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It appears that the time has come to deny your future self entry to the great #USA with a little social media post. #Venezuela www.aljazeera.com/news/2026…
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Closing #Taiwain w/ a run in the mountains, Jazz and food. 👏 #photography And now, an 18hrs flight later, I’m back in Germany.
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Night markets, unfortunately, are full of meaty things. But they look fabulous. #Taiwan #Kaoshiung #streetphotography
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Talking #water in Hsinchu: the biggest reservoir and cleanest stream here in the mid-north of #Taiwan is connected with the Science Park. It serves the #semiconductor industry. A bit is for agriculture. The dirtier river, where the chemicals of this industry are discharged, is for drinking. 🤷
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✅ entering #TSMC headquarters. We got a green #semiconductor manufacturing tour through fabs. Sustainability as a roadshow. Then we visited a village that had been kindly asked to relocate for a new 2 nm fab. Cutting edges. The temple and local god had to move, too – better get the deity’s approval
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Migrant workers in #Taiwan are mostly from Southeast Asia, the #semiconductor industry esp. pulls from the #Philippines. Entire neighborhoods cater to #SEA folks. Here’s a poster from a dormitory. It warns of illegal work outside the factory. There’s reduced capacity to send back money to families
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Taboo in the clean room: workers in #semiconductor fabs, e.g. TSMC in #Taiwan, face high mental pressure. They cannot eat pizza – it’s too similar to the form of an IC waver. 😬 I will continue dropping these insights, here from clinical psychology. Unions are banned, btw., so better meditate
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From (1) street food to (2) temples to (3) a waiting spot for Uber Eat drivers to (4) elevated (thus protected) electronic infrastructure. Old town life in a rapidly changing place. #streetphotography, based on our first Silicon Urbanism walkshop in Hsinchu, #Taiwan. A TW-GER happening