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Memories of a golden age - Mekong Review In the face of funding cuts and growing oppression, Cambodian reporters cling on to hope through memories of a golden age of journalism

“Even when there’s no reason to believe things will improve, we can’t help but cling to this diminishing hope"

Poignant piece from @mono24.bsky.social in @mekongreview.com on Cambodia's golden age of journalism, feat. Mech Dara, Kann Vicheika and Phuong Vantha:

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YouTube video by Al Jazeera English A new form of capitalism: The Influencer Culture | Al Jazeera Untangles

The opening feels a little negative, but watch until the end, it’s actually more empowering for content creators than victimizing them. It seems to come from someone who genuinely loves the internet and believes in the purpose it was meant to serve.
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Memories of a golden age - Mekong Review In the face of funding cuts and growing oppression, Cambodian reporters cling on to hope through memories of a golden age of journalism

Today challenges go far beyond protection or protests for press freedom—they also include the constant struggle for financial stability and the toll on mental health.
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Last June, I wrote about my encounters with reality during meetings with former colleagues, many of whom had lost stable jobs while others navigate the uncertainties and suppression.

Memories of a golden age - Mekong Review In the face of funding cuts and growing oppression, Cambodian reporters cling on to hope through memories of a golden age of journalism

This August marks 70 years since the @voiceofamerica.bsky.social first found its way into Cambodian homes through the airwaves in 1955.

A rich and nuanced account of both contemporary and historical political contexts on both Cambodia and Thailand over the current border conflict, by Dr Soksamphoas Im

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In recent days, more than 100,000 Cambodian migrant workers have returned from Thailand amid ongoing border clashes between the two countries, with more continuing to arrive.

A spokesperson for the Cambodian Defense Ministry confirmed that Thailand resumed firing artillery shells into Cambodia at 2 a.m., following a pause in shelling between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. last night.

Mapping and Measuring Listening in Public Communication Settings | Article | Media and Communication Tariq Choucair

Excited to share my new article, "Mapping and Measuring Listening in Public Communication Settings", now published in Media and Communication (@CogitatioMaC)! Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm... #OpenAccess

Thailand’s Cluster Munitions Betray Basic Human Decency The Thai military’s repeated deployment of cluster bombs against Cambodian forces has dredged up painful memories of the 2008 border conflict—mem...

Later the same day, the Royal Thai Army admitted to using cluster bombs, attempting to downplay the severity by claiming their targets were strictly military. But their justification not only dismisses basic humanitarian obligations—it mocks them.

Dying Before Germ Theory As RFK questions germ theory, and measles ravages unvaccinated children, Americans need to know what is at risk. Americans died at higher rates and younger ages before the introduction of germ theo…

While I would prefer that my historical research have less relevance, please read and consider what it was like to fall ill and die before germ theory. #histmed 🗃️ nursingclio.org/2025/07/21/d...

Meta Content Library and API | Transparency Center Meta regularly publishes reports to give our community visibility into community standards enforcement, government requests and internet disruptions

Hi everyone, is anyone using the Meta Content Library API? I am specifically interested in getting in touch with people with API access, rather than access to the frontend only. transparency.meta.com/de-de/resear...

Are these tools surfacing the most relevant answers, or the ones that mirror with what we’re primed to accept? If outputs subtly echo our assumptions, we risk mistaking personalized fluency for objectivity. And when things happens at the pre-research, “idea-developing”, brainstorming stage, then?

I’ve noticed something curious: friends often say Google AI feels “very useful” and time-saving for general research. But when I tested the same prompts across devices, the varied responses suggest deeper implication—how prior searches, keyword choices, and worldview may reinforce confirmation bias.

On it this week! First few pages already intriguing. #DigitalDegrowth

Happening this afternoon, I am speaking at #IAMCR2025 in Singapore on my research conducted during my study at the University of Queensland. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event!

*Thanks Australia Awards Cambodia for granting the fellowship to support my research sharing.

That's not a good move for her. Everyone knows it supposed to be back. 🤷‍♀️

A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account Phone numbers are a goldmine for SIM swappers. A researcher found how to get this precious piece of information from any Google account.

A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

🔗 www.404media.co/a-researcher...

Technology, Labor Rights, and Political Power in Kenya and Across Africa | TechPolicy.Press Justin Hendrix speaks with Nerima Wako-Ojiwa, director of Siasa Place, and Odanga Madung, a tech and society researcher and journalist.

To understand how tech intersects with democracy & the future, look to Africa—especially Kenya. @justinhendrix.bsky.social spoke with Siasa Place's Nerima Wako-Ojiwa & journalist Odanga Madung about worker movements, AI bias, government censorship, and the youth resistance shaping tomorrow.

I have created five OSINT challenges! 🎉
The set, titled "Back in Time", focuses on @bellingcat.com's many contributions to the OSINT community over the past decade, and can be found on their new challenge platform.

Go and check them out! 🔽
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At 12:33 PM on May 4, the SaveVOA team received a notice that our X account (@savevoanow) has been suspended for allegedly “violating rules against inauthentic accounts.” We are appealing this decision.

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Black and white etching-style triptych showing 8 hours for work on the left, 8 hours for rest in the middle, and 8 hours for “what we will” on the right

Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?

139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.

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Cautioning His Students to Stay Quiet, A Scholar of China Hears Echoes of Its Past in America's Present For several generations now, the overriding philosophy of life for many Chinese intellectuals and average citizens has been “mingzhe baoshen,” (明哲保身) which dictionaries define as “a wise man looks aft...

"Cautioning His Students to Stay Quiet, A Scholar of China Hears Echoes of Its Past in America’s Present" by @bairuiwen.bsky.social

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(Although I would have said:
"Echoes of China's Present in America’s Present")

“I want a future where an adorable robotic lamp is just an adorable robotic lamp.“

Book round-up: Latest works by CLaSP members — CLaSP Blog A compilation of recent books by CLaSP members “just in time” for teaching. This is the first of many posts highlighting the extremely rich work of CLaSP members. The recent books listed below cov...

📚 Book round-up: browse some of the recent book publications from CLaSP members. Topics from supply chains, agricultural labour, artistic production & activism and more www.claspblog.org/blogposts/g9...

📣📚 New member book! Edited by IAMCR members Anna Gladkova and Elena Vartanova, together with Shi-xu, "Digital Inequality Studies in Cultural Communication" looks at the rise of new digital divides #inequality #DigitalDivide
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Cambodia denies re-entry to Mongabay journalist who reported on illegal logging BANGKOK, Thailand — On Jan. 5, Mongabay journalist Gerald Flynn was denied entry to Cambodia. Flynn has lived and reported in the country since 2019, but upon his return from a brief visit to neighbor...

Cambodia denies re-entry to Mongabay journalist who reported on illegal logging

Amid a disruption of key projects in Cambodia due to the U.S. aid freeze, the gov't is scrambling to secure new funding partners to keep afloat initiatives which have stalled. With programs grinding to a halt, NGO staff are also facing job losses & uncertainty.

Opinion | This is the Trump education agenda Trump administration threats to undocumented children and transgender students are creating a panic

"The education world is in a panic over these new policies."

The latest from @perrybaconjr.bsky.social: wapo.st/3CMIiwe

An excellent and doable plan for using Trump's economic warfare to to get us somewhere safer and fairer than where we are right now. We used to call this kind of thinking The Leap. Still works!

It's about Canada but many other countries, in coordination, should respond to this shock in similar ways