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Kolja Nolte

@thaikolja.bsky.social
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I’m a full-stack web developer and amateur photographer from Germany living in Bangkok for 14 years. Fluent in 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇹🇭 Follow me the for seeing Thailand through my eyes—and sometimes through my lenses.

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Larry Williamson (L422Y) @l422y.com · 22/05/2026
TIL you can open/import a markdown file into apple Notes
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Tokens when asked #Claude #Opus 4.7 to rename a $variable.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@maria24x.bsky.social bist du Fotografin?
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Wie ist das eigentlich, bei den #Oscars, in Los Angeles? Schreiben da alle Nominierten am Vorabend ihre Rede, in der Hoffnung, sie gewinnen einen Oscar, und lesen sie dann vor? Und wenn sie nicht gewinnen, schmeißen sie die dann bei der Rückfahrt in ihren schwarzen SUVs zerknüllt aus dem Fenster?
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Am I just not searching correctly, or has almost every conversation on @zeteo.com with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social become an echo chamber? His 2 most popular YouTube videos are #debates. At least I wish to see more head-to-head, or "Head to Head." A bit boring listening to people having a nice chat.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Khao San Road has more women in their #midlifecrisis than #Bangkok has taxis. #thailand
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Can we please just accept that this image — with the lovely “We Don’t Dial 911” nurse still in scrubs confronting what looks like a SWAT team freeing hostages in #Minnesota — should be the 2026 World Press Photo of the Year? Thank you for your attention to this matter. #ICE #DHS #WeDontDial911
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"Vibe coding" is the Special Olympics of programming. #vibecoders
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“I’d have no problem releasing the video” “I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.” 5 days apart 😬 (From @therecount.com )
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 22/11/2025
“I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up.” The much awaited Trump-Mamdani meeting left everyone surprised. Here are some of the highlights from their press conference. zeteo.com/p/donald-tru...
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Damn winter in Thailand! Time to get out the windbreaker and ride slow enough so that the headwind doesn’t cause me hypothermia. #thailand #อากาศหนาว
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Welcome to the “Gentleman’s Club” at #ChamberBar in #Bangkok. Classic, refined, and deeply inviting. An exceptional blend of rustic features and polished, gentlemanly style—with us being the only customers and have the entire room to ourselves! #cigars
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Just another regular night (02:00-04:00) on #khaoSanRoad. A never ending stream of new faces. #photography #streetphotography #bangkok #Thailand
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Construction workers hard at work at 03:00 in #Bantkok, #Thailand. #portraits #streetphotography
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
“It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” Charlie Kirk
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty." Charlie Kirk
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2025
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” — Clarence Darrow #charliekiri
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 18/08/2025
“Can you imagine if a Muslim judge on the Court had said Allah told him to side with Palestine?” Academic Researcher @alonso-gd.bsky.social on the Christian Zionist judge who voted against the ICJ’s finding that Israel was under obligation to cease settlement activities. zeteo.com/p/the-lord-i...
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Farewell, Ozzy. Your music will last forever. 😥 edition.cnn.com/2025/07/22/e...
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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76 just weeks after farewell show | CNN
Ozzy Osbourne, the hellraising frontman of Black Sabbath and reality TV star, has died aged 76.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This must be what people call "the right light." #BangkokNights #CannabisFreedom #Thailand2023 #NightPhotography #Portrait #WeedCulture #สายเขียว #KhaoSanVibes #เที่ยวกรุงเทพ #GreenScene #StreetLifeThailand #ปลดล็อคกัญชา
Photo of a young woman standing at the entrance of a shop on Khao San Road in Bangkok. She is wearing a black t-shirt with the text 'Cannabis Freedom - Weeden' printed on it. The background features warm lighting from the shop’s interior, with shelves displaying various items. The lighting creates a mix of green and orange hues, adding a vibrant and dynamic mood to the scene.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was his home” #bangkok #thailand #khaosan #khaosanroad #streetphotography #nightphotography #portrait
A man wearing a leather hat with his hand on his waist posing near Khao San Rd. in Thailand, feeling fabulous.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Life in #Bangkok can be hard. While hundreds of Westerners party only 50 meters away on #KhaoSanRoad, this man checks the trash before the garbage collectors in the background take it all away. #StreetPhotography #Unedited #Thailand #กรุงเทพ #ถนนข้าวสาร #ข้าวสาร
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Khao San Rd., #Bangkok, #Thailand, 03:41. While many Western tourists trying to convince every Thai girl they can find to "make love" with them in their hotel room, this 12-year-old Burmese girl named Yoon strolls through the night, still carrying a far more innocent idea of what "love" truly means.
A young girl wearing a red dress with cartoon designs and a crossbody bag holds a bouquet of pink roses. The background is a neon-lit street at night, with blurred figures and signs suggesting a bustling urban environment. The girl stands calmly, her hands gently clasping the flowers.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The "T" in #Thailand stands for #tuk-tuk, even at 04:00 in the early morning. Most of the drivers are chill—until you start asking about the fare, that is. #Bangkok #Photography #StreetPhotography #KhaoSanRd #KhaoSanRoad
A bald man wearing a t-shirt, track pants, flip-flops, and a messenger bag stands smiling next to a green tuk-tuk with a "TAXI" sign on Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
For this photo, I got my ass kicked—well, more like grabbed. In 95%, I ask the people I photograph, but sometimes it doesn't work in street photography. While kneeling to take the shot, a teenage girl behind me grabbed my ass to stop me 😅 #StreetPhotography #NightPhotography #KhaoSanRoad #Bangkok
An adult in a dark green shirt sits on a white stool outside, looking at the camera, while their sleeping daughter in a blue pleated outfit rests with her head back on their lap; a bag and a phone are visible next to the adult.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
While you & the rest of #Bangkok are sound asleep, it's the invisible but hard-working mix of #Thais and Burmese construction workers who fix the streets at 03:00 in the morning so that you can enjoy the rush-hour traffic jams in the morning with fewer potholes. You're welcome! #กรุงเทพฯ #คนงานก่อสร้าง
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
@joost.blog & @marucchi.com: I'd love to commit myself to taking part in developing the "New WordPress." Full-stack developer with over a decade of experience and a 5-star-rated WP plugin. Let me know if there's an opening, no matter how small. Working with WP for 13 years. #NewWordPress
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
วันนี้ค่า #PM2.5 ที่บ้านคุณเท่าไหร่ #PM #มลภาวะ #กรุงเทพ #ไทย
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Faces of the south of #Thailand: #KohLanta is a place to chill – no matter what religion you believe in. #islam #muslim #photography
Muslim sitting on a wooden chair, posing for photograph.
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Kefimochi @kefimochi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
If during an interview I am asked to write code from scratch without ability to look things up, I’m ending the interview on the spot. As a generalist this is way too stressful and gives me enough 🚩to not move forward with the interviewing. Might as well let me do pseudocode!
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
#Trump not in office: The right is angry. Trump wins election and is in office: the right is still angry. I don’t get these people…
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Sag mal, #Deutschland, ich hab hier im fernen Südostasien mitbekommen, dass es eine neue Wahl gibt. Ist es schon zu spät, sich die Wahlunterlagen zuschicken zu lassen? #wahlen @spdde.bsky.social @gruene.de (Mal schauen, ob und welche Partei hier auf BlueSky zuerst oder überhaupt antwortet)
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Faces of the South of #Thailand #2: He might not be #AugustEngelhardt, but this man definitely loves his balls. Taken on #KohLanta, #Krabi province on December 26th. #photography #coconuts #portraits #portrait
A middle-aged Thai man is posing for the camera with a coconut on his shoulder and one in his hand in front of a banana plant.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Faces of the South of #Thailand #1: Island life on Koh Lanta in #Krabi province feels like a different world compared to Bangkok. #photography #portrait
A Muslim man is sitting on a chair and looking into the camera.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
In 7 days is the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean #Tsunami, whose waves back in 2004 eradicated islands in #Thailand, Indonesia, …, killing ~230,000 people. And #Netflix? Airs a show about "a family who spends Christmas on La Palma and suddenly has to fight for their lives as a tsunami hits."
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Watch La Palma | Netflix Official Site
A Norwegian family vacationing on La Palma faces disaster when a young researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Today, my absolutely favorite podcast, #AmericanScandal by #Wondery, just released a new season about the 1986 Challenger disaster (S58 E273). Whoever likes narrative podcasts with great storytelling, you'll love "American Scandal". One of the few subscriptions where I’m actually supporting artists.
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American Scandal - Season 58: Challenger Disaster
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
#Thailand’s proposed #VAT #tax hike from 7-15% basically overnight “won’t happen”—for now, at least.
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No plan to increase VAT to 15% - PM
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra confirmed today that the government has no plan to increase value-added tax to 15%.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"A bold ask": Delware Judge C. McCormick calls the $56 billion pay package of Elon #Musk "an eyepopping figure"—and denies it a second time. "To reach a reasonable number, this decision adopts the defendants’ approach and uses the $2.3 billion grant date fair value to value the benefit achieved."
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Matt Storrs @mattstorrs.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Kudos to Apple for releasing a system update before Thanksgiving, allowing people to set up their parents' phones instead of discussing politics.
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
#Bangkok after midnight is the best playground for night #photography. No matter where you are, you’ll always find something or someone interesting to shoot.
Foreign man and Thai girl kissing
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@kleinemaus90.bsky.social แมวชอบอะไรบ้าง
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Kolja Nolte @thaikolja.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
To all newcomers: What was the deciding factor that made you join BlueSky? #question #xodus
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