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Erin Cook

@erincook.bsky.social

Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don't complain to me that I don't cover business enough, I do not know of such things. Read my newsletter πŸ€“ https://darimulut.substack.com

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Went to check my hilarious posts and noticed I need to update my bio!

22.11.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jakarta style!

22.11.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was helpful!

22.11.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just bought cigarettes and the fella said 'we've got the tax ones but no cheap ones'

22.11.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The duality of man!

22.11.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lmfaooo

22.11.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I bet if you were in a VERY specific mood it'd be soooo good

22.11.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We could definitely bring that one back

22.11.2025 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
22.11.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

reading a lot of wartime-era old lefties at the moment and i like how they say 'metropolitan press' as a dig instead of 'mainstream media' like today. might start rolling that out. also going to get into pamphlets.

22.11.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Long forgotten! Come to Weston Creek me and my sisters want to fight you

21.11.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡²πŸ‡² How effective are scam centre raids? China sentences operators to death while Thailand readies for political blowblack

Excellent analysis and compilation of analysis' by the constantly wonderful @erincook.bsky.social -- if anyone needs a gift link to the NYT article she references, it will be in the post below

20.11.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for sharing, Al!

21.11.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Online radicalisation: Extremists exploit gaming platforms Extremist groups are exploiting gaming platforms like Roblox for radicalisation and recruitment in Southeast Asia, targeting vulnerable youth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes....

I reckon Roblox is going to get banned soon in a few places

www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...

20.11.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Life for Alice!

20.11.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to wind him up with YouTube tomorrow and report back πŸ™

20.11.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The news played a clip of him at the country music awards and he yelled about how 'they've got some nerve putting that Kiwi on here'

20.11.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My granddad talks about Keith Urban with the same venom usually only reserved for Camilla or Meghan

20.11.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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When 'living becomes harder than dying’: The quiet crisis consuming Yangon Once alive with promise, Yangon is now gripped by hunger, despair, and a rising wave of suicides

This is really a moving (and very upsetting) story from Myanmar Now last month on residents in Yangon taking their own lives as the city stagnates myanmar-now.org/en/news/when...

20.11.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

one of the biggest foreheads i've ever seen in this country

20.11.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Singapore is investigating Chen Zhi -> who has a Cambodia passport for some reason -> and his Prince Group rents offices in a Bangkok building owned by Anutin's family. what do you do! this is bananas!

20.11.2025 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately I went to a midday showing of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You and am now totally unable to do a thing for the rest of the day

20.11.2025 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai: A Tale of Two Election Strategies Will the two parties swap places?

Bhumjaithai's nomination of two "outsider" technocrats as prime minister candidates signals a major party rebrand. Pheu Thai, on the other hand, might double-down on its family-first image. Some thoughts on a tale of two election strategies.
www.coffeeparliament.com/p/bhumjaitha...

20.11.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@snarkyplatypus.com after yesterday's hawker mishap, I spilt papparich curry all over my shirt today. Sticking with sandwiches until I can be trusted with Malaysian cuisine again 😭

20.11.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The NYT is running subscription deals with a whole bunch of outlets - big banner on Tempo and just spotted it on Nepal's Republica. interesting!

20.11.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Myanmar scam compound newsletter drafting day

20.11.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

How's this: Thailand and Malaysia team up to create a durian superstate primarily to annoy Zulkifli Hasan

19.11.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Zulkifli Hasan a bit weird for reacting like that tbh

19.11.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œOur proposal celebrates a fruit that has shaped our communities, supported our farmers and contributed significantly to our agri-export economy," says DMA president Eric Chan. Fair enough too!

19.11.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prabowo edits Indonesia's past by making Suharto a national hero Honour risks legitimizing a legacy marked by mass violence and repression

Prabowo edits Indonesia's past by making Suharto a national hero
https://asia.nikkei.com/opinion/prabowo-edits-indonesia-s-past-by-making-suharto-a-national-hero

19.11.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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