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🧿 Writer. Editor. Yogi. Keeper of the Demon Teahouse. Occasionally very silly. 🧿 From Quezon City, the Philippines he/him/his
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Thei hadde a public blowe out Postinge their jabbes and jibes Typinge 'til their fingeres bledde It was the sommere of '25

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It's always so cringe during elections when people would say they won't vote for Leni/Leila/Risa etc. because "women are too emotional for leadership roles" when Bato dela Rosa has more tantrums and emotional breakdowns as a Senator than a two-year-old brat.

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Let them start their healing journey

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Tag your Gemini friends.

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Yeeeaaahhh we saw this in the Philippines last year. What's really entertaining is how their respective supporters will be at each other's throats and suddenly learning how to fact check.

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Lavender marriages, Japanese style.

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Update: Busuu has been making me review the difference between le passé composé and l'imparfait. A little more and I'll review le subjonctif, which I studied *counts* 29 years ago.

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Uk Mao and the persecution of environmental journalists and advocates in Cambodia. My latest piece for @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2025/06/05/c...

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In May 2025, 18 were killed in Marcos's drug war: 7 pushers, 5 users, 5 w/ prior drug records, 1 w/ no known drug ties (son killed in lieu of father)—no high-profile targets. Unidentified assailants killed 8, state agents 4, other killers, 6. Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/

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Individual faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Law have signed an Open Letter and called on the Senate of the Philippines to commence the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte. Read the statement with updated signatories at uplaw.ph/urgentcallto....

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Belated Happy World Bicycle Day! Wrote about Drs. Tony and Inday Dans, owners of Krebs Cycles, a social enterprise bicycle shop located opposite the College of Fine Arts in UP Diliman. Photos by Sandra Dans Read the article here: mb.com.ph/2025/06/04/s...

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Israel will not allow Madleen to dock in Gaza, report says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-will-not-allow-madleen-dock-gaza-report-says

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Israeli settlers set fire to homes while families were still inside, according to Palestinian media reports about an arson attack on a village in the occupied West Bank.

submitted 18 hours ago • 30 comments

OMG today's new follow

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Tag yourselves. I'm feeling devious right now.

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Claw machine plushies marked safe from @sirwarg.bsky.social. Thanks for lunch and coffee, Jamesy. 😁

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ICYMI: My column yesterday on the current and prospective next Senate President both ducking for cover as the Senate trembles at the thought of pursuing an impeachment that's landed on its lap.

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What is the most overused word in your industry? Let it out.

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The vessel with 12 people on board is carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza facing starvation due to Israeli blockade.

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We will never forget Tiananmen crackdown, Taiwan and US say on 36th anniversary www.rappler.com/world/asia-p... via We will never forget Tiananmen crackdown, Taiwan and US say on 36th anniversary www.rappler.com/world/asia-p... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

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he cannot be thus circumstanced without a shudder that makes the very marrow in his bones to quiver in him like a shaken jelly

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See you on Saturday!

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We have also had a run-in with this moderation labeler. It is operating in bad faith and putting multiple well-known activists, researchers and academics on it in what appears to be a coordinated effort to. Karl is an indispensable account but more importantly that moderation service is a threat.

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"One of the hardest things for a tyrant to find," he said, "is people who actually make decisions."

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Well, that was a fairly productive day, even though my dinner will be a little late tonight.

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These people are just wrong about literally everything.

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Palestinians were seen transporting the injured using a cart after several people were wounded in an Israeli air attack in Gaza’s Khan Younis.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

There she blows!—there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!

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Misk used to only ask me for help raising for her education- now she’s been asking for help because she’s starving

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Gaza media office: Israel 'luring' starving civilians, then shooting them - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-media-office-israel-luring-starving-civilians-then-shooting-them

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Yeah let's start moving out

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So TIL that in 2018 Insular Life sponsored private concerts for both Julia Fordham *and* Kevyn Lettau. How quintessentially 105.1 Crossover.

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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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And it's fixed. Didja miss me? 😁

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“Amid the chaos, there is a glimmer of hope… [One political scientist] suggesting that the rise of civil society candidates could mark the beginning of a long-overdue shift in the nation’s politics.” #philippines amp.scmp.com/week-asia/po...

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So my Bluesky app is borked for some reason. I was asked to log in again, and of course it wouldn't accept my password. I asked for a reset code repeatedly, which still hasn't made it to my email address. Desktop skeeting it is for now.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Well Pride Month is almost upon us, after all.

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