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The Parthenon is to Greece what Stonehenge is to England; if Stonehenge was moved to Texas, we’d feel the same. Sending them home, open-heartedly and without conditions, would right an old wrong, writes @AndrewMarr9.

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Rod Webber@RodWebber4 Jan 2023
Nate Thayer: Friend, journalist, anti-fascist, lover of dogs. Doxed more Neo-Nazis than anyone on earth. Nate Thayer is dead. Long live Nate Thayer! @nate_thayer
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Beautiful view of Bangkok at night from the ISS! We flew directly over the city about an hour ago.
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A overloaded truck became stuck Saturday morning shortly before 7am causing traffic jam on Friendship Highway (Mitraphab Highway) in Pakchong District of Nakhon Ratchasima province. (Photo by Armatchabansa L @raks 10 from Sor Wor Por 91.) #Thailand #whatshappeninginThailand #KE – at Khlong Tan, Thailand
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The Future Southeast Asia newsletter is out now: Latest Post: Kuantan Skytrain. Dispatches: Forest City - Futuristic city or farcical folly? News: The dirty road to clean energy, Singapore cycling paths, Hanoi construction density from above news.futuresoutheastasia.com…

Future Southeast Asia

Transport and urban development in Southeast Asia.

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This morning @restofworld published an absolutely remarkable feature by @timmerman91. 6+ months in the works, it details the horrifying impact of China's EV boom on Indonesia's environment restofworld.org/2022/indones… via @restofworld

The dirty road to clean energy: How China’s electric vehicle boom is ravaging the environment

In neighboring Indonesia, nickel extraction is causing environmental and social devastation.

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Tim Dunn
@MrTimDunn28 Nov 2022
“Why is Kolkata letting its iconic trams die?” The authorities of this city in India have been closing its ailing tram routes for decades; now just 2 of the original 50+ run: the tram enthusiast society seems to be their only ally. Via: londonreconnections.com/2022… (video edited down)
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Mathias@bucephalus42426 Nov 2022
We need a unified aesthetic theory for why mountain/highland peoples around the world are so swagged out
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Japan Rail News: November 2022 The stunning Tadami Line train, the sake train, the train that runs on ramen oil, staying inside the 'sleep pods' at a Tokyo train station, and more... japanrailnews.substack.com/p…
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News: 16 November 2022 Lastest Post: Hue Tramway. News: Jakarta LRT and MRT news, multi-billion dollar resort planned near Vientiane, Bangkok water transport plan, and more news.futuresoutheastasia.com…
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“We don’t just sell land, we sell the future” Vietnam's manufacturing region is booming restofworld.org/2022/vietnam…

With Apple and Microsoft moving in, Vietnam bets on tech migration from China

Flashy national infrastructure projects like highways, airports, and housing seek to lure more tech giants to make the jump

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Have had a wonderful reaction to this, the first extract from my book on the mighty Battle of Long Tan, out now. Second extract in next tweet. smh.com.au/national/we-proba…

‘We probably won’t make it back’: RAAF captain’s brave call

An Australian RAAF captain refused to let his countrymen go without supplies while under heavy fire at the Battle of Long Tan.

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Hey @BOM_au but we are The Buraeu...err...Bruaue...Bureau 😅 #thebureauasia #thebureau #bom junkee.com/bureau-of-meteoro…

Everyone Is Losing It At The Bureau Of Meteorology’s Plea To Stop Being Referred To As ‘BOM’

“I can't spell beurau.”

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on Britishness, failure, the loneliness of being the funniest person in the pub, cigs, machismo, Bacardi Breezers, and Robbie, Robbie, Robbie, the guardian angel of the end of the night, who never broke America, never could have, never needed to newstatesman.com/culture/mus…
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🚆 International train services in Southeast Asia by @nomadicnotes: nomadicnotes.com/internation… – at Kuala Lumpur City, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory
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Hong Kong’s 99 metro stations are all identified by their own individual colour scheme. Here’s the story behind them.

Colours of HK’s MTR stations

Hong Kong’s 99 metro stations are all identified by their own individual colour scheme. Here’s the story behind them.

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The Verge
@verge27 Sep 2022
Please don’t let ads on transparent OLED ‘windows’ ruin train journeys theverge.com/2022/9/27/23374…
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Craig Mod@craigmod23 Sep 2022
Japan Reopens, Some Post-Pandemic Travel Tips: craigmod.com/ridgeline/147/

Japan Reopens, Post-Pandemic Travel Tips

Traveling Japan after the pandemic reopening on October 11, 2022

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i’ve been taking some notes
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Trung Phan
@TrungTPhan15 Sep 2022
Huy Fong's Sriracha hit revenue of $150m+ a year...with no sales team, no trademark and $0 in ad spend. Its creator is Vietnamese-American David Tran, making the sauce's success a tale of immigrant hustle and a product that literally sells itself. Here's the story🧵
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