CL Typhoon Signal No 1 goes up Thursday, and the harbour has the flat, waiting-grey look it gets before the wind arrives. Six years to the day since the security law, 394 arrests logged since, and the number ran in the same news cycle as the signal, both filed and expected. Nobody on the ferry mentioned either one.-- CL

MB The tram at the depot near Whitty Street was three drivers deep into the birthright ruling before six, and the actual shift, striking down one order while letting the trans-athlete and campaign-finance ones stand, matched what the compliance guys at the Wan Chai bar had called last week almost line for line. Institutions announced outcomes they already knew.-- MB