Karina Thyra 🇵🇭🍉✊🏻
@karinathyra.bsky.social
Writer. Amateur Photographer. Baker. Jewelry Maker.
Bylines all over the web| Views are my own|#DefendPressFreedom
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Bylines all over the web| Views are my own|#DefendPressFreedom
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Formerly at
Movie Pilot (moviepilot SuperNewsLiveTV)
https://vocal.media/authors/karina-thyra
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Takeaways from World Expression Forum: We spoke of freedom—and meant it
What do young people need? After six days of listening, sharing, grieving, and laughing at the World Expression Forum, I think I’m beginning to understand. I recently participated in the World
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Proof of life.
Was in Utøya and Lillehammer for #WEXFO this June. Spoke about what it means to tell the truth in Southeast Asia, where doing so can cost you your life. I carry the weight of that truth — and the hope that we’re not alone in it.
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Was in Utøya and Lillehammer for #WEXFO this June. Spoke about what it means to tell the truth in Southeast Asia, where doing so can cost you your life. I carry the weight of that truth — and the hope that we’re not alone in it.
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My brother is supposed to come back here for the holidays, but the immigration officers at NAIA are trying to offload him. He is a geologist. We've been traveling abroad since we were children. Our parents worked very hard for us to be able to travel.
December 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
My brother is supposed to come back here for the holidays, but the immigration officers at NAIA are trying to offload him. He is a geologist. We've been traveling abroad since we were children. Our parents worked very hard for us to be able to travel.
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I hope MTG reads the Epstein list on the floor of Congress
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I hope MTG reads the Epstein list on the floor of Congress
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"I am cutting Luke's hand off now"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"I am cutting Luke's hand off now"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
Honestly, if #WickedForGood had been anything like the book (I've never seen the musical) I would've cursed Jon M. Chu to the ends of earth.
I'm rejoicifying now, but also hoping hoping that there'd be more adaptations of Gregory Maguire's thrillifying novels.
I'm rejoicifying now, but also hoping hoping that there'd be more adaptations of Gregory Maguire's thrillifying novels.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Honestly, if #WickedForGood had been anything like the book (I've never seen the musical) I would've cursed Jon M. Chu to the ends of earth.
I'm rejoicifying now, but also hoping hoping that there'd be more adaptations of Gregory Maguire's thrillifying novels.
I'm rejoicifying now, but also hoping hoping that there'd be more adaptations of Gregory Maguire's thrillifying novels.
One day After Enrile.
The world is healing 🫶🏻
The world is healing 🫶🏻
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
One day After Enrile.
The world is healing 🫶🏻
The world is healing 🫶🏻
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“Mala hierba nunca muere”, BUT OH MY GOD IT ACTUALLY DIED!!! PATAY!!!
The Architect of Martial Law in the Philippines, Juan Ponce Enrile, is finally dead. We now live in an era AE ( after Enrile) cos the old weed is as old as the dinosaurs. Huzzah!
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Mala hierba nunca muere”, BUT OH MY GOD IT ACTUALLY DIED!!! PATAY!!!
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infamous turncoat, back-stabber, oldest lawmaker in the philippines died suddenly from bouts of pneumonia at age 101 years old.
Juan Ponce Enrile.
Juan Ponce Enrile.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
infamous turncoat, back-stabber, oldest lawmaker in the philippines died suddenly from bouts of pneumonia at age 101 years old.
Juan Ponce Enrile.
Juan Ponce Enrile.
The Architect of Martial Law in the Philippines, Juan Ponce Enrile, is finally dead. We now live in an era AE ( after Enrile) cos the old weed is as old as the dinosaurs. Huzzah!
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The Architect of Martial Law in the Philippines, Juan Ponce Enrile, is finally dead. We now live in an era AE ( after Enrile) cos the old weed is as old as the dinosaurs. Huzzah!
Between w@r cr!m!nal Cheney kicking the bucket and Zohran Mamdani winning NYC mayoral election (hopefully he keeps the promise of arresting another w@r cr!m!n@l), it reinforces the belief that Loy Krathong wishes do come true.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Between w@r cr!m!nal Cheney kicking the bucket and Zohran Mamdani winning NYC mayoral election (hopefully he keeps the promise of arresting another w@r cr!m!n@l), it reinforces the belief that Loy Krathong wishes do come true.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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TV Format - Love Island, only it's done with world leaders.
They all have to cosy up to each other, find out each other's secrets and whoever is voted off each episode is sentenced for war crimes.
They all have to cosy up to each other, find out each other's secrets and whoever is voted off each episode is sentenced for war crimes.
September 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
TV Format - Love Island, only it's done with world leaders.
They all have to cosy up to each other, find out each other's secrets and whoever is voted off each episode is sentenced for war crimes.
They all have to cosy up to each other, find out each other's secrets and whoever is voted off each episode is sentenced for war crimes.
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
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My first Guardian byline!
While The Guardian's court victory sent a strong message in support of press freedom and for holding those accused of sexual misconduct to account, without an anti-SLAPP law, we cannot ignore the threats to #freespech
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
While The Guardian's court victory sent a strong message in support of press freedom and for holding those accused of sexual misconduct to account, without an anti-SLAPP law, we cannot ignore the threats to #freespech
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Noel Clarke judgment was a victory for the freedom of the press – but it should also act as a warning | Nik Williams
Embedded within Clarke’s legal action was a new threat to public interest reporting, despite his emphatic defeat, says Index on Censorship’s Nik Williams
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September 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My first Guardian byline!
While The Guardian's court victory sent a strong message in support of press freedom and for holding those accused of sexual misconduct to account, without an anti-SLAPP law, we cannot ignore the threats to #freespech
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
While The Guardian's court victory sent a strong message in support of press freedom and for holding those accused of sexual misconduct to account, without an anti-SLAPP law, we cannot ignore the threats to #freespech
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Apparently one of the reasons for Gen Z protests happening in Nepal right now is due to politicians' spawns showing off their lavish lifestyle funded by taxpayers.
More power to Nepali youth.
We Filipinos could do the same, instead of this never-ending Congress investigating themselves 🫠
More power to Nepali youth.
We Filipinos could do the same, instead of this never-ending Congress investigating themselves 🫠
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Apparently one of the reasons for Gen Z protests happening in Nepal right now is due to politicians' spawns showing off their lavish lifestyle funded by taxpayers.
More power to Nepali youth.
We Filipinos could do the same, instead of this never-ending Congress investigating themselves 🫠
More power to Nepali youth.
We Filipinos could do the same, instead of this never-ending Congress investigating themselves 🫠
Exorcism plot done right. Can't stop gushing about Tha Rae: The Exorcist so I wrote a review.
This isn’t just horror - it’s a cultural statement. #ThaRaeTheExorcist shows Catholicism, animism & ancestral belief as forces that coexist, not clash.
My Full review here:
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This isn’t just horror - it’s a cultural statement. #ThaRaeTheExorcist shows Catholicism, animism & ancestral belief as forces that coexist, not clash.
My Full review here:
vocal.media/geeks/movie-...
Movie Review: Tha Rae: The Exorcist – Faith, Folklore, and Family Drama in Taweewat Wantha’s Chilling Thai Horror
Tha Rae: The Exorcist (2025), directed by Taweewat Wantha and starring Jirayu Tangsrisuk, Phiravich Attachitsataporn, Nichaphat Chatchaipholrat, and Thaneth Warakulnukroh, blends Thai folklore, Cathol...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Exorcism plot done right. Can't stop gushing about Tha Rae: The Exorcist so I wrote a review.
This isn’t just horror - it’s a cultural statement. #ThaRaeTheExorcist shows Catholicism, animism & ancestral belief as forces that coexist, not clash.
My Full review here:
vocal.media/geeks/movie-...
This isn’t just horror - it’s a cultural statement. #ThaRaeTheExorcist shows Catholicism, animism & ancestral belief as forces that coexist, not clash.
My Full review here:
vocal.media/geeks/movie-...
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Remember when COVID vaccines were first available? Remember how they saved lives and helped us move toward normalcy? Remember how relieved and grateful we were? Remember how amazing our healthcare workers were? Remember how science rescued us?
August 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Remember when COVID vaccines were first available? Remember how they saved lives and helped us move toward normalcy? Remember how relieved and grateful we were? Remember how amazing our healthcare workers were? Remember how science rescued us?
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More Presbyterians and other Christians must bravely speak truth to power with our voices and bodies to end the Gaza genocide. This begins with challenging Christian Zionism and the leaders of our churches who remain complicit. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/seek...
Seeking a Presbyterian witness amid the genocide in Gaza
More Presbyterians and other Christians must bravely speak truth to power with our voices and bodies to end the Gaza genocide. This begins with challenging Christian Zionism and the leaders of our…
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August 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
More Presbyterians and other Christians must bravely speak truth to power with our voices and bodies to end the Gaza genocide. This begins with challenging Christian Zionism and the leaders of our churches who remain complicit. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/seek...
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For a limited time only, our new magazine issue, Land of the Free? is free to access! In it, we explore how #Trump's administration is impacting free speech in the #US & beyond. Explore: journals.sagepub.com/toc/IOC/curr...
July 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
For a limited time only, our new magazine issue, Land of the Free? is free to access! In it, we explore how #Trump's administration is impacting free speech in the #US & beyond. Explore: journals.sagepub.com/toc/IOC/curr...
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"The administration’s simultaneous embrace of pro-Trump influencers and attacks on critical media signal that Washington doesn’t really care about independent journalism" - thanks @pressgazette.co.uk for republishing our piece on the rise of #US newsfluencers:
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White House embraces rise of 'newsfluencers'
How social media 'newsfluencers' have made their way into the heart of the US government.
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July 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"The administration’s simultaneous embrace of pro-Trump influencers and attacks on critical media signal that Washington doesn’t really care about independent journalism" - thanks @pressgazette.co.uk for republishing our piece on the rise of #US newsfluencers:
pressgazette.co.uk/north-americ...
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I watched the continuation of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and the Korean film 'Omniscient Reader: The Prophet' today. Both explored the theme of trauma - what can happen when we don’t overcome it in healthy ways, and what happens when we do.
#filmsky
#filmsky
July 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I watched the continuation of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and the Korean film 'Omniscient Reader: The Prophet' today. Both explored the theme of trauma - what can happen when we don’t overcome it in healthy ways, and what happens when we do.
#filmsky
#filmsky
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I really feel like people don’t know what prolonged starvation means because there is a point that even when a body receives food it cannot digest it. This means that it doesn’t matter if aid is dropped from the sky, many, many Palestinians need actual medical support to eat.
July 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I really feel like people don’t know what prolonged starvation means because there is a point that even when a body receives food it cannot digest it. This means that it doesn’t matter if aid is dropped from the sky, many, many Palestinians need actual medical support to eat.
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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As Esme Creed-Miles said, #TheSandman isn’t the work of one man. We’re watching The Sandman, #GoodOmens, and I’m keeping my #Coraline blue hair. NG being a creep won’t erase the labor and brilliance of the many creatives who brought these stories to life.
Death of the author. Always.
Death of the author. Always.
a cartoon character with blue hair and a yellow sweater has an angry look on her face
ALT: a cartoon character with blue hair and a yellow sweater has an angry look on her face
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July 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
As Esme Creed-Miles said, #TheSandman isn’t the work of one man. We’re watching The Sandman, #GoodOmens, and I’m keeping my #Coraline blue hair. NG being a creep won’t erase the labor and brilliance of the many creatives who brought these stories to life.
Death of the author. Always.
Death of the author. Always.