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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Martina Navratilova was a high-profile force on the tennis court in the 1970s and 80s with 59 Grand Slam titles. She remains a big presence in the tennis world, commentating and mentoring www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF1r...

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Martina Navratilova on Chris Evert, their rivalry and beating cancer

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Police promise Pattaya is one of the safest cities in Thailand. But the shocking killing of a teenage girl earlier this year exposed the dark underbelly of city’s sex industry www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJTK...

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Surviving sin city: Sex and death in Thailand's tourist paradise | Foreign Correspondent

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Russia has warned in a letter that it could use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad, if NATO takes steps to cut off the exclave. It's a Russian territory located between Poland and Lithuania. Europe sees a military build-up among NATO members and Russia www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSiZ...

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Russia warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad exclave is cut off | DW News

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discussed his new book, "The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East," which breaks down conflict in the Middle East and how it impacts today's geopolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh0G...

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Making sense of modern day Middle East conflicts

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As Evan Gershkovich writes in his enthralling memoir, “This Cursed Beautiful Land,” the United States, like Russia, has a long and sordid history of deploying spies posing as foreign correspondents, and leaning on actual reporters to gather intelligence www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Haji Isam is a representative of the new generation of tycoons, displacing the old 'dragons' from the stage such as Low Tuck Kwong, the owners of Bayan. Kwong is one of Indonesian businessmen of Chinese descent with whom Soeharto surrounded himself archive.ph/KQpBy#select...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In Washington DC, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues the White House ballroom is about more than architecture, “It’s Trump seeking to remake the institution itself.” Any ballroom should “look like it belongs to Americans, ordinary Americans, and not to oligarchs” www.youtube.com/shorts/uV1Jw...

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Knock down Trump’s ballroom?

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

AI experts Daniel Kokotajlo, Geoffrey Hinton and Alex Turner talk about the risks inherent in artificial intelligence teaching itself to become smarter, and how recent developments set off alarms about AI bots going rogue www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW2G...

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AI risks: Will artificial intelligence really kill us all?

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

America has 11 aircraft carriers. So why is the U.S. Navy struggling to deploy more than three at once? Is it showing the decline of the U.S. military power? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTpr...

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How America’s Aircraft Carrier Crisis Reveals A Military Decline

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Indonesian government ask people to conserve water, use it wisely and prepare emergency reserves. In Banten, Java Island, local authorities promised to construct a water pipeline system that reaches Gunung Batur, despite its rugged terrain www.reportingasean.net/indonesias-d...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of the world's most valuable rice varieties comes from a region now divided by a border. India and Pakistan both claim basmati, but the European Union has yet to decide who can claim the name youtu.be/j78I68Ya9U0?...

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Basmati rice: India, Pakistan and the EU dispute | DW News

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kong and Chinese democracy activists staged protests in Washington DC as Chinese President Xi Jinping met U.S. President Donald Trump. Demonstrators raised concerns over human rights, cultural restrictions and repression www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8wX...

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Xi Jinping Faces Pro-Tibet Protest Outside Chinese Embassy During U.S. State Visit | AC1N

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres received a sustained standing ovation after delivering his final annual address to the United Nations General Assembly. He's finishing his 10-year term as UN chief www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO3o...

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WATCH: Standing Ovation For Guterres After Final UN General Assembly Speech | Emotional Farewell

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Indonesia has managed to use biofuels to end its dependence on imported diesel. And here’s the dark side: The same policy may be exporting even more choking smoke to its neighbours. The reason is palm oil share.google/PVVWAPAoB9wz...

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Indonesia found the wrong way to quit diesel

HERE’S a rare success story from Asia’s post-Hormuz energy crisis: Indonesia has managed to use biofuels to end its dependence on imported diesel. And here’s the dark side: The same policy may be expo...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A sex robot equipped with artificial intelligence sells for about $20,000. Her skin, her eyes, her body, her language and others could be arranged but it's just an alternative to human www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cN8...

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You can soon buy a sex robot equipped with artificial intelligence for about $20,000

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Joos Willem Mirino helped write the report "A Past That Does Not Pass: Human Rights Violations in the Land of Papua Before and After Reformasi," which documents the testimonies of 108 victims from the period prior to the 1969 Act of Free Choice #RIP www.newguineakurir.com/2026/09/24/o...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In Selkirk, Manitoba, biologists Chris Clark and Jim Duncan use cutting-edge acoustic camera technology to visualize sound and solve a long-standing wildlife mystery with the great grey owls www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXuc...

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Behind the scenes: Incredible footage shows how owl uses sound to hunt under snow

YouTube video by The Nature of Things

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ballistics evidence, surveillance footage, witness testimony point to Artem Dementyev of Russia’s 234th Air Assault Regiment of involvement in at least five killings of Ukranian civilians as well as torture, beatings, shootings, and unlawful detention in Bucha in 2022 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQVy...

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Exposing The Russian Sniper Who Became The 'Butcher Of Bucha'

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A federal judge on Thursday said that President Trump’s order barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House was likely unconstitutional and ordered the administration to restore access to the three news outlets www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...

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Court Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico

Judge Timothy J. Kelly issued a temporary restraining order and told the White House to immediately restore the press credentials for the employees of the three news outlets.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Indonesian personnel fired at six Indigenous Papuans near Samboga village while returning from a gold-panning site. Indonesian security forces have been running an operation to pursue guerilla fighters with the West Papua Liberation Army www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...

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Papuan civilians shot in latest security forces violence in Yahukimo

Reports filtering out from West Papua say six civilians were shot by Indonesian security forces last week in Yahukimo Regency.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Indonesia’s catastrophic forest and peatland fires are blanketing Southeast Asia in toxic haze. Rebecca Henschke reports from the ground on the environmental crisis and the urgent questions it raises about climate, industry and political accountability www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_19...

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Indonesia's Toxic Haze Crisis - Global Eye, BBC World Service

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A decade ago, Xi Jinping asked if China could master A.I. His push is remaking the economy, challenging the United States and keeping society under control www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In Singapore, with an abusive father and an absent mother, Dino Isaac came out of a traumatic childhood to navigate a difficult early adulthood. Before he turned 30, he begins a new journey to become a social worker, crediting his grade 3 teacher Teresa Lee www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6I...

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The Teacher Who Made Me Feel Seen When No One Showed Up For Me | On The Red Dot

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

George Nakashima Woodworkers’ workshop is home to some of the world’s rarest wood i.e. Persian walnut, East Indian rosewood, English oak burl. A craftsman shares how each piece is selected, dried, and transformed into handcrafted furniture www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRkU...

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Inside the Nakashima Workshop Full of the World’s Rarest Wood | Architectural Digest

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In Indonesia, millions of parents send their children to Islamic boarding schools. But former students say sexual abuse can remain hidden behind the authority and influence of religious leaders www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4x4...

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Catching My Teacher – BBC World Service Documentaries

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Agrarian Reform bill’s passage served as a gift for farmers said legislator Ahmad Iman Sukri. “We hope it could be an effort in establishing a more equitable agrarian policy, provide legal certainty and reduce inequality in land” www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

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Agrarian reform bill gets mixed reaction - Society - The Jakarta Post

The bill’s passage served as a gift for farmers ahead of National Farmers Day, which is commemorated every Sept. 24, said Baleg deputy chair Ahmad Iman Sukri.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

AOC revealed the electoral equations she is crunching and the mental “math” she is calculating as she considers whether to run for president after the midterm elections. Her gender. Her ethnicity. Her electability. Her eggs. Her movement. Her moment www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said.

In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a legal challenge against President Trump’s order barring them from the White House grounds. Four major TV networks said they were suspending their shared coverage of presidential events in response to his action www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...

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3 News Outlets Sue Trump in Widening Fight Over Press Freedom

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For China’s leader, Xi Jinping, one important goal of his meeting with President Trump this week may be persuading him to keep delaying $14 billion in proposed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...

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One Issue That Could Upend Fragile U.S.-China Ties: Taiwan Arms

As Beijing presses President Trump to freeze a proposed $14 billion weapons sale to the island, Taiwan is trying to show that its security is in U.S. interests.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fierce battles take place around Kahboub, a mountainous territory that overlooks the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a choke point for international shipping. The waterway became a critical trade route for Saudi Arabia after Iran effectively blockaded the Strait of Hormuz www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/w...

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Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise

The Iranian-backed militia was engaged in fierce battles with Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen on Sunday, as it seeks to maintain momentum in the war.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied entry to the White House on Saturday in a stark escalation of President Trump’s long battle with the mainstream news media that sets up a legal and constitutional clash www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...

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Live Updates: CNN, Politico and MS NOW Reporters Denied White House Access After Trump Announces Ban

President Trump announced a ban on Friday on the outlets, whose coverage he deems unfair. The move will probably be challenged in court.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In Panama City, Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, can’t wait any longer, laying out her plans to push for a democratic transition in Venezuela despite some U.S. resistance www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7qD...

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María Corina Machado on Why She's Returning to Venezuela Now | WSJ

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Professional-grade oboes can sell for almost US$14,000. A Howarth oboe, made in London, is produced with rare African blackwood. It take years to stabilize the wood and to make the obor www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xOj...

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Why Oboes Are So Expensive | So Expensive | Business Insider

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Independent forest monitoring platform shows that around 60,000 hectares of burned land in West Papua is located inside the Merauke estate project, one-third of the total burn scar recorded across Indonesia’s easternmost island www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Days after the Houthis militia seized a strategic stretch of the ‌Red Sea coast in a sweeping offensive that routed Saudi-backed Yemen government, U.S. President Donald Trump has so far rebuffed pleas from the Saudis for military support fighting the Houthis www.youtube.com/watch?v=boSF...

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Trump declines to back Saudi Arabia as US officials reportedly meet Iran-backed Houthis in Oman

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

American Muslim theologian Yasir Qadhi explores how political and institutional factors can intensify sectarian tensions within Islamic community and offers a framework for navigating differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Fl...

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When Politics Divides the Ummah: A Practical Guide to Sectarian Tensions

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Indonesia's national search and rescue agency has called off the operation to locate five journalists and three boat crew members missing in the Sunda Strait while covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, after a 10-day search www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Houthis are posing renewed security and economic challenges for Saudi Arabia. The Iran-aligned rebels are expanding their reach in Yemen while stepping up drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia. The escalation could strengthen Iran’s regional leverage www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmvy...

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Saudi Arabia short of options against Iran-aligned Houthis | DW News

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Russia is now mass producing new, jet-powered drones. They can travel up to 600 km per hour, three times faster than the old drones with a piston engine. That makes them harder to intercept and more likely to reach their targets www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ3-...

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Russia steps up attacks against Ukraine with new jet-powered drones | DW News

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My interview on the persecution of environmentalists and Indigenous leaders in Indonesia when they're protesting deforestation and land grabbing #forestfires podcasts.apple.com/my/podcast/e...

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EP149: Environmental Activism Facing Pressure in Indonesia with Andreas Harsono

Podcast Episode · Straight Talk Southeast Asia · 23 August · 25min

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The shutdown of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline risks keeping 4 percent of the world’s oil supply from reaching international markets and driving energy prices even higher www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...

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Global Oil Prices Could Hit Highest Levels in Months After Saudi Pipeline Attacks

Prolonged restrictions on exports could push oil prices even higher.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Saudi Arabia has claimed its air defences intercepted and destroyed a ⁠Houthi drone attempting to fly over the holy city of Mecca, as Saudi warplanes continued to pound Yemen, raising fears of the conflict spreading further across the Middle East www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Saudi Arabia warns of ‘red line’ after Houthi drone intercepted close to holy city of Mecca

Iran-aligned group rejects claim it targeted Mecca, while Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemns attack

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to help finance Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding after-party in the Bahamas. The payments represented a flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

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Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party

The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The people building and governing A.I. increasingly fall into camps: Those who want to slow down and regulate the technology’s development, those racing to speed it up and those in between or with shifting stances www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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How A.I. Risks Are Splitting Silicon Valley and Washington

What began as a philosophical question — how dangerous might artificial intelligence become? — has hardened into increasingly entrenched rival camps.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Developers in Russia used AI chatbot Claude to develop software for an autonomous swarm of “kamikaze” attack drones, including terminal guidance, target selection and coordination between multiple aircraft, according to Anthropic, the company that developed Claude share.google/cknVtMLMTOaR...

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Ukraine war briefing: Russian developers used AI to build ‘kamikaze’ attack drone software, Anthropic says

Anthropic also found that hackers used AI in attacks against targets in Ukrainian government, military and diplomatic sectors.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen accused each other of launching attacks at their territories, with reports of casualties on both sides, days after the Iran-backed militia seized key areas of Yemen’s Red Sea coast www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...

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Houthis Report Deadly Saudi Airstrikes as Kingdom Issues Mass Alerts

The two sides traded accusations of attacks as fighting inside Yemen remains fierce. The escalating conflict threatens to further destabilize the Middle East.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

China’s top spy chief has warned that artificial intelligence could pose a direct threat to the Chinese Communist Party’s hold on power, in what is the highest-level and most detailed articulation yet of how Beijing sees the technology’s security risks www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/w...

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China’s Top Spy Chief Warns A.I. Is a Threat to Party Rule

Even as Beijing urges the United States not to hype the dangers of A.I., its own spy chief is framing the technology as a threat to the Communist Party’s security.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

China is facing a demographic crisis, dealing with an ageing population. China’s birth rate and marriage registrations have hit record lows. Authorities encourage more young people to marry and start families. Ancient matchmaking traditions are being revamped youtu.be/dOEB3BL9Ceo?...

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China’s marriage crisis: The search for love | 101 East Documentary

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Dario Amodei, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, published a 3,800-word open letter, calling for a slowdown in the development of A.I. The essay prompted other A.I. leaders to speak out in agreement www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/t...

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What Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Argued in His Call for AI Slowdown

Dario Amodei’s 3,800-word letter laid out a three-step plan to rein in artificial intelligence.

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with Democratic Senate candidate from Texas @jamestalarico.bsky.social was not televised because of threats from the FCC so their discussion on YouTube. He talks about Jesus being co-opted by MAGA, not taking money from corporate PACs www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

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