Erin Cook

I noticed this about myself the other day! But then got in a fight with someone at a cafe 😞maybe the internet just doesn't cut it anymore and you need to take on people being nasty to baristas

Fitch Ratings Downgrades Indonesia's Debt Outlook to Negative Fitch also highlighted government social programs, such as the free nutritious Meal (MBG), as requiring large funds.

Fitch Ratings Downgrades Indonesia's Debt Outlook to Negative - https://en.tempo.co/read/2090605/fitch-ratings-downgrades-indonesias-debt-outlook-to-negative

Like people been getting deported to Myanmar and basically getting conscripted into the Jubta forces & forced to fight against their own people. THIS IS WELL DOCUMENTED.

Yet this gov't think they abusing the asylum system. Fuck off.

'The announcement of the student visa ban adds to a string of betrayals by the British government, which cut aid after the 2021 military coup in Burma despite a growing humanitarian crisis, and has not brought in any new sanctions against the Burmese military since 2024.'

News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg

What a cheery way of thinking about journalism. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

I had lunch with my octogenarian friend and the bread was so tough I was sawing it. She was telling me all about moving to Australia - being plopped to Darwin from Lucknow days before Cyclone Tracey hit! - and I'm like mmhmm oh yeah? While shaking the table, cursing my useless serrated knife

She's a beauty, great snap

Happy birthday!!

Atrocious from the UK, which should be a world leader in assisting the people of Myanmar NOT demonising them. It's so dark that Myanmar is often included in these sorts of things lately because of the bad form of the class holding most of the country down. Rotten.

“Britain said on Tuesday ​the government would end study visas from ‌Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan, and work visas for Afghans, in a major crackdown as anti-immigration sentiment ​rises in the country.” 😢

I'm not sure yelling about who does and doesn't to 'deserve' Australian diplomatic support is helpful in the long run!

only some Australians, not all of them. Those others can go fuck themselves.

Family of Nurul Shah Alam speaks publicly for first time since death Fatimah Abdul Roshid and her son Faisel spoke to reporters for the first time on Saturday after the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam.

The story of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, the blind Rohingya refugee who was allowed to die by US authorities. From Myanmar to Malaysia to the USA, he barely tasted freedom at all www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/28/s...

your ability to bring anything back to nrl is truly an art

IN BED ahahah

i am learning so much this evening

he's a pisces i learned

yessss this is shit i wanted ty chris!!

with jackie o? or someone else? (you are now my source on this)

its a joke keren

I can't STAND IT when people do this like ~ironic racism thing to underscore how odious conservative lawmakers are. It's just being racist. like, saying racist shit to show how racist others sound is racism. Very common on bsky for some reason.

gross wtf

this is actually so annoying lmao 'things 2 to 16 year olds do will influence us .... here's a story about what 27 year old are doing online'

A world away, Southeast Asia reacts The Philippines mourns the first known loss

We know of at least one death so far in the Middle East crisis, with Filipina carer Mary Anne Velazquez de Vera killed in Israel. Given how many people work in the region I'm very concerned we'll see that increase as this drags on. For now, 🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭 responses darimulut.substack.com/p/a-world-aw...

oh, Anwar!

this new feature on Amazon is really saving me money (immediately abandoning the product in pure mortification)

Ty for your review, the price is insane and it's kept me out so far but ooh I've been close

Friends and acquaintances only, however

The proliferation of 'nepo baby' as a meme means far too many people in my real life are saying 'nepotism' when they mean 'cronyism'