Bea Larson
@bealarson.bsky.social
Libraries, especially public libraries, are the best. So are books, art, music, museums 📚& anything Myanmar 🇲🇲
Unpopular opinions: People need to listen to the experts & to read more.
Oxford via Yangon, Colchester, London, New York & Singapore.
Unpopular opinions: People need to listen to the experts & to read more.
Oxford via Yangon, Colchester, London, New York & Singapore.
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When I think of the brutality of the junta & its militias, I think a lot about the horrific murder of Phoe Tay and Thar Htaung. After they were killed, supporters of the revolution shared images (presumably AI generated) to remember them & be used instead of the horrific videos of their death.
May 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
When I think of the brutality of the junta & its militias, I think a lot about the horrific murder of Phoe Tay and Thar Htaung. After they were killed, supporters of the revolution shared images (presumably AI generated) to remember them & be used instead of the horrific videos of their death.
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“May your children live to see a day when they no longer need to be brave.”
A really beautiful video and message from the liberated Karenni mountains of Myanmar to the people of Palestine.
A really beautiful video and message from the liberated Karenni mountains of Myanmar to the people of Palestine.
May 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“May your children live to see a day when they no longer need to be brave.”
A really beautiful video and message from the liberated Karenni mountains of Myanmar to the people of Palestine.
A really beautiful video and message from the liberated Karenni mountains of Myanmar to the people of Palestine.
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Well it's the weekend #MilkTeaAlliance & here's our upcoming events 🧵
Many of you will have seen that there was another horrific airstrike on a school in Myanmar on Monday killing 22 kids.
Infographics from @altsean.bsky.social show deaths from airstrikes continue to grow.
#SanctionAviationFuel
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Many of you will have seen that there was another horrific airstrike on a school in Myanmar on Monday killing 22 kids.
Infographics from @altsean.bsky.social show deaths from airstrikes continue to grow.
#SanctionAviationFuel
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May 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Well it's the weekend #MilkTeaAlliance & here's our upcoming events 🧵
Many of you will have seen that there was another horrific airstrike on a school in Myanmar on Monday killing 22 kids.
Infographics from @altsean.bsky.social show deaths from airstrikes continue to grow.
#SanctionAviationFuel
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Many of you will have seen that there was another horrific airstrike on a school in Myanmar on Monday killing 22 kids.
Infographics from @altsean.bsky.social show deaths from airstrikes continue to grow.
#SanctionAviationFuel
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The army troops and pro-junta militia members set fires in a village in Gangaw Township as well as taking at least 10 residents captive and killing 11 males under 39, including four schoolboys aged between 12 and 15
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/chil...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/chil...
May 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The army troops and pro-junta militia members set fires in a village in Gangaw Township as well as taking at least 10 residents captive and killing 11 males under 39, including four schoolboys aged between 12 and 15
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/chil...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/chil...
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Even a month after Myanmar’s quake, families still struggle for clean water. Over 500 households now have safe drinking water—but more help is needed. Stand with us.
Donate here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
Donate here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
May 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Even a month after Myanmar’s quake, families still struggle for clean water. Over 500 households now have safe drinking water—but more help is needed. Stand with us.
Donate here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
Donate here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
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SUNDAY READING:
Anna Jones invited me to take over her newsletter to talk about my beloved Mandalay, give my recommendations for what to watch, read, buy and more, and to share my recipe for the irresistible Burmese charred tomato salsa known as Pan Htway Pyaw 🇲🇲❤️
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Anna Jones invited me to take over her newsletter to talk about my beloved Mandalay, give my recommendations for what to watch, read, buy and more, and to share my recipe for the irresistible Burmese charred tomato salsa known as Pan Htway Pyaw 🇲🇲❤️
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Takeover: MiMi Aye
One of 'the coolest woman in food' and author of MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen
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May 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
SUNDAY READING:
Anna Jones invited me to take over her newsletter to talk about my beloved Mandalay, give my recommendations for what to watch, read, buy and more, and to share my recipe for the irresistible Burmese charred tomato salsa known as Pan Htway Pyaw 🇲🇲❤️
open.substack.com/pub/annajone...
Anna Jones invited me to take over her newsletter to talk about my beloved Mandalay, give my recommendations for what to watch, read, buy and more, and to share my recipe for the irresistible Burmese charred tomato salsa known as Pan Htway Pyaw 🇲🇲❤️
open.substack.com/pub/annajone...
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As survivors face ongoing hardships—searing heat, collapsing infrastructure, and a lack of support from the military junta—recovery efforts remain painfully slow
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/one-...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/one-...
April 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
As survivors face ongoing hardships—searing heat, collapsing infrastructure, and a lack of support from the military junta—recovery efforts remain painfully slow
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/one-...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/one-...
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Aid for Myanmar’s earthquake recovery must go directly to trusted local groups, not the junta.
"There can be no rebuilding—no better future—until the violence stops and the root cause of suffering is addressed. “ says @khinohmar.bsky.social
english.dvb.no/a-community-...
"There can be no rebuilding—no better future—until the violence stops and the root cause of suffering is addressed. “ says @khinohmar.bsky.social
english.dvb.no/a-community-...
A community-led response to the earthquake is the only answer - DVB
Guest contributor Khin Ohmar The devastating Sagaing earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28 added yet another layer of devastation to a country already in crisis. For many around the world, it may...
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April 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Aid for Myanmar’s earthquake recovery must go directly to trusted local groups, not the junta.
"There can be no rebuilding—no better future—until the violence stops and the root cause of suffering is addressed. “ says @khinohmar.bsky.social
english.dvb.no/a-community-...
"There can be no rebuilding—no better future—until the violence stops and the root cause of suffering is addressed. “ says @khinohmar.bsky.social
english.dvb.no/a-community-...
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Rupa like many others never got to go to university. Covid then coup stole that option from them. Instead 1000s have joined the resistance against the Junta. Good piece from @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social, Hpan Ja Brang & art by JC.
Scrolling to Revolution — The Dial
The youth joining Myanmar’s anti-junta uprising.
www.thedial.world
April 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Rupa like many others never got to go to university. Covid then coup stole that option from them. Instead 1000s have joined the resistance against the Junta. Good piece from @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social, Hpan Ja Brang & art by JC.
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“I lost my staff… and the world I built with them.”
A salon owner in Myanmar shares his heartbreak after the quake. It wasn’t just a building—it was a life. Help us support those quietly rebuilding through the loss. Every act of care counts.
Support here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
A salon owner in Myanmar shares his heartbreak after the quake. It wasn’t just a building—it was a life. Help us support those quietly rebuilding through the loss. Every act of care counts.
Support here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
April 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“I lost my staff… and the world I built with them.”
A salon owner in Myanmar shares his heartbreak after the quake. It wasn’t just a building—it was a life. Help us support those quietly rebuilding through the loss. Every act of care counts.
Support here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
A salon owner in Myanmar shares his heartbreak after the quake. It wasn’t just a building—it was a life. Help us support those quietly rebuilding through the loss. Every act of care counts.
Support here: gofund.me/3574c1a8
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I will never understand how a group of bigoted women go all out to destroy the rights of a tiny, marginalised group of predominantly harmless women instead of using their centuries of built up rage to actively destroy the patriarchy and the actual men who do us real harm.
April 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I will never understand how a group of bigoted women go all out to destroy the rights of a tiny, marginalised group of predominantly harmless women instead of using their centuries of built up rage to actively destroy the patriarchy and the actual men who do us real harm.
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After the earthquake, darkness brought fear and isolation. With your help, we sent a generator to a devastated area—bringing light, warmth, and connection. Safety matters.
Help us send more: gofund.me/3574c1a8
Help us send more: gofund.me/3574c1a8
April 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
After the earthquake, darkness brought fear and isolation. With your help, we sent a generator to a devastated area—bringing light, warmth, and connection. Safety matters.
Help us send more: gofund.me/3574c1a8
Help us send more: gofund.me/3574c1a8
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Be a lifeline for Myanmar. Like the kokeko tree offering strength and shelter, your monthly support helps us respond to urgent needs and uplift voices through our media work. Even a small recurring gift makes a lasting impact.
Join us: www.betterburma.org/donation
Join us: www.betterburma.org/donation
April 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Be a lifeline for Myanmar. Like the kokeko tree offering strength and shelter, your monthly support helps us respond to urgent needs and uplift voices through our media work. Even a small recurring gift makes a lasting impact.
Join us: www.betterburma.org/donation
Join us: www.betterburma.org/donation
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After besieging hundreds of junta troops in a former stronghold of the Imperial Japanese Army, resistance forces took full control over Indaw, Sagaing Region, capturing a division commander and cutting off routes into Kachin and Shan states
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/insi...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/insi...
April 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
After besieging hundreds of junta troops in a former stronghold of the Imperial Japanese Army, resistance forces took full control over Indaw, Sagaing Region, capturing a division commander and cutting off routes into Kachin and Shan states
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/insi...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/insi...
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James Rodehaver, head of the UN Human Rights Office on Myanmar, details how the junta turned a natural disaster into a new wave of terror—blocking aid, bombing rescue teams, and tightening control. He calls for unity and global action.
You’ll want to hear this: insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
You’ll want to hear this: insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
Episode #334: Exit Wounds — Insight Myanmar
A brutal dispatch from a nation where the ground split open—and the bombs kept falling.
insightmyanmar.org
April 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
James Rodehaver, head of the UN Human Rights Office on Myanmar, details how the junta turned a natural disaster into a new wave of terror—blocking aid, bombing rescue teams, and tightening control. He calls for unity and global action.
You’ll want to hear this: insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
You’ll want to hear this: insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
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Better Burma has launched a strategic 3-phase response to provide urgent earthquake relief and support long-term community recovery.
Your support is urgently needed.
Paypal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
Website: www.betterburma.org/donation
Go Fund Me: gofund.me/3574c1a8
Your support is urgently needed.
Paypal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
Website: www.betterburma.org/donation
Go Fund Me: gofund.me/3574c1a8
April 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Better Burma has launched a strategic 3-phase response to provide urgent earthquake relief and support long-term community recovery.
Your support is urgently needed.
Paypal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
Website: www.betterburma.org/donation
Go Fund Me: gofund.me/3574c1a8
Your support is urgently needed.
Paypal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
Website: www.betterburma.org/donation
Go Fund Me: gofund.me/3574c1a8
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From bombing civilians to blocking food and medicine, the Myanmar junta is using aid as a weapon of war. Thousands are suffering, not from lack of aid—but from denial of access. This must stop! Humanitarian aid is not a bargaining chip. It’s a lifeline. #StopWeaponizingAid
April 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
From bombing civilians to blocking food and medicine, the Myanmar junta is using aid as a weapon of war. Thousands are suffering, not from lack of aid—but from denial of access. This must stop! Humanitarian aid is not a bargaining chip. It’s a lifeline. #StopWeaponizingAid
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London Revolutionary Thingyan
(လန်ဒန်တော်လှန်သင်္ကြန်)
Myanmar New Year Fundraiser in #London this Sunday!
Burmese food, drink, poetry, song and dance, raising funds for earthquake relief
🗓️ Sunday 13 April
⏰ 12-5pm
📍 Tudor Park Sports & Leisure, Feltham TW13 7EF
#Myanmar
#RevolutionaryThingyan
#Thingyan
(လန်ဒန်တော်လှန်သင်္ကြန်)
Myanmar New Year Fundraiser in #London this Sunday!
Burmese food, drink, poetry, song and dance, raising funds for earthquake relief
🗓️ Sunday 13 April
⏰ 12-5pm
📍 Tudor Park Sports & Leisure, Feltham TW13 7EF
#Myanmar
#RevolutionaryThingyan
#Thingyan
April 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
London Revolutionary Thingyan
(လန်ဒန်တော်လှန်သင်္ကြန်)
Myanmar New Year Fundraiser in #London this Sunday!
Burmese food, drink, poetry, song and dance, raising funds for earthquake relief
🗓️ Sunday 13 April
⏰ 12-5pm
📍 Tudor Park Sports & Leisure, Feltham TW13 7EF
#Myanmar
#RevolutionaryThingyan
#Thingyan
(လန်ဒန်တော်လှန်သင်္ကြန်)
Myanmar New Year Fundraiser in #London this Sunday!
Burmese food, drink, poetry, song and dance, raising funds for earthquake relief
🗓️ Sunday 13 April
⏰ 12-5pm
📍 Tudor Park Sports & Leisure, Feltham TW13 7EF
#Myanmar
#RevolutionaryThingyan
#Thingyan
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“I’ve Never Seen Anything So Devastating”: Why the World Needs to Care about Myanmar
(by Kathleen Baird-Murray for Vogue)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.vogue.co.uk/article/myan...
(by Kathleen Baird-Murray for Vogue)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.vogue.co.uk/article/myan...
“I’ve Never Seen Anything So Devastating”: Why The World Needs To Care About Myanmar
British Vogue contributing editor Kathleen Baird-Murray, who has Burmese roots and recently created a fragrance inspired by the country, outlines the crisis on the ground in the wake of a devastating ...
www.vogue.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“I’ve Never Seen Anything So Devastating”: Why the World Needs to Care about Myanmar
(by Kathleen Baird-Murray for Vogue)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.vogue.co.uk/article/myan...
(by Kathleen Baird-Murray for Vogue)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.vogue.co.uk/article/myan...
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Trump has decimated foreign aid; the UK has slashed their foreign aid budget; and the world’s poorest kids need more help than ever. I’m running the London marathon two weeks from Sunday to raise money for UNICEF. I’m matching £1,000 of donations, so if you can give even a few bucks, please do here:
Brian Klaas - UNICEF - London Marathon!
Through my research, I've visited, studied, and lived in some of the poorest countries in the world. Everywhere I go, it's striking how many innocent children are victims of the grotesque inequality a
2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Trump has decimated foreign aid; the UK has slashed their foreign aid budget; and the world’s poorest kids need more help than ever. I’m running the London marathon two weeks from Sunday to raise money for UNICEF. I’m matching £1,000 of donations, so if you can give even a few bucks, please do here:
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Beautiful to see the successes of the AIF and Chin Brotherhood in Falam. Even as the junta weaponizes aid and bombs earthquake survivors it’s still losing territory.
April 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Beautiful to see the successes of the AIF and Chin Brotherhood in Falam. Even as the junta weaponizes aid and bombs earthquake survivors it’s still losing territory.
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Please give generously to the DEC appeal for victims of the terrible earthquake in Myanmar
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April 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Please give generously to the DEC appeal for victims of the terrible earthquake in Myanmar
www.linkedin.com/posts/huwowe...
www.linkedin.com/posts/huwowe...
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Resistance forces capture Indaw Town after months of fighting
myanmar-now.org/en/news/resi...
#Burma #Myanmar
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#Burma #Myanmar
Resistance forces capture Indaw Town after months of fighting
The battle for Indaw ends with the seizure of Japan Cave Hill, the junta's final stronghold in the area, after an an eight month offensive
myanmar-now.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Resistance forces capture Indaw Town after months of fighting
myanmar-now.org/en/news/resi...
#Burma #Myanmar
myanmar-now.org/en/news/resi...
#Burma #Myanmar
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Today! 💕
Please join me tomorrow at 2pm BST on Instagram Live for More Tales from a Burmese Kitchen.
I’ll tell you all about the town of Mandalay in Myanmar/Burma, recently hit by a devastating earthquake, why it means so much to me, and why it should matter to you too 🙏🏽❤️
www.instagram.com/p/DICeRQ7I_0A/
I’ll tell you all about the town of Mandalay in Myanmar/Burma, recently hit by a devastating earthquake, why it means so much to me, and why it should matter to you too 🙏🏽❤️
www.instagram.com/p/DICeRQ7I_0A/
April 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today! 💕
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There’s a Burmese New Year /Myanmar Thingyan food fair and festival in #Manchester TODAY raising desperately needed funds for the people of Myanmar!
📍 Flixton Girl’s School
⏰ 11am to 7pm
📍 Flixton Girl’s School
⏰ 11am to 7pm
April 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
There’s a Burmese New Year /Myanmar Thingyan food fair and festival in #Manchester TODAY raising desperately needed funds for the people of Myanmar!
📍 Flixton Girl’s School
⏰ 11am to 7pm
📍 Flixton Girl’s School
⏰ 11am to 7pm