Bangkok sunset 6.42pm on 14 August 2025.

It is a wierd, strange feeling to find that someone—an actual person—with the same name as your main fictional character in a long-running private eye series dies. A fan sent me this obituary. I felt a Twilight Zone shiver running up my spine. tinyurl.com/35ntx33y Condolences.

I recommend this fabulous talk by Christopher G.Moore on Thai culture. Christopher G. Moore Worth watching or listening for sure. youtube.com/watch?v=G5nQLy…

President Stubb about the amount of Ukrainian territory Russia wants: I guess, for an American audience, and having studied in the US for many years, the best way to explain it is that if you take the relative land mass of what Russia wants right now from Ukraine, it would be a

kaiju of krungthep are hungry

Is there such a category as MAGA fiction that supports or refutes Clancy's claim?

Time to read the Vincent Calvino novel Crackdown.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel - and with every single name he’s ever called Trump. Which one’s your favourite?

6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/11435168/…

This is HUGE! The Moderna facility in Laval, Quebec will soon be rolling out Canadian made Covid vaccines. Hopes of later producing RSV & some Cancer fighting vaccines. HUGE!!! 🇨🇦

This will be absolutely devastating in the medical field. ~30% residents are international medical graduates & ~10k of 43k residency spots are filled by docs with H1-B visas. Previously the h-1B fee was <$5,000. No hospital will pay a $100k fee for a $55k resident salary.

This would mean nearly 3 billion people have long covid. Unbelievable loss that no one GAF

I came on an H1B “specialty occupation” visa and there’s no way I could have afforded a $100K fee. The US has just made it virtually impossible for people like me to come here

“Christopher G. Moore is the expat philosopher in a sweat-stained suit, whispering secrets in a Bangkok bar.” Link: whatilovedoing.com/wild/christoph…

This is 1 cubic millimeter of the brain. 57,000 cells, 150 million synapses & 230 millimeters of ultrafine veins.

The official response from Tylenol is just brutal 😏

Canada, Denmark and Sweden have been named among the most progressive and inclusive countries in the world. cultmtl.com/2025/09/canada…

Run Forrest, Run!

Here’s the Full video of the Chicago delivery guy! The video is way better than what was originally posted. The guy said "F*ck Trump" to their faces and dropped his phone and was still able to grab the phone and get away from the ICE NAZI! 🔥