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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴

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Mixed diaspora lad, officially living wherever a fast VPN is. Partly forged by the #MilkTeaAlliance, still believes in building solidarity between people, movements & struggles. Creates some feeds... Red Pandas, Protests & more. My feeds >> Me

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 27d

The resistance in Myanmar isn't always easy to donate to directly
One place is:
www.liberatemyanmar.net

There are also orgs doing humanitarian aid work in areas the Junta won't allow aid to get to which also helps!

Kachin Relief Fund:
kachinrelief.org.uk

Karen Women's Organisation:
karenwomen.org

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 10h

New from me in @foreignpolicy.com: how the US has gone from leading a global push against transnational repression, to proactively supporting it:

foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump Is Supporting Transnational Repression

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

foreignpolicy.com

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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 11h

Local outlet The Collective confirms that 89 year old democracy activist "Grandpa Ng", arrested on October 1st on China's National Day has been officially charged with "acting with seditious intention" by appearing at a subway station in that day.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 7h

“I lost my son because of the funding cuts,” he says. “And it is not only me — many more children in other camps have also died helplessly from hunger, malnutrition and no medical treatment.” Taher - on the Thai-Myanmar border

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 23h

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/07/t...

We’re still going!

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social

#ConnectingGaza

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza Two years, what the fuck. It really has been two years to the day since Israel’s heightened and prolonged genocide against the…

disabilityvisibilityproject.com

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 8h

CC @jamesstout.bsky.social @yellowperiltac.bsky.social

Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 8h

This week is a solidarity week for Myanmar Resistance to mark the founding of AIF Myanmar.
It's been 4 years 8 months of struggle & as outlined in the quoted thread... grim.
There are also other places that can be donated to in the thread that are more focused on humanitarian aid.

Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously fuck the Myanmar Junta, attacking a vigil during a festival (and not for the 1st time) in Bon To Village, killing 32 & injuring 50.

The Junta needs to be removed root & branch from Myanmar & the people's of Myanmar desperately need help as the attacks escalate & even more get displaced.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 8h

To mark a year since the formation of AIF Myanmar, AIF are doing another fundraising round to support their fight against the Junta in Myanmar.

AIF operate in Chin state alongside the Chin Resistance groups.

Details of the fundraiser:
www.instagram.com/p/DPjNJshD-aA/

Picrtured two AIF patches on in green and black the other in red yellow and black
The green one is $25 donation or $15 per month on Kofi
the red is $20 donation or $10 month on Kofi
Both is $40 or $20 month on Kofi

AIF Myanmar is donation address for paypal, cashapp, venmo

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 18h

International action against cyber scams and human trafficking cannot succeed without targeting the root cause — the Myanmar military, which needs funds to continue its campaign of terror against the people.

China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams

The Ming family ran “scam parks” from a Myanmar town near the Chinese border that fueled billion-dollar fraud and other crimes, where those who tried to escape were beaten or killed.

buff.ly

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 15h

release kim ah-hyun cowards

S. Korea urges swift release of activist detained in Israeli seizure of Gaza aid flotilla - The Korea Times

The foreign ministry said Wednesday it has requested Israel to promptly release a ship carrying a South Korean activist that was seized by the Isra...

www.koreatimes.co.kr

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 15h

I hadn't till now noticed the duel acronym use of DSA... and read your post in a very different way till I saw what you had quoted. 😅

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 16h

i think bluesky search is broken

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 16h

Certainly looks that way.

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 19h

Myanmar Women in Media, the Burmese Women’s Union, and Sisters 2 Sisters, issued a joint statement on Oct. 3 urging regime authorities and armed groups in Myanmar to respect freedom of expression and the safety of media workers
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

english.dvb.no/womens-group...

Myanmar women’s groups call for protection of journalists in Rakhine State - DVB

Myanmar Women in Media (MWiM), the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU), and Sisters 2 Sisters, issued a joint statement on Oct. 3 urging regime authorities and armed groups in Myanmar to respect freedom of ex...

english.dvb.no

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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 19h

Thirty years after the 1995 Beijing Women’s Conference, the Chinese government is once again calling on women to serve the nation, this time in science and technology. In this essay, @yangyangcheng.bsky.social revisits a century of women in science in China, tracing their struggles and achievements.

Beyond Representation: On Being a Woman in Science in China | Made in China Journal

In the autumn of 1995, Ye Shuhua made a speech. During the NGO Forum at the United Nation’s Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, the 68-year-old astronomer took to the microphone and cal...

madeinchinajournal.com

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Leila @leilashami.bsky.social · 1d

How do we keep showing up when it feels like nothing is changing and when we're burned out? Together with @aymanmak.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social we spoke about Palestine Solidarity Against the Odds on @fromtheperiphery.com
www.patreon.com/posts/ftpp-8...

FTPP 8: Palestine Solidarity Against the Odds | From The Periphery Media Collective

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 21h

In Thailand the full verdict of the Constitutional Court regarding the referendum to draft a new constitution was released.
But contained no explanation as to why directly electing members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA), has been prohibited. 😒

prachatai.com/journal/2025...

เปิดคำวินิจฉัยเต็มศาล รธน. ไม่แจงเผตุลทำไมห้ามประชาชนเลือกผู้ร่าง รธน. | ประชาไท

8 ต.ค.2568 ราชกิจจานุเบกษาเผยแพร่คำวินิจฉัยฉบับเต็มของศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ เรื่องการทำประชามติเพื่อจัดทำรัฐธรรมนูญใหม่ คำวินิจฉัยที่ 18/2568 โดยลงวันที่ 7 ต.ค.2568

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 21h

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h

Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deported A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests. The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Alex K. 🔆 @kafsofit.bsky.social · 1d

El Estado no “cuida”, la seguridad que ofrece es sinónimo de vigilancia, control y criminalización para proteger al régimen en turno… Importante tener en cuenta la forma en que las tecnologías se usan como instrumentos para potenciar la fabricación de culpables y menoscabar los derechos humanos.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: police used a nationwide network of Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, said it was for her 'safety'. But new docs show they considered charging her with a crime as part of a 'death investigation' into the fetus
www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 21h

Impressive response to the banning of Link by bluesky by blacksky. #FreeLink

By standing up their own app-view blacksky takes a big step into true decentralisation.
Isn't cheap though. So...

opencollective.com/blacksky#cat...

Go read @rude1.blacksky.team thread, tis worthwhile.

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 1d

On October 7, as we face the unfaceable horror of two straight years of this, if we think about how impossible it feels to witness, to struggle against, to internalize, imagine surviving it. With a wounded child, living amongst the rubble, unable to afford basic medical treatment.

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 1d

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · 21h

The situation along the Thai-Myanmar border became highly tense on the morning of 8 October 2025 when junta aircraft carried out a heavy bombing campaign over Thit Khee village, located opposite the Phu Nam Ron permanent checkpoint in Muang District, Kanchanaburi Province.

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 21h

Chinese Frog Mascot orginated in china by a woman complaining about the jobs market. Costume became popular after that. Video of shanghai cops harassing a vendor in same costume made it kinda a symbol.

knowyourmeme.com/memes/chines...

Chinese Frog Mascot | Know Your Meme

Chinese Frog Mascot refers to a costume trend that originated in China in May 2023 and grew popular on TikTok in August 2023. The costume was reportedly cr

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 1d

You have to fight absurd with absurd. When a violence-prone police force becomes the norm, you just have to dress up as a bear to remind people none of it should be.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 1d

I raise you this scene from Hong Kong in 2019:

Photo of a bear with red cheeks holding a lightsaber, facing off police wearing helmets

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