鞋故事 XIÉ GÙSHÌ (Shoe Story) is now streaming on The Short Film Show. Click the link to watch!
theshortfilmshow.com/film/xie-gus...

Mandarin dialogue, subtitled in English & Chinese

哆啦囉 DORA LO
羅濟豪 JAMES C H LO
紀彣潔 WEN-CHIEH CHI

sound 陳子翔 TZU-XIANG CHEN
film by 唐博訥 A T BEAUNE

Trust Café aims to provide credibility-first, disinformation-free social media. Founded by founders of Wikipedia, Trust Café is currently in beta stage and inviting participation by individuals with acknowledged expertise in their fields.

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#PhDsky #AcademicSky #HigherEd #ScienceSky

✊🏼 Here’s hoping.

Simple request leads Taiwanese barista to world latte art title - Focus Taiwan A simple request from a guest for milk tea led Taiwan's Lin Shao-hsing (林紹興), also known as Bala, to discover his passion for latte art -- a pursuit that earned him the World Latte Art Championship (WLAC) title in the United States earlier this month.

🇹🇼 Congratulations to Taiwan barista Lin Shao-hsing (林紹興), also known as Bala. He is now the world champion of latté art!
☕🥇

focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...

Making notes... 🦐

Taiwan to host global space forum in November - Focus Taiwan Taiwan will host a major international space industry forum in November, with more than 3,500 professionals from over 18 countries expected to attend, the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) said Monday.

Taiwan will host its third major international space industry forum November 8–11 in Tainan City. TASA, Taiwan’s space agency, expects over 18 countries to be represented by over 3,500 participants.

focustaiwan.tw/business/202...

AI yi yi.

(First *two* letters capitalised on purpose.)

Taiwan literature award for migrant workers opens for submissions - Focus Taiwan The Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants opened for submissions on Tuesday, inviting migrant workers, new immigrants and their children to share stories, with the organizers saying the long-running co...

🇹🇼 The Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants is open for submissions! Migrant workers, new immigrants, and their children are invited to share their stories.

focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...

I am never on LinkedIn. Is that where it started?

'Enormous' cave under Pembroke Castle could rewrite history, researchers say Archaeologists have so far uncovered

A remarkable discovery promises to enhance our knowledge of Britain’s prehistory. ‘Extremely rare’ remains under Pembroke Castle, also known as Wogan Cavern, in the UK include remains of both humans and a native hippopotamus that inhabited Wales 120,000 years ago.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why do so many posts now fall into this pattern?

This thing.
Not this thing.
Not this thing.
Not even this thing.
Just this thing.

It’s becoming an epidemic.

Baishatun Mazu pilgrimage starts with record 460,000 participants - Focus Taiwan The annual Baishatun Mazu pilgrimage, one of Taiwan's most prominent religious events, set off early Monday from Miaoli County, with a record 460,000 devotees starting the eight-day procession to Yunlin County.

🏝️ Mazu, guardian of seafarers and Taiwan’s most popular deity, has begun her annual pilgrimage.

focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...

Hungary election: Orban concedes 'painful' defeat to Magyar Veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban has acknowledged the landslide victory of Peter Magyar and his Tisza party in Hungary's parliamentary election. DW has the latest.

🇭🇺 Peter Magyar’s Tisza party wins in a landslide ‘celebration of democracy.’ Congratulations to the people of Hungary!

www.dw.com/en/hungary-e...

Dream big, kids.
Once in a while,
epic things do happen.

Welcome home, Integrity. 🌏

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

– T S Eliot

Welcome home, Integrity. 🌏

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

– T S Eliot

A dark Moon eclipsing the Sun.

Total eclipse of the Sun by Luna, as seen by the Integrity crew on 2026 April 6 Monday. Faint illumination is provided by Earthshine—the re-reflected glow of sunlight bouncing off Earth. Three bright objects are the planets Saturn, Mars, and Mercury, with a faint Neptune also appearing.

(NASA)

The far side of the Moon, with a crescent Earth appearing at the limb.

We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other.

– Christina Koch

A new image of the Mont Saint Michel… Captured during a beautiful sunrise. Yes, you can photograph both sunset & sunrise at the Mont depending on which side of the bay you position 😉.

#photography

A crescent Earth begins dropping below the lunar horizon.

Earthset, 2026 April 7 Tuesday.

(NASA)

Ex-President Tsai honors Lee Teng-hui, Su Beng on Tomb-Sweeping Day - Focus Taiwan Former President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) paid tribute to former President Lee Teng-hui (李登輝, 1923-2020) and Taiwanese independence activist Su Beng (史明, 1918-2019) in a Facebook post Sunday marking Tomb-Sweeping Day.

🇹🇼 Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) paid tribute to former President Lee Teng-hui (李登輝, 1923-2020) and Taiwanese independence activist Su Beng (史明, 1918-2019) on Tomb-Sweeping Day.

focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

A dimetrodon basks on a rock overlooking a pond.

Happy International Dimetrodon Day!

www.thoughtco.com/things-to-kn...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 - Album by Anton Bruckner | Spotify Anton Bruckner · album · 2023 · 4 songs

Enjoying Bruckner’s epic Eighth, performed by Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich with Paavo Järvi conducting.

open.spotify.com/album/7MlSDJ...

Mission patch for Apollo 8 showing Earth and Moon connected by a red, looping ribbon making the shape of an 8 within a triangular patch that suggests the shape of a command module and a letter A.

Mission patch for Artemis 2 showing Earth and Moon connected by a red, curving ribbon within a triangular patch that suggests the shape of a command module and a letter A.

Mission patches for Apollo 8 (1968) and Artemis II (2026).

Full view of planet Earth in nocturnal shadow as it eclipses the Sun.

Earth, nightside, 2026 April 2 Thursday. Natural light photo by Reid Wiseman, Artemis 2. The planet Venus (upper left) appears just beyond the crescent sliver of atmospheric sunlight. Visible land areas are dotted by city lights in South America, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula.

(NASA)

Full view of planet Earth as it eclipses the Sun.

Earth, nightside, 2026 April 2 Thursday. Photo: Reid Wiseman, Artemis 2. Brightness enhanced.

A sliver of sunlight lights the atmosphere at upper left, where zodiacal light also appears as Earth eclipses the Sun. Auroras may be seen glowing green at top right and bottom left.

(NASA)

New job:

Visiting Lecturer, Early Modern European Art History (1300-1700)

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69936

If you wait until your house is perfectly in order to step out your door and have an adventure, you’ll die never having stepped out your door.

🌕

Taiwan novel on International Booker Prize shortlist for first time - Focus Taiwan "Taiwan Travelogue," a novel by Taiwanese writer Yang Shuang-zi (楊双子), is among the six shortlisted titles for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the first time a Taiwanese author has reached the final stage of the prestigious award.

Congratulations to Yang Shuang-zi (楊双子), author of ‘Taiwan Travelogue.’ Her novel is among six on the final shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize. This marks the first appearance of a work by a Taiwanese author in the final round of the award.

focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...

鞋故事 XIÉ GÙSHÌ (Shoe Story) is now streaming on The Short Film Show. Click the link to watch!
theshortfilmshow.com/film/xie-gus...

Mandarin dialogue, subtitled in English & Chinese

哆啦囉 DORA LO
羅濟豪 JAMES C H LO
紀彣潔 WEN-CHIEH CHI

sound 陳子翔 TZU-XIANG CHEN
film by 唐博訥 A T BEAUNE