Katharine Khamhaengwong
@katharinegk.bsky.social
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editor @bindinghook.bsky.social / freelance editor & writer (oxford analytica, brill yearbook of muslims in europe 2022-present, eater, eurasianet, oc media, saveur, the moscow times, etc) based in oegstgeest also: birds, bikes, georgian, snacks, trains
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katharinegk.bsky.social
In Adjara a few weeks ago, nobody was happy with the government and the one Georgian Dream guy I know in Khulo was asking for tips to get to America. Wrote about it for @eurasianet.bsky.social:
eurasianet.org/georgia-prot...
Georgia protests: The view from Adjara
Dissatisfaction is widespread, but many are cautious about expressing displeasure publicly.
eurasianet.org
katharinegk.bsky.social
once again looking for a spring research/writing/??? gig and/or a cat to watch somewhere in central asia or the caucasus for the month of april or so
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psguu.bsky.social
My first article for @bindinghook.bsky.social examines how Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, HUR, uses rapid self-attribution of cyber operations, such as the 2025 Crimea server breach, to shape transparency and legitimacy in wartime intelligence communication. 1/
katharinegk.bsky.social
(if you're around leiden and want a solid caribbean vibes gangster movie in your life, there are two more showings: www.liff.nl/en/Voorstell...)
Zion en - Leiden International Film Festival
www.liff.nl
katharinegk.bsky.social
sad to watch a film specifically and intentionally mainly filmed in guadeloupean creole and then look at the film festival website and have the language just say "french"
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laskin.bsky.social
I have a few more of these, if anyone would like one lmk!
katharinegk.bsky.social
finished slogging through that bio of shevardnadze so i can finally get started on this (very kindly mailed all the way here by @laskin.bsky.social)
my breakfast and a lovely turquoise and red book titled “tulips in bloom: an anthology of modern central asian literature”
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molenasreddin.bsky.social
to be clear to non-swedes why this sucks so much: stockholm is the largest city and the economic capital of scandinavia. this is THE ONLY TRAIN CONNECTION THE CITY HAS WITH EUROPE
molenasreddin.bsky.social
we're killing the stockholm-berlin overnight train because although every seat sells out months in advance, the route itself doesn't turn a profit for the state-owned railway and therefore must go
olaspannar.bsky.social
Regeringen slaktar nattåget till Berlin. Detta har varit mitt sätt att arbetspendla. Fasen vad ledsen och arg jag blir. Varför ska ni förstöra precis allt som är bra. Ni kan dra åt helvete!
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nateschenkkan.bsky.social
This interview by @vlastkz.bsky.social with Karakalpak activist Akylbek Muratbai goes into great detail about what being a Central Asian activist is like at a time when democratic states are turning away from the concept of refugee protection vlast.kz/english/6671...
Karakalpak Activist Decries Repression in Uzbekistan and Bureaucratic Barriers in Kazakhstan - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть
Читайте этот материал на русском.
vlast.kz
katharinegk.bsky.social
right, isn’t it lovely?? more should do this!
katharinegk.bsky.social
vaguely on topic, two poppies bloomed on my balcony this morning
a bright red poppy against a lawn several floors down a window box filled with poppies, geraniums, and marigolds
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thelabandfield.bsky.social
Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology
katharinegk.bsky.social
finished slogging through that bio of shevardnadze so i can finally get started on this (very kindly mailed all the way here by @laskin.bsky.social)
my breakfast and a lovely turquoise and red book titled “tulips in bloom: an anthology of modern central asian literature”
katharinegk.bsky.social
everyone is saying this
blipstress.bsky.social
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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publikage.bsky.social
Georgia continues to protest.
Day 315

#GeorgiaProtests
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josephcox.bsky.social
New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
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katharinegk.bsky.social
sorry it's the part of sweden right next to denmark should've zoomed in
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job
karlbode.com
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)