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Reporters and fans gathered Friday to remember @mrdavekendall.bsky.social here in #bangkok. We'll miss him savagely; fortunetly, our friend Dmitriy put together this video celebrating both spheres of Dave's professional life set to the music of his favorite band, Killing Joke.

Remembering Dave Kendall at Arcadia in Bangkok

YouTube video by Arcadia Barcade

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I am totally devastated by the death of my beloved #DaveKendall. From a teen fan of his 120 minutes to my mentoring him as a foreign correspondent, we share many adventures. So much of my identity, from music to fashion, traces back to Dave. We'll have a memorial Friday night @Arcadia in #Bangkok.

To no surprise, Chadchart Sittipunt reelected governor of #Bangkok #MIT Engineering graduate who dispensed with water-spewing drones and other useless displays to push policy that has demonstrably made the capital more livable. #worldsstrongestminister

14 killed in biggest terrorbombing of modern #Thailand days after I became editor of Khaosod English. Coming a year after the Koh Tao murders, it was another shockingly shambolic investigation followed by a travesty for these two, guilty or not www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/202...

Two Uyghurs sentenced to death over 2015 Bangkok Erawan Shrine bombing

BANGKOK — The South Bangkok Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced two men to death for their roles in the 2015 bombing at the Erawan Shrine at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection, one of Thailand’s de...

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Spent past year building a boutique hotel in Bangkok where each room is a different classic #Thai film, plus a bigger, better Arcadia barcade + events lounge. And the whole building is a puzzle with a mystery to solve. It's now open. hotelcinematique.com TYVM @bkmagazine.bsky.social !

Arcadia, Phra Khanong’s cyberpunk pub, is reborn as Arcadia Live

The newly opened hotel, Cinematique, and bar, Arcadia Live, are a stone’s throw from the old location, now boasting more space, better seating, more gaming, more rooms, and that 80s bespoke design tha...

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Oh, Belaaa!

Now you can't send mail to the states either. Thai Post, DHL join others in stopping service.

Follow-up to premiere of 'Alien: Earth' is the No. 2 most popular torrent on Pirate Bay behind Supermans 2025, cresting almost 6,000 seeders.

Thailand apparently has emergency alerts now, a month after Myanmar earthquake.

Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

How sweet, fresh meat. Nearing the end of a 5-month renovation of my newest project, and it's time for the fun to begin.

At Thai immigration, Pac-Man vomits useful information

Not to minimize anything this is just how I process things.

On Quakebelly. Unlike LA quakes, which end just as you realize what they are, today's #Bangkok quake went on for an interminable time. I shrugged it off until a sick feeling came on, and I realized the ground was still moving. For at least 5 to 6 very disturbing minutes.

Launching tomorrow: CRACKFILLERS, my new mercenary condo crack-fixing A Team. "No crack too small!" (DM me, I can train you too in minutes)

Building under construction collapsed in Bangkok's Chatuchak. Quakes of this size are uncommon, and Bangkok's placement on soft marine flood basin clay likely amplified quake impact. www.facebook.com/share/v/18XF...

Unverified: Myanmar colleague sent image of an 840-foot bridge that collapsed in the Sagaing Region.

I've experienced many quakes, but whatever just hit Thailand seemed massive. I still feel motion 2 minutes later as Bangkok's gelatinous foundation settles.

Beware the today.

A bit about Pasadena. At the Pasadena Star-News around 2004, I named my blog for the paper "Pasadena, Center of the Universe," which was a running inside joke at City Hall for the Rose City's perceived importance.

Just left Pasadena after a quick unscheduled visit home. Major fires across LA area fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds.

News Breaking LIVE@newsbreakinglive.bsky.social · 2y ago

VIDEO: Eaton Fire in Pasadena, California

I understand well the inhumanity of US health care but still thought hospitals applied ded. reasoning & investigation to remedy illness. Past 3 days at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena have dispelled that assumption.

A little too aroused by my intimate view of the B-2's belly to roll tape sooner. #RoseBowl

You're never too old to learn new keyboard shortcuts.

Stairwells smell amazing. Like baked bread. Is that the asbestos?

How it started vs. how it's going. Or, #Bangkok city planning process, illustrated. Totally shut down my already long-traffic-suffering soi.

At One Bangkok, a USD$4 billion mallnument to a bleak future, reminiscing fondly over the Suan Lum Night Market. #iykyk

I believe it's necessary to remain engaged, but would like to do so with fewer racists and billionaire bootlicker, so here I am.