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Thin from Thin Ink

@thinink.bsky.social
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Food Systems nut who also happens to be a foodie. Writes Thin Ink, Lead Reporter for Lighthouse Reports, co-founder of Kite Tales Myanmar, founder of Myanmar Now, & former correspondent with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I understand this speech was delivered during last week's conference on One Health, on Monday evening (Sep 21), and that this video is genuine. Benjamin has spoken & written publicly about the dire levels of hunger in Gaza & the blockade of humanitarian aid. I've asked the FAO for comment.
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This post is coming a little late because I was moderating a plenary session at Slow Food Terra Madre 2026 when this went out yesterday. Did you know that… - 100 world’s largest companies by global food & agri revenue had $4.5 trillion in revenue in 2022? news.thin-ink.net/p/the-opacit...
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“The Opacity Is The Point”
Agribusiness Financial Complex and other food notes from NY Climate Week
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New research: a bigger shock ≠ worse hunger. What matters is government effectiveness, food supply diversity & social capital. Study 2 explains why "government effectiveness" critical: dominant traders enjoying 40-80% margins on maize & soybeans in E. & S. Africa. news.thin-ink.net/p/the-shock-...
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The Shock Is Only Half The Story
Two new studies on resilience, market power, and government effectiveness
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Myanmar's opposition span every walk of life. Here is a story of a young Chin man who became a policeman due to a lack of job opportunities at home, and ended up joining the resistance and becoming a journalist. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar kite-tales.org/en/article/p...
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From a Policeman to Pen-Wielding Journalist
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For this week's Thin Ink, we’re still in Brazil, speaking to Ed Wanderley, Brasília-based editor for @apublica.org Agência Pública, whose story starts at a concert, ends up in an ICU stay, and turned into an investigation of the food and pharmaceutical industries. news.thin-ink.net/p/how-paul-m...
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How Paul McCartney Almost Killed Me
Ed Wanderley built a career writing about human rights, science, and health. Then his own heart attack made him the story.
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The night was a long & restless one: for the prison staff, for (those) in the dormitories, and certainly for me too. I distinctly remember a quiet, dark, & heavy atmosphere." A former political prisoner recalls the day the junta executed Ko Jimmy & Phyo Zeya Thaw. kite-tales.org/en/article/d...
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A Dark Day
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Last week, I wrote about how political shifts can threaten public health policies. This week's guest post, by Thalita Pires, editor of @ojoioeotrigo.bsky.social, vividly illustrates how Brazil’s elections next month could affect both hunger & nutritional outcomes. news.thin-ink.net/p/brazil-is-...
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Brazil Is Off the Hunger Map. Food Is Still on the Ballot.
What’s at stake in the upcoming elections
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
For my first issue after summer, I'm focusing on what I learnt from working on Big Food vs. The People investigation, after months and months of tracking down legal documents, reading up on public health policy & speaking to folks around the world. news.thin-ink.net/p/what-18-mo...
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What 18 Months Of Chasing Big Food Lawsuits Taught Me
Including why getting a law passed is just the beginning and the fight over NOVA is a red herring
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason Arday has been found dead. The obsessive media focus on this one man - as if it was one of the biggest scandals in history - was disproportionate beyond belief. Push notifications, top headlines, constant investigations. And now he is dead.
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A diary from the Myanmar-Thai border, where a plate of pork offal skewers on sticks becomes a rare taste of home. A new fellow in Kayin State waxes lyrical about the joys of eating the typical & beloved street snack. kite-tales.org/en/article/p... #whatshappeninginmyanmar #journalism #myanmar
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The Pork Offal Skewer Stall
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Do you need a maths degree to read a food label? Kind of! This week's Thin Ink digs into the global fight over front-of-pack labelling, the single policy that has drawn more industry lawsuits than any other in our Big Food vs. The People investigation. news.thin-ink.net/p/whats-in-a...
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What’s In A Label?
The battle over food labels and healthy diets
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A diary from outside Insein Prison's gates, where every Myanmar New Year, the military junta pardon prisoners at a whim. Our fellow stood among them, months after her own release, searching a crowd of strangers for names she recognised from inside. kite-tales.org/en/article/p...
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Prison gates
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
595 years. That is the combined length of litigation governments have had to fight just to defend basic public health policies against UPF giants. Yes, this week's Thin Ink is all about the investigation @lighthousereports.com published two days ago. news.thin-ink.net/p/big-food-v...
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Big Food vs. The People
239 lawsuits. 595 years of litigation. One playbook.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#BigFood - out-of-control, causing huge damage to #PublicHealth, and fiercely opposed to the public interest. A few profit and the rest of us pay www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules
Exclusive: Global investigation reveals 235 lawsuits have been brought against governments in five countries since 2010
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Latest investigation with @thinink.bsky.social, give it a read. Our food increasingly makes us sick, and we found that when governments try to protect us, they get sued by big food companies like Coke & Pepsi. The lawsuits add up to nearly six centuries! www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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Big Food vs. The People
We expose Big Food’s 239 lawsuits against life-saving policies
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This week's issue is a little late because I was waiting for a groundbreaking investigation by colleagues at @lighthousereports.com to be published. I return to a recurring theme: corporate concentration & power that benefits the few at the expense of the many. news.thin-ink.net/p/who-slaugh...
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Who Slaughters the Competition?
2.5 years after violent protests, a look at what’s actually threatening French cattle farmers
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Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @oslofreedomforum.com · 09/07/2026
At the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum, journalist and co-founder of The Kite Tales @thinink.bsky.social reflected on returning home during Burma's democratic opening, voting for the first time, and the fragile hope that emerged in the interval between decades of military rule and the 2021 coup.
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm in the throes of a monster deadline, so this week's Thin Ink is shorter than usual. But I still couldn't let the week pass without writing about: - trade law, one of the things that I think is chronically underrepresented in food systems conversations, news.thin-ink.net/p/trade-law-...
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Trade, Law, & Livestock
An extension of last week’s theme + does the EU want to feed the world, or sell expensive prosciutto?
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Commercial Determinants of Health sounds like academic jargon. It isn't. It means: your health isn't just shaped by your choices. It's shaped by what's available, affordable, & relentlessly marketed to you by companies with deeper pockets than most governments. news.thin-ink.net/p/the-invisi...
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The Invisible Hand Making You Sick
Commercial Determinants of Health sounds like academic jargon. It isn’t.
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A diary from a border town that has become increasingly lawless, leaving people afraid to even help each other and living in mutual suspicion instead. Our fellow experienced this first-hand when she had a motorcycle accident. kite-tales.org/en/article/l...
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Living in Fear
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What if one of the biggest problems with modern food systems is that we value food almost entirely by price? I spoke with @joseluisvivero.bsky.social about food as a commons, what the “tragedy of the commons” gets wrong, & how food might be governed differently. news.thin-ink.net/p/food-as-co...
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Food As Commons for Beginners
A Conversation with Jose Luis Vivero Pol
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
DYK that... - European farms spent €16.4 billion on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser that never reached crops? - GHG emissions from rice paddies have doubled over past 70 years, making it one of agriculture’s biggest & least discussed climate problems? My latest: news.thin-ink.net/p/farmings-t...
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Farming’s Triple Loss
Wasted fertiliser billions, rice paddies' rising emissions, & regen captured by Big Food
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It was fantastic to attend the Oslo Freedom Forum earlier this month, to support @thinink.bsky.social promoting @kitetalesmm.bsky.social Her urgent message: Myanmar's destruction of independent media and return to dictatorship is not an exception - it's a warning www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUoL...
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Thin Lei Win | From Dictatorship to Democracy and Back Again
YouTube video by Oslo Freedom Forum
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Our co-founder @thinink.bsky.social speaking at this year's @oslofreedomforum.com www.instagram.com/reel/DZnHvE5...
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thekitetales on Instagram: "I voted for the first time in my life in 2015. I never thought that day would come. Then the military took it all back.Our co-found…"
I voted for the first time in my life in 2015. I never thought that day would come. Then the military took it all back.Our co-founder @thinink spoke at @osloff about what it means from Dictatorship to Democracy and Back Again.🔗 Link in bio to learn more #Myanmar #OsloFreedomForum #Democracy #KiteTales #Journalism
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 15/06/2026
This is the gutter racism and transphobia Anheuser-Busch was always buying. That it can't offer even pat disavowals of these ugly behaviors after the fact demonstrates the extent to which it is in thrall to/terrified of Trump and the MAGA base.
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Anheuser-Busch Is Getting the Bigotry It Paid for With Bud Light's UFC Deal
June is Pride Month, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the social media feeds or press releases of the country’s biggest beverage-alcohol companies. Less than two years into the second Trump admi...
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Last week, my food systems & my Myanmar work collided. I went to a municipal farm in Oslo, cuddling sheep & talking to the manager, before going on stage telling 1,000+ people not to forget Myanmar. I also listened to many inspiring speakers who galvanised me. news.thin-ink.net/p/from-food-...
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From Food Systems to Dictatorships and Back Again
Notes from Oslo, including how not to be Will Smith
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Myanmar friends & contacts, pls share! "The Asia Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW) is seeking applicants for the position of Myanmar Researcher to investigate, analyze, and advocate against human rights abuses in Myanmar and related regional issues." job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
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Researcher, Myanmar
Multiple Locations Considered
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“Why China? It’s the elephant in the room in the global food system... There’s still so much inaction in the whole food system. And here, there’s just massive action," Matthew Kessler, host of @tabledebates.bsky.social's latest podcast, Feeding 1 in 6, told me. news.thin-ink.net/p/how-china-...
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How China Shapes What the World Grows & Eats
Based on TABLE’s latest podcast: Feeding 1 in 6
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Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @oslofreedomforum.com · 31/05/2026
The countdown to the Oslo Freedom Forum is on, and @thinink.bsky.social will soon join us in Oslo, Norway.
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This new diary chronicles the plight of undocumented Myanmar workers in Thailand. This is a longstanding crisis but has unfortunately intensified since the junta started enforcing its conscription law. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar kite-tales.org/en/article/s...
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So Long as We Have Shelter
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New on Thin Ink: Ahead of Colombia’s high-stakes presidential elections this week, our partners at @cuestionpublica.com exposed a massive corporate playbook. While the country pioneered "healthy taxes" on ultra-processed foods, Big Food is pushing back hard. 🧵👇 news.thin-ink.net/p/sugar-powe...
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Sugar, Power, & A Vote On Colombia’s Diets
The Battle Over Colombia’s Lunch Boxes Has Reached The Ballot Box
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Here's an investigation we did with the fantastic team at @cuestionpublica.com that really shines a light on our unhealthy food environments & the enormous challenges faced by both consumers & governments trying to curb the consumption of foods that harm our health. Please read & share!
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Displacement changes where people live, but it doesn’t erase their voices, ambitions, or stories. This powerful piece by a former fellow follows a young man navigating uncertainty while holding on to the determination to document the realities around them. kite-tales.org/en/article/d...
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From Displaced Youth to Journalist
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
👥👥 New Thin Ink, fresh from the World Health Assembly in Geneva, where the dominant chatter included funding cuts, disease outbreaks & need for public-private partnerships. 🫶🏻🥹❤️‍🩹 But can the PPPs ever be equal when one party has more resources than the other? news.thin-ink.net/p/for-richer...
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For Richer, For Poorer
The Unholy Matrimony Between The UN & Corporations
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I'll be speaking at @oslofreedomforum.com about return of dictatorship in Myanmar, critical role of independent local journalists, why we need to keep supporting them & what we at @kitetalesmm.bsky.social have been doing. If you find yourself in Oslo, please come say hello. oslofreedomforum.com
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New Thin Ink. DYK that Philip Morris once owned Kraft and RJ Reynolds Nabisco? So when people say Big Food borrowed Big Tobacco's playbook, they mean it quite literally. Also: "eat less ultraprocessed food" sounds simple until you ask who's doing the cooking. news.thin-ink.net/p/from-food-...
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From Food Shocks to Foodwork
An extended Thin’s Pickings on resilience, greenwashing, and UPFs
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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 12/05/2026
📆 Happening tomorrow! The New Geopolitics of Food LAUNCH WEBINAR. As crisis after crisis hits food systems, what will it take to stabilise prices & build more resilient, self-reliant food systems? With incredible speakers @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @thinink.bsky.social, @commonmolly.bsky.social
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WEBINAR | The New Geopolitics of Food
Register now for this webinar on how to reduce dependence on global markets, stabilise food prices, and build resilient food systems.
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I first heard "political economy" in 2022. Since then, I've met so many smart, well-meaning people who kept saying: yes, the food system is skewed, yes power shapes who wins and loses, but it's too complicated, too sensitive, and too hard to tackle. news.thin-ink.net/p/the-politi...
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We produce enough staples & calories to feed everyone. So why is 1 in 5 people in 47 countries going hungry? Latest Thin Ink is on 4 new reports that paint a picture of systemic failures in how we grow, distribute, finance, & protect food. 🔗 news.thin-ink.net/p/on-hunger-heat-and-markets-making
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"The women's wards at Insein Prison were always over-crowded. In the rainy season, the daily task of drying clothes became a major problem." Our fellow writes about life in the notorious Insein prison, including what's it was like during monsoon. kite-tales.org/en/article/r...
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Rainy Season Diary
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Spent the week at Skoll in Oxford. Lots of brilliant people. Big ideas. Impressive solutions. It also reminded me to never assume that the nitty gritty of food systems is widely understood, even among very smart, very motivated people. news.thin-ink.net/p/a-dispatch...
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A Dispatch From Oxford
Reflections as a first-time Skoll attendee
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the events🧵 Many friends & allies been celebrating Thingyan, Songkran, Pi Mai (New year in Myanmar, Thailand & Laos respectively) but for those in exile it can also have a bittersweet flavour, @thinink.bsky.social's latest well worth a read. 1/
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The Ghosts of Thingyans Past
Memory, Exile, & the Comfort of Food
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I used to love April. Thingyan. Water fights. Family. Food. Now it’s mostly memory & an uneasy feeling that those memories are changing the further I get. So I wrote about nostalgia, exile, Myanmar, & why food is sometimes the last place you can still call home. news.thin-ink.net/p/the-ghosts...
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The Ghosts of Thingyans Past
Memory, Exile, & the Comfort of Food
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It's New Year Day in Myanmar, but the military is still in power. In this diary, a Shan journalist wrote about what happened during a 2021 protest against the coup. "The tear gas kept coming until it was so dense the billowing smoke obscured everything," they wrote. kite-tales.org/en/article/u...
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An Unforgettable Day
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Mathias Corvinus Collegium -which Orban used to fund Christian Right across Europe - has endowment worth *1% of Hungary’s GDP* This money has gone to Matt Goodwin, Frank Furedi, a Roger Scruton foundation run by Michael Gove + James Orr Magyar needs 2/3rd of seats to unpick this. Be huge if he can
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Terry Reintke @terryreintke.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungary, welcome back 🇭🇺🇪🇺 This is a turning point for Europe. The times of autocratic backsliding must be over. We look to a brighter and united future. Defending rule of law, freedom and democracy. Tonight, we celebrate in the streets of Budapest.
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
As someone who has been able to vote only once in her life (so far), and whose country just had a sham of an election a few months ago, I do love to see when elections work.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
💥🇭🇺🗳️ BREAKING: Péter Magyar says Viktor Orbán called to concede and congratulate him. Magyar will be Hungary’s next prime minister and, as it stands, is set to secure a 2/3 supermajority – enough to fully dismantle Orbán’s system. A 16-year chapter is over.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2026
i hope the white house sends vance to campaign for Reform in britain
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Somhairle Kelly @eithin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
An excellent article! I was reminded of the way Elizabeth David writes about the blow British cooking suffered from rationing, and why modern British staples are so multicultural. This book is going straight on the wishlist.
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