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Thomas Cristofoletti

@tcristofoletti.bsky.social
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Documentary cinematographer & photojournalist based between Bangkok, Thailand & Cambodia. Co-founder of Ruom Collective - 📷 on NYTimes - SCMP - BBC - Bloomberg

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Denise Hruby @denisehruby.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
"Worst-case scenario". Some 300 residents were evacuated; cows were airlifted by helicopter. I first reported about how the warming climate is making mountains less stable back in 2019 when I traveled across Switzerland with @tcristofoletti.bsky.social
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'Things are getting unstable': global heating and the rise of rockfalls in Swiss Alps
As Switzerland’s glaciers melt, dangerous rockfalls become more likely and towns are forced to live under an existential threat
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Badiucao巴丢草 @badiucao.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trumpism is Maoism… look at this dictator Badge from US officer now
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Elaine Pearson @elainepearson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Prior to the earthquake, Myanmar was already facing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the junta's aid blockages & economic collapse which has left millions of people at risk of starvation and half the population in poverty. Now it's even worse. www.bbc.com/news/live/c4...
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Myanmar-Thailand earthquake live updates: Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to more than 1,000 as hundreds trapped under rubble
In Mandalay, Myanmar, more than 1,500 houses are damaged as Bangkok rescue officials believe 15 people could be alive under the rubble of a collapsed building.
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Lia Sciortino @liasciortino.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/deli... #myanmarearthquake #burma
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Editorial | Deliver Earthquake Aid to the Myanmar People, Not the War Criminals
A regime waging war against its own people cannot be trusted to deliver assistance. Quake relief should be distributed via channels not controlled by the junta.
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Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news · 29/03/2025
Gwen Robinson (1960-2025) “Badass” comes to mind when I think about her. Fiercely passionate w/ a career spanning decades across the region. A friend of many here in Bangkok; an inspiration to many more younger colleagues crossing paths with her. Rest in Power, @robinsonbkk.bsky.social
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The US backed Israel committed the largest child massacre in a single day last week, killing over 200 children. In addition it killed 100 women and at least 200 men. This was done with US bombs and the blessing of the US government. No widespread media coverage or global condemnation.
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Massacres in Gaza City While Protesting for Democracy in Tel Aviv
How is it possible to square the defense of Israel's democratic values with a situation in which on the other side tens of thousands of Palestinian lives are being cut short in a single blow?
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Israel recently committed the largest child massacre in its history. Two hundred children and 100 women were
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Yep
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Lia Sciortino @liasciortino.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Such a generosity.... #singapore has bever been a major development aid donor country in spite of his riches. If I remember correctly sing$500,000 was a record during Tsunami
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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Reporting by @spiegel.de has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet.
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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
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Badiucao巴丢草 @badiucao.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
now it makes sense
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/03/2025
Israel has blown up Gaza's only specialised cancer treatment hospital, the Turkish-Palestinian Hospital, along with an adjacent medical school, drawing condemnation for yet again targeting a medical facility ⤵️ aje.io/wpl2e4
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Israel blows up Gaza’s only specialised cancer hospital in massive blast
Destruction of Turkish-Palestinian hospital has been condemned as being part of Israel’s ‘systematic state terrorism’.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Just six years ago, Gabbard was slamming Donald Trump for helping the Saudis to bomb Yemen in what she called a "genocide" and said we "need a new president." Today, she works *for* Donald Trump and is defending Trump's direct attacks on Yemen and his killing of innocent people.
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Tulsi Gabbard Wants Other Countries To Join the US in Attacking Yemen - News From Antiwar.com
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has called for other countries to join the US in attacking the Houthis in Yemen, a country she previously strongly opposed intervening in. The US launch...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Israel just killed hundreds of Palestinians, including kids. The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids. "Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel. Sigh.
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Noan Sereiboth 🦋 @noansereiboth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Myanmar Junta Celebrate Closure of US-Funded Media Outlets
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Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Myanmar Junta Celebrate Closure of US-Funded Media Outlets
The U.S.-funded broadcasters Radio Free Asia and Voice of America have long been a thorn in the side of the region’s repressive governments.
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Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news · 18/03/2025
🎥WATCH: A Thai govt delegation is heading to Xinjiang, China to follow-up on 40 Uyghurs it deported last month. Here's my @channelnewsasia.bsky.social report on that trip, the international fallout and we're also examining the Thai govt's justification of that deportation.
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Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news · 17/03/2025
Thai lawmakers voted down an opposition bill seeking to transfer corruption cases against military officers to a civilian court. Once again, a clear signal by the powers that be that any attempt at civilian oversight of military affairs in this country is unwelcome.
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Bill to transfer corruption cases from martial court voted down
Parliament has rejected a bill to transfer military corruption cases from the martial court to a civilian court, following heated debates and amendments.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The word ‘pathetic’ doesn’t even begin to describe this.
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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
When I reported from the Thai-Myanmar border years ago, I met with local journalists broadcasting news in Myanmar. RFA and the VoA supported these efforts and were among the few alternative news sources. The Trump administration's funding cuts would affect hundreds of millions in the region.
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Trump's funding cuts hit Radio Free Asia and Voice of America
RFA president blames latest move as 'a reward to dictators and despots'
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Rina Chandran @rinachandran.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
At least 274 Kenyan workers, mostly women, have died in Saudi Arabia in the past five years. Autopsy reports describe evidence of trauma, including burns and electric shocks. An untold number of Ugandans have died, too, but their government releases no data. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/w...
nytimes.com
East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
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CNN @cnn.com · 15/03/2025
Voice of America channels across the globe go music-only after director says "virtually the entire staff" was placed on leave by Trump administration: cnn.it/4irpORh
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Voice of America channels fall silent as Trump administration guts agency and cancels contracts | CNN Business
The Voice of America may not live up to its ambitious name for much longer.
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/03/2025
Flashback:
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025
A USAID official told employees to clear safes holding classified documents and personnel files by shredding the papers or putting them into bags for burning, according to an email sent to the staff.
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U.S.A.I.D. Official Orders Employees to Shred or Burn Classified and Personnel Records
A union representing career diplomats demanded that the aid agency follow the law stated in the Federal Records Act. Some documents could be relevant in court cases.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
MUSK: A sophisticated cyberattack from Ukraine took out Twitter's servers REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
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What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/03/2025
one of the things i truly believe is that a significant portion of this country is in the grip of a death cult
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
SCOOP—Emails obtained by Prem Thakker and Zeteo show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him. He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving. He even wrote he feared ICE "might come to my home."
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SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained
"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The White House, not even DHS, the White House itself apparently, is directly deciding which permanent residents should be detained and deported based on their political speech. If this doesn’t scare you about the state of our democracy and liberties, I don’t know what will.
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Noan Sereiboth 🦋 @noansereiboth.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Huione Pay, the banking arm of what’s been called the world’s “largest ever illicit online marketplace,” has been stripped of its banking license, the National Bank of Cambodia confirmed to RFA this week.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/03/2025
An Israeli social media trend shows people prank-calling family members, pretending to seek donations for Palestinian children, to mock their suffering in Gaza.
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 05/03/2025
The Trump administration is no longer demonstrating concern with its own purported human rights priorities, and Thailand knows it.
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Thailand’s Uyghur Repatriation Shows the Consequences of Trump Policy Incoherence
The Trump administration is no longer demonstrating concern with its own purported human rights priorities, and Thailand knows it.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/03/2025
BREAKING: Israel’s FM Gideon Sa’ar says the government is prepared to move to stage two of the ceasefire agreement, which includes Israel’s full withdrawal from Gaza and the release of all live captives. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zpvlam
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Interesting that Musk shows more respect, in terms of his dressing, when he is with the Chinese government than with the American government, but MAGA doesn’t care.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/02/2025
A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office for President Trump’s sit-down with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.
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A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business
A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/02/2025
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 01/03/2025
"But no matter how disgusted anyone might be at Trump and Vance’s behavior, the strategic reality is that this meeting is a catastrophe for the United States and the free world.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
What a joke this country has become. Far right Trump flatterers cosplaying as journalists in the Oval Office. Rubio sitting there rightly looking embarrassed.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 28/02/2025
Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news · 28/02/2025
Opposition MP and fmr UNHRC and NSC employee Kannavee Suebsang slams Def Min Phumtham’s claims as “lies”, saying that Turkey was ready to resettle more Uyghurs but was blocked by the Yingluck govt and “2 more countries” were also ready to take them in. Source: www.facebook.com/share/p/15yi...
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Thomas Cristofoletti @tcristofoletti.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Happy to share this doc I shot for @mongabay.bsky.social with Chidapha Srai, exploring the lives of Thailand’s last sea nomads and their struggle to preserve their traditions in a changing world. Forced to settle on land, some have found an unlikely new livelihood—collecting ocean-bound plastic. 🌊♻️
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Thailand’s last sea nomads cling to their roots in a changing world
YouTube video by Mongabay
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 24/02/2025
The raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet follows Bangkok's crackdown on scamming operations along the Thailand-Myanmar border.
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Thai, Cambodian Police Rescue 215 Trafficked Scam Workers
The raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet follows the Thai crackdown on scamming operations along the Thailand-Myanmar border.
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Lia Sciortino @liasciortino.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We could not shy away from such an important issue #funding #developmentaid #usaid #rightistgovernments #southeastasia. And take a look at my article too published in 2023, but more relevant than ever at www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
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Thomas Cristofoletti @tcristofoletti.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Cambodia’s Stolen Statues Return to an Overcrowded Museum Foreign institutions and collectors are repatriating artifacts of deep spiritual significance to Cambodians, but questions remain about where and how to display them properly. My latest 📸 for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
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Cambodia’s Stolen Statues Are Coming Home to an Overflowing Museum
Foreign institutions and collectors are returning artifacts with deep spiritual meaning for Cambodians. Where and how to display them remain open questions.
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CNN @cnn.com · 19/02/2025
BREAKING: Zelensky accuses Trump of living in a "disinformation space," a day after the US president falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia
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Zelensky says Trump lives in ‘disinformation space’ | CNN
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Donald Trump of repeating disinformation, a day after the US president falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia.
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