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Nithin Coca

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Asia-focused (🇯🇵🇲🇾🇮🇩 & Tibet) award winning global journalist covering environment, climate, Human Rights & supply chains. DM for Signal 🔑 📍Japan, sometimes California or Indonesia Mastodon: social.coop/@ncoca Contact: nithincoca.com

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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 29/09/2026
So here's #Greenpeace, responding to a data release by the Chinese government with...nothing but praise Zero mention of any issues related to labor or human rights issues in Chinese cleantech exports. www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
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Greenpeace East Asia comment on Chinese government report showing China’s 80% impact on global electrification - Greenpeace East Asia
China Electricity Council on September 22 released the “China's Electrical Development Annual Report 2026”, finding that China has been a primary global driver of electrification accounting for 80% of...
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Great detailed analysis here of recently exposed digital transnational repression targeting the Tibetan diaspora, and how it both builds on growing capacity in China and feeds that capacity for other forms of surveillance, domestic and transnational turquoiseroof.org/spyware-as-a...
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Spyware-as-a-Service
Spyware-as-a-Service: What the i-Soon files reveal about China’s targeting of the Tibetan diaspora
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 18/09/2026
There are far too many links like this between Europe's far-right and the #CCP to be just a coincidence. #Germany, #Hungary & now #UK too. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s media presenter worked for Chinese state propaganda channel
Party podcast and social media host Ray Addison fronted films about province where China is accused of genocide
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 18/09/2026
Some news - I'll be speaking at the virtual tbd/Con organized by Gazzetta next week. My focus - the scale of digital surveillance and censorship in #Tibet, a relevant topic due to the information blackout after the recent Nepal/Tibet floods. Details here - free to join ask.gazzetta.xyz/tbdcon26
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we want talks that end with open questions. technical depth, social critique, and wild prototypes welcome.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 17/09/2026
Are we trading one environmental catastrophe for another under the disguise of #EnergySecurity? Why do #Japan’s biomass plants include dangerous explosions and heavy pollution? For @mongabay.com, my latest piece unpacks the risks of wood pellets for power news.mongabay.com/2026/08/conc...
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Concerns grow over ‘green’ biomass power in Japan after spate of accidents
For the past decade, Japan has been expanding the use of woody biomass for power generation to replace or be mixed and burned with coal. The country is now the second-largest wood pellet consumer in t...
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Jennifer Pak @jpak25.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More than a week after the deadly Nepal China floods, very little is known about the dead or missing in Tibet. China's control over media and digital censorship is in stark contrast to open reporting in Nepal. But it's not new. www.npr.org/2026/09/07/n...
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As Nepal identifies those killed in the floods, questions grow over China's reporting
One week after the deadly floods, very little is known about China's dead or missing. China's control over media and digital censorship is in stark contrast to open reporting in Nepal.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 14/09/2026
As newsrooms obsess over the latest Trump blunders, what happens to the rest of the world? International journalists are being left behind. For @objectivejournos.bsky.social my latest unpacks the hidden costs of shrinking foreign reporting budgets objectivejournalism.org/2026/08/u-s-...
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International journalists' opportunities are shrinking
As Donald Trump wins more attention from U.S. news media, one loser has often been international reporting.
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Nithin Coca నితిన్ @ncoca.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
So, #Google will no longer let you see even basic details - like hours - unless you login. Which, of course, I can't since I have no account. #enshittification #bigtech #tech
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 11/09/2026
The Chinese government relies on dancing ethnic minorities to project normalcy. Last year, it brought dancing #Uyghurs to #Japan. For the wonderful @mekongreview.com, I unpack the bizarre propaganda of 'Xinjiang Week' mekongreview.com/xinjiang-week/
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Xinjiang week - Mekong Review
Uyghur dance performances are invariably showcased by Chinese officials in an attempt to show that everything in Xinjiang is ‘normal’. It’s a move that, through its absurdity, creates even more unease...
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The next day, the messages grew more panicked. ‘Mama, please get home quickly.’ Finally, she sent the same text, four times in a row: ‘Mama, I miss you.’” Relatives Go Online to Grieve #Tibet’s Flood Victims. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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‘Mama, I Miss You’: Relatives Go Online to Grieve Tibet’s Flood Victims.
The authorities have not released an official list of those missing in the Tibet flood, creating an information void that people have tried to fill.
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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
More re Anwar Ibrahim: compare his 2018, before-becoming Prime Minister of Malaysia comments re the Uyghurs. An e.g.: "Asked why Muslim governments have largely been quiet on the Uighurs, Anwar said, “They’re scared. Nobody wants to say anything”...
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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 07/09/2026
“There is barely any lake left,” Ghulam Mohammad, a 70-year-old resident of Anchar who has been fishing in the lake for nearly 40 years, said. “The water is shrinking, pollution is increasing, and the ecosystem is dying before our eyes.” www.thexylom.com/post/kashmir...
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Why a Kashmiri Cattle Rearer Still Depends on a Lake That Made Her Sick
As pollution, sewage, and unchecked development shrink Kashmir's lakes, families who rely on them for their livelihoods have few alternatives — even when the water is toxic.
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 03/09/2026
RSF warns that censorship and information controls are obscuring the toll of the devastating floods in Tibet. No independent #Tibetan or international media have been allowed into affected areas rsf.org/en/floods-ne...
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Floods in Nepal and Tibet: restrictions and disinformation are impeding vital news
As the list of identified victims and missing persons continues to grow, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm about the obstacles preventing the public from accessing vital informatio...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Nepal-Tibet Catastrophe: What Is China Hiding? Nepal counted its dead and opened its data; Tibet’s losses vanished behind China’s digital erasure. By Lopsang Gurung bitterwinter.org/the-nepal-ti...
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The Nepal-Tibet Catastrophe: What Is China Hiding?
Nepal counted its dead and opened its data; Tibet’s losses vanished behind China’s digital erasure.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 02/09/2026
You can tell a lot by who calls it the #Nepal-#Tibet floods and who calls its the #Nepal-#China floods.
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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Honestly, just tragic. A society that devours its young has no future but that is what the CCP has in the cards for Hong Kong, while Wong and many nameless others have sacrificed so much to defend their home
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
Wong, 29, is accused of urging foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades and other hostile measures against China
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 01/09/2026
So, are all the people angry at #Google maps for predictably renaming Lake Ontario actually going to stop using it? Or are they just going to complain and then make excuses, just like they've done with basically every other #bigtech platform that supports fascists? This is why they keep winning.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 01/09/2026
Got a CSO press release on the #Nepal #Tibet glacier floods disaster that really went out of its way to avoid mentioning Tibet at all, or anything about what is happening on that side of the border.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ten years after the Chinese Communist Party sharply escalated abuses against Uyghurs in the far western Xinjiang region, the crackdown on rights remains severe, @hrw.org reports. The repression amounts to crimes against humanity. www.hrw.org/news/2026/08...
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China: Decade of Impunity for Crimes Against Uyghurs
The Chinese government’s decade-long severe repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims amounting to crimes against humanity, deserves a stronger response from the international community.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 27/08/2026
Worth #reading this piece - a level-headed take on #China and how its changed.
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Tibet Action Institute @tibetaction.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Devastating flash floods have taken place on the Nepal-Tibet border. We must ensure that reporting on this disaster focuses on Nepal and Tibet, not China. This tragedy did not occur in “Western China,” “China’s Tibet,” or “Xizang.” Tibet is Tibet and must remain so.
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 26/08/2026
Devastating news from the Nepal–Tibet border, where flash floods & mudslides have killed at least 17 people. As climate change accelerates snow & ice melt across the #Himalayas, the need for early warning systems & climate-resilient infrastructure grows ever more urgent www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nepal flash floods: Heavy casualties feared
The flood in Rasuwa - an area north of Kathmandu bordering Tibet - is feared to have swept away villages.
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Morgan @lumorgan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“… the artworks at the centre of the case were created more than 10 years before China created the law under which Gao was charged.” 🤯 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...?
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Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’
Gao Zhen sentenced to three years in prison after already spending two years in detention
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 24/08/2026
I support I should feel sorry, but I'm also someone who has repeatedly warned nonprofits that I've worked w/ that they rely too much on #bigtech platforms. Amazing that I, a freelance journalist, have a most robust data backup system than many nonprofit orgs? slate.com/technology/2...
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The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And we have a new all-time record warm *absolute* temperature for the oceans, according to ERA5 (which goes back to 1940): August 21st likely marked the warmest Sea Surface Temperatures have been for the entire Holocene period. Should be major news!
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Nithin Coca నితిన్ @ncoca.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
A new #taco place opened near me. Looks good. But its all #LA #Dodgers themed so...unfortunately can never go. #Japan
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 21/08/2026
#Climate groups, rightly, spoke out when #COP was in countries with horrific #humanrights records like #Azerbaijan #Egypt & the #UAE, all of which didn't provide much space for #civilsociety. Unfortunately, so far not seeing much of that with this potential news www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Said to Weigh Potential Bid to Host 2028 UN Climate Summit
China is considering a proposal to host the annual United Nations climate summit in 2028, a move that would signal the country’s intent to show greater global leadership on the issue.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 21/08/2026
End one party dictatorship!
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 18/08/2026
Once promoted as a green coal alternative, Japan’s biomass power sector faces growing backlash after a series of industrial accidents. With rising costs and expiring government tariffs, critics are questioning the industry's future. Learn more in this story by @nithincoca.com for #Mongabay.
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Concerns grow over ‘green’ biomass power in Japan after spate of accidents
For the past decade, Japan has been expanding the use of woody biomass for power generation to replace or be mixed and burned with coal. The country is now the second-largest wood pellet consumer in…
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Nithin Coca నితిన్ @ncoca.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
At one of my favorite cafes, like 3 blocks from a popular foreign #tourism area in #Japan and its all #Japanese #tourists here. It's still crazy how tourists stick to such a narrow path.
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 11/08/2026
Tibet Watch reports a new wave of demolitions at Larung Gar, threatening around 1,060 monks’ & nuns’ homes. #Tibetan Buddhist life is again being targeted through demolition, expulsion, #surveillance, & political indoctrination:
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Nithin Coca నితిన్ @ncoca.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
"Seven weeks on X's For You feed shifted political views 4.7 percentage points towards the Republican party" For those of you still there, your presence on #Twitter isn't helping. www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-…
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Nothing can replace the direct connection to the past the survivors represent. But in their absence, it will be up to those of us whose formative years were perhaps more indelibly marked by the historical memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to try to keep the urgency of the nuclear taboo alive."
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Hiroshima, Memory and the Nuclear Taboo
With the number of nuclear survivors dwindling, the world is losing the witnesses who ensure that our collective historical memory can motivate action.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/08/2026
Israeli strike that killed journalist in Lebanon was war crime, say rights groups
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Israeli strike that killed journalist in Lebanon was war crime, say rights groups
Investigation by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and Legal Agenda shows Israel deliberately attacked Amal Khalil and colleague Zeinab Faraj knowing they were civilians An Israeli strike that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and injured her colleague Zeinab Faraj in April was a war crime, three rights organisations said on Thursday. Investigations from Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and Legal Agenda showed that Israel deliberately and directly attacked Khalil and Faraj, with apparent knowledge that they were civilians. The organisations called for the attacks to be investigated as war crimes, while HRW called for states to halt arm sales to Israel and put targeted sanctions on Israeli officials responsible for ongoing crimes. Continue reading...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/08/2026
(this is very bad, btw)
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Firefox @firefox.com · 04/08/2026
Reminder that you can still just...use ad blockers on Firefox. Wild concept, we know.
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Nithin Coca నితిన్ @ncoca.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026
This can't be real - the "contact" button on the webpage of a department at #Indonesia's best public #university merely leads you to their #Instagram page.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 26/07/2026
Muslim mayors in major US and European cities being pro #trans and #LGBTQ rights is quite a contrast from what you see from #Muslim politicians and leaders in South and Southeast Asia.
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 25/07/2026
This would have been Emmett Till’s 85th birthday today if he wasn’t so brutally murdered. To commemorate it, here’s a discussion about Danielle Deadwyler’s tour de force courtroom scene in ‘Till’. m.youtube.com/watch?v=CnFx...
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SCENE AT THE ACADEMY: Till
YouTube video by Oscars
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 25/07/2026
Chinese authorities have reportedly tightened security and #surveillance in Lobga Rangzen’s hometown in eastern #Tibet following his self-immolation in New York. His family’s whereabouts remain unknown amid severe communication and travel restrictions. phayul.com/china-impose...
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China imposes heavy security, tightens surveillance in Lobga Rangzen’s hometown  - Phayul
Phayul.com is one of the most popular & successful Tibetan news website in English. With daily readers touching over 12,500 and still growing. It features news and views on Tibet.
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 17/07/2026
Human Rights Watch warns that Tan Yixiang (谭翼翔), a #Catholic advocate for #Tibetan and #Uyghur rights, is at risk of being forcibly returned from #Thailand to China despite UNHCR refugee status. Thailand should uphold the principle of non-refoulement. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
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Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents
The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China.
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Nithin Coca నితిన్ @ncoca.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026
Only in #Japan - the government and a company both respond to my requests for interviews/comments, but the leading local environmental group on this topic? Nope...too "busy"
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 16/07/2026
So, I can't eat any fresh greens when I come to America next week? This is the type of advice I used to get when traveling to places like India or Indonesia...
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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Apparently 2/3 of Americans don’t know who Mao was. 7/10 for Deng. Shocking but not surprising lack of popular knowledge about Chinese politics. It’s a huge issue. (before you snark with ‘oh Americans are so uniquely stupid’ are you confident similar results wouldn’t obtain in many other places?)
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World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Three incidents earlier this year showed how far some African governments are willing to go to support China’s pressure campaign against Taiwan, @lesleyannewarner.bsky.social writes.
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China’s Pressure Campaign Against Taiwan Puts African Nations in a Bind
Recent incidents suggest that Africa could become a more regular arena for Beijing’s coercive diplomacy over Taiwan.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 08/07/2026
The #WorldCup is obviously fixed & #FIFA is very, very, VERY corrupt, and clearly favors #American and #European teams, so why is everyone always shocked when do they exactly as expected? It's the same story every four years.
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Nithin Coca @nithincoca.com · 06/07/2026
I'm one of the facilitators of this course - our first, focused on helping those working at #laborunions #NGOs #civilsociety and also aspiring journalists explore how to cover social justice, human rights, labor, and more. Details 🔽
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Gov'ts across the world have failed the peoples of Myanmar. They have failed to cut the funds & weapons flows (indeed some enable them)& have failed to get humanitarian aid to people starving & displaced. Despite this the peoples of Myanmar persist, survive the best they can & continue to fight back
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More than 100,000 killed in Myanmar since 2021 coup, monitor says
Since a 2021 coup ousted Myanmar's democratically elected government and triggered a civil war, 100,114 people have been killed across the country, according to a report by monitoring group Armed Conf...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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