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So many posts and headlines including the words “Hegseth” and “public execution” and yet every single one of them leaves me disappointed

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 16h

This might be the quickest I've gone from learning about a newsletter to subscribing.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 16h

Okay, did not know how much I apparently have always needed a blues / Chinese folk crossover.

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 14/10/2026

You might have seen my post on this yesterday. While I got lots of nice messages, I also got a load of hateful bile, so I've written this article to set the record straight. The dehumanisation of disabled people has to stop www.normalisland.co.uk/p/disabled-p...

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Disabled people are not riding around in free cars. That’s not how it works.

Sorry folks, but I’m breaking character today because Nigel Farage has pissed me off and I need to set the record straight.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

BTW, Joshua Wong was in prison on the day that photo was taken: June 16th, 2019. That's one reason why it is so ridiculous when the authorities think of him as a "ringleader" of the 2019-20 protests. (And yes, he has spent way too much time as a political prisoner already.)

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 11/10/2026

📣 JFM condemns continued US delisting of Myanmar cronies and sanctions on ICC The US gov must learn from the mistakes it made after the sham 2010 election and not appease a brutal military that commits genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity with impunity. More on FB 👉🏽 buff.ly/xw9vyXB

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

4 things that happened in 2025: 1) Ethnic cleansing against the Alawites in Syria. 2) Ethnic cleansing against the Druze in Syria. 3) Ethnic cleansing against the Kurds in Syria. 4) UK gov and many EU govs declare Syria a "safe country" in their asylum policies, making seeking refuge much harder.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It's just really fucking bleak that the chaos of the Syrian civil war allowed for more Kurdish freedom and autonomy than the (extremely relative) stability that followed where the new gov. can isolate single targets. thenewregion.com/posts/6802

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Mazloum Abdi says ‘constitutional struggle’ to secure Kurdish rights in Syria lies ahead

"What we have established now is a foundation that we can build on," said Abdi.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

his new gold sponsor looks like him from a mirror universe where he loves maths from a young age instead of brain trauma and harmful chemicals so that's something

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The thing about covering Alex Jones while dealing with flu is that "am I well enough for this?" has no happy answer.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I don't think I've ever read something by Sai Wansai and not come away with a much better understanding of the larger dimensions of the Myanmar conflict. This, on junta leader Min Aung Hlain's visit to Malaysia, continues that pattern. english.shannews.org/archives/30342

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A RED CARPET WITHOUT CONDITIONS: What Min Aung Hlaing Actually Won in Kuala Lumpur - Shan Herald Agency for News

Malaysia rolled out the full ceremonial apparatus for a leader it officially does not recognise. Min Aung Hlaing (MAH) inspected a guard of honour at Putrajaya,

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It is commentary in and of itself that I did not consider going to my bookmark folder full of examples of junta war crimes by air, I *knew* I would find at least one example during my weekly catch-up.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

V. failed junta Operation 4926 finally achieves similarity with v. successful resistance Operation 10/27 it was obviously supposed to remind everyone of - loss of regime territory. monnews.org/2026/10/09/t...

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The Rakhine Front and the Faltering 4926 Operation - IMNA

Nai Rot Sa New Mon State Party Monland The Past Black Mark Historically Nai Nonla Nai Shwe Kyin Hongsawatoi Restoration Pan Nyunt government troops Siri Mon Chan Mon political analyst Thailand-Burma b...

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

*slightly imprecise of me, this is an extensive list of who is arming their airforce. Given the pattern of fighting is that junta loses on the ground, then bombs schools and hospitals as revenge, this is an extensive list of war crimes suppliers.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ryuho Okawa, the cult leader who claimed to be Jesus, Muhammad and Buddha all reincarnated, died in 2023, but has the podcast about his books ever admitted it? This week's blog. poetetc.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/d... (also, ICYMI, Sat was an Alex Jones update poetetc.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/l...)

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Did The Okawa Book Club Ever Admit Okawa Died? (Happy Science)

I think this is going to be our last time with Happy Science. How to explain Happy Science in a paragraph? Happy Science are a cult built around the divinity of Ryuho Okawa, who is the divine being…

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 11/10/2026

Elon: i’m going to send a data center to space! Zelenskyy, packing a repurposed Cessna full of composition 4: me too

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11/10/2026

Small island kingdom's state-owned propaganda arm censors woman's pro civil rights message

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's a Milk Tea weekly event thread! You should read it because a) maybe you can attend something good b) maybe you'll learn about a new group or struggle c) definitely you'll see how many people are fighting for a better world

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Episode 6 "Starting Over" from Info Birmanie & Peoples Radio Myanmar. A Myanmar youth explains how the continuous stops & inspections by soldiers made it impossible to remain employed in Myanmar, so he fled to Thailand but that finding a job there was a challenge. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Milk Tea Alliance weekly events thread is always a good thing to read. You might be able to attend something, sure, but even if not, it's a place to learn about struggles and groups. The sheer amount of people organising and sharing together is genuinely inspiring. Just a good fucking read.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The last 3 weeks in Alex Jonesland saw Jones fearmonger about a race war, peddle Russian propaganda and spend a full hour spreading rumours about another conspiracy grifter's sexuality. Little Saturday bonus blog. poetetc.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/l...

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Late Sep – Early Oct in Alex Jonesland

And back to Alex Jonesland, keeping up with both how he’s doing post Info Wars being sold to The Onion and using him as a barometer of the conspiracy right in the lead up to the midterms. In the im…

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

somewhere in the afterlife, Randy Weaver sheds a single nazi tear

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There are worse ways and reasons I have learned my first words in a language.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I will try (and fail) to remember this acronym. Thank you!

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

*should read Min Aung Hlaing, not Hlaing, that's me applying an anglo naming convention where it doesn't fit, something something, respect others' cultures even when talking about their absolute most shitbag members, etc.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I expected other ASEAN members to invite Hlaing and try to normalise the junta after Malaysia. I didn't expect it to happen the next fucking day.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wow, I'm amazed by how normal, healthy and just how much the whole thing didn't reduce culture to Just One Thing.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

look, there might be a hedgehog on our notes soon

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

and this betrayal opens the door for others to re-engage (see quoted) cause the world decided on "ASEAN centrality" to deal with the situation in Myanmar... and now ASEAN has folded like a paper bag in the rain & we fucking called it... back in 2021... 😡

Milk Tea Alliance - Friends for Myanmar
Statement on the 100th day of the ASEAN's Five Point Consensus on Myanmar

We, activists, organizers, and allied organizations of the Milk Tea Alliance - who have kindled, supported, and mobilized recent and emergent protest movements against authoritarian rule and oppression across Asia and beyond - releases this statement to strongly condemn ASEAN for its utter incompetence in responding to the current humanitarian and political crisis in Myanmar.

ASEAN's Five Point Consensus, which was announced exactly 100 days ago, has proven to be futile. The consensus was weak in addressing issues critical to de-escalating the crisis - such as release of the political prisoners. Yet, despite the low bar it set, not a single point on the consensus has been implemented thus far. Myanmar military has continued to repress, threaten, and murder innocent civilians with impunity and is now weaponzing the pandemic
against its own people. Overall, the consensus only undermined the struggle of the people of Myanmar, rather than deliver the promises it claimed it would serve.
Moreover, it is obvious that the bloc itself is disinclined to take any tangible and effective measure to deter the military in Myanmar. Not only has the ASEAN been unhelpful in resolving the crisis, it has been an obstacle. It has shielded the Myanmar military from a more
comprehensive international response, even giving a veil of international legitimacy by engaging with them.
In this regard, we urge the wider international community to stop centering ASEAN for a resolution of the crisis in Myanmar and instead to step up with stronger, more effectivemeasures against the military themselves.
4 August 2021

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A betrayal of the peoples of Myanmar by Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim who rolled out the red carpet (literally) for the murderous leader of the Junta in Myanmar, whose forces continue to terrorise the country, carrying out airstrikes on civilians & burning villages.

Anwar & Min Aung Hlaing walk down a red carpet together

Homes reduced to ash after regime forces torched Wetpoke village in Myaing Township, Magwe Region on June 4, 2026

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Owl @owlerine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In the UK a woman who had fled forced child marriage and severe violence, had her asylum claim rejected, the refusal letter appeared to be AI-generated with AI hallucinated references. Imagine this with no recourse. These are potentially life or death situations.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bloody hell... In a deleted post, the 93rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army published photos of a seven-year-old child with personal details under the pretext of a “birthday party” celebration to urge their NPA mother to surrender.

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‘Army use of child a violation of int’l humanitarian law’

“What the 93rd Infantry Battalion did is equal to hostage-taking,"

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A 45-year-old woman was killed after an artillery shell fired by junta troops landed and exploded inside a civilian home in Pyin Phyu Gyi Village, Thayetchaung Township, Dawei District, according to local residents.

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HK Labour Rights Monitor 香港勞權監察 @hklabourrights.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

2,000 days in prison. Still holding on. Today marks 2,000 days since Hong Kong labour and democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan was imprisoned. “Hold on. Hold on until the very end.” His wife, Elizabeth Tang, asks us not to forget him, his work, or the Tiananmen crackdown. May he one day be free. 🦅

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ALTSEAN-Burma @altsean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Red carpet? More like a blood carpet! 🩸 By welcoming military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, #Malaysia is sending a clear message: ASEAN principles are sold, and human rights no longer matter. #ASEAN: principles sold. Red carpet rolled out. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #Myanmar

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A 22-year-old man with a mental health condition from Myay Ni Kone Ward, Area 6, in Mawlamyine was reportedly taken and handed over for military conscription by a motorcycle taxi driver. The young man had been renting a house on Yan Pyay Street in Area 6 of Myay Ni Kone Ward.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

4th mass casualty event at a Turkish school since April bianet.org/haber/one-st... Meanwhile, Turkish conservatives protest the real threat to Turkish youth: anime bianet.org/haber/group-...

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One student killed, seven injured in İstanbul school stabbing spree

A high school student wore a middle school uniform to enter the school and randomly attacked students there.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

50 years ago today... police & paramilitary forces massacred students & protesters at Thammasat University. Today ceremonies of remembrance of those killed took place at Thammasat. The legacy of the massacre & subsequent coup in 1976, still impact Thai society today. #ลบมรดกรัฐประหาร6ตุลา

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New event! 📆7th Oct 🕑14:00 Thailand Time Join Bright Future & allies for "Rights at work" protest to end the cycle of exploitation of Myanmar workers & demand the Suppression of illegal brokers & human trafficking Outside Thai Parliament, Bangkok x.com/thalugazzz/s...

งานที่มีคุณค่า ไม่ใช่สิทธิพิเศษ แต่คือสิทธิของทุกคน

ยุติวงจรขูดรีดแรงงานเมียนมา
ปราบปรามนายหน้าเถื่อนและการค้ามนุษย์

เพื่อสิทธิแรงงานที่เป็นธรรมและศักดิ์ศรีความเป็นมนุษย์

7 ต.ค. 69
รัฐสภา
13.00 น.

#แรงงานเมียนมา
#แรงงานข้ามชาติ

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

also of all possible lengths, they chose *88* feet...

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Tories have their own fantasy Bayeux Tapestry depicting a future victory at their conference. British politics is intensely embarrassing, I get why we don't talk about it publicly.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Myanmar workers in Malaysia striking to protest junta leader Min Aung Hlain's state visit - in the midst of a targeted deportation campaign against Myanmar people in Malaysia - is a pretty astounding display of courage. english.dvb.no/myanmar-work...

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Myanmar workers in Malaysia call for strike ahead of Min Aung Hlaing visit to Kuala Lumpur - DVB

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*footnoe on de facto fracture - this already exists on the ground to a large extent, Wansai is arguing that international actors will increasingly form relationships and deal with EAOs in control of the splinter areas.

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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sai Wansai piece. He produces very detailed analysis of the macro level in Myanmar and believes the junta is in its last years of being able to claim control (already an iffy claim), that there will be a de facto fracture of the country. V. worth reading. english.shannews.org/archives/30326

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A COUNTRY IN LIMBO: Consolidated Military and Political Situation Report for Burma (October 2026) - Shan Herald Agency for News

The military situation in Burma as of early October 2026 indicates a regime in terminal decline, characterized by severe territorial losses, logistical collapse, and a desperate reliance on aerial ter...

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