Erin Cook

Erin Cook

@erincook.bsky.social

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Erin Cook
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I found a Karen bloke on IG who was deported from the US and now he's cutting about with the boys and smoking heaps of weed with a great Southern American accent. What a strange world we live in. He's got massive guns and everyone's asking if he's KLNA and he said 'nah jus (sic) keep strapped'

Erin Cook
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Total anarchy in the comments section with half the people knowing what PDF means in Myanmar and the other half thinking of it as a sub in for paedo. 'hes not a fucking PDF that's not why he was deported' no no no wait hold on

Erin Cook
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Watching who visits Jokowi and when is an important tea read these last two years. So this OBVIOUSLY FAKED snap is going ultra viral after Kanye played Jakarta.

Erin Cook
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Interesting that the Mike Burgess comments and the ASIO report are very similar to what extremism researchers in Australia were saying the apparatus was ignoring five years ago. Very interesting!

Erin Cook
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Abhorrent and entirely predictable. Anwar of the past would be ashamed of himself

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

Soooo over a 1/4 of all those Malaysia sent back to Myanmar are in Military Custody.... Malaysia will seek "Clarification"? pfft. STOP SENDING PEOPLE BACK TO MYANMAR.

theedgemalaysia.comMalaysia to seek clarification over reports of detained Myanmar returneesMalaysia will seek clarification from Myanmar over reports that hundreds of migrants recently returned to the country are being held in military detention, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan sa...
Erin Cook
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Actually lowk that's a good point — we're finally getting some great coverage of Prabowo really eating it. But I think we should be clear that the polling has a real odd one leading the pack (by miles). Here's Dedi Mulyadi:

Erin Cook
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This is an excellent piece and kinda ends on something I find super fascinating — young Indonesians were far more likely to vote for Prabowo-Gibran than older cohorts. Youth-led demos for the last two years are not the same people BUT, with polling down so hard, many, many of those pro-Prabowo

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

As Indonesia's president marks two years in office, public discontent spills onto the streets

abc.net.auYoung Indonesians say they feel 'complicit' in voting for PrabowoAs Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto marks two years in office, public discontent is growing over the government’s handling of disasters and the high cost of living. This week, students and civil society members took to the streets.
Erin Cook
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Gen Z are now sour on him. I want to hear more from those voters explicitly. Are they the KDM backers — a lefty/progressive correction is NOT around the corner here — or what?

Erin Cook
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I'm on my second Ryszard Kapuściński ever and I have to say: I think this bloke might've been the one. This stuff is just amazing. The Emperor was gorgeous and stifling and ominous. I'm on Another Day of Life now which isn't quite the same, but imagine that being your debut. God.

Erin Cook
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Had a bad day so indulging myself in getting really worked up about the ABC books list. Just absolutely seething about midwit nation.

Erin Cook
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I've thought about this some more and I think what's gotten me is so many people have equated 'left an impact on me as a child' with 'best.' which i think is stupid and annoying. I think I'm going to lean really hard into being a snob. for the culture.

Erin Cook
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It takes a village, and my role in the village is to tell children in leavers jumpers to turn their short form video down in the coffee queue

Erin Cook
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Today I misunderstood what side of the inner south the Indonesian ambassador's residence was on and walked 12k steps after 1400. Phenomenal feed and some cracking slides on energy investment in Australia so worth even even if wine was keciiiiil

Erin Cook
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"What can we do? We're the little people, we can't do anything but hope that the government will handle it," Melsi said.'' Melsi is from Palangkaraya and cried when she spoke to AFP.

CNA@channelnewsasia.bsky.social

Indonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic haze

channelnewsasia.comIndonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic hazeJAKARTA: Indonesians protested in several cities on Tuesday (Oct 20), raging against wildfires and a toxic haze that has made thousands unwell for weeks on end in a crisis that has engulfed Southeast Asia
Erin Cook
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Prabowo's polling has gone off a cliff in the last 6 or so months. He can't come back from this short of a miracle. In the meantime, 288 million people need better air and cheaper food right now.

Erin Cook
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Indonesia taking the 'oh yeah those guys' position

Dominic Meagher@dom-ma.bsky.social

Australia is basically American’s favourite country 😎 Shocking no one, Republicans like Russia more than Dems do. But Argentina, too, and then no one else. Dems basically like the rest of the world more than Repubs do (with those two exceptions). Is there a story about Argentina I’m missing?

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n North Sulawesi, Indonesia, fisher and conservationist Wisye Sahambangung is proving that mangrove restoration drives economic empowerment. Her group, Rhizopora, supplies seedlings, monitors coastlines, and creates new financial opportunities for local women. Interview by Annisa Dinulislam.

mongabay.ccIndonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye SahambangungJAKARTA — Wisye Sahambangung is a fisher, community leader, and mangrove conservationist from Sarawet, a coastal Indonesian village in North Sulawesi province. Since 2022, the 45-year-old has led…
Erin Cook
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Two years ago today Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka were inaugurated. Which means it's two years since I walked from fricken Setiabudi to Monas and saw Jokowi zoom out of Istana for the last time by sheer luck. Yes, that is a shit load of GRIB fellas so that's a bit on the nose.

Erin Cook
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I forgot about this lol what a deranged thing to say

CNA@channelnewsasia.bsky.social

Shanmugam calls Indonesian official's 'oxygen' remarks disappointing, welcomes Prabowo's actions on haze

channelnewsasia.comShanmugam calls Indonesian official's 'oxygen' remarks disappointing, welcomes Prabowo's actions on hazeThe transboundary haze is "not simply an act of nature", but a problem driven by companies pursuing profits, said Senior Minister K Shanmugam on Monday (Oct 19). 
Erin Cook
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Ivan Mosqueda immediately nails it - the scary thing in Indonesian film is the use of religious/spiritual elements, in Australia is the vastness of space