I am having my lunch today at this beautiful Café next to Phaya Thai Palace in #Bangkok. It's history goes back to the reign of King Rama VI. It was reopened in 2003 and almost looks like a typical Viennese coffeehouse.

Needless to say, I'm more than happy for any alternative to the mess Elon Musk is making of Twitter, which used to be indispensable to me. So it's no surprise that I'm also on Threads. For now, I'm posting content about Bangkok over there. Have a look: threads.net/@mathiaspeer

Political leaders begging for a Taylor Swift concert seems to be the new trend this summer.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend next week's #Asean Foreign Ministers meeting in #Indonesia with the aim of increasing pressure on #Myanmar's military "to compel the regime to end its violence and return to a path of democracy". reuters.com/world/blinken-…

How can so many people be so stupid to believe that this is an actual Financial Times headline? How can Elon Musk allow idiotic hoaxes to flood his $44bn toy and destroy the last bit of value this platform has? (Screenshot is obviously faked, pic stolen from here: finance.yahoo.com/news/columbia-…)

JUST IN: Thailand's government confirms a meeting between Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained in #Myanmar since the military coup: "She was in good health both physically and mentally." The meeting took place on Sunday.

BREAKING: #Thailand's National Assembly has rejected election winner Pita Limjaroenrat as the country's next prime minister. An absolute majority of more than 375 MPs and senators voted against him or abstained.

Really love my dasida originals

Einer der wenigen Artikel heute mit „Tiefgang“ über die aktuellen Entwicklungen in #Thailand 🇹🇭 im ⁦Handelsblatt⁩ . Dazu kann man Mathias Peer ⁦Mathias Peer⁩ nur gratulieren ! handelsblatt.com/politik/intern…

The existence of the "real ham" sandwich makes the ham sandwich look a bit suspicious. 🤔

China's President Xi Jinping is likely to skip the G20 summit in #India next week, according to Reuters. reuters.com/world/chinas-x…

So nice that they are already using the new German anthem for Olaf Scholz' arrival at the #G20Summit 🥰 (He asked for memes, so here we go.)

Berlin-based Delivery Hero is considering selling its #Foodpanda business in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines to competitor #Grab, according to WirtschaftsWoche. If the deal goes through, it would probably be bad news for consumers. wiwo.de/unternehmen/di…

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