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bikejourno

@bikejourno@mastodon.cloud

Eating, breathing and thinking bicycles - and yes, riding them and writing about it. Frequent visitor and lover of Taiwan, based in Switzerland.
Neither paid by CIA nor Falun Gong.
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bikejourno, to random German
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Sick old bastard is the fringe right hard again. anyone? for one day only? Forget about that, and the clearly are on the ballot.

ncoca, to Japan
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Tourists and expats always complain about how cash-dependent is, but after visiting and for the first times in years, noticed that both countries are similar. Stark contrast from and where digital payments have taken over the markets.

Is it a cultural thing that differentiates these countries from others?

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@ncoca
Have been to HCMC and Binh Duong province in Southern in March.
Guess what: Some hotels would only accept cash or bank transactions, European credit and debit cards were only accepted in very few places. Last time I checked Vietnam was part of - and cash very much is king over there Paper money with uncle Ho on it.

bikejourno, to random German
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Als er iets in werkelijk nutteloos is, dan wel de . Zet die maar op stop, en laat PVV en BBB de elendes maar uitplooien.

bikejourno, to earthquake German
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Glad to have missed out on this one: the biggest in in 25 years could be felt all across the nation. Stay strong, folks, and a speedy recovery to all those who suffered injuries.
Was in from March 20 to 23, so I consider this a close call. Seeing all the landslides and rock falls is pretty shocking.
Coverage on : https://youtu.be/eGMpr4uxUA4?si=a0dP3PisOaOpYQ43

bikejourno, to photography German
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More of those night shots from . 2/2

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bikejourno, to mastobikes German
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Morgen ist übrigens -Tag. @mastobikes

jaz, to Rugby
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:EnglandRugby: :WelshRugby: Match Thread

George North is back, and he's the only player on the team to have ever actually beaten England at home.

Ioan Lloyd steps in at 10, a heavy burden for his first outing to start at Twickers. Tomos Williams is similarly rewarded with a start after last week's show. Their presence last week certainly seemed to change the second half in Cymru's favour.

England few changes this week. Genge returns to the bench.

@rugby

England rugby passing
England offhands Wales tackle

bikejourno,
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@jaz @rugby

Let's hope for more of a 2nd half against Scotland performance from the Welsh and not a 1st half performance.
That shoulder to head from Chessum was pretty obvious.

bikejourno, to random German
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Glad to report that the hashtag #loongyear does not return anything on Mastodon.This means that the #CCP's brainrot has not taken hold of this platform yet. Good, let's keep it that way.

It's the #YearoftheDragon outside of #XiJinping's dark empire.

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Unsurprisingly #MadElon's platform of trolls and hatred delivers a shitload of posts with the hashtag #loongyear. So much #CCP #propganda on a platform that is blocked in #China, makes you think about a thing or two, right?!
By the way: the connotation of dragons as mean and evil is rooted in Western #mythology and has zero connection to anti-Asian or anti-Chinese hatred. That is utter brainrot.
So feel free to call it the #YearoftheDragon.
#fucktheCCP

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    bikejourno,
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    @KrissyKat Quoting Skin from Skunk Anansie here: Yes, it's effin political, everything's political.

    bikejourno, to australia German
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    Over (or rather ) in Southern , Welshman Stevie Williams has won the conclusive stage and the GC of the . This marks the biggest career win for Stevie.
    What many people don't know is how close his career got to a premature ending due to serious knee issues. He was out of racing for a full 18 months.
    Check out this sub-9min video where he reflects on injuries, motivation and perspective.
    Rock on, Stevie!
    https://t.co/FyTaKn56Ut

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    bikejourno,
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    @kubikpixel
    Immer das Original mit Untertitel. Sprache und Tonfall sind integraler Bestandteil der Schauspielkunst, und deutsche Synchronisierungen zu 95% eine üble Zumutung.

    fkamiah17, to random
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    "Men who identify as incels have "fundamental thinking errors" about what women want, research shows."

    You needed research to tell you that? 🙄

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67770178

    bikejourno,
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    @fkamiah17
    Do men who identify as incels even think that women have their own free will? The way I understand this whiny bunch of losers they do think that women are only existing to fulfill the wishes and dreams of men, without any free will of their own. And that they are super-superficial and fall for alpha chads all the time, every time.

    Incels are highly toxic simpletons and need professional help.

    bikejourno, to Taiwan German
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    One more remark on yesterday's in : I read a lot of comments from folks furious at for his statement that the do not support Taiwan's .
    Biden's statement is perfectly consistent and in-line with long-standing US position and policy known as the :

    • no to independence of Taiwan
    • no to unilateral changes of the status quo
    • no to violence or annexation
      If you want to be angry at someone, let that be and .
    jackofalltrades, to Taiwan
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    """
    Taiwan has voted for Lai Ching-te to be its next president, ushering in a historic third term in power for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive party (DPP), in a result that will anger Beijing and heighten tensions across the Taiwan strait.
    """

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/taiwan-ruling-partys-lai-ching-te-wins-presidential-election

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    @jackofalltrades
    Since has no ambition to rule (sadly this can't be stated the other way round), Beijing should not care too much about the will of millions of citizens of a free and democratic country under the rule of law.
    These two entities would be utterly incompatible anyway, and that also goes for the people.

    tk, to random
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    bikejourno,
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    @tk Kung-fu Panda vs Xinnie the Pooh: eternal fight for the pork belly? #humor #China

    bikejourno, to random German
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    Here's the #MAGA scum taking things even one step further than political criminal and mobster Roger Stone: A #swatting call against special counsel #JackSmith on #christmaseve, do these deplorable bastards have any decency left?
    Swatting calls have seen deadly endings in the past repeatedly as in the US the police tends to soot first and ask after. So I would rate this as an attack on Smith's life, not just his privacy and his christmas celebration.
    #UnitedStates
    https://thehill.com/homenews/4397405-special-counsel-jack-smith-targeted-swatting/

    bikejourno, to MIguns German
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    So political trickster and mobster #RogerStone seriously suggested and discussed killing a prominent #Democratic congressman to send a message to all others before the 2020 elections. Fucking imagine that: At that time the GOP was the ruling party, and still some of its dirtiest operatives were musing about deadly political violence.

    Stone needs to rot away in a cell. This guy is an obvious threat to both #democracy and the #constitution in the #UnitedStates. #lockhimup https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/09/roger-stone-eric-swalwell-jerry-nadler-die-mediate

    bikejourno, to cycling German
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    Today's action comes from . Since this cross is not part of any series, the men's race has to do without a raft of big names, but that also means there are more contenders for the win and some riders get a chance for their first win of the season.
    In the women's race, Ceylin Alvarado is the only real top riders lining up in Gullegem at 1:45pm CET (ie in less than 10min). Her strongest rivals will likely be Vas, van der Heijden, Bäckstedt, Honsinger and Bakker.

    bikejourno,
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    If you want to watch Gullegem's races in a live stream, go check out either

    • tiz-cycling-live.io for English commentary
    • cyfostreams.com, stream 1 for Flemish commentary

    The women start their race at 1:45pm CET, the elite and under23 men at 3pm CET

    Very wet and muddy course, no surprise since Belgium has seen lots of rain and even some floodings in recent days.

    Gina, to fediverse
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    Hi friends, do we have any tips for ? 🇹🇼

    bikejourno,
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    @Gina How much time do you have and how do you move around? Taiwan's East coast is great, Hualien and Taitung. And yes, Tainan. TW is so much more than Taipei.

    bikejourno, to humanrights German
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    How utterly unsurprising. Typical shit that leaders do. At least 's puppet does not seem to rule out losing power at some point. There is hope for .
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/04/belarusian-president-alexander-lukashenko-signs-law-granting-him-lifelong-immunity-from-prosecution

    bikejourno,
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    On a less funny note, the 30 year-ruler of has another goal with this new law: to keep any opposition candidates off the ballot for presidential elections who did go into exile and did not spend all of the last 20 years within the country.
    Seen the ongoing , arbitrary jailing of and far-reaching violations, that is pretty sinister.

    bikejourno, to instagramreality German
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    Ja: hat X zu einer Plattform des Schreckens gemacht und deren Wert um 71% verringert.

    Aber es geht immer schlimmer, und ist mE der übelste Müll in Sachen . Nicht nur, dass Bytedance den so programmiert hat, dass Streit und Kontroversen begünstigt werden - und damit die gesellschaftliche Spaltung.
    Nein: TikTok zieht auch eine Art von Menschen an, die strunzdumm mit kackdreist kombinieren.
    Ein Beispiel dafür:
    https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/auto/606542259-deutsche-wendet-im-gotthard-sie-nennt-ihn-irgend-so-ein-tunnel

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    Cool ride, oder wie sagt man da?

    bikejourno,
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    @larsan
    Challenge accepted...
    2 x Ikea Lack, ging gerade noch so mit treten und fahren.

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