Self-taught conversationalist, late-night speculator, adviser, consumer, Bangkok resident, and purveyor of stuff.
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Joined April 2009
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Please visit the Mutual Aid Myanmar page to learn more and to help, and please share this message widely with friends and colleagues. mutualaidmyanmar.org/
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Terrible news for our colleagues Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo - and a dark day for press freedom and democracy in Myanmar. xitter.gq/yimoulee/status/101617…
My courageous #Reuters colleague #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo were charged today by #Myanmar court for violating state secrets after covering #Rohingya crisis. “We have to reveal the crime,” he shouted
Nice one @JBuchananBKK @Cristiano #CristianoForCaveKids #ThamLuang xitter.gq/jbuchananbkk/status/10…
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"When Steve Bannon was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind" reads, in all fairness, like a very solid opening sentence to a short story
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one of the last things John McCain will have done before he dies is give a guy he fucking hates his only victory because it's better than his kids paying a slightly higher estate tax when his heart gives out. high five my man
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REPUBLICANS: We’re gonna take away your healthcare.
US: Well, I guess there’s always WebMD.
REPUBLICANS: We’re also going to take away the internet as you know it.
US: Do we get anything?
REPUBLICANS: Yeah, we’re gonna put a child molester in Congress.
Do delays in proving Earth to be flat work in the same way as Doomsday delays? DOnt let us down Mr Hughes. washingtonpost.com/news/spea… xitter.gq/naltstadt/status/93318…
Please like if you support Flat Earth Society members’ continued attempts to hurl themselves into the sky in crackpot-made, steam-powered rockets built on shoestring budgets. washingtonpost.com/news/spea…
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The best thing to get at Indian restaurants is Rogan Joe, but don’t order it unless you’re ready to experience ego death. – at Queens, NY
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Pulitzer Prize winner @estherhtusan11 made a transcription error that was corrected. She is now being hounded by Burmese media and social media trolls. It’s spiteful, dangerous and designed to intimidate fellow Burmese journalists. xitter.gq/andrewbuncombe/status/…
1. Staggered by the bile being levelled at the smart and courageous @estherhtusan11. I am sure even the celebrated @IrrawaddyNews has made mistakes over the years.
Yet another delay on both of the only two train lines run by BTS, at rush hour. Just me or does this happen a lot? How does that stack up with Japan Rail? #bangkok
Please like if you support Flat Earth Society members’ continued attempts to hurl themselves into the sky in crackpot-made, steam-powered rockets built on shoestring budgets. washingtonpost.com/news/spea…
Why Aung San Suu Kyi’s ‘Mandela moment’ is a victory for Myanmar’s generals | Maung Zarni gu.com/p/4e3yv/stw
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A poignant piece about the meaning of democracy by a Burmese filmmaker who voted on Sunday.
yangon.coconuts.co/2015/11/0…
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From landslide to coup: post-#election scenarios in #Myanmar
myanmar-now.org/news/i/?id=1… #burma #myanmarvotes
Vietnam looks poised to join others in #Asean with #solar #renewableenergy incentives | goo.gl/BYwuyS