Leon Bordvik
@leon365.bsky.social
Norwegian. Resident of Myanmar, previously lived and worked in the UK, Kenya, Denmark and China. #InternationalAffairs #globaldev
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The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) is proud to announce the DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025, a celebration of untold stories from Burma.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #DVB #Peacockfilmfestival
Read more: english.dvb.no/taang-nation...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #DVB #Peacockfilmfestival
Read more: english.dvb.no/taang-nation...
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) is proud to announce the DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025, a celebration of untold stories from Burma.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #DVB #Peacockfilmfestival
Read more: english.dvb.no/taang-nation...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #DVB #Peacockfilmfestival
Read more: english.dvb.no/taang-nation...
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Cambodia: Stellar article as usual here from Sarah!
"In wet markets teeming with live birds, slaughterhouses butchering pigs and even limestone caves home to millions of bats, scientists are deploying air samplers to capture a snapshot of the pathogens lurking in the atmosphere..."
"In wet markets teeming with live birds, slaughterhouses butchering pigs and even limestone caves home to millions of bats, scientists are deploying air samplers to capture a snapshot of the pathogens lurking in the atmosphere..."
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cambodia: Stellar article as usual here from Sarah!
"In wet markets teeming with live birds, slaughterhouses butchering pigs and even limestone caves home to millions of bats, scientists are deploying air samplers to capture a snapshot of the pathogens lurking in the atmosphere..."
"In wet markets teeming with live birds, slaughterhouses butchering pigs and even limestone caves home to millions of bats, scientists are deploying air samplers to capture a snapshot of the pathogens lurking in the atmosphere..."
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. @interpol.int reports of increasing globalization of "scam centres", with operations continuing to expand to the Middle East, West Africa, & Central America: www.interpol.int/en/News-and-...
they also note an increasing use of AI by scam operations.
they also note an increasing use of AI by scam operations.
July 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
. @interpol.int reports of increasing globalization of "scam centres", with operations continuing to expand to the Middle East, West Africa, & Central America: www.interpol.int/en/News-and-...
they also note an increasing use of AI by scam operations.
they also note an increasing use of AI by scam operations.
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There exists a popular sentiment that we can’t build as well as we used to and our best days are behind us. But when we choose to, we can still build beautiful and interesting developments.
Here’s a tour of 10 new projects that are creating a better built environment. 🧵
Here’s a tour of 10 new projects that are creating a better built environment. 🧵
February 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
There exists a popular sentiment that we can’t build as well as we used to and our best days are behind us. But when we choose to, we can still build beautiful and interesting developments.
Here’s a tour of 10 new projects that are creating a better built environment. 🧵
Here’s a tour of 10 new projects that are creating a better built environment. 🧵
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Myanmar: A very timely in-depth piece from Mizzima about the southward migration of cybercrime ops from Myawaddy to the even more secluded Payathonzu.
“[DKBA's] Col. Saw A One has dominated this area since before the military coup. It’s essentially his hometown."
eng.mizzima.com/2025/02/03/1...
“[DKBA's] Col. Saw A One has dominated this area since before the military coup. It’s essentially his hometown."
eng.mizzima.com/2025/02/03/1...
February 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Myanmar: A very timely in-depth piece from Mizzima about the southward migration of cybercrime ops from Myawaddy to the even more secluded Payathonzu.
“[DKBA's] Col. Saw A One has dominated this area since before the military coup. It’s essentially his hometown."
eng.mizzima.com/2025/02/03/1...
“[DKBA's] Col. Saw A One has dominated this area since before the military coup. It’s essentially his hometown."
eng.mizzima.com/2025/02/03/1...
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This is a excellent overview essay by Geoffrey Rathgeb Aung in Chuang & @endnotesjournal.bsky.social with key background & analysis about the lead up to the attempted coup, what's happened in the years since & where things stand now.
chuangcn.org/2025/01/unha...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
chuangcn.org/2025/01/unha...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Unhappy is the land that needs heroes
Myanmar’s insurrection condenses the sequence of revolts elsewhere in this century. […] As Myanmar’s insurrectionary rupture climbed hills to ignite a rural armed struggle, however, a new set of co…
chuangcn.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is a excellent overview essay by Geoffrey Rathgeb Aung in Chuang & @endnotesjournal.bsky.social with key background & analysis about the lead up to the attempted coup, what's happened in the years since & where things stand now.
chuangcn.org/2025/01/unha...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
chuangcn.org/2025/01/unha...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Former senior #USAID, @agawande.bsky.social tells FOX News on purge:
"It’s insane"
“A gift to our enemies"
"Ebola outbreak...Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down.”
"USAID was funding the treatment for 20 million people with HIV worldwide"
"It’s insane"
“A gift to our enemies"
"Ebola outbreak...Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down.”
"USAID was funding the treatment for 20 million people with HIV worldwide"
February 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Former senior #USAID, @agawande.bsky.social tells FOX News on purge:
"It’s insane"
“A gift to our enemies"
"Ebola outbreak...Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down.”
"USAID was funding the treatment for 20 million people with HIV worldwide"
"It’s insane"
“A gift to our enemies"
"Ebola outbreak...Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down.”
"USAID was funding the treatment for 20 million people with HIV worldwide"
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AI can be a powerful tool in the right hands but the danger of cognitive deskilling, especially among young minds, is very real. Educational institutions are largely unprepared and inadequately supported to meet this challenge.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswestfall/2024/12/18/the-dark-side-of-ai-tracking-the-decline-of-human-cognitive-skills/
t.co
January 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
AI can be a powerful tool in the right hands but the danger of cognitive deskilling, especially among young minds, is very real. Educational institutions are largely unprepared and inadequately supported to meet this challenge.
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We are watching sports so Jean is in the other room behind the desk in her quiet spot. I don’t mind yelling
January 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We are watching sports so Jean is in the other room behind the desk in her quiet spot. I don’t mind yelling
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U Bein Bridge is a crossing that spans the Taungthaman Lake near Amarapura in Myanmar.
#photography #art #travel #myanmar #UBeinBridge
#photography #art #travel #myanmar #UBeinBridge
January 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
U Bein Bridge is a crossing that spans the Taungthaman Lake near Amarapura in Myanmar.
#photography #art #travel #myanmar #UBeinBridge
#photography #art #travel #myanmar #UBeinBridge
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for my fellow poets, for everyone
December 9, 2024 at 12:44 AM
for my fellow poets, for everyone
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Today's Poetry Thread: SOLITUDE
This poem helped me through a dark night. Feel free to add poems to the thread.
This poem helped me through a dark night. Feel free to add poems to the thread.
December 11, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Today's Poetry Thread: SOLITUDE
This poem helped me through a dark night. Feel free to add poems to the thread.
This poem helped me through a dark night. Feel free to add poems to the thread.
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There are times when I feel my mental illness, my wild heart, & my word-work will always keep me from having a happy home. So I wrote these words to try to survive. Maybe they can help you, too. I long for the day when I can have a home *and* be a song, but until then, I will just keep singing.
December 16, 2024 at 12:01 PM
There are times when I feel my mental illness, my wild heart, & my word-work will always keep me from having a happy home. So I wrote these words to try to survive. Maybe they can help you, too. I long for the day when I can have a home *and* be a song, but until then, I will just keep singing.
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Ok, this is funny as fuck.
January 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ok, this is funny as fuck.
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for you, for 2025
January 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
for you, for 2025
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My cat Chaucer decided to quote from part 52 of Walt Whitman's:
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
I feel ya buddy. I feel ya.
#poetry #quotes #CatPhotos #CastOfBlueSky 🐈📷
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
I feel ya buddy. I feel ya.
#poetry #quotes #CatPhotos #CastOfBlueSky 🐈📷
January 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
My cat Chaucer decided to quote from part 52 of Walt Whitman's:
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
I feel ya buddy. I feel ya.
#poetry #quotes #CatPhotos #CastOfBlueSky 🐈📷
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
I feel ya buddy. I feel ya.
#poetry #quotes #CatPhotos #CastOfBlueSky 🐈📷
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This might sound like a hot take but friends: Read books as a hobby this year. It is one of the best things you can do for your brain to grow your thinking and perspectives.
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
January 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This might sound like a hot take but friends: Read books as a hobby this year. It is one of the best things you can do for your brain to grow your thinking and perspectives.
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card.
Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors
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Critical piece by Obi Anyadike on the often-overlooked impacts of war on the environment, explored through the case studies of Ukraine, Gaza, Ethiopia and Myanmar (short thread)
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2024...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2024...
From ecocide to resource-stripping: War’s collateral damage on the planet
From Ukraine to Gaza, Ethiopia to Myanmar – four case studies on the environmental consequences of conflict.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
December 28, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Critical piece by Obi Anyadike on the often-overlooked impacts of war on the environment, explored through the case studies of Ukraine, Gaza, Ethiopia and Myanmar (short thread)
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2024...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2024...
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Jonge boeddhistische monnik in het Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung klooster in Myanmar.
Young Buddhist monk at Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung monastery in Myanmar.
#myanmar #ShweYaunghweKyaungMonastery #fotografie #portretfotografie #photography
Young Buddhist monk at Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung monastery in Myanmar.
#myanmar #ShweYaunghweKyaungMonastery #fotografie #portretfotografie #photography
December 30, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Jonge boeddhistische monnik in het Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung klooster in Myanmar.
Young Buddhist monk at Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung monastery in Myanmar.
#myanmar #ShweYaunghweKyaungMonastery #fotografie #portretfotografie #photography
Young Buddhist monk at Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung monastery in Myanmar.
#myanmar #ShweYaunghweKyaungMonastery #fotografie #portretfotografie #photography
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Just 3 nations still use imperial measures (USA, Liberia. Myanmar). Liberia & Myanmar in time-locked isolation, but how to explain the US if not via its parochial globalism disdain? That said, many imperialist holdouts survive simonchapman6.com/2023/05/22/i...
December 29, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Just 3 nations still use imperial measures (USA, Liberia. Myanmar). Liberia & Myanmar in time-locked isolation, but how to explain the US if not via its parochial globalism disdain? That said, many imperialist holdouts survive simonchapman6.com/2023/05/22/i...
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December 30, 2024 at 10:43 PM