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@jinxremoving.bsky.social
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Still yelling about Malaysia | supporting refugees on a shoestring | lizard apologist | tear down the borders | relevant flags: 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇲🇾 🇲🇹 🏳️‍🌈 🏴

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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This week Malaysia sent a gift to the Myanmar military junta: over a thousand refugees who had sought protection from it. But criticise this action and many Malaysians will act like they’re the ones harmed.
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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
DRONE TARGETS JOURNALISTS These images from the @afp.com show the aftermath of an Ethiopian drone strike today, on the headquarter TV station of the local Tigrai TV network in the Tigrayan city of Mekele, as war rages on. No info on casualties, Tigrai TV has been off air since the attack.
AFP photo showing the destruction caused to the headquarter building of Tigrai TV in the city of MekeleAFP photo showing the destruction caused to the headquarter building of Tigrai TV in the city of Mekele
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“If you go out, go out for something important”: an article on life for trans Muslims in Kelantan www.scmp.com/week-asia/pe...
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In Malaysia, a mother’s love offers her trans daughter refuge
For transgender Muslims in Kelantan, quiet family acceptance at home contrasts with growing fear of sharia crackdowns.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Where the hell is Derry Girls. I have been successfully ragebaited
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More than 450 organisations around the world - including mine, Garabtaag - have signed on to @kadinininsanhaklari.org's urgent call to stop the criminalisation of the LGBTIQ+ movement in Türkiye. Wish we could do more for our Turkish friends 💔 wwhr.org/a-joint-inte...
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh god Americans on here are having another round of Let’s Make Assumptions About Malaysia
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wild that a paper as big as the Times of India published this tripe (and still hasn’t responded let alone removed it). With such unprofessional standards it’s presumably not an isolated incident
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But is it fascism? Do they really yearn for apocalypse? Isn't that polarizing? Shouldn't we be nice to them? We made a short video so folks can hear the end timers in their own words and judge for themselves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
HAYAT does amazing work not only in advocating decarceration, drug policy reform and death penalty abolition but also to support those impacted by the current prison system. Learn more about them! www.hayat-life.org
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HAYAT: Towards Rehabilitative & Restorative Justice in Malaysia
A Malaysian 🇲🇾 human rights organization committed to advocating for rehabilitative and restorative justice, with a focus on decarceration, drug policy reform, and the total abolition of the death pen...
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I love a good online investigation. Here's one into a network of shady websites promoting UAE-friendly messaging about Sudan: marcowenjones.substack.com/p/from-north...
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An AI-Powered, Coordinated Paid Campaign on Sudan's War, Disguised as Four Independent News Sites
Investigation reveals info op involving a Hong Kong company, three North Macedonians, 558 ads across LinkedIn & Meta, reaching 5 million accounts in the EU alone — all pushing one side of Sudan’s war
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s fucked up beyond measure that any of this is accepted. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A brilliant piece of writing on a train journey across Canada, by Soraya Roberts, who recently passed away www.geist.com/fact/silver-...
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Silver & Blue - Geist.com
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln in Pattaya was a non-event for sex workers. Except for those who were arrested in the pre-arrival crackdown. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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After nine months at sea, a muted stay in Thailand for crew of USS Abraham Lincoln
The aircraft carrier’s record-long Iran war deployment, which some of the crew described as a grueling odyssey, is winding down at last.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
[watching Silo episode one] imagine she gets out and it’s, like, Telawi
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My organisation, Garabtaag, also endorsed this statement ⬇️
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend. Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
irishtimes.com
‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Malaysia made me feel like I was asking for too much when I was only asking for the bare minimum: a roof over my head, a bank account, & the ability to move around without being harassed.” My friend Al Ibrahim on being a Black migrant, first in KL, now in Berlin: garage.madebyal.net/2026/08/blac...
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B(l)ack in Berlin – The Garage
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is one hell of a read. Pussy Riot member Rita Flores has left Russia after being pressured by the security service to inform on her peers. She and her lawyer have advice for other coerced informants. theins.press/en/news/296386
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Ex-Pussy Riot member Rita Flores says she cooperated with the FSB for nearly three years before escaping Russia
Former Pussy Riot member Rita Flores has stated that in February 2023, officers from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coerced her into cooperating…
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My friend's parents recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They spent their honeymoon in Kabul. In her latest newsletter, Holly looks at what happened there since then hollyedwards80.substack.com/p/fifty-year...
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Fifty Years in Afghanistan
A Tragedy in Five Decades
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Do you ever confuse, like, idk, maybe a distant lawnmower with some particularly atmospheric drone music? Because I think I’m getting that right now
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
For @womeninmigration.bsky.social & Efecto Colibrí, I wrote about the state of migration today: efectocolibri.com/en/pushing-b...
This violence is ever present for certain populations: refugees, Global South migrants, holders of ‘weak’ passports, low-income workers. It becomes normalized, even as other populations easily breeze past it. The violence that Amir experienced is not over yet: “I am in a complete security crisis. A person can survive poverty, but no one can survive without safety. If I work, I risk going to prison. If I don’t work, I face starvation. If I go outside, I live in fear of being caught.”
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In honour of yesterday’s event I reread this 1979 account by Annie Dillard. It’s so good, so haunting pioneerworks.org/broadcast/to...
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Annie Dillard: Total Eclipse | Broadcast
The great writer on the best minutes of her lifetime.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Partial eclipse time in the Netherlands and it is indeed still and silent outside. Complete absence of birdsong
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PolGeoNow @polgeonow.com · 12/08/2026
Great piece of reporting on the events in #Ceuta from the perspective of asylum seekers as well as the residents of the city (for once). newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th... #geography #geopolitics #Spain #Morocco #migration #Mediterranean #FortressEurope #borderlands #borders #borderexternalization
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They Swam to Europe but Are Still Stuck on North African Shores
For thousands who crossed into Ceuta, Spain, the reality of Europe’s external borders has hit hard
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Must-read thread on the sociopolitical context of Thailand today
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
FUCK OFF WITH YOUR KEY TAKEAWAYS
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Started my day with this short story by @caiomajor.bsky.social and turns out its uplifting treatment of heavy themes (gender dysphoria, suicidal ideation) is actually a perfect mood for the work I’m doing www.latinelit.com/curated-stor...
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Survivors | LatineLit Literary Magazine
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"One may of course oppose oneself to bloodshed in all cases. But it is not serious to swim in a sea of blood and faint at the addition of another drop." A 🔥 review (via @gordonzola.bsky.social's newsletter) lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...
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A Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of Books
Did the Weather Underground have a point?
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A man wishes his father a happy sixtieth birthday.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
1. Deborah Levy 2. Becky Chambers 3. Alison Bechdel 4. Michelle Tea Five is hardddd, I guess Judy Blume probably if we hark back decades?
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 09/07/2026
A great interview. There are some stars you'd want to go down the pub with just for the craic.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Great initiative, great reporting
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
You would think that flyers generated using ai might perhaps be an improvement but when the little robots do the bidding of people who don’t understand design principles, you end up with a shit ton of text packed into one graphic and it’s even more of an eyesore than its beforetimes counterparts
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This podcast transcript is a gripping read, looking back on what it was like to be a teenage skinhead fighting nazis. Abortion rights and queer rights were also part of ARA’s politics 🔥 workingclasshistory.com/2021/01/11/e...
workingclasshistory.com
E49: Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis
As a far-right mob just stormed the Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021, learn more about the history of opposition to white supremacy in the US. This podcast episode tells the story of Ant…
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It is good to recognise the Armenian genocide. It is also imperative to recognise the ongoing genocide of Palestine. apnews.com/article/isra...
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Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide
Israel’s Cabinet has approved a proposal to designate the violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I’m in Amsterdam and we’re looking at 37 degrees today holy fuck
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A sad outcome for a Kenyan after six years in Malta. And you just know that so many locals will gloat and hope the same happens to other migrants timesofmalta.com/article/didn...
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‘I didn’t know what depression meant until I was in Malta’
Davis Maoga came to Malta with two master’s degrees and a finance career ahead of him. He left jobless, separated from his family and still waiting on an appeal he eventually abandoned
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I just discovered Carsie Blanton last week and it's a particular joy to find this song of hers recommended in @gordonzola.bsky.social's newsletter www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDf1...
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Elon Musk - Carsie Blanton Official Music Video
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hooted with laughter a few times at this one from @eviemetal.bsky.social ohevie.substack.com/p/move-like-...
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Move like you were dyin' | vol. 253
Getting rid of the evidence
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“If Malaysians truly care about their country’s image on the world stage, they should look not at the words of a Rohingya survivor, but at the actions of the digital mob claiming to speak in their name.” www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/noor-aziza...
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When a Rohingya Woman Speaks, Malaysia Calls It an Insult
Rohingya activist Noor Azizah faced a vile online backlash after speaking about Rohingya suffering.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“Malaysia’s media broadcasts videos of Rohingya children begging, their faces shown. But it does not ask who organised a 190,000-signature petition to expel genocide survivors.” www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/when-remov...
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When “Removal” Means Erasure for Rohingya
Rohingya activist Razia Sultana responds to Malaysia’s anti-Rohingya petition, linking “removal” rhetoric to refoulement, Wang Kelian, and regional erasure.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"Be soft, docile, agreeable. Do not be loud. Trans women are famously loud, and are often used by sea captains to alert other ships to their presence in foggy weather." My beloved friend Holly shares advice for women in the light of the UK's latest fuckery hollyedwards80.substack.com/p/ladies-beh...
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Ladies, behave
It's the law, bitches
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Great creative strategies here! airesistlist.org
airesistlist.org
The AI Resist List
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Woke up with this stuck in my head the other day www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLy5...
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Meesha Shafi, Talhah Yunus - Paisa Bolay | Prod. by Abdullah Siddiqui (Official Video)
YouTube video by Meesha Shafi
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I edited this article which has just been published by @mrrors.bsky.social. It’s an important one, on the UAE’s mass expulsion of Pakistani Shia migrants www.mrrors.org/2026/05/deta...
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Detained, tortured and deported: Pakistani migrants recount UAE’s anti-Shia crackdown amid Iran war -  MRRORS
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“The poor think the rich have it easy, and they do. But they also don’t, because wealth on a scale like theirs is not natural, and it takes a lot of contorting to keep it theirs.” @anandwrites.bsky.social on what the Epstein files reveal about billionaires: the.ink/p/rich-brain
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3. Rich Brain
What do super-rich people think about constantly? In chapter three of our series, we find one answer in the Epstein files
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Oh hello Edinburgh, I saw this recently and it’s a documentary about friends of mine. It also does a spot-on job of explaining how Malaysia works (which can be hard to fully communicate to outsiders!). Strongly recommend.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"When AI is sending emails and even making phone calls, it becomes harder to tell if the person behind them is sincere or capable." restofworld.org/2026/ai-agen...
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I got stood up by an AI agent, and tracked down its human owner in China
A solo entrepreneur is paying a quarter of his salary to let AI agents run his side-hustle app. He recently realized his "employees" have been keeping secrets.
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
In our rights-averse times this is a sad, disappointing and scary development. Transnational repression exacerbated by the Zambian authorities' contempt for the RightsCon organisers they had established an agreement with. Teruk af www.rightscon.org/rc26-statement
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A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This Labour Day I just want to be compensated for my labour. I've been working full-time for free for so long. The refugee cases I manage are in the hundreds. Organisations with paid staff send referrals my way. But trying to find a salary is like a whole other full-time endeavour. I'm exhausted.
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