Two drivers arrested after nine endangered animals found at checkpoint near Kachin-China border Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/resi...

1. This (recent) History Thread is about Air Attacks in Myanmar (Burma.) Since Feb. 2021 coup, military regime has constantly deployed bombing & strafing by jet & helicopter, routinely against civilian targets. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

1. This History Thread is about the elephants of Burma (Myanmar) in war & peace. These highly intelligent, social animals have survived brutal interactions with humans, conflict zones & habitat loss. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 🐘🐘🐘 #elephants

Today + always, standing in solidarity with Rohingyas on the pathway toward accountability, justice and the full realization of their rights + dignity. And standing with the brave, resilient Rohingya people I have come to know over the years. share.google/kVxanekXtlBG...

At least 25 civilians, incl. children, were killed yesterday in airstrikes by #Burma’s military junta on #Manchi in #Karenni State. Homes & a hospital were also destroyed in the attack. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Children are #NotATarget #SanctionAviationFuel www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/m...

I couldn't be more proud to share the space with the brave & insightful @hpanjabrang.bsky.social on this podcast, where we talk about the future of rare earth mining in areas of Kachin State, Myanmar now under control of the Kachin Independence Organization (1/2). whimyanmar.com/pressure-on-...

DHS FPS arrested a 17 year old Indigenous youth for dancing in front of ICE with the American Indian Movement flag. 8-4-25. Indigenous dances were made illegal until 1974, but in Portland, Oregon, they are still illegal. This is the same minor who was given to Geo Group on 6-4-25.

1. This History Thread on Karenni Military History updates my 2019 Karenni History Thread. Posts 2-9 are adapted from that thread & 10-20 are on developments after 2021 Myanmar military coup, as #Karenni revolutionary forces have made impressive gains. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

The ICE facility in Portland Oregon is now part fort, part protest art installation & has been unwanted here since 2011. Ongoing direct action at site has included monitoring, confronting, witnessing, defiant Indigenous presence & providing resources to support at-risk people.

Ma Wut Yee Aung, a 25 year old, executive member of the Dagon University Students’ Union, died today (July 20, 2025) in Insein Prison, as a result of torture during interrogation & denial of medical care while imprisoned by the Junta in Myanmar. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #FreeOurFriends

Portland, Oregon, summer 2025, a march on ICE. There has been some level of direct action & witness at this ICE facility continually 24/7. “We are many, they are few.”

On a cool day in July, on a now shame-filled holiday, gathering at the ongoing direct action vs. I.C.E. in Portland, Oregon. Indigenous-inspired/led, creative & strong, these protests have a Dylan soundtrack & go all day, all night.

1. This History Thread is about the military history of the Karen people of Burma (Myanmar.) Karen people have fought one of the longest-running resistance wars, spanning decades & have made recent gains vs Myanmar coup regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

A resolute vigil tonight at Portland, Oregon ICE facility. Poems for those in captivity. The calm within the storm. Ongoing direct action.

Portland, Oregon continuous direct action to obstruct (freshly plywood-clad) ICE detention facility: radical times require holding the line. June 18, 2025.

From the City of Roses 🌹 to the City of Angels , Portland Oregon shows solidarity with Los Angeles with blockade of ICE detention facility, June 12, 2025. 💌

None of us born to be a soldier. #myanmarrevolution

The person removed is Burmese, and likely can’t be removed to Myanmar because of the ongoing military dictatorship and its war against revolutionary forces there. So they removed him to South Sudan instead

Today in Yangon, a blood-stained school bag & textbooks were displayed on the street by the Yangon Revolution Force as a powerful protest to honor children and teachers killed in the junta’s Depayin airstrike—and all children lost to the junta’s brutality. 📷 YRF Source: shorturl.at/f0u5x

🚨 HURFOM condemns the ongoing violence against innocent civilians and calls for an urgent response to the widespread and systematic atrocities committed by the junta. 🔗 Full Statement: shorturl.at/uBiqF

1. This History Thread is about rare earth minerals in Myanmar (Burma) which is significant source of this group of elements, highly sought after for tech products. Mining them has come at environmental cost + political/military ramifications. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #rareearth

Coalition of Karen organisations issue statement on the desperate conditions of Karen & Karennii refugees on the Thai Myanmar border, they have faced brutal ration cuts due to aid cuts. They call for a restoration of aid & Action against the Junta in Myanmar who are causing more displacement.

The attacks have forced the hospital, run by the renowned CDM surgeon Dr. Soe Min, to temporarily suspend operations Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan... Follow us on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/myan...

Now on Ek Khaale, the extraordinary Rohingyas' history/archives website, Part 1 of “Patriot, Inspector, Inventor: The story of Mohammed Imam Hussain.” He survived being wounded in Burma WW2 Admin Box battle (1st hand account here) & became a digital tech innovator. www.ekkhaale.org/anotherlook/...

Bangladesh’s Island Warehouse for Rohingya Refugees #failedarchitecture This remote, flood-prone island off the coast of Bangladesh embodies rent-seeking, paternalistic rhetoric, and coercive spatial design

It makes me so proud that we’ve built an online community that actually cares about the people of Myanmar and is willing to help them.

Just two scouts coming back from the frontlines safe. #myanmar #vivalaresistence

1. This History Thread is about bridges of Burma (Myanmar), a land of many waterways. Bridges have been built by colonial occupiers, foreign enterprises, local people. They've been destroyed by resistance fighters, regime forces & March 2025 earthquake. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Amid the dark news coming out of Myanmar, please spare a moment for this uplifting piece by @hpanjabrang.bsky.social & me about a young woman of Nepali descent serving as a medic in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution against the military junta. Illustrations by JC (thread) www.thedial.world/articles/new...

My new photo essay for wondrous nature journal @darkmtn is about an annual fire ritual celebrated amid the environmental challenges facing Homer, a fishing town on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. dark-mountain.net/on-an-alaska...