MiMi Aye
@meemalee.bsky.social
One of the “coolest women in food” - Stylist magazine (no, they really did say this).
Also writer, author of MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen, tired af.
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MandalayBook
Also writer, author of MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen, tired af.
https://linktr.ee/meemalee
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MandalayBook
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MiMi Aye
@meemalee.bsky.social
· May 4
Takeover: MiMi Aye
One of 'the coolest woman in food' and author of MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen
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SUNDAY READING:
Anna Jones invited me to take over her newsletter to talk about my beloved Mandalay, give my recommendations for what to watch, read, buy and more, and to share my recipe for the irresistible Burmese charred tomato salsa known as Pan Htway Pyaw 🇲🇲❤️
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Anna Jones invited me to take over her newsletter to talk about my beloved Mandalay, give my recommendations for what to watch, read, buy and more, and to share my recipe for the irresistible Burmese charred tomato salsa known as Pan Htway Pyaw 🇲🇲❤️
open.substack.com/pub/annajone...
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BLIMEY.
My brother-in-law's an absolute menace, *always* overdoes the brandy flames. I think a certain amount of it's to get me, a Risk Manager, to wig out as my reaction to 2ft flames on a pudding is quite funny (apparently). Don't think he's managed to set light to his wife's hand yet, though 😬
My brother-in-law's an absolute menace, *always* overdoes the brandy flames. I think a certain amount of it's to get me, a Risk Manager, to wig out as my reaction to 2ft flames on a pudding is quite funny (apparently). Don't think he's managed to set light to his wife's hand yet, though 😬
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
BLIMEY.
My brother-in-law's an absolute menace, *always* overdoes the brandy flames. I think a certain amount of it's to get me, a Risk Manager, to wig out as my reaction to 2ft flames on a pudding is quite funny (apparently). Don't think he's managed to set light to his wife's hand yet, though 😬
My brother-in-law's an absolute menace, *always* overdoes the brandy flames. I think a certain amount of it's to get me, a Risk Manager, to wig out as my reaction to 2ft flames on a pudding is quite funny (apparently). Don't think he's managed to set light to his wife's hand yet, though 😬
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I enjoyed the chorus of "Yes, this is potentially dangerous, but it's kind of exciting, too, be honest" whoops that went up.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I enjoyed the chorus of "Yes, this is potentially dangerous, but it's kind of exciting, too, be honest" whoops that went up.
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OMG where she's just pouring flames onto the table and he sets down the flaming pudding, realizes the table is catching fire and picks it back up. 🤣🤣😱
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
OMG where she's just pouring flames onto the table and he sets down the flaming pudding, realizes the table is catching fire and picks it back up. 🤣🤣😱
Chaotic incident, Christmas Day 2023
(no one was hurt and I still crack up laughing when I think about it)
(no one was hurt and I still crack up laughing when I think about it)
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Chaotic incident, Christmas Day 2023
(no one was hurt and I still crack up laughing when I think about it)
(no one was hurt and I still crack up laughing when I think about it)
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I miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
Just had a flashback to a 6th form concert where I did my hair like Bjork and slapped on loads of makeup to sing Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos.
My mum was livid - she’d sent me out in school uniform and thought she was coming to see me do the harmony in the Flower Duet (which I also did, to be fair).
My mum was livid - she’d sent me out in school uniform and thought she was coming to see me do the harmony in the Flower Duet (which I also did, to be fair).
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Just had a flashback to a 6th form concert where I did my hair like Bjork and slapped on loads of makeup to sing Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos.
My mum was livid - she’d sent me out in school uniform and thought she was coming to see me do the harmony in the Flower Duet (which I also did, to be fair).
My mum was livid - she’d sent me out in school uniform and thought she was coming to see me do the harmony in the Flower Duet (which I also did, to be fair).
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He’ll be reaching climax like
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
He’ll be reaching climax like
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
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it’s so interesting how every trans person, even children, are “activists” for defending their basic humanity and dignity, whereas people who devote countless hours attacking trans people and their legal rights obsessively are never “anti-trans activists.” somehow all trans people are agender too.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
it’s so interesting how every trans person, even children, are “activists” for defending their basic humanity and dignity, whereas people who devote countless hours attacking trans people and their legal rights obsessively are never “anti-trans activists.” somehow all trans people are agender too.
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Well, I'd like to see ol Nigel Farage wriggle his way out of THIS jam!
*Farage wriggles his way out of the jam easily
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
*Farage wriggles his way out of the jam easily
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Well, I'd like to see ol Nigel Farage wriggle his way out of THIS jam!
*Farage wriggles his way out of the jam easily
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
*Farage wriggles his way out of the jam easily
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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This is what he wants in the UK
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is what he wants in the UK
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I thought this must have been taken out of context but nope. Here’s the article. He’s *lamenting* that Britain won’t be as tough as the US. His logic: control requires deterrence and deterrence demands misery.
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
archive.ph
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I thought this must have been taken out of context but nope. Here’s the article. He’s *lamenting* that Britain won’t be as tough as the US. His logic: control requires deterrence and deterrence demands misery.
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
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Confirmed. My wife works (mainly from home on Teams) for an international company and she has American colleagues who have both an early warning system but also this system to protect colleagues/neighbours.
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Confirmed. My wife works (mainly from home on Teams) for an international company and she has American colleagues who have both an early warning system but also this system to protect colleagues/neighbours.
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Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Good evening! This week's theme is South London.
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'Camberwell Flats by Night' (1983) by David Hepher
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
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'Camberwell Flats by Night' (1983) by David Hepher
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Good evening! This week's theme is South London.
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'Camberwell Flats by Night' (1983) by David Hepher
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
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'Camberwell Flats by Night' (1983) by David Hepher
(Guildhall Art Gallery)
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every time someone goes on the Beeb, no matter what topic they’re there to talk about, they should add, ‘oh, and Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history’
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
every time someone goes on the Beeb, no matter what topic they’re there to talk about, they should add, ‘oh, and Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history’
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I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1