John Marston
@marston52.bsky.social
Scholar of Southeast Asia, Centro de Estudios de Asia y África, El Colegio de México. Religion and the State, Cambodia, Buddhism, Mekong, refugees, movies, bad puns.
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
Texas Tribune@texastribune.org · last wk.Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
77% of Democratic voters agree Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. 74% oppose additional economic and military aid to Israel. So far, only Rashida Tlaib and Chris Rabb are signed onto this campaign to keep the officials complicit in that genocide out of future administrations:
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: Human rights and anti-war organizations are launching a campaign to demand the top Biden officials who promoted or lied about the Gaza genocide be boxed out from future Democratic administrations and other liberal spaces. Rashida Tlaib & Chris Rabb signed on. More expected to join.
CEO of Taco Bell: we’re actually worried that some of our upcoming items could destroy humanity as well
Erik Davis, Professor, Buddhist Studies, Macalester College “They hauled me out … and put me in a belly chain,” recalled the 53-year-old. He was arrested on the spot on charges of being part of a “conspiracy” to “impede or injure” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
@skeetcambodia.bsky.social · 2mo agoGuardian short clip of Erik Davis
As Measles cases hit a 35 year high, as a senseless war rages on with no exit plan, as gas climbs to record highs, and the Epstein files remain secret, the U.S. Senate is holding a hearing today to yell at Dr. Fauci and again push horse dewormer on the American public.
Erik Davis is an important scholar of Cambodian Buddhism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’
Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives
theguardian.com
The problem with digital books is that you can always find what you are looking for but you need to go to a bookstore to find what you weren't looking for. ~ Paul Krugman
BDG News: Cambodian Buddhist Leaders Call for Stronger Monastic Discipline Ahead of Rains Retreat 🔗 Read more: www.buddhistdoor.net/news/cambodi... #Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #BuddhistMonk #Theravada #Cambodia #BuddhistEthics #Vassa #RainsRetreat
Cambodian Buddhist Leaders Call for Stronger Monastic Discipline Ahead of Rains Retreat - Buddhistdoor Global
The guidance emphasizes morality, meditation, wisdom, communal harmony, and regular Uposatha observances
buddhistdoor.net
NEW: Rep. Jamie Raskin says he'll file a discharge petition in an effort to force a House vote on his legislation to permanently block Trump's slush fund and the related Trump DOJ deal to bar investigation of his and his family's past tax activities.
Dad Joke of the Day: If pronouncing my 'b's as 'v's makes me sound Russian, then soviet. #DJotD
If confirmed, this meeting shows the special influence Beijing has in #Myanmar. It has been nearly 3 years since former Thai FM Don Pramudwinai met Daw Suu Kyi in detention in July 2023. Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen was rebuffed when he requested a virtual meeting with ASSK in 2024.
A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!
Living in a nursing home shouldn’t mean giving up everyday freedoms. I just signed a bill allowing seniors living in nursing homes to consume alcohol - so that everyone can enjoy happy hour!
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United. No Supreme Court ruling or constitutional amendment needed. Here's how it works. https://youtu.be/p1fPbGHe3xE?si=QZRQImV8KYD5Y90r
Robert Reich
29K likes, 2.2K comments. "Could This Actually End Citizens United?"
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The PDF of our #AAS2026 conference program is now available to download—get full session listings, venue floorplans, information about exhibitors, suggestions for your time in Vancouver, and more! https://www.asianstudies.org/conference/vancouver-schedule/
The Epstein Class is the by-product of an economy that emerged over the last two decades, from which this new elite has siphoned off vast amounts of wealth. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class
As federal immigration agents surge into communities and detain people, the number of habeas petitions — claims challenging those detentions — has increased. We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."
Virginia Heffernan@virginiaheffernan.bsky.social · 8mo agoAbout Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files. www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
I was at this meeting but didn't know until now an article was published about it.
@skeetcambodia.bsky.social · 9mo ago
The Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts submitted damage assessment reports on Preah Vihear Temple—caused by Thai heavy artillery shelling and aerial bombardment during two separate border clashes—to UNESCO, relevant international organizations & international community.
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
We just cancelled all federal funding for foreign language & area studies at America’s universities to “save”…$86,000,000: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
@justdeirdre.bsky.social · 9mo agoTrump golfed 1/4 of the days he was president in 2025. Costing US taxpayers to pay his Golf clubs $110,600,000.
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
I spoke with three Californians — U.S. citizens —who described the abuse and mistreatment they endured after being wrongfully detained by ICE. Here are their stories. youtu.be/T8Rwsj-1BPQ?...
U.S. Citizens Wrongly Detained by ICE: It Could Happen to You
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
