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g0v.tw. These “forked” versions of government websites often ended up being more popular, leading some government ministers, like Simon Chang to begin “merging” these designs back into government services.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Dan Wang • 2023 Letter
Living in the southern part of France, where there is more sun than water, it is rare to meet a frog on a menu. He thrives in the damp, mates in his pond, spends his moist life in a temperate climate. The chances of finding him in a Provençal kitchen are remote. So when I decided to test the truth of the old chestnut—“Actually, it tastes like chick
... See morePeter Mayle • French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew (Vintage Departures)
Nathan Ting
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Yet the Dutch were not the first to Asia. That honor belongs to the Portuguese, who are responsible for the island of Taiwan’s colonial European name, Formosa. And the Portuguese traded not through Fujian but Macao, where chá is used*.* That’s why, on the map above, Portugal is a pink dot in a sea of blue.
Nikhil Sonnad • Tea if by Sea, Cha if by Land: Why the World Only Has Two Words for Tea
