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Coffee freak. Inveterate collector of data. PKM. I tweet in Thai and English. Follow me at your own risk 😆

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The most on-the-nose ringtone ever.
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RFK Jr's Phone Interrupts Autism Alert Announcement With Hilariously Fitting Ringtone In Viral Clip
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NPR @npr.org · 31/05/2026
A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.
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This is how close American households are to the financial edge
A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
And here it comes. How much of this involves Trump's businesses? He never does anything without personal financial gain. White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
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Exclusive | White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer
President Trump is expected to unveil the measures with Pfizer’s CEO on Tuesday
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Nick Fish @nickfish.me · 27/09/2025
The best and the brightest
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2025
Trump: "She should be put in jail. Fani Willis is a criminal."
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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Fair warning, you should probably not tell the person who writes about public health conspiracies throughout history that antivax movements didn't exist until Wakefield. I believe the bibliography I just sent might be an entire bookshelf worth of "WTAF is wrong with you? No."
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/08/2025
PhD-level, y'all.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Oh my. These execs are so disconnected from reality and completely lacking in empathy. No surprise there.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Cartoon of military press conference. Caption:
"We have no concrete idea what we did, what comes next, or what it means for the globe, but other than that it was a spectacular military success!"
Cartoon by Lars Kenseth
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This is more relevant today. MAGA exemplify this mindset.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Solo lunch today
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If you've ever used Word for long writing, you know how much this bloated, buggy, distracting, AI-driven sucks. Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish ia.net/topics/markd...
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Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish
Notes on a revolution in slow motion.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Are we seeing the rise of the Dual State in America? America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
'Block lists' are more common than thought. People are reporting that many American corporations practice this concept. Laid off through no fault? Tough to get re-hired We uncovered Meta's 'block lists.' It turns out a lot more companies have them, too. www.businessinsider.com/how-block-li...
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We uncovered Meta's 'block lists.' It turns out a lot more companies have them, too.
Workers across industries report being unknowingly blocked from being rehired by their former employers, sometimes for years.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Maybe Musk should look into Tesla's books? $1.4bn is a lot to fall through the cracks, even for Tesla www.ft.com/content/62df...
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$1.4bn is a lot to fall through the cracks, even for Tesla
When money spent on assets doesn’t result in assets
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
'Misled' is too mild a term for the decades-long disinformation campaign on the role of sugary drinks as a causative agent in diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. /1 How Coke misled America www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-mi...
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Sugary sodas cause deadly diseases. Coca-Cola worked to discredit the science.
Inside Coke's covert campaign to downplay the risks of sugary soda. A new book shows how the company misled America.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
How US billionaires avoid paying taxes, even when they die. (Gift article) Buy, Borrow, Die www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Buy, Borrow, Die
How to be a billionaire and pay no taxes
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/03/2025
This is completely fucked up. I know everything is fucked up, but THIS is why universities need to stand up and fight, not cave like Columbia did. NOTHING will satisfy them, and all the capitulation just leads to more demands and humiliation.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Influencers have become a plague on society. It's not ok to grab a baby wild animal from its mother. Baby wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Baby wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister
Montana-based hunting influencer flew out of Australia on Friday after home affairs minister said he couldn’t ‘wait to see the back of this individual’
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Not a drag queen? 🤷🏼‍♂️
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
@shadowsnacks.bsky.social I just took a quick look at your photos. Nice work!
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ? Then releasing it as if they discovered it ? Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me. Very Trump like too. Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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USAspending.gov
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Wild otters on the Singapore River
Wild otters on the Singapore River
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Temporarily escaping the PM 2.5 in Bangkok. Enjoying the breeze on the waterfront in Singapore. Coffee at Toby’ Estate, with a friendly Mynah
A very friendly MynahToby’s Latte Gula is very good!Riverside cafe in Singapore
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Oopsies! How will OpenAI, Claude etc. deal with this? As for Grok... Trump Embraced AI and It Exploded Spectacularly in His Face futurism.com/trump-embrac...
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Trump Embraced AI and It Exploded Spectacularly in His Face
Nvidia's losses following the rise of DeepSeek's AI app are staggering, which doesn't bode well for Donald Trump's doubling down on the tech.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
YouTuber to AI ripping off videos: Eat my .ASS Preventing AI Plagiarism With .ASS Subtitling hackaday.com/2025/01/25/p...
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Preventing AI Plagiarism With .ASS Subtitling
Around two years ago, the world was inundated with news about how generative AI or large language models would revolutionize the world. At the time it was easy to get caught up in the hype, but in …
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Oops! Be careful what you wish for. Your dirty laundry will be aired. GOP Fears Jan. 6 Probe Will Expose Their X-Rated and ‘Embarrassing’ Texts www.thedailybeast.com/gop-fears-ja...
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GOP Fears Jan. 6 Probe Will Expose Their X-Rated and ‘Embarrassing’ Texts
An aide to Mike Johnson has reportedly urged lawmakers to not subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson to keep the sordid texts under wraps.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 20/01/2025
Trump Team Marks Inauguration Day With Mean-Spirited 'EVICTION NOTE' Taunting Biden
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Trump Team Marks Inauguration Day With Mean-Spirited 'EVICTION NOTE' Taunting Biden
Trump Team Marks Inauguration Day With Mean-Spirited 'EVICTION NOTE' Taunting Biden
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Dr. Disinformation 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇺🇸 (NAFO Fella) 💙 @blackhat5555.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I got into it with a journalist on here the other day. When disinformation is free and real news costs money, want to guess which one wins among the poor and uneducated? Journalism needs a better business model if they want to survive the post-truth world.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Charlie Hebdo (@Charlie_Hebdo_) is testing Musk's tolerance for freedom on Xitter now. Lots of crude, x-rated caricatures of Musk. I wonder how long those posts will stay up?
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Will Zuckerberg replace those fired workers with lower cost H1B visa workers? Bay Area tech giant Meta to dump thousands of workers, then hire replacements www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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Bay Area tech giant to dump thousands of workers, then hire replacements
Bay Area tech giant Meta intends to cut thousands of workers, as Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to cull "low-performers" quickly this year and then backfill.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This is interesting and concerning for older people. Indoor Temperatures Affect Cognitive Function in Older Adults neurosciencenews.com/temperature-...
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Indoor Temperatures Affect Cognitive Function in Older Adults - Neuroscience News
A new study reveals that older adults experience the least attention difficulties when home temperatures remain between 68–75 ˚F (20–24 ˚C).
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Allan Rasmussen @alra.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
#OPPO and #Realme post statements apologizing to Thai customers, saying they will speed up the removal of the illegal loan apps "Happiness Loan" and "Fineasy" from peoples phones installed without consumers' consent.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Zuckerberg bends the knee for Trump ahead of inauguration. What could possibly go wrong? Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump a...
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
What next from MSFT? A New Year's gift from Microsoft: Surprise, your scanners don't work www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/s...
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A New Year's surprise from Microsoft: Scanners stop working
Canon confirms multifunction devices struggling with Windows 11 24H2
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Please remind me how much PROFITS they make in a year?
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Trying out a new restaurant at One Bangkok. The pork chop was just ok and the waffles were a bit meh
Pork chopBanana & waffles
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security
Just in time for holiday tech-support sessions, here’s what to know about passkeys.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
You stupid assholes. laist.com/news/health/...
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I haven’t had a big meal in a long while. I decided to go a bit fancy today.
Mushroom & truffle soup Pappardella with beef cheek ragout Orange crème brûlée
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
It’s been many days since I’ve gone out. The weather in Bangkok is nice but there’s haze. Having a hot Thai tea with no sugar is quite pleasant.
Hot sugar-free Thai tea
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“Stanford’s top disinformation research group collapses under pressure *** 2 ongoing lawsuits & 2 congressional inquiries into the Observatory have cost Stanford millions of dollars in legal fees,” while GOP “legislators threaten 2 cut federal funding to universities studying propaganda.” 6/14/24 1/
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Today's Music in My Mind is a classic by Mr. Mister: Broken Winds. A lovely melodic rock tune from December 1985 when it hit No. 1. youtu.be/nKhN1t_7PEY?...
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Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
YouTube video by MrMisterVEVO
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Do you wake up to music playing in your mind? This morning it was Camille Saint-saëns Symphony No. 3. I first heard this playing on the radio in 1972, and I was entranced. It's just as wonderful today.
Album cover of the Deutsche Grammophon of the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 with Daniel BarenBoim conducting.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
What should have been an easy win for the DOJ turned into a big win for lawyers and Endo Pharma execs. Absolutely disgusting. Endo’s End Around: How One of the Nation’s Largest Opioid Makers Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty www.propublica.org/article/endo...
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Endo’s End Around: How One of the Nation’s Largest Opioid Makers Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty
For a decade, the Justice Department delayed a winning criminal case against Philadelphia-based Endo Health Solutions. That allowed the company to vastly expand its narcotics empire and execute a corp...
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
An interesting sunset in Bangkok this evening, featuring a contrail almost bisecting the sun just hidden behind this building.
Bangkok sunset this evening with a contrail right through this building and the sun just behind the building.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The Sackler family and McKinsey profited off the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. They deserve more than monetary fines. McKinsey to Pay $650 Million in Opioid Settlement With Justice Department www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...
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McKinsey to Pay $650 Million in Opioid Settlement With Justice Department
A former senior partner will also plead guilty to obstruction of justice after destroying company documents.
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections
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TopQuark @topq.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Went out to lunch with my wife to the Man Ho Bistro at the Erawan plaza. It was very good but different from the Man Ho at JW Marriott, and better in many ways. Very friendly staff. Would recommend.
Crispy shrimp rollsStir-fried noodles with charsiu pork & shrimpPrawns with salad cream (yellow), and wasabi cream (green)
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