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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 · 12d

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

flatkopi.substack.com

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 7h

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think this is weird that it came out a few hours after a lot of WSU grads got 'spam' emails saying their degrees had been revoked.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 · 9h

it was a joke. thanks.

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 9h

'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 · 10h

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 · 14h

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

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 14h

this has really annoyed me lol yes, they are Australians saying it the American way. I know how Brits and Euros do it thanks. what is your point?

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 14h

I'm going deep, it's an amazing find haha

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 15h

How did you find this haha this website is mental

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 18h

It's not about spelling tho

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 1d

Once a time of joy across #Myanmar, #Thadingyut celebrations are now scenes of junta atrocities.

At least 20 civilians, including children, were killed in a junta air attack during a candlelight procession on Monday.

Monstrous.

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

myanmar-now.org/en/news/more...

More than 20 killed in Myanmar junta attack on religious festival

Many of the victims of the attack, which took place in Chaung-U Township, south of the Sagaing capital Monywa, were children

myanmar-now.org

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

I'm actually so sad. The Front has become one. The Front!

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

Soon, every cafe in Canberra will be Two Before Ten and I will have to seppuku

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Malaysiakini @malaysiakini.com · 2d

Lawyer urges Malaysia-S'pore pact to spare citizens on death row

'They should take immediate steps to save lives, if they’re serious about it.'

dlvr.it

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

'sucks, but it's on Optus'

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

I have been 👀 EYES PEELED 👀 on Singaporean coverage of the Optus disaster, which is of course owned by Singtel. And it's so far primarily been wire stories but PM Lawrence Wong is in town and has 'formally extended' his condolences: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pm...

PM Lawrence Wong offers condolences to families of Optus outage victims

The outage has been linked to three deaths. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

Remember in the late 2000s and early 2010s and loads of male Australian lawmakers were always saying 'Intestinal fortitude'

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

The idea that no one is allowed to comment critically on Taylor Swift if they don't fit within a certain demographic is so funny to me. She's a pop singer not like, reproductive rights.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

I fear it is the gen z version of that

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

This post is how I remembered today is the day! I couldn't understand how I slept in so late 😅

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhhhhh

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Noan Sereiboth @noansereiboth.bsky.social · 3d

Hundreds of Indonesian and Indian nationals protested and vandalized office equipment in Sihanoukville last night after their Chinese employer did not pay their salaries.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 3d

Australian gen z love to get magpie tatties

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

Oof I think you're right 😅

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 4d

Promising