liztai

liztai, 11 months ago to threads

OK fine my resolve to stay away from #Threads lasted all of 2 days. When I realised it was available in #Malaysia I decided to sign up to execute a spying mission for the #Fediverse. 🤭
Apparently Asia doesn't care about privacy and data the way EU does so #Meta has boldly released it to us.
Anyway the good stuff: I can see the people I follow.
Ps: Yes I follow a lot of #cats. Can you blame me?

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liztai, 11 months ago to Malaysia

Remember this when you visit #Malaysia

Also don't turn around when you smell jasmine flowers at night

💀

#TootSEA #Wisdom #Travel #Asia #Ghosts

liztai, 5 months ago to television

So a Discord group I am part of asked - what 12 dramas will I recommend people?
So this is a list of my favourite #CDramas and #KDramas. Have you seen any of them?

1. Meteor, Butterfly, Sword
2. Another Oh Hae Young
3. Gloria
4. Laughing in the wind
5. Memorist
6. Tale of the Nine Tailed 1 and 2
7. Qian luo
8. It's okay that's love
9. The Bridal Mask
10. Missing: The other side 1 and 2
11. The Blood of Youth
12. A Familiar stranger

#CDrama #KDrama

liztai, 1 year ago to Malaysians

#Malaysians have a different relationship with #Twitter
This was where we shouted out abuses & injustices. This was where we got ourselves heard, & got the govt to take action. During the Bersih movement, tips were shared, live, on what to do when you get caught, tear gassed, need legal help.

So, no, Twitter isn't useless. It's powerful for nations where the media is not totally free.

#MYToots #Malaysia #BirdSite

liztai, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to mastodon

So #TwitterDown is trending on #Mastodon today. Here's another lesson why using platforms like #Twitter & #Substack as your content home is a bad idea. Publish your content the POSSE/PESOS way instead.

#IndieWeb #Blog #Writing

https://firediarist.wordpress.com/2023/07/02/posse-and-pesos-better-ways-to-publish-content/

liztai, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to Cat

Seeing how unhappy #ApriCat has been, confined to my tiny apartment, longing for the outside, and spending most of the day alone (because I'm working), has made me rethink about how we approach pet ownership. Sometimes, animals are meant to wander, even if it means that their lives are shorter as a result.
What do you think?

Ps: Please no lectures about why we need to keep pets indoors 😅 I already know it!!

#Cat #Dog #Dogs #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon

https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/13/the-case-against-pets-is-it-time-to-give-up-our-cats-and-dogs

liztai, 4 months ago to internet

In 2023 I read 15 books.
My usual rate: 60-100.
I think I've lost the ability to read anything longer than a pithy essay on Substack 😭
I read essays, blog posts, articles, #SocialMedia posts.
But, but ... I feel that I'm losing something with this.
It disturbs me that I can't even focus long enough to complete a chapter. And that all that social media blog content was affecting my mood somehow.
Am I blathering?
How do I regain my reading abilities? 😅

#Reading #SocialMedia #Books

liztai, 7 months ago to SEO

My thoughts about The Verge's article, The people who ruined the Internet and Danny Sullivan's response, and the conversation swirling around #SEO and the suckiness of the #Internet.

#Google #GoogleSearch #Fediverse #IndieWeb

http://elizabethtai.com/2023/11/09/is-the-internet-really-broken/

liztai, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

The way I blog has drastically changed since I discovered the IndieWeb. For one, I'm less precious with my blog posts. I allow mistakes, errors, and no longer think chronologically. Every post is an evolving document.

#IndieWeb #Blogging #Website #Writing

http://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/06/being-an-imperfect-gardener-of-my-digital-garden/

liztai, 6 days ago to random

I learned how to grow my own vegetables during the pandemic. Have been reaping a good harvest since 💃

liztai, 7 months ago to Palestine

Taking sides in the #Palestine #Israel conflict when you are ignorant about their history is probably the worst thing you can do.
Wars and politics are not entertainment for keyboard warriors.

http://elizabethtai.com/2023/10/19/thoughts-on-the-israel-palestine-conflict/

liztai, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Discord

I think #Discord rooms make terrible forums or #Reddit replacements.
This is the hill I will die on.

PS: Also true for #WhatsApp groups. Those need to DIE

liztai, 1 year ago to mastodon

I think one of the nicest things someone on #Mastodon said to me was, "I usually look at a person's feed to see if I should follow them. I looked at yours & scrolled 40 posts and can't see a common topic in any of them so I decided to follow you"

Lol, this is the best way to write an #introduction for myself on Masto - Hi, I'm Liz, I promise you if you follow me you'll get completely RANDO thoughts from non-connecting topics from me all day.

liztai, 11 months ago to Korean

#kingTheLand any good?

#KDrama #KDramas

liztai, 11 months ago to threads

Threads: How about moar horny men??

The ability of that platform to guess what I want to read continues to astound me.

#Threads #SocialMedia #Trash

liztai, 9 months ago to tech

When streaming services came out, I was happy to be rid of my Dvds. As a minimalist by nature I just didn't like things cluttering up my space. But now? I want them back, especially seeing how little control I have with keeping my favourite films and TV shows. I am kinda glad that I never got to getting rid of allll my favourite shows, but now I have to buy a region-free dvd player as they seem like a rare thing now lol.

#Tech #platforms #StreamingWars #Streaming

https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/56758/1/dvds-comeback-hbo-max-discover-plus-netflix

liztai, 10 months ago to random

Omg I am still hungover and sad after finishing #BloodOfYouth. I need a bromantic #CDrama to fill the void.

One thing the show made me realise was how much I missed classic #Wuxia dramas. So many CDramas revolve around romance - I miss heroic, adventuring around the jiang hu stories. There are precious few of them these days. So if you know of any do recommend me some!

Some shows that come to mind:
Ever Night
Joy of Life
Sword Snow Stride
Ancient Detective

#CDramas

liztai, 7 months ago to languagelearning

I am the only one in my family who speaks Mandarin. My parents and I speak Hokkien. My siblings are complete 🍌
How I came to know two Chinese languages is through an accident of geography - I spent my growing up years in Penang and Johor. Penang's main Chinese language is Hokkien and Johor it is Mandarin.
I am not sure why my siblings didn't pick up Cantonese as they grew up in Selangor 🤔

#Mandarin #Languages #Malaysia #SouthEastAsia

liztai, 7 months ago to random

Mini rant - "last name" "first name" is so effing confusing. If I want to be literal, my "last name" is my given name and my "First name" is literally my family name. Sometimes I panic, like this morning, wondering if I filled that stupid field up wrongly confused & thus have to deal with beurocratic nonsense to get it right.
And this must be extra confusing for Malay or Indians who follow a patronymic naming system.

liztai, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to wordpress

I would like to say that I've now gotten off my ass to transfer my domain to my new #Wordpress home. To be specific, Wordpress.com.

I know lots of people will lecture me on why I need to be at WP.org, but this works for me now. I want to focus on writing, and every precious minute is vital. I don't want to spend it on backend maintenance which I do not enjoy. I'm happy to pay Automattic to handle it.

I'm on the way to being 100% #IndieWeb and hope to start #blogging about it soon.

liztai, 4 months ago to random

I wish people would stop
casually spouting anti-China things at me when I talk about China. (And I talk about it a lot cos I love #CDramas). Although I am not a CCP fan, I am STILL CHINESE and it sometimes feels freaking Sinophobic and hurts, OK?

You complain so much about Nazis but are OK with painting Chinese people in a bad light (namely they are brainwashed, have no agency etc).
Like, stop already.
I am tired of this.

liztai, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Phew. While most people watched Chinese variety shows during Chinese New Year, I watched the Putin/Tucker interview AND a podcast by Konstantin Kisin analysing it. Hope to see reactions from the Russian Youtubers I follow too.
Here's my thoughts:

• The Russian history was needed. While i know the basic facts about how the Russian war came about, most US folks probably don't
• I didnt find Putin's reasoning for the invasion convincing tho - esp denazification. I still think it is wrong

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liztai, 3 months ago to internet

Trying to figure out a mentally healthy routine to follow instead of impulsively & compulsively checking #socialmedia throughout the day. What do you do to prevent social media from becoming too toxic? Tips appreciated!

#Mastodon #Wellness

liztai, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

A habit I am starting is to write a short sentence, like a diary entry, in Chinese every day. My writing is horrendous but this is one of the ways I am trying to remember the characters.

#Mandarin #Chinese #Languages #LanguageLearning

liztai, 18 days ago to tech

When Iived in Australia, I realised that we Malaysians had access to more advanced tech. Our laptops, smartphones etc were more advanced.
When I was a journalist who would travel overseas to interview people - Asian journalists always had the slickest voice recorders. We were using MP3 recorders while the Western journos were still using tape.
I don't think it's because we r smarter; I think we dare to copy & improve while co's in the West are more protective & possessive of their #tech. 1/2