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2009-03-11 02:08:23
2023-04-19 22:13:58
laurelchor
conv_4021#40300
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This is good news bc it means the air is purified by the alcohol" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I can smell the alcohol breath of a fellow passenger through my mask and his https://t.co/LFs4bvuzIC" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "HK govt: This is A...
2022-01-06T12:02:44+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7717#40301
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "that should do it" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Like fr" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "All I’m really saying is that nothing makes any sense anymore and it’s driving me fucking insane" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Breaking News:...
2022-01-05T16:20:17+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2783#40302
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Meanwhile https://t.co/y6hvrORzN7" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Update: https://t.co/TChaFoqT9j" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "“The decision by two online media here to shut down over the span of a week had no direct link to press freedom in Hong...
2022-01-05T14:50:14+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1688#40303
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@sumlokkei @alvinllum man the coronavirus hk labor union is stronger than… wait. nvm." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "HK vs UK https://t.co/mQgm50DfcQ" } ]
2022-01-05T08:40:11+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2862#40304
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "She made a Facebook post urging people to light up their phone, a candle, or an electronic candle wherever they were in memory of the victims of the Tiananmen massacre." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "This. It’d be like calling a media outlet conducting actual jo...
2021-12-30T09:04:48+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3414#40305
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@simonjlau apparently 12.5% smaller" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@JessiePang0125 Drink water." } ]
2021-12-29T14:56:29+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3154#40306
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Or people with selfie sticks, smartphones, and battery packs.\n \nI’m reminded of the time a @StandNewsHK reporter developed a rare skin condition after months of exposure to tear gas. https://t.co/desJi0hekf" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Hong Kong’s #2 officia...
2021-12-29T12:40:29+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6450#40307
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I realize now that what I was trying to say is that I eat my feelings. At least the food is good here." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "And finally, I love how street vendors always seem to appear exactly when I’m craving what they offer. Despite my early durian fe...
2021-12-29T10:33:27+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6586#40308
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I bought a whole durian and carried it with me to my Day 26 Covid test. The lady who tested me — wearing a full hazmat suit, face mask, and face shield — asked me if I had durian in my bag, commented on how fragrant it was, and guessed I had bought it at the nearby fruit marke...
2021-12-29T02:02:37+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3054#40309
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "The chairman of the HK Journalists Association and a senior editor at @StandNewsHK, Ronson Chan, last night at the annual HKJA dinner. He was arrested this morning, along with 5 others, for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "t...
2021-12-23T13:11:30+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1199#40310
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I was the only non-white player on a rugby team that decided to take the knee to make a stand \"against racism\" before a big match. I refused to do it because I did not want to be complicit in these kinds of empty gestures. What these teams did is approaching *real* solidarit...
2021-12-23T03:12:12+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7549#40311
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Only 7% of the incredibly biodiverse Atlantic Forest remains. There are 2 patches in Paraguay, which are disappearing insanely quickly bc of cattle & soy farms, logging, fires – and marijuana. Our report for @VICENews: \nhttps://t.co/1CrbKlxWgz\n\n@jceballosv @SantiCarneri"...
2021-12-21T09:08:18+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6094#40312
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@maddiemcgarvey Crash Landing on You!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Geez, didn't he know that you actually want a *low* turnout because as Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam pointed out: \"There is a saying that when the government is doing well and its cred...
2021-12-20T09:22:51+00:00
laurelchor
conv_9106#40313
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "https://t.co/LwU06DN3TH" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I actually LOL'd and wondered when Hong Kong got a satirical news website that was actually funny. Then I realized that it was China Daily and LOL'd even harder. h/t @docmartinhk \n\nhttps://t.co/AbXwOWSrv8...
2021-12-15T16:15:47+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6057#40314
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "A wild sight in Yunnan, China last night." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@donweinland complete lack of regard for the billion people's feelings this will hurt" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@rich_ Rugby is definitely not as brutal as American foo...
2021-12-14T14:41:06+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5539#40315
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@moorehn It's been 5 days. I don't see Peloton ads. None of the headlines I've come across have spoiled the plot. And I don't see why any of that precludes a simple gesture of consideration for others." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@moorehn No spoiler alert? 😕...
2021-12-11T03:17:20+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7848#40316
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@HindHassanNews No. How… ???" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "i really don’t care do u? https://t.co/PykqjngXGd" } ]
2021-12-08T05:14:56+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3257#40317
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@hollieboothie @ICCS_updates @EJMilnerGulland @saveourseas @Society4ConBio @OxfordBiology @BalliolOxford @UniofOxford Congratulations!!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@graceting If I were in HK I would be!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Are ther...
2021-12-04T03:01:27+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7015#40318
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "4 hrs after landing, I’ve tested negative & am on a bus to my hotel. The man who gave us our results had to loudly bang on the table of one sleeping teen to rouse him. Another ignored him as he played a game on his iPad. The man gave up & moved on: “you finish your game...
2021-12-04T02:08:23+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5060#40319
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I want to know whose job it is to update the rolling count of the # of people convicted for breaching their quarantine order on these posters plastered everywhere.(I also want to tell them they missed a poster.) https://t.co/FJpF9xDR2v" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "te...
2021-12-03T23:50:10+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8897#40320
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Just got swabbed. Highlight so far is the lady who took my specimen bag with a pair of kitchen tongs" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Off to get my specimens collected 🦠 https://t.co/nLea0myjo9" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This time it’s a lot m...
2021-12-03T22:47:57+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5708#40321
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "\"'I’ve lived here for 15 years, but I can’t live in a country which can take away children’s freedom at the drop of a hat,' said Kate*, who was ordered into a three-day quarantine at a govt facility called Penny’s Bay with her young son during the Discovery Bay school inciden...
2021-11-19T21:28:45+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3065#40322
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "no https://t.co/rmFHSf3u8g" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@MissChisomo Thank you so much! cc: @madjane_" } ]
2021-11-09T17:25:29+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7006#40323
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@MissChisomo I'm sorry people do that to you. Do you recommend any resources to learn more on decolonial research methods / happen to have a reading list handy that you're happy to share? Thank you!" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@JChengWSJ https://t.co/fxf6YJQze...
2021-11-05T22:32:42+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7401#40324
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I can’t figure out if this press release from “Hong Kong’s first digital life insurer” is intentionally political or not… https://t.co/7t7eO8lTPv" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "!!! I will never cease to be amazed by Hong Kong's urban wildlife" }, { "spe...
2021-10-21T19:52:15+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5464#40325
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Give me your Cantonese-language podcast recommendations please! (Preferably not ones for learning Cantonese, but if there are particularly good ones I’ll take them too.) I miss hearing Canto." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@tedee_de @ukvcas https://t.co/mE0tpsh...
2021-10-11T22:23:40+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3160#40326
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "This reminds me of the time someone demanded to know why I’ve never interviewed a Hong Kong police officer" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Looking forward to this!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@Byron_Perry Congratulations Byron and @coconuts! I...
2021-09-15T05:58:54+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5072#40327
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@LailaAlarian As a Georgetown alum, I’m horrified. I’m sorry." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "If I saw this in a movie script I’d say this was a little too on the nose and that they should go for more subtle imagery" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "...
2021-09-04T03:33:48+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3630#40328
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@stegersaurus @jgriffiths Oh are we being invited to #RecordXinjiang too??" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I’m so angry." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I’m so sad." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@VerbatimHKG @ktse852 @kevinkfyam Tha...
2021-08-25T05:54:42+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1156#40329
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@ktse852 @VerbatimHKG @kevinkfyam 😭 A friend said she last saw him in 2019. On a related note, I always breathe a sigh of relief every time I see that uncle still selling 糖蔥餅 (coconut candy wraps) on the Peak" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@VerbatimHKG @ktse85...
2021-08-25T05:13:48+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6237#40330
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "This is helpful. I have been retweeting news about HK not really to share, but because things are degrading more quickly than I can digest and hitting RT is the only reaction I can muster." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "And the irony of dismissing Hongkongers’ ...
2021-08-22T06:12:49+00:00
laurelchor
conv_4538#40331
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "This is a good time to revisit this fantastic thread by @JimMillward." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Frantz Fanon believed in violent struggle against oppression, btw. Wonder how the Chinese government feels about that. https://t.co/O1rGgDxRdb" }, { "sp...
2021-08-10T18:46:34+00:00
laurelchor
conv_4551#40332
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Case in point… (Siobhan Haughey just won Hong Kong’s first ever medal in swimming.) https://t.co/5EHk9RVRYS" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@Sandras_SportsS @dalary_dalton @tammigaw @womenphotograph Hi Sandra! Please register for a free ticket and I’ll make sure ...
2021-07-16T20:34:01+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6518#40333
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@Jon11259803 Yes, I noticed that too! And sadly it does." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Wait wait wait. So he’ll make death threats against me, complain that I can’t take his “criticism” after I ask people to please report him, says *I* am the one with a victim ...
2021-07-06T00:00:04+00:00
laurelchor
conv_9227#40334
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Hi @charlierugby_, nice piece in @TheXV about tomorrow’s @VarsityMatch. FYI — there are more than 2 international players on the women’s @OURFCblues team. I earned 5 caps playing for Hong Kong and played in the last World Cup. \n\nhttps://t.co/BlqGSw24XA" }, { "speaker"...
2021-07-03T19:57:40+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2112#40335
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Lol. https://t.co/AGaRoqguKv" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Update. Thanks to all those who reported the account! Not sure if locking the account works after they change usernames but it’s a start. https://t.co/iH1z9gZmGq" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "te...
2021-07-02T16:35:01+00:00
laurelchor
conv_9385#40336
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Protesters extinguish the candles and wipe up what they can. “You missed a spot!!” https://t.co/kRSMb2u50H" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@PALillie Lol yes thank you!!" } ]
2021-07-01T20:56:23+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2538#40337
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Police explain that the main concern was that the smoke sticks (?) were fire hazards and that they didn’t know if anyone was inside the building. People are dispersing now. Signing off. https://t.co/OD1P4zZ2IT" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The crowd claps for th...
2021-07-01T20:46:16+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3099#40338
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The march has arrived to the HK Economic and Trade Office. Protesters began shoving hell money into the office’s mailbox and lit smoke bombs (not sure what to call them). Police eventually grabbed a kid who went up onto the steps to light another smoke bomb. https://t.co/DktSK0...
2021-07-01T20:05:13+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3627#40339
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@EnglandGoodNei1 pastor Roy Chan talks about the “sacrifice” of the man who died by suicide in HK today after stabbing an officer. Like the two protesters who died in 2019, he has instantly become a martyr for the movement. https://t.co/TIYXgUzvTx" }, { "speaker": "OTHE...
2021-07-01T19:17:54+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2139#40340
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "A video of former HK lawmaker @tedhuichifung, now in exile in Australia: “Let’s declare that the CCP is the biggest enemy of freedom and democracy; it’s a threat not only to HK but to the whole world.” https://t.co/qPch4TRCUz" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“I di...
2021-07-01T19:03:15+00:00
laurelchor
conv_4358#40341
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This man is in his late 60s. He says he came here in March with his family and that he had to leave and probably can’t go back because he published a book about the protests. He’s a reverend, and his wife is a pastor. https://t.co/YGWzNxLzlD" }, { "speaker": "SELF", ...
2021-07-01T18:54:19+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6971#40342
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Large banner for “The Incarcerated Brothers” https://t.co/O7ZSxSvtz9" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "This man was leading the crowd into chants of “Free Hong Kong! Free Tibet! Down down CCP!” https://t.co/mE9MxvYb6l" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "...
2021-07-01T18:34:49+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3481#40343
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "We’ve arrived to Chinatown, where a crowd of people were already gathered. https://t.co/XBPKRaKI0R" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I can’t say for sure, but it seems as if people in London are less clueless about what the protest is about and are more curious th...
2021-07-01T18:18:06+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5009#40344
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The marches in HK often felt repetitive: the same route, the same chants & signs. They don’t happen anymore, of course. Right now, the London march feels just like the one on June 4, along Regent St again. I wonder if the London protests will begin to feel similarly… simila...
2021-07-01T17:54:56+00:00
laurelchor
conv_4903#40345
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Quite the turnout for the rally for Uighurs/Tibet/Hong Kong outside the Chinese Embassy in London for the 100th anniversary of the CCP and the 24th anniversary of the HK Handover. It’s a sharp contrast from the somber day that Hong Kong had. https://t.co/KiTsggePTN" }, { ...
2021-06-29T14:47:12+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2303#40346
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Our doc featuring pro-democracy lawyer Jessica Leung, @KwaiLamHo (who's now in jail), and @tedhuichifung (who's now in exile), is now out. \n\nWith @crystalwongcy @lucymkennedy @AmandaPisetzner @matmountain" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Our report on Hong Kon...
2021-06-29T06:54:29+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1012#40347
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "the matte black is a nice touch" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "https://t.co/HKEtOT6DxT" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "My classmates are really smart and it’s awesome. Congrats @aadilsiddiqi_!" } ]
2021-06-24T11:15:37+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1308#40348
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Thread breaking down some of the incredible journalism done to expose CCP propaganda." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Wan Chai:" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Mong Kok:" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@muktadirnewage One time, I saw a...
2021-06-24T07:40:30+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8175#40349
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Hong Kong resistance is just *chef’s kiss*" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@MyUKnumber4 No they’re not, Eva." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Central:" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "And someone else sent me this video from Sai Ying ...
2021-06-24T06:59:47+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3341#40350
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Was sent these pictures of people lining up to buy Apple Daily during lunchtime in Central today. (I instinctively began typing its Twitter handle and stopped myself when I remembered the account was gone.) https://t.co/mRnRRsQijr" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "...
2021-06-23T10:58:10+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3241#40351
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@lovearendelle Got a playlist?" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Hey Hong Kongers. How are you coping / taking care of yourselves?" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@aimenlau Spoke to Jeffrey Andrews as well as another Indian Hong Konger for this piec...
2021-06-18T13:57:01+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2179#40352
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Met w/ an ex coworker. We had no idea we were both in the UK — she just arrived on a BNO visa — but we bumped into each other @ the London protests. Talking about the @appledaily_hk arrests, she said: “Here, I can’t even go out to buy copies of Apple Daily like I normally would...
2021-06-12T17:42:21+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1176#40353
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "And I’m signing off. Hope you enjoyed the HK doggos as much as I did." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "As I pet them and spoke to their owners, another woman approached and said she had been here since April but was waiting for relatives to bring her dog over in O...
2021-06-12T17:25:23+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7099#40354
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "There’s a First Aid station staffed by a couple volunteers. I asked if one if she had been a First Aider during the Hong Kong protests and she said yes. She got here in January. https://t.co/Ged5TkBnly" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Acapella edition of Glory to ...
2021-06-12T17:01:37+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8108#40355
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Parliament Square edition of Glory to Hong Kong https://t.co/IGpmQJdUqJ" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Protesters sit to listen to the head of the British Born Chinese society, who apologizes for his poor Chinese and speaks in English about helping a young BNO ...
2021-06-12T16:46:03+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3093#40356
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "More newly arrived HK doggos. Everyone’s arrived in the last few months. https://t.co/FLVj1Hj2Hq" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "So many HK doggos newly arrived in HK https://t.co/6ENY2VUpEY" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "14-year-old Apple is a new...
2021-06-12T16:27:29+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2542#40357
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Thought this march would be smaller than the first but I may be wrong… https://t.co/YodIlQYYnA" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "second HK march of the day in London, this one from Leicester Sq to Parliament Sq. Seems like a different crowd: fewer families, more y...
2021-06-12T14:52:35+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5092#40358
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "HKers sitting down having reached the end of the march route. https://t.co/4smJKJbYSk" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I very inconsiderately partially cropped Sing Sing out of the last photo so here’s a better one https://t.co/8toDsdxuFi" }, { "speaker": ...
2021-06-12T14:42:12+00:00
laurelchor
conv_4946#40359
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "In front of the National Gallery https://t.co/f7AnCSGfbm" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Trafalgar Square is filled with HKers. https://t.co/9WCsur45Ss" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Hong Kongers slowly filling Trafalgar Square. https://t.co/0c2XS1...
2021-06-12T13:50:51+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7956#40360
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This 3-year-old and his family also arrived at the end of March. Seems that many here basically came on the BNO scheme as soon as they could. https://t.co/7Vyt6Vuuxz" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This family arrived in the UK from HK at the end of March. I comme...
2021-06-12T13:36:04+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5914#40361
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Two more bystanders cheering HKers on. Another two walked away from their al fresco tables yell “FUCK CHINA!” https://t.co/mqx7cAwKjM" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "This tired 8-year-old arrived in the UK with his parents about 2 months ago. https://t.co/hag4TQi...
2021-06-12T13:15:29+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2459#40362
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I keep getting the odd feeling that I’ve seen some of these faces before… https://t.co/tcauiAmBbJ" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "A passerby who happens to be wearing yellow has joined the march: “I may be a black woman but I will stand for your rights!” https://...
2021-06-12T12:57:39+00:00
laurelchor
conv_4530#40363
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "March stretches down Bond St https://t.co/CMnVjw2tJ8" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This is Coffee the corgi. His owner came to the UK from HK in December. He finally arrived in May. They are very happy to be reunited. https://t.co/XJ2jEQTMBq" }, { "spea...
2021-06-12T12:28:52+00:00
laurelchor
conv_9016#40364
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "God Save The Queen https://t.co/sYSLvKcWjF" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Campaigner @lukedepulford calls for sanctions against CE Carrie Lam, Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng, leads crowd into 1 min of silence for those imprisoned in HK. https://t.co/vt8voyLziM" ...
2021-06-12T11:57:51+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1842#40365
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@finnlau_cd, an activist in exile and the organizer of today’s rally: I’ve gone through a lot the past 2 years. I’ve been arrested, best, and hospitalized. But like many HKers I never regretted coming out that June 12th. https://t.co/b7TxEs5lEk" }, { "speaker": "OTHER",...
2021-06-12T11:38:38+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6883#40366
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Hundreds gathered at London’s Marble Arch on the second anniversary of the June 12th #HongKongProtests. https://t.co/0XXRRPcePc" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "V proud to announce that Liz Unger's directorial debut, Tigre Gente, is premiering online at @Tribeca t...
2021-06-09T13:03:16+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1166#40367
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "But many Hong Kongers, especially young ppl who would be starting their adult lives in 2047, want more than stability. They saw the limits — and risks — of a govt that isn’t accountable to the ppl, & how that would shrink their future opportunities & prospects for a be...
2021-06-09T07:41:36+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6412#40368
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "A group of people from Myanmar here in solidarity with Hong Kongers. https://t.co/aJ4kvXObek" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Hundreds in front of the Chinese embassy, with some holding flags for Tibet and the Uighurs. https://t.co/z9wA8K4eyq" }, { "speake...
2021-06-04T17:57:00+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7651#40369
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "https://t.co/LtXAFsWliC" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@benedictrogers: “We may not see the tanks and the troops we saw 32 years ago but in different ways this regime is continuing to massacre people.” https://t.co/YKrBLkMj5K" }, { "speaker": "SELF", ...
2021-06-04T02:13:36+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1668#40370
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@aliceysu @AsiaSociety Congratulations! Well deserved!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "say what" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@jaycaspiankang Congrats!!" } ]
2021-05-25T22:36:47+00:00
laurelchor
conv_9885#40371
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "*act. “Decolonize!” https://t.co/7KnbQQbU9J" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“Letting the statue remain is an aft of institutional racism.” @RMF_Oxford https://t.co/NaKFVkRYfr" } ]
2021-05-25T16:48:55+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8992#40372
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#GeorgeFloyd memorial protest in Oxford / Rally at Oriel College against its Rhodes statue. @AntiRacismDay @RMF_Oxford https://t.co/UY22su64Sd" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@sumlokkei Maybe he knows he was brainwashed and that’s why he thinks the 2019 protester...
2021-05-15T21:35:25+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5211#40373
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@hollieboothie @arzucan_askin" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@antd Unfortunately I think you overestimate the number of bar-going people in HK who pay attention to these things" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“offers a panoramic vision of the strat...
2021-05-05T10:40:45+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8056#40374
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Choices for \"national identity\" on the UK census form 👀 https://t.co/ngF2az5OvM" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I have flown into the UK 4 times for work/study in the last 8 months & have had to quarantine 3 times. This is the 1st time anyone from the UK g...
2021-05-04T09:23:30+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2946#40375
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "You know you're Chinese when you see this and think \"how auspicious\" https://t.co/MN2vdMPnwQ" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "In today's edition of \"the lack of civic literacy in Hong Kong\", I wrote on IG that @Baochoy was convicted for running a public record...
2021-05-03T16:02:51+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1187#40376
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Not surprised. \n\n“The research also found that Hong Kong's youth have become more pessimistic about the city's future in the last three years — giving their optimism about the city's future an average score of 2.95 out of 10.”" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Als...
2021-04-30T19:37:14+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2507#40377
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@edwardkb I’ve been traveling a fair amount for work so I have done the process a few times and it’s always been smooth for me since I can use the e-gates (and haven’t returned from a Red List country)." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Amazed at the Border Force s...
2021-04-23T05:45:24+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3542#40378
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "\"even more fulfilling\"" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Thank you! @julialindau @seanmstephens @VICENews" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Watch our latest for @VICENews:" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Remember when the Hong Kong polic...
2021-03-30T14:47:40+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2899#40379
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“But after the events of January 6, Americans must, more than ever, understand that unearned forgiveness and a lack of accountability can perpetuate the rot in the system, erode norms, and undermine long-term stability and governance, at home and abroad.”" }, { "speaker...
2021-03-30T07:33:11+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1302#40380
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "To me, that question reflects the lack of civic literacy in Hong Kong. There is a lack of understanding about the nature and role of the government, and the importance of holding power accountable – something journalists are supposed to do. 2/" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", ...
2021-03-30T06:54:37+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7678#40381
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "A pleasure and honor to sit on this panel!" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I hate that I feel there is a need to share this but unfortunately, I do." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@ravi_hiranand *FROWNING INTENSIFIES*" }, { "speaker": "SELF"...
2021-03-26T08:43:22+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1847#40382
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "True sacrifice and courage. A woman of the people. https://t.co/gIJZrHxe59" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@Lindadalew https://t.co/gcfs4EJzps" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "While it's easy to condemn overt racism against ethnic minorities in Hong...
2021-03-25T08:12:19+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7648#40383
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Check out our report on why Venetians are reclaiming abandoned apartments – many of which are supposed to be public housing. @martaclinco @seanmstephens & Devin Yuceil" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "YouTuber New Delilly recounts her experiences looking for ...
2021-03-25T07:51:36+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5961#40384
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "#Sentence! #LongArmOfTheLaw! #BrandishedUmbrella!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@anjiezheng ILY TOO!!!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I used to come home every day after school, put on my favorite M2M CD, plop myself in front of the computer wi...
2021-03-21T10:03:14+00:00
laurelchor
conv_6617#40385
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "To be clear: the shooter is a racist and a misogynist. This piece paints a clear picture of how religious institutions can perpetuate misogyny that leads to women losing their lives." }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "I still remember crying in the vice principal’s ...
2021-03-21T06:41:52+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8040#40386
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@LittleMsFossil I used to try fish all the time hoping my allergy had miraculously gone away. (It’s mild enough for me to try a bit at a time.) About 10 yrs ago I thought it had — spoiler alert: it hadn’t — and I completely gave up after that. So I am pro self-experimentation!"...
2021-03-17T00:41:15+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3364#40387
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@stegersaurus go on" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@LittleMsFossil No clue how! I took an allergy test (where you collect a blood sample at home), figured it was crap when it missed my fish allergy, then took a 2nd test w/ another company & it didn’t show up...
2021-03-16T22:00:36+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8378#40388
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Yikes, @airfrance. \"One of the best lamb dishes in Shanghai is served with homemade yogurt, and accompanied by belly dancers. Though Shanghai is better at integrating its Muslim minorities than you know...\" https://t.co/r0ucGwetQL" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text":...
2021-03-06T10:36:07+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2976#40389
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@tony_zy @VICENews Congratulations!!" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Thread breaks up and continues here:" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "This video/thread is devastating. The only way I can cope is to pretend it’s not happening. #hongkong" }, {...
2021-02-23T23:01:36+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2108#40390
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Who needs dystopian fiction when you have this" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@iamarman88 Pizza baoket" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "If the people don’t vote according to the wishes of the elite, then change the voting system!!!" } ]
2021-02-22T13:45:01+00:00
laurelchor
conv_8908#40391
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@rzhongnotes \"DM to collaborate\"" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Absolutely awed by these photos and the engineers who made this happen, but do we have to make the rover sound like a travel vlogger" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "In the UK, it se...
2021-02-15T22:15:44+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1976#40392
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "“Genocide is the wrong word” for what’s happening in Xinjiang, says @TheEconomist, because it means governments are still doing business with a genocidal regime. But that’s kind of the point. https://t.co/Yd0KhNG9Md https://t.co/Sk0p3lBCCT" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", ...
2021-02-12T02:18:04+00:00
laurelchor
conv_1785#40393
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@sam_eagan 🙏" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "TIL that elephants may like to get drunk for the same reasons humans do: to deal with stress. (Here @maanbarua references psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel's work in his research on human–elephant conflict in India) ...
2021-02-11T00:04:54+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5899#40394
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@silanfa we are the noodles bathing in the lobster cheese" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "but like isn't that just 芝士焗龍蝦" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "TIL a second definition for a word I just learned https://t.co/kefCeZowlh" }, { "speaker"...
2021-02-09T21:50:44+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7555#40395
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "\"micro blog\" 👀 https://t.co/yrtbfM6SaQ" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@austinramzy And only 16% more expensive!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "“Story is the most powerful intergenerational manifestation of hope.” \n\nfrom Decolonizing Research...
2021-02-04T14:23:55+00:00
laurelchor
conv_3102#40396
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "How's that work on spellcheck going? Notion is great, but the abysmal and buggy spellcheck is enough to make me abandon ship." }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The exact same thing happened when the Hong Kong govt mandated that only arrivals from S. Africa, Nepal, ...
2021-01-23T01:23:54+00:00
laurelchor
conv_7673#40397
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "What a testament to modern internet addiction that the old icq sound still gives me a dopamine rush https://t.co/XnNzkb0TMz" }, { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Yes. I teared up when I watched the presidential and vice-presidential couples walking up the steps to the C...
2021-01-18T19:28:17+00:00
laurelchor
conv_2436#40398
twitter
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "@tony_zy Because it makes it sound like it is bubbling up to the surface from somewhere deep and dark inside and only you know what’s down there" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "@tony_zy Because it makes it sound like it erupted unexpectedly from your mouth like g...
2021-01-17T16:32:57+00:00
laurelchor
conv_5607#40399
twitter
[ { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "*worst!" }, { "speaker": "OTHER", "text": "Being in the U.K. I have been asking myself why no one questions the extremely widespread use of often loose and flimsy cloth masks (or even neck warmers), even as the country grapples with its worse wave yet..." }, { ...
2021-01-12T21:50:06+00:00