Chiang Mai in Thailand has become a second home for thousands of Chinese nationals leaving the pressures in China, having an independent bookstore and alternative life styles theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke confirms that that Bondi Junction perpetrator was not 'Benjamin Cohen', a name that's been widely circulated on social media.

Be careful of unverified claims as people try to push their own agendas #BondiJunction

PR vs. News.
Two Indias.

This website will be unusable today! Which is a shame because I've not got much on and want to dick about

'Why is it secret? Don’t tell me it was just an oversight...It was decided in the last administration that we will not record this… We will not announce it to the Filipino people, therefore it is a secret agreement.' news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/13…

** Upcoming Zoom webinar **

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Wednesday, 17 April 2024
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Politicians on holiday: Pita was in Chiang Mai yesterday, Thaksin is there today, and Srettha was in Hua Hin.

#Thailand #สงกรานต์ #สงกรานต์ 2567 #Songkran #Songkran 2024

Every paragraph in ABC stories is the length of a tweet and it drives me wild. Why is this happening!?

goddamn!

getting serious (pissing money away on moleskine I don't need)

Where is Chuwit Kamolvisit? Until recently, Thailand's colorful 'massage parlor king,' politician and anti-corruption campaigner was one of the capital's most prominent public performers: s.nikkei.com/3J7BYiq

An important documentary on the stifling impact of the sweeping criminal defamation law in Thailand, where anything negative said about anyone, however true, can result in a criminal charge. youtube.com/watch?v=62_zgO…

Business appears to be going on as usual in Karen State’s recently freed town of Myawaddy, but residents said on Friday they remain fearful junta jets may pound them with bombs.  (Photo: Brian Wei / The Irrawaddy)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

I just watched three teenage girls get really excited about this edition and speak way too loudly about how much they love it/want it and on one hand, I love that. On the other, I really hate it

Many are starting to head back to the greater Jakarta area, and parts of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road were crowded on Friday (4/12). Traffic slowed down to a crawl on kilometer 55, with most motorists unable to manage above 50 kilometers per hour.

#SEAToday #SEAToday News…

Good vibes Saturday is Ibu shredding like it’s no biggie

This week my very old granddad lost his license to age and it's been confronting for him. Wanted me to help him with his new scooter so he can still get to the club and tell you what - he is Mad Max with this thing. So embarrassing jogging after a 91 year old all over Belconnen

The Filipino lobbying begins! It's actually dog behaviour to come out here and not go to Manila imo

Duterte speaks to Chinese state-run paper Global Times

GT: How do you think China and the Philippines can return to the table of dialogue and negotiations on the South China Sea issue?

Duterte: It will come after Marcos. We will just have to wait.

globaltimes.cn/page/202404/13…

The biggest problem is not Western journalists being unable to enter, but the fact that Western media doesn't respect and value Palestinian journalists. My colleagues and I risk our lives every day to report on this genocide . No one knows Gaza like we do, and no one understands…