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Aileen

@aileen16.bsky.social
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PhD researcher at Ulster University studying stories, justice and social movements in Myanmar. Formerly in Thailand/Myanmar teaching research and doing research on... a lot of things.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Petition from a med student from Myanmar asking that student visa applications for Myanmar Nationals are reopened in the UK.
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Sign the Petition
Reinstate student visa applications for Myanmar nationals
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Oversees education is a lifeline to young people stuck in conflict and repression. These students work so hard, to take this away because it MIGHT not be safe for them to go home after they finish programme, is unnecissarily cruel.
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 25/11/2025
🚨 The USA has ended temporary protected status (TPS) for people from Myanmar, falsely claiming conditions improved. Yet, the people of Myanmar are being terrorised daily by an illegal military junta committing int'l crimes with impunity. ✍🏼 Sign the petition to extend TPS and protect lives.
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Tell President Trump to extend protections for Burmese refugees
Burmese refugees deserve our protection
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The implication that someone cannot be a student and then legitimately seek asylum is absurd. This is not abuse of the system, its reality- things change quickly, and at the same time situations that seemed temporary (e.g. might be safe to return after studies) become protracted.
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
cozy and jetlagged morning... this is definitely a great choice to readjust back to UK academia after a summer of fieldwork.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/04/2025
Can’t stress enough how harmful it is for prominent people to do glowing promotions for surveillance devices during the rise of authoritarianism and assaults on bodily autonomy.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Justice Sotomayor
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This. It’s not that complicated.
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Duane Barry @grammarcunt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Times are rough for absolutely everyone right now, but if you can, please donate to or share this gofundme to help support the Myanmar Queer Earthquake Relief Fund gofund.me/0cc51469
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Donate to Myanmar Queer Earthquake Relief Fund, organised by Colors Rainbow
We, Colors Rainbow, are working for the LGBTQ community in Myanmar. The powerf… Colors Rainbow needs your support for Myanmar Queer Earthquake Relief Fund
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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Here is a longer blog post in which I explain why humanitarian aid cannot go to the "state" of Myanmar - and to whom to donate instead: judithbeyer.com/2025/03/29/h... #whatshappeninginMyanmar
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Help Myanmar!
The people of Myanmar are the most resilient people I have ever met.But now, after this devastating earthquake, and with ongoing relentless attacks from the military since the attempted coup of 1 F…
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Hard to find words for the earthquake devastation in Myanmar, while airstrikes continue on the affected communities. If you can spare some funds: Medical Action MM: www.gofundme.com/f/earthquake... Better Burma: www.betterburma.org/donation Mutual Aid MM: www.mutualaidmyanmar.org/fund?ref=hom...
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Donate to Earthquake Relief for Myanmar - MAM, organized by Medical Action Myanmar UK
Yangon has experienced a power outage since the earthquake, with many fe… Medical Action Myanmar UK needs your support for Earthquake Relief for Myanmar - MAM
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Great news for accountability, congrats to all those who worked for years - at great risk - to document and advocate against this horrible man's crimes.
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Lia Sciortino @liasciortino.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Very pointed article by Sanitsuda. Worth reading. www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin... #thailand #conglomerats #environment #rights
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Hope dies in Thailand's broken system
A woman, stunned, her husband holding her hand as she walks down the courthouse stairs. Prof Pirongrong Ramasoota, a respected scholar and commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunicati...
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
"A truly transformative revolution requires a movement which will hold ourselves to the same level of accountability that we demand of the military. It requires us to question and challenge how we have normalised the everyday injustices around us." @khinohmar.bsky.social well said, as usual
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
And now I've found a cool new (to me) band! Check them out.
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is so dangerous. Many of the recipients of this support - which, btw, IS in the US's best interests - are under threat from their own governments, publishing this information will have severe consequences.
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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
ND-Burma worked with OHCHR on a report detailing the most effective transitional justice practices in sustaining peace and sustainable development. The full findings will be presented at the #HRC next month.
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Very interesting on politics of TJ/memorialization in Taiwan - on timeframes and inclusion of colonial and systemic violence, and politicalization of those arguments
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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 03/02/2025
📄BRIEFING PAPER: Four years after the Burmese military's attempted coup Read and share our briefer on the dire human rights and humanitarian crisis in #Myanmar: womenspeacenetwork.org/publications... #Burma #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #SpringRevolution
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is dangerous, there is highly sensitive information putting people at risk around the world. Myanmar friends (and everywhere else) - be aware your data may be leaked. #whathappeninginmyanmar
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
In honor of 4 years of brave women fighting the coup, here is one of my favorite stories of brave women resisting, this one from the 1962 Rangoon University protests - htamein protests even then. #whatshappeninginmyanmar youtu.be/9ICOtX5-uQc?... @sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social
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Anniversary of the Rangoon University massacre: Veteran Journalist recounts the events
YouTube video by Asia Calling
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
NEW: The Trump admin told a US-funded aid group that gives food & medicine to starving children in Sudan to shut down. Children would die. They’re defying the order. But the aid world is in chaos. Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
“They came to our home and knocked at the door; my mother opened the door. I couldn’t recognise how many there were, but they instantly slaughtered my mother, my sleeping children, and my wife with sharp knives.” www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature... #Burma #Myanmar #Rohingya
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Rohingya civilians recall alleged Arakan Army abuses
The most well-known armed group taking on Myanmar’s ruling junta faces renewed accusations of rape, night raids, and murder.
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Emily Fishbein @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Disheartening to see @DOGE cancel funding for scholarships to students from Burma, cutting off another pathway for those already facing massive hurdles to safe & quality education, especially since the 2021 military coup. In light of this news, I've prepared a thread.
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Good summary of what we know so far about the impact of US foreign aid freeze in Southeast Asia www.rfa.org/english/laos...
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
These scholarships are so far from what he says they are, I can't stand it. These are young people fleeing conflict and forced conscription, trying to get a better future and contribute to their communities. This was a literal lifeline and they took it away out of spite and ignorance.
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Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
People in the US need to realize that institutions are not going to swoop in and save you. This isnt doomerism though, it is a call to action There are a million small actions that you can take right now to make your community stronger safer and more resilient to opression That's real resistence
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As U.S. braces for Trump, it could learn a lot from the Global South about what "resistance" really means
Going beyond hashtags and doing the real work of building community is our strongest defense against authoritarianism
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
There are a lot of flaws in the US devt assistance model BUT stopping it like this is astoundingly cruel. Just one example of one country ...
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Important new report on political prisoners' experiences and demands for justice in Myanmar, by AAPP and @dignity.dk. Includes not only physical and psychosocial impact of imprisonment, but post-release challenges and resilience strategies. #transitionaljustice aappb.org?p=31062
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Struggle for Survival: Resilience in The Face of Prison's Aftershocks
AAPP and DIGNITY Launch Groundbreaking Report on Post-Imprisonment Challenges in Burma (Press Release) The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP) and DIGNITY today unveiled a p...
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@LaceyPerSista @laceypersista.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🌊 Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans. 👍👏
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Jordan @gordonalexhamptor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I am hearing from colleagues that hospitals are struggling to run in the Thai refugee camps now. Patients are being sent home. People are losing their jobs. Disgusted to say the least. Solidarity with my friends, colleagues and former students in the camps. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump threatens ‘disciplinary action’ for USAid staff ignoring foreign aid freeze
Memo offers further guidance to ‘stop-work’ directive and how to achieve Trump’s America first policy
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Here we go. Devastating. Just one example of the human impact of Trump's aid cuts. #whatshappeninginmyanmar
Screenshot of a tweet from @sunaibkk saying "Devastating! Trump administration's suspensiom of foreign aid results in closure of field hospital in refugee camp on Thailand Myanmar border" with a photo of a letter in Thai script.
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Meanwhile some positive steps after that insane attempted coup in South Korea
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Okay so it seems like soooome food/nutrition support can continue for Rohingya camps. Anyone heard anything re other Burma/Thai border exceptions?
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I can't process how cruel this is. USAID has plenty of problems but this is money that is already committed under contracts, in many cases for basic needs for very vulnerable people. Food, education, health care.
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Finally had my first Ulster Fry today, in a cozy diner. Great vibes. Then proceeded to watch a grown-ass man vomit twice on a public sidewalk surrounded by a bunch of dudes w matching haircuts on the way to a football game. Less great vibes. This place is a rollercoaster.
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Desire for revenge is widespread in Myanmar. Without effective accountability for POWs accused of abuses against civilians (and their own troops), these incidents are likely to continue. Its not impossible - many EROs have justice systems myanmar-now.org/en/news/arak...
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Arakan Army executes prisoners of war, human rights groups demand accountability
The AA admits responsibility, but claims the killings were driven by revenge
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The calm before Storm Éowyn in Northern Ireland
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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
So. You're one of many who may not be the most tech savvy, BUT, you still know that protecting your data right now is extremely important. What steps can you take? (a thread)
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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A bug in Cloudflare (and just the nature of how CDNs work) let an attacker learn the broad location of Discord, Signal, Twitter users by just sending them an image, according to a security researcher. It works because check which data center cached the image www.404media.co/cloudflare-i...
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Cloudflare Issue Can Leak Chat App Users' Broad Location
A security researcher made a tool that let them quickly check which of Cloudflare's data centers had cached an image, which allowed them to figure out what city a Discord, Signal, or Twitter/X user mi...
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This song is a banger
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Aileen @aileen16.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello bluesky! Obligatory cat photos...
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