Andy Ransone
@ransone.bsky.social
A guy who is interested politics, legal system, pol-mil, and human rights in Thailand
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When I say we’re fighting against concentration camps, it’s not an exaggeration.
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
When I say we’re fighting against concentration camps, it’s not an exaggeration.
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Applications are open for the Japan Studies Librarianship Practicum, a 9-month training program at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The trainee will receive on-the-job training in subject librarianship and contribute to Japan services and initiatives. Deadline 4/10: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
February 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Applications are open for the Japan Studies Librarianship Practicum, a 9-month training program at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The trainee will receive on-the-job training in subject librarianship and contribute to Japan services and initiatives. Deadline 4/10: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
The Hatch Act is nothing more than two words these days.
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
"You have to vote for us.”
February 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The Hatch Act is nothing more than two words these days.
What an incredible display of resilience and determination by Inter to get that win after giving up a late tying goal to 10 man Juve. Chivu is working magic as coach. Forza Inter
February 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
What an incredible display of resilience and determination by Inter to get that win after giving up a late tying goal to 10 man Juve. Chivu is working magic as coach. Forza Inter
If you're not watching Inter vs Juve, you've missed an incredible first half full of drama, tension, wild swings emotion, and high level play. This is what a derby is meant to be.
February 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
If you're not watching Inter vs Juve, you've missed an incredible first half full of drama, tension, wild swings emotion, and high level play. This is what a derby is meant to be.
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Thailand’s Election Commission is under growing pressure after questions emerged over barcodes and QR codes printed on ballots in the Feb 8 general election, with critics warning the system could undermine vote secrecy and potentially breach constitutional guarantees.
#Thailand #เลือกตั้งโมฆะ
#Thailand #เลือกตั้งโมฆะ
EC Questioned Over Ballot Barcodes as Secrecy Concerns Spur Talk of Annulment
The Election Commission (EC) is facing intensifying scrutiny over barcodes and QR codes printed on ballots in the Feb 8 general election, with critics warning the system could undermine vote secrecy and potentially breach constitutional requirements — prompting calls for the poll to be declared void. At the center of the controversy are pink party-list ballots that carry barcodes which, when scanned, display an alphanumeric code resembling the numbering format on ballot stubs.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Thailand’s Election Commission is under growing pressure after questions emerged over barcodes and QR codes printed on ballots in the Feb 8 general election, with critics warning the system could undermine vote secrecy and potentially breach constitutional guarantees.
#Thailand #เลือกตั้งโมฆะ
#Thailand #เลือกตั้งโมฆะ
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Thailand’s Election Commission has rejected a recount request in Chon Buri as mounting ballot discrepancies across the country intensify scrutiny of the February 8 general election.
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #นับคะแนนใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #นับคะแนนใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569
EC Rejects Chon Buri Recount as Discrepancies Surface in 18 Provinces
The Election Commission (EC) has rejected a recount request in Chon Buri Constituency 1, ruling that the alleged irregularities do not meet the legal threshold required to affect the election outcome. Under election law, the EC may order a recount if there is credible evidence that irregularities could change the result. The Commission said that standard was not met in Chon Buri.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Thailand’s Election Commission has rejected a recount request in Chon Buri as mounting ballot discrepancies across the country intensify scrutiny of the February 8 general election.
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #นับคะแนนใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #นับคะแนนใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569
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Spurs have waived Jeremy Sochan after a deal failed to get done at the deadline. As customary, they tried to find him a spot favorable to the player.
February 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Spurs have waived Jeremy Sochan after a deal failed to get done at the deadline. As customary, they tried to find him a spot favorable to the player.
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Students and teachers are being held hostage at a school in Songkhla, southern Thailand
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Gunman holds students and teachers hostage at Thai school, local administration says
A gunman was holding an unknown number of student and teachers hostage in a school in southern Thailand's Songkhla on Wednesday, the provincial administration said on social media.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Students and teachers are being held hostage at a school in Songkhla, southern Thailand
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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And now, the countdown to #AAS2026 *really* begins.
We're making our lists. We're checking them twice. We're working hard to bring you the BEST conference we possibly can.
See you in Vancouver on March 12.
We're making our lists. We're checking them twice. We're working hard to bring you the BEST conference we possibly can.
See you in Vancouver on March 12.
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
And now, the countdown to #AAS2026 *really* begins.
We're making our lists. We're checking them twice. We're working hard to bring you the BEST conference we possibly can.
See you in Vancouver on March 12.
We're making our lists. We're checking them twice. We're working hard to bring you the BEST conference we possibly can.
See you in Vancouver on March 12.
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Gambling needs to stop being promoted so flippantly. It ruins lives. Not sure why we’ve accepted that. The NFL has showed a complete lack of foresight by enabling it this long, too.
Same goes for other sports leagues. It’s a disgrace.
Same goes for other sports leagues. It’s a disgrace.
February 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Gambling needs to stop being promoted so flippantly. It ruins lives. Not sure why we’ve accepted that. The NFL has showed a complete lack of foresight by enabling it this long, too.
Same goes for other sports leagues. It’s a disgrace.
Same goes for other sports leagues. It’s a disgrace.
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Allegations of irregularities in the handling of ballot boxes have triggered protests and calls for a recount in Chon Buri Constituency 1 following the February 8 general election.
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569 #ชลบุรีเขต1
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569 #ชลบุรีเขต1
Residents Guard Ballot Boxes Overnight as iLaw Flags Recount Grounds in Chon Buri Constituency 1
Scenes of residents sleeping overnight to guard ballot boxes unfolded in Chon Buri Constituency 1 following a tightly contested general election, amid allegations of irregularities and calls for a recount that the Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) says could meet the legal threshold under election law. The constituency has emerged as one of the most disputed races in the election, pitting Suchart Chomklin, a former MP from the Bhumjaithai Party backed by a powerful local political network, against Warot Sirirak of the People’s Party.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Allegations of irregularities in the handling of ballot boxes have triggered protests and calls for a recount in Chon Buri Constituency 1 following the February 8 general election.
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569 #ชลบุรีเขต1
#Thailand #กกต #กกตหค #กกตมีไว้ทำไม #นับใหม่ทั้งประเทศ #เลือกตั้ง69 #เลือกตั้ง2569 #ชลบุรีเขต1
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music is sound art. it is textural, rhythmic, melodic, a game of tension and release, a conversation between expectation of the listener and the song itself, and reduce it to lyrics only displays the same lack of artistic palette as someone who can only appreciate “realistic” visual art
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
music is sound art. it is textural, rhythmic, melodic, a game of tension and release, a conversation between expectation of the listener and the song itself, and reduce it to lyrics only displays the same lack of artistic palette as someone who can only appreciate “realistic” visual art
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my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system
Not prisons. Concentration camps.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Not prisons. Concentration camps.
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No bigger surprise than the absolute win of the ‘conservative’ side. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between People’s Party and Bhumjai Thai party led to the resurrection of the conservative side that had basically fallen on their face in 2023 General Elections.
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Thai Enquirer News Summary – February 9, 2026
February 9, 2026 Political News Election Surprise Bhumjai Thai party, led by caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, has seen a surprise victory and as of this morning with nearly 93% of the votes counted, Bhumjai Thai party was set to get 194 seats in the newly elected parliament. Another surprise was the rise of Kla Tham party which has managed to get up to 57 MPs with 55 of them being constituency MP.
www.thaienquirer.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
No bigger surprise than the absolute win of the ‘conservative’ side. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between People’s Party and Bhumjai Thai party led to the resurrection of the conservative side that had basically fallen on their face in 2023 General Elections.
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Concentration camps:
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
Former ICE Facility Worker 'saw people laying in feces' at Baltimore Detention Center
Whistleblower provides internal documents alleging severe overcrowding, mistreatment months before viral video sparked national outrage
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February 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Concentration camps:
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
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“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
![“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.
“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiet46krrk7ovnqxsd6vr7ogw2lgame43jsqw25u2ygi5el5i5toom@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Man, these sure sound like the concentration camps the Nazis ran in Europe.
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
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February 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Man, these sure sound like the concentration camps the Nazis ran in Europe.
Sad and disappointing, but unsurprising, to hear that people claiming to represent the Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai Parties were going around rural villages in Issan yesterday offering 1000 baht in exchange for votes. #thaielections
February 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Sad and disappointing, but unsurprising, to hear that people claiming to represent the Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai Parties were going around rural villages in Issan yesterday offering 1000 baht in exchange for votes. #thaielections
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The vote on whether to rewrite the 2017 Constitution is not a technical legal exercise, but a decisive test of whether Thailand will move toward genuine democratic rule or remain bound by the legacy of military intervention.
#Thailand #ประชามติ #แก้รัฐธรรมนูญ #8กุมภากาเห็นชอบ
#Thailand #ประชามติ #แก้รัฐธรรมนูญ #8กุมภากาเห็นชอบ
Opinion: Why You Should Vote Yes to Rewrite the 2017 Junta-Drafted Constitution
If the phrase “junta-drafted constitution” is not reason enough for you to vote “yes” to rewriting the 2017 Constitution when you enter the polling station tomorrow, here are several others. A constitution is the supreme law of the country. If that law is distorted, nothing built upon it can be fair. Thailand’s current constitution is exactly that—distorted. The 2017 charter is a direct legacy of the 2014 military coup.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The vote on whether to rewrite the 2017 Constitution is not a technical legal exercise, but a decisive test of whether Thailand will move toward genuine democratic rule or remain bound by the legacy of military intervention.
#Thailand #ประชามติ #แก้รัฐธรรมนูญ #8กุมภากาเห็นชอบ
#Thailand #ประชามติ #แก้รัฐธรรมนูญ #8กุมภากาเห็นชอบ
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Two prime ministers ousted, its coalition imploded and its patriarch, Thaksin Shinawatra, back behind bars. With Thaksin's nephew now leading the #ThaiElection26 campaign, can it stop Pheu Thai's decline? Here's our third report in our week-long election series on @channelnewsasia.bsky.social.
Thailand Votes 2026: Pheu Thai party's slide from power and the future of the Shinawatra dynasty
YouTube video by CNA
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February 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Two prime ministers ousted, its coalition imploded and its patriarch, Thaksin Shinawatra, back behind bars. With Thaksin's nephew now leading the #ThaiElection26 campaign, can it stop Pheu Thai's decline? Here's our third report in our week-long election series on @channelnewsasia.bsky.social.
Spurs with a second straight collapse in the second quarter. Better than the recurring third quarter lethargy and indifference I guess? More time to fix it and make a comeback.
Mitch is going through growing pains as a coach as well. But I still wish they'd at least have reached out to Becky.
Mitch is going through growing pains as a coach as well. But I still wish they'd at least have reached out to Becky.
February 2, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Spurs with a second straight collapse in the second quarter. Better than the recurring third quarter lethargy and indifference I guess? More time to fix it and make a comeback.
Mitch is going through growing pains as a coach as well. But I still wish they'd at least have reached out to Becky.
Mitch is going through growing pains as a coach as well. But I still wish they'd at least have reached out to Becky.