Global aficionado. Focus on Southeast Asia, capitalism, and democracy. #ASEAN #Aspergers. Words in @NikkeiAsia @SCMPNews @Quillette. Opinions my own
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May 29
I wrote an essay for @EngelsbergIdeas on the rise of To Lam as both General Secretary and President of #Vietnam, making him effectively the most powerful Vietnamese leader in decades
#ASEAN
engelsbergideas.com/notebook…
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stole this from the comments
The number of replies to this by foreigners saying ‘pick up a history book’ goes to show what you can get away with if you have good PR
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MUDA and PSM have renewed their cooperation for the upcoming Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections under a newly formed Progressive Bloc.
Their agenda will focus on cost of living solutions, better-paying and more secure jobs, climate action and environmental protection, affordable housing, and institutional reform.
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1. MUDA and PSM have announced they will be collaborating for the upcoming state polls.
PSM chairman Michael Jeyakumar says both parties have agreed not to clash over seats.
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happy pride 💋
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Gay people are like “she saved my life” and it's halle berry’s catwoman
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🇲🇾 TSR SEA BASE REPLACEMENT
The Malaysia National Security Council ( NSC ) has officially announced that the Tun Sharifah Rodziah Sea Base which has been decommissioned on 10 June 2026 will be replaced with Mothership under the Multi-Purpose Command Platform ( MPCP ) program.
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U.S. soldiers observe Chinese positions near “Old Baldy,” a strategic height west of Ch’ǒrwǒn, South Korea, March 1953.
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Soldiers of the of the 1st Battalion, the Cameronians, receive training in Malaya during the Emergency, 1954.
Film: IWM DRA 1090
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US Troops walking through a Liberated Manila in 1945.
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🚨 NEW: The BBC has revealed Russia has been setting up fake far-right and Islamist groups in the UK to stoke division
Operatives paid people to vandalise mosques, spread extremist propaganda and inflame tensions after the Southport riots
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“What’s my approval rating?”
- It’s bad Mr Prime Minister. It’s -43. It’s…it’s in the mud.
“Could it get lower?”
- I mean anything COULD happen but realistically-
“Kill the ponies.”
- Wha-
“The ponies. The cute little ponies. Kill them.”
- Sir, they’re endangered
“Fuck ‘em. Make the call.”
Exclusive from @oliver_wright
Dartmoor ponies could be subject to mass culling to reduce the impact on biodiversity after a controversial ruling by the government’s environmental quango
Natural England has demanded that all livestock grazing on the moor is reduced by about 75 per cent to protect other habitats, plants and species
The move looks set to result in the culling of up to nine in ten of the semi-wild ponies as farmers prioritise their own cattle and sheep to remain within Natural England’s limit to minimise the impact on their own livelihoods
Natural England argued that the move was necessary to protect the diversity of Dartmoor, which is a designated site of special scientific interest
However, the plan goes against a government commissioned review into the future of Dartmoor, published two years ago, which concluded that Natural England “should not take actions likely to result in a reduction in pony numbers”, adding they were “invaluable for conservation grazing”
The move has led to claims that the quango is acting as judge, jury and executioner of the ponies — a species which is itself seen as endangered
Dartmoor ponies could be put to death under biodiversity plans
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The concept of a 40 year old not being about to detect wit from from an under 16
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Even more reason to block it !!!
A child being on their phone for 9 hours and she can’t think of anything else to do but stare at a wall.
No wonder obesity is on the rise in children.
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Youth club spaces have been gutted, Saturday jobs no longer a thing, teens accused of causing trouble just by meeting up in a group, countless videos of ppl calling police on kids doing kid things like playing football
So many ARE indoors - make places more kid/teen friendly then
BBC: “What was your screen time?”
Student: “Nine hours.”
BBC: “You’re gong to have a lot more time to fill. What will you do?”
Student: “Stare at a wall.”
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Battling huge waves, twenty Austronesian men in orange lifejackets set off on a hand-carved longboat into the western Pacific Ocean, destined for the home of their ancestral kin for the first time in 300 years. ➡️ u.afp.com/Szfq
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"my parents wouldn't let me watch SpongeBob and I turned out fine" a caged bird thinks flying is an illness
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"Ai is going to replace you"
I'd like to see Ai day drink and smoke cigarettes in a public park at 1pm
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Jun 14
What’s the point being young in this country? Genuinely, what’s the point?
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Andy Burnham: I’ll keep the triple lock, and give pensioners a tax cut trib.al/YC1E4F4
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We’re cooked until we have leaders that don’t make half of the country feel like the other half is their enemy.
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One of the consequences of the UK rotating through six (soon likely seven) PMs in about a decade is that the country has been peppered with shoddy legacy-building legislation that PMs circling the drain were desperate to get over the line
Not saying social media ban is being rushed out as part of a 'save Starmer' initiative but officials can't say how all-important age verification will work, or what they'll do about the use of VPNs to bypass checks. A pilot study of proposed curfews hasn't even been assessed yet
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Childless folks who are now going to be inconvenienced because you lot don’t wanna lay the law down in your own households have every right to be annoyed actually.
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