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Still yelling about Malaysia | supporting refugees on a shoestring | lizard apologist | tear down the borders | relevant flags: 🇮🇪 🏴 🇲🇾 🇲🇹 🏳️🌈 🏴
Great piece of reporting on the events in #Ceuta from the perspective of asylum seekers as well as the residents of the city (for once). newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th... #geography #geopolitics #Spain #Morocco #migration #Mediterranean #FortressEurope #borderlands #borders #borderexternalization
They Swam to Europe but Are Still Stuck on North African Shores
For thousands who crossed into Ceuta, Spain, the reality of Europe’s external borders has hit hard
newlinesmag.com
Must-read thread on the sociopolitical context of Thailand today
Joshua Stephens@joshuastephens.bsky.social · 5d agoThere was a school shooting in a suburb of Bangkok today. The wounded are still being treated, and investigation is underway, so details are evolving. But so far I’m hearing 7 dead. The shooter killed his grandparents beforehand, and eventually himself. Unclear how either factors into the numbers.
Started my day with this short story by @caiomajor.bsky.social and turns out its uplifting treatment of heavy themes (gender dysphoria, suicidal ideation) is actually a perfect mood for the work I’m doing www.latinelit.com/curated-stor...
Survivors | LatineLit Literary Magazine
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"One may of course oppose oneself to bloodshed in all cases. But it is not serious to swim in a sea of blood and faint at the addition of another drop." A 🔥 review (via @gordonzola.bsky.social's newsletter) lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...
A Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of Books
Did the Weather Underground have a point?
lareviewofbooks.org
1. Deborah Levy 2. Becky Chambers 3. Alison Bechdel 4. Michelle Tea Five is hardddd, I guess Judy Blume probably if we hark back decades?
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · last mo.five living writers that you've read five books by each Rita Dove Tasha Suri Courtney Milan Grant Morrison Tom Perrotta
A great interview. There are some stars you'd want to go down the pub with just for the craic.
Patrick Freyne@patrickfreyne.bsky.social · last mo.Ah no, Bonnie Tyler has died. I interviewed her a few years ago and she was reliably great: www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
You would think that flyers generated using ai might perhaps be an improvement but when the little robots do the bidding of people who don’t understand design principles, you end up with a shit ton of text packed into one graphic and it’s even more of an eyesore than its beforetimes counterparts
This podcast transcript is a gripping read, looking back on what it was like to be a teenage skinhead fighting nazis. Abortion rights and queer rights were also part of ARA’s politics 🔥 workingclasshistory.com/2021/01/11/e...
E49: Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis
As a far-right mob just stormed the Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021, learn more about the history of opposition to white supremacy in the US. This podcast episode tells the story of Ant…
workingclasshistory.com
It is good to recognise the Armenian genocide. It is also imperative to recognise the ongoing genocide of Palestine. apnews.com/article/isra...
Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide
Israel’s Cabinet has approved a proposal to designate the violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide.
apnews.com
I’m in Amsterdam and we’re looking at 37 degrees today holy fuck
A sad outcome for a Kenyan after six years in Malta. And you just know that so many locals will gloat and hope the same happens to other migrants timesofmalta.com/article/didn...
‘I didn’t know what depression meant until I was in Malta’
Davis Maoga came to Malta with two master’s degrees and a finance career ahead of him. He left jobless, separated from his family and still waiting on an appeal he eventually abandoned
timesofmalta.com
I just discovered Carsie Blanton last week and it's a particular joy to find this song of hers recommended in @gordonzola.bsky.social's newsletter www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDf1...
Elon Musk - Carsie Blanton Official Music Video
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
youtube.com
Hooted with laughter a few times at this one from @eviemetal.bsky.social ohevie.substack.com/p/move-like-...
Move like you were dyin' | vol. 253
Getting rid of the evidence
ohevie.substack.com
“If Malaysians truly care about their country’s image on the world stage, they should look not at the words of a Rohingya survivor, but at the actions of the digital mob claiming to speak in their name.” www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/noor-aziza...
When a Rohingya Woman Speaks, Malaysia Calls It an Insult
Rohingya activist Noor Azizah faced a vile online backlash after speaking about Rohingya suffering.
rohingyarefugee.news
“Malaysia’s media broadcasts videos of Rohingya children begging, their faces shown. But it does not ask who organised a 190,000-signature petition to expel genocide survivors.” www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/when-remov...
When “Removal” Means Erasure for Rohingya
Rohingya activist Razia Sultana responds to Malaysia’s anti-Rohingya petition, linking “removal” rhetoric to refoulement, Wang Kelian, and regional erasure.
rohingyarefugee.news
"Be soft, docile, agreeable. Do not be loud. Trans women are famously loud, and are often used by sea captains to alert other ships to their presence in foggy weather." My beloved friend Holly shares advice for women in the light of the UK's latest fuckery hollyedwards80.substack.com/p/ladies-beh...
Ladies, behave
It's the law, bitches
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Woke up with this stuck in my head the other day www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLy5...
Meesha Shafi, Talhah Yunus - Paisa Bolay | Prod. by Abdullah Siddiqui (Official Video)
YouTube video by Meesha Shafi
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I edited this article which has just been published by @mrrors.bsky.social. It’s an important one, on the UAE’s mass expulsion of Pakistani Shia migrants www.mrrors.org/2026/05/deta...
Detained, tortured and deported: Pakistani migrants recount UAE’s anti-Shia crackdown amid Iran war - MRRORS
mrrors.org
“The poor think the rich have it easy, and they do. But they also don’t, because wealth on a scale like theirs is not natural, and it takes a lot of contorting to keep it theirs.” @anandwrites.bsky.social on what the Epstein files reveal about billionaires: the.ink/p/rich-brain
3. Rich Brain
What do super-rich people think about constantly? In chapter three of our series, we find one answer in the Epstein files
the.ink
Oh hello Edinburgh, I saw this recently and it’s a documentary about friends of mine. It also does a spot-on job of explaining how Malaysia works (which can be hard to fully communicate to outsiders!). Strongly recommend.
Cinetopia@cinetopia.bsky.social · 4mo agoCinetopia DOC x SQIFF present: QUEER AS PUNK + intro & recorded Q&A May 13, 8.30pm at FILMHOUSE Faris is a transman and lead singer of queer punk band "Shh..Diam!" in Malaysia who use their music to fight for LGBTQI+ rights. Scottish preview ahead of general UK release via T A P E Collective!
"When AI is sending emails and even making phone calls, it becomes harder to tell if the person behind them is sincere or capable." restofworld.org/2026/ai-agen...
I got stood up by an AI agent, and tracked down its human owner in China
A solo entrepreneur is paying a quarter of his salary to let AI agents run his side-hustle app. He recently realized his "employees" have been keeping secrets.
restofworld.org
In our rights-averse times this is a sad, disappointing and scary development. Transnational repression exacerbated by the Zambian authorities' contempt for the RightsCon organisers they had established an agreement with. Teruk af www.rightscon.org/rc26-statement
A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
rightscon.org
This Labour Day I just want to be compensated for my labour. I've been working full-time for free for so long. The refugee cases I manage are in the hundreds. Organisations with paid staff send referrals my way. But trying to find a salary is like a whole other full-time endeavour. I'm exhausted.
Idk why I'm still on LHDN Malaysia's mailing list but I can't bring myself to unsubscribe due to the high GRAPHIC DESIGN IS MY PASSION energy
“While she was sharing her story, a man distributing toys nearby stopped his car and asked, ‘Is everyone here Lebanese?’ When she proudly responded, ‘Not us, I am Bangladeshi,’ he cut her short, rolled his window up, & drove away.” New article from my friend Mehk: thepublicsource.org/migrant-disp...
Bangladeshi Migrants in Lebanon Navigate War Through Community Networks
In the face of discrimination and exclusion, Bangladeshi migrants rely on community networks to survive the war on Lebanon.
thepublicsource.org
