bikejourno<p>As the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> get closer in <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> (9 days to go, to be precise), <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> is ramping up its antics to intimidate and bully the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> nation.<br>All these <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/balloons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>balloons</span></a> being sent into the nation's ADIZ and across the main island are a clear provocation on behalt of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a>. <br>If it were up to me, I'd intercept any balloon entering the airspace proper of Taiwan, analyze the crap out of its sensors and send it back to <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Zhongnanhai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zhongnanhai</span></a> with some pineapple cakes.<br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/fucktheCCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fucktheCCP</span></a><br><a href="https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202401030005" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/20</span><span class="invisible">2401030005</span></a></p>