrested) & the Instagram account of the petition has been shut down. instagram.com/p/DRo_Ygwk-GZ/…

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"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments. One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?" "6:15," he said, confused. "Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it." He blinked. "You... you can do that?" "I can now," I said. Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?" "Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing." He cried. Right there in the parking lot. Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic. But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!" "Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel." He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us." The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over." Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it. But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note, "Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends" People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket. I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece." So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones. Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees. It's not glamorous. But it's everything." Let this story reach more hearts.... Credit: Mary Nelson

Currently New Zealand and other nations of the South Pacific are fighting drug smuggling and trafficking-some of which DOES have its origins in Chinese business and crime rackets. To put it simply you have exported your shit to us!

Chin @Chin34987

12 months ago

@jenniferzeng97 Labor is not shameful. China is still a developing country, and everyone is working hard. At least the Chinese don't steal or traffic drugs like Americans do.

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@HarryWilks12 @RazvenHK What BS!

@kjoules Such isolation from the rest of the world would be positive if it lead to constructive reflection on policies and practices that lead HK to this position.

@SariArhoHavren Analysts must EXPOSE why Merz, Macron, Starmer refuse to arm Ukraine to Win NOW -They have the weapons to finish the job: Bomb rus military logistics & russia won't keep attacking=DEFEAT -Expose Why are they preventing russia's defeat now? @general_ben x.com/DefenceBrink/s…

Defence On The Brink @DefenceBrink

a year ago

The West cannot even commit to helping Ukraine win. "The best way to deter Russia is to help Ukraine defeat them. That would not cost one single British or American soldier's life." Ukraine is simply asking for capability. @general_ben

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THINK PEACE John: 'It's to try and get people orientated to Think Peace - like Eat For Peace, Breathe for Peace and Dance for Peace and Make Love for Peace. You know, to just have the Peace, like a mantra, going round and round in your head.' The International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) is observed around the world each year on 21 September. Established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace. Hear Us. Act Now for a Peaceful World youtu.be/sj-IWlSDyx4 #peaceday #internationalpeaceday #peaceoneday

@tomgrundy I note that authorities in HK keep repeating a mantra that freedom of the press is alive and well in the SAR,,…. Yet it seems some would actively deny and repress any freedom of thought in educational institutions there. That doesn’t seem right.

@holmeschan_ HK legislature is so unfriendly, and intolerant! Totally undermining every other effort to get HK back on track.

Shortly after Hong Kong lawmakers vetoed a bill on same-sex couples' rights yesterday, a few people gathered in a tiny, cluttered flat to embroider a rainbow flag. "I want to use a relatively calm activity to contain and process these grievances," said artist Holok Chen.🧵1⃣

Since the 2020 National Security Law, Hong Kong’s legislature has rubber-stamped everything put in front of it. The one exception? A modest bill giving loving same-sex couples basic rights like visiting their partners in hospital. Apparently that was the bridge too far.

Holmes Chan @holmeschan_

a year ago

#BREAKING: Hong Kong has rejected a bill granting limited rights to same-sex couples whose unions are registered abroad. The 89-member Legislative Council voted down the Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill, which authorities proposed in light of a 2023 top court ruling.

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@KwongYue @frances_hui @HudsonInstitute @OliviaEnos @DCSas @JewherIlham @thecfhk I have to add that your measurement of what constitutes a “lie” is interpreted quite differently by lots of people with honest intentions.