muckrack.com/david-boyle-15 Just trying to get this indexed.

In January 2025, Lim Kimya, a former Cambodian opposition politician, was gunned down outside a busy bus station in central Bangkok. 101 East investigates the brazen killing and mounting allegations of a cover-up. aje.io/cambodiareach

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim has defended the decision to deport domestic worker Nuon Toeun back to Cambodia, after she posted on social media criticising Cambodian government leaders. But critics say the case was a clear example of transnational repression. aje.io/anwartalks

Crew from @aj101east.bsky.social captures frightening first-hand footage of Chinese military intimidation as a hostile chopper flies within 3 METRES of a Filipino reconnaissance plane staking right of passage through their exclusion zone in the South China Sea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMT...

"Elon's Edsel" 😂😂. He made the worst car of all time. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

Dear oh dear. Tesla facing class action law suit in Australia over dangerous "phantom breaking" failures related to "auto-pilot" system. Cars suddenly stopping in the middle of the freeway. www.afr.com/life-and-lux...

Elon Musk's Starlink being used widely by slave labour fraud syndicates in Myanmar where the UN says more than 100,000 people have been trafficked to scam people in countries like the US. Starlink undermines police efforts to cut off internet to these psychotic gangs. thethaiger.com/news/nationa...

Unsuspecting victims worldwide lose tens of billions of dollars each year to financial scams. Documents and insiders reveal how one of the world’s major money laundering networks operates.

Almost every time I watch anything on google, including films about scam syndicates, google serve me blatant scam ads. The same con-artists year after year. Fuck this crap. We need something better than American companies that sell us scams as a profit model.

Tesla Cybertruck recalled for the eighth time since it was launched in 2023. Who in their right mind would buy this piece of crap? www.reuters.com/business/aut...

RFA and VOA eliminated by Trump administration in a big win for dictators and transnational criminal gangs across Asia in particular. www.rfa.org/english/chin...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested after the ICC issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity. Revisit our special series on his legacy, which examines his deadly 'war on drugs' and efforts to silence critics: aje.io/goodbyeduterte

China and Cook Islands will partner on maritime infrastructure, hydrography, and disaster cooperation that would allow China to bring in military forces. The Cook Islands will now have to consult with China to coordinate policy before attending regional meetings. thediplomat.com/2025/02/cook...

Seven years. 8 million bucks. Blue baggers putting money on the table instead of under it. www.afl.com.au/news/1269182...

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is the world’s first carbon-negative country. It absorbs 3 times more carbon dioxide than it emits. But climate change is leaving the country vulnerable to natural disasters. aje.io/bhutan

Paying corrupt governments to "not cut down trees" 😜 or people to "regenerate" them as a magic, pain-free solution to climate change was always a flying carpet ride through corporate bullshit fantasy land. Sure took a while to fall back down to the scorching earth. www.theage.com.au/interactive/...

Deepseek is going into meltdown as its self-censorship systems labotimize it to avoid accidentally revealing reality. Don't think Open AI have too much to worry about here.

Journalists need to start talking about branding real journalism as AI free. Also need to debate what are and are not acceptable uses of AI tools in our profession. To accomodate different views on that perhaps we need branding flexibility similar to the different creative commons licences.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/w... Incredible access to a hitman on the run as he flees the Philippines to testify against Duterte at the International Criminal Court.

Despairing fury at the obscene venality of Albanese's government penned with scorching precision by one of Australia's greatest writers. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Sure, you can just ignore it. Problem is, it wont ignore you. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...

Former Cambodian opposition MP shot in Bangkok 'killed' | Political Affairs Mr Lim Kimya, 74, refused to flee Cambodia even after former Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened to make opposition MPs live in "hell". Lim Kimya, a former member of Cambodia's National Assembly and the now-disbanded…

South Korea’s parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after he tried to impose martial law reut.rs/3VFZ0Ul

Myanmar's many rebel armies will be looking on.

Myanmar's military losses control of the country's western border.

We may need some of this spirit

If your headline includes "I", maybe you should talk to some other people.

If you thought #Syria was the only major upheaval of these days then you have forgotten about #Myanmar very quickly. Resistance sources posted this cryptic video last night, containing only one phrase: 'Something is coming'

This is madness. If other countries want to sell us solar on the cheap so we can expedite adoption of clean energy, let them. Either climate change is a crisis, or it isn't. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Interesting look from inside at the wildly complex dynamics of power and crime among the many different armed groups in Shan state.

The rough and tumble of politics in the Philippines is certainly not for the squeamish. www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/p...

I met a man today who was the 34th generation grandson of Genghis Khan, playing a horsehair violin (morin khuur) in a Sydney Park. He had to leave because he has a job looking after racehorses at Royal Randwick. #Sydney

Embattled former Mayor Alice Guo (Guo Hua Ping) now considered an "agent of influence" says Phillipines intelligence official.

Extraordinary that world renowned artist @badiucao.bsky.social still can't get his work shown in Australia. An Australian citizen effectively censored in Australia to appease the interests of a foreign power.

101 East/ @lianainfilms.bsky.social expose how some of the biggest names in luxury fashion - Gucci, Dior, Marni, Jil Sander and Montblanc, use sweatshops hidden in Italy where migrant workers are systematically exploited. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Meta exposed posting scores of adverts from infamous scam "Quantum AI" despite explicit warning by Australian authorities. Asked to explain, Meta says it "doesn’t want scams on its platforms". Meta then posts more Quantum AI scam ads before article is even published www.theage.com.au/interactive/...