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Erin Cook

@erincook.bsky.social

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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 🤓 https://darimulut.substack.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 16d

The last few weeks in the Indonesia-Australia relationship (except for the 2+2 because it was unusually boring) flatkopi.substack.com/p/west-papua...

🇮🇩🇦🇺 West Papua gun running? Oh jeeze

Suspicious death and organ mystery in Bali, unease with PNG proposal

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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 11h

An exiled Myanmar journalist on funding cuts:
"Last year my newsroom secured money from the United States that meant I could finally begin planning to reunite with my mother. Then Donald Trump began slashing support for independent media & all my dreams unravelled."

kite-tales.org/en/article/b...

Between Exile and Conscription

kite-tales.org

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 12h

hmm he was probably only a decade or so older than myself. a gen x proto eshay (actually i'm just not sure if we're allowed to say 'junkie' anymore)

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 12h

The other day an elder eshay stopped me to say I have a fantastic laugh

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Insight Myanmar Podcast @insightmyanmar.bsky.social · 1d

Episode #413: Smells Like Teen Spirit

No Country for Quiet Girls: The Revolution Will Not Be Apologized For

dlvr.it

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

This fella will be waist deep in the Murrumbidgee 0600 tomorrow with a clean karma slate 🙏

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

One of the best three word phrases you can read: tsunami warning cancelled!

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

From Rappler liveblog, sorry! www.rappler.com/philippines/...

LIVE UPDATES: Magnitude 7.4 Davao Oriental earthquake

Bookmark this page for the latest news in the aftermath of the earthquake

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

Scary to experience, I should clarify. Lots of videos from inside schools and workplaces

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

First death reported, photos and footage starting to come through now and it looks really, really scary

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by freaks and dummies who share its luck

Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 2d

This is utterly … what’s the word? Oh yes … fucked.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

'"Based on local tsunami scenario database, it is expected to experience wave heights of more than one meter above normal tides and may be higher on enclosed bays and straits," PHIVOLCS warned.'

ABS-CBN News @news.abs-cbn.com · 2d

Powerful quake strikes off Davao Oriental

A powerful quake struck the waters off Davao Oriental on Friday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

Christ, the Philippines can't catch a break. That is enormous, fingers crossed for the next few hours

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Philippines earthquake: tsunami warning issued after 7.4 quake hits Mindanao

The Philippines seismology agency said it strongly advises people in coastal towns in central and southern Philippines to immediately evacuate Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the earthquake in the Philippines. A quake measuring 7.4 has struck the Mindanao region, triggering a tsunami warning. The Philippines seismology agency has warned of damage and aftershocks after the quake struck the southern island. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

it's also literally a gag from English Teacher season 1. they didn't invent shit!!!!!! get them, Disney!

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

i refuse to believe this

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

I hate when someone wins the Nobel and I don't know who they are

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

fascinating work from the Straits Times here tracing how these shady companies lure workers to Cambodia www.straitstimes.com/singapore/po...

Police probe S’pore firm recruiting job seekers for scam-linked Cambodian resort

The Straits Times looked into the firm, after a foreigner asked online if the company was legitimate. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

per reporting in recent days, Trump seems to be very convinced he has hashed out a lasting peace for Thailand-Cambodia which is, historically, funny to me.

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

yeah whoever that is. enjoy!

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

what lmfao

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

something stinky! something stinky! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Western Sydney University graduates sent ‘fraudulent’ emails claiming degrees were ‘revoked’

University apologised to recipients, saying emails were referred to police and were not legitimate

www.theguardian.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

don't you think this is weird that it came out a few hours after a lot of WSU grads got 'spam' emails saying their degrees had been revoked. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Careers in limbo after graduates discover university courses were never accredited

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

www.abc.net.au

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

it was a joke. thanks.

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

'your subscription will begin with the fall edition' okay well i don't know what that means so forget it

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

i love the one in Woden called the Shard. our people should not be using that word

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

it's actually a curse to be a born internet addict but relegated to bluesky

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