@mister96.bsky.social
Historical pieces I write for practice purposes: https://storiesofothers.substack.com/
This is one of the best articles, and one of the only ones, on this topic.
Working in this field now, it's crazy how much this is the norm [especially to Filipinos across the SEA]. One day, I hope the country where I currently work gets an amazing story like this one.
Working in this field now, it's crazy how much this is the norm [especially to Filipinos across the SEA]. One day, I hope the country where I currently work gets an amazing story like this one.
If you work in or are interested in education, do give this a read. This investigation is about morals, money and misogyny (at an elite British institution famed for its feminist heritage) and several brave sources risked their careers to speak openly with us: on.ft.com/3XQUqDD @antoniacundy.ft.com
The elite British private school that lost its way in Singapore
Former staff allege bullying, misogyny and safeguarding lapses at the city-state outpost of North London Collegiate School
on.ft.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is one of the best articles, and one of the only ones, on this topic.
Working in this field now, it's crazy how much this is the norm [especially to Filipinos across the SEA]. One day, I hope the country where I currently work gets an amazing story like this one.
Working in this field now, it's crazy how much this is the norm [especially to Filipinos across the SEA]. One day, I hope the country where I currently work gets an amazing story like this one.
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David Tuch on Harold Derber: a WWII spy who pioneered the global drug trade—and wrote the playbook still used today.
Audio: pod.fo/e/3681a7
YouTube: youtu.be/dIYCKH35Y6s
Audio: pod.fo/e/3681a7
YouTube: youtu.be/dIYCKH35Y6s
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
David Tuch on Harold Derber: a WWII spy who pioneered the global drug trade—and wrote the playbook still used today.
Audio: pod.fo/e/3681a7
YouTube: youtu.be/dIYCKH35Y6s
Audio: pod.fo/e/3681a7
YouTube: youtu.be/dIYCKH35Y6s
I've seen praise for this.
But the article either omits, the authors don't know, or lies about how RTGs & plutonium work.
The plutonium leakage risk was heavy-metal poisoning, not radiation. Unless Singh was butt-naked standing over the battery, not "nuclear device", it didn't kill him.
But the article either omits, the authors don't know, or lies about how RTGs & plutonium work.
The plutonium leakage risk was heavy-metal poisoning, not radiation. Unless Singh was butt-naked standing over the battery, not "nuclear device", it didn't kill him.
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas?
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I've seen praise for this.
But the article either omits, the authors don't know, or lies about how RTGs & plutonium work.
The plutonium leakage risk was heavy-metal poisoning, not radiation. Unless Singh was butt-naked standing over the battery, not "nuclear device", it didn't kill him.
But the article either omits, the authors don't know, or lies about how RTGs & plutonium work.
The plutonium leakage risk was heavy-metal poisoning, not radiation. Unless Singh was butt-naked standing over the battery, not "nuclear device", it didn't kill him.
I wish I knew a journo because I have a bit of an interesting story about where I work.
A high ranking advisor, as of last year in charge of restructuring this SEA country's Social Security Fund, was fired from my workplace right before taking thay positions because he stole 3 million of the local
A high ranking advisor, as of last year in charge of restructuring this SEA country's Social Security Fund, was fired from my workplace right before taking thay positions because he stole 3 million of the local
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I wish I knew a journo because I have a bit of an interesting story about where I work.
A high ranking advisor, as of last year in charge of restructuring this SEA country's Social Security Fund, was fired from my workplace right before taking thay positions because he stole 3 million of the local
A high ranking advisor, as of last year in charge of restructuring this SEA country's Social Security Fund, was fired from my workplace right before taking thay positions because he stole 3 million of the local
Every time there's a border dispute between Thailand & Cambodia, orgs like CNN say, "They traded fire and blamed the other side."
So Cambodia prepped for months their tape leak/land grab & you're still giving credence? The same dictator who personally harasses exiles in Australia with phone calls?
So Cambodia prepped for months their tape leak/land grab & you're still giving credence? The same dictator who personally harasses exiles in Australia with phone calls?
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Every time there's a border dispute between Thailand & Cambodia, orgs like CNN say, "They traded fire and blamed the other side."
So Cambodia prepped for months their tape leak/land grab & you're still giving credence? The same dictator who personally harasses exiles in Australia with phone calls?
So Cambodia prepped for months their tape leak/land grab & you're still giving credence? The same dictator who personally harasses exiles in Australia with phone calls?
One YouTuber has a good 50% of his videos/streams being the repetition, or full-on viewing news media & banks over $35 million. Before sponsors.
Same YTer above says "don't trust journos" then...uses local news feeds to get content.
Same YTer above says "don't trust journos" then...uses local news feeds to get content.
it gets your work out there more, I guess, maybe. But so many people on these massive platforms think “journalism” and “reporting” is “I’m reading someone else’s article out loud”
December 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
One YouTuber has a good 50% of his videos/streams being the repetition, or full-on viewing news media & banks over $35 million. Before sponsors.
Same YTer above says "don't trust journos" then...uses local news feeds to get content.
Same YTer above says "don't trust journos" then...uses local news feeds to get content.
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The voices that have publicly sought to challenge the government narratives on what caused or contributed to the Tai Po fire are being silenced "for obvious reasons".
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The voices that have publicly sought to challenge the government narratives on what caused or contributed to the Tai Po fire are being silenced "for obvious reasons".
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It’s wild how providing much-needed aid to the survivors of the fire - before the government even felt like doing it - is now considered a national security threat
Next level paranoia.
“We sternly warn the anti-China disruptors who attempt to ‘disrupt Hong Kong through disaster’. No matter what methods you use, you will certainly be held accountable & strictly punished under the Hong Kong national security law & the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.”
“We sternly warn the anti-China disruptors who attempt to ‘disrupt Hong Kong through disaster’. No matter what methods you use, you will certainly be held accountable & strictly punished under the Hong Kong national security law & the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.”
Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’
Police on Saturday detained one person who was part of a group that launched a petition demanding accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It’s wild how providing much-needed aid to the survivors of the fire - before the government even felt like doing it - is now considered a national security threat
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this is getting some traction on the other place, but might as well bring it over here
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
this is getting some traction on the other place, but might as well bring it over here
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Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I'm re-upping our new open access article on why armies shoot their own soldiers in light of recent reports that more than 100 Russian officers have been confirmed as ordering the execution of their own soldiers in more than 12,000 reported incidents
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War - Volume 79 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I'm re-upping our new open access article on why armies shoot their own soldiers in light of recent reports that more than 100 Russian officers have been confirmed as ordering the execution of their own soldiers in more than 12,000 reported incidents
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It's crazy to see how much the Nigerian Army has crumbled in the last decade.
On a secondary note: I personally believe that all of the American JCETs, British training exercises, OCS programmes with foreign instructors, etc. have been utter failures in every way except for producing cool photos.
On a secondary note: I personally believe that all of the American JCETs, British training exercises, OCS programmes with foreign instructors, etc. have been utter failures in every way except for producing cool photos.
Militants from Islamic State West Africa Province say they captured and executed Nigerian Brigadier General Musa Uba after ambushing a military convoy in Borno State.
Top general executed in Islamic State catch-and-kill
‘Irreparable damage’ to Nigerian army morale, says analyst.
continent.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It's crazy to see how much the Nigerian Army has crumbled in the last decade.
On a secondary note: I personally believe that all of the American JCETs, British training exercises, OCS programmes with foreign instructors, etc. have been utter failures in every way except for producing cool photos.
On a secondary note: I personally believe that all of the American JCETs, British training exercises, OCS programmes with foreign instructors, etc. have been utter failures in every way except for producing cool photos.
I'm started to suspect that Patreon is leaking debit card information.
It's the only website with my card linked and I haven't used it at all in months. Now I woke up this morning and someone in London has been using my card for UberEats.
It's the only website with my card linked and I haven't used it at all in months. Now I woke up this morning and someone in London has been using my card for UberEats.
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'm started to suspect that Patreon is leaking debit card information.
It's the only website with my card linked and I haven't used it at all in months. Now I woke up this morning and someone in London has been using my card for UberEats.
It's the only website with my card linked and I haven't used it at all in months. Now I woke up this morning and someone in London has been using my card for UberEats.
Philip Agee's agitprop magazine has to have been the worst veiled KGB/SVR active measures, but it's also funny that it sourced a bit from Scott Barnes (a progenitor of several conspiracies & a homophobic hoax against a Bush daughter, which crashed Ross Perot's presidency).
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Philip Agee's agitprop magazine has to have been the worst veiled KGB/SVR active measures, but it's also funny that it sourced a bit from Scott Barnes (a progenitor of several conspiracies & a homophobic hoax against a Bush daughter, which crashed Ross Perot's presidency).
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Had 4 years of outrage media coverage of Hunter Biden having a board seat but not quite as much energy directed to what is basically legalized bribery. Need your tariffs cut? Just hand Trump a <checks notes> $130,000 solid gold bar and a bespoke Rolex desk clock. Media shrugs.
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had 4 years of outrage media coverage of Hunter Biden having a board seat but not quite as much energy directed to what is basically legalized bribery. Need your tariffs cut? Just hand Trump a <checks notes> $130,000 solid gold bar and a bespoke Rolex desk clock. Media shrugs.
This is what I came down to when I used to research foreign fighters. Their footage is...the original claimant footage in '92. There's no financial numbers, no recruiting pipelines, no businesses, a single piece of footage of a guy shooting, etc.
And we have all that and more for actual
And we have all that and more for actual
This almost certainly did not happen! bsky.app/profile/mike... one single *unnamed* "former intelligence agent" for something that's logistically and otherwise very very implausible
Yeah from a link to a write-up from a reputable source from 2022, the good news is that this almost certainly did not happen.
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is what I came down to when I used to research foreign fighters. Their footage is...the original claimant footage in '92. There's no financial numbers, no recruiting pipelines, no businesses, a single piece of footage of a guy shooting, etc.
And we have all that and more for actual
And we have all that and more for actual
I know Herbert Natzke, George Carver Jr., Dan Arnold and Ted Shackley but I am having difficulty finding the other 800 names of people who left the CIA under Stansfield Turner.
Reading about the four above though and good riddance. Those four were time bombs.
Reading about the four above though and good riddance. Those four were time bombs.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I know Herbert Natzke, George Carver Jr., Dan Arnold and Ted Shackley but I am having difficulty finding the other 800 names of people who left the CIA under Stansfield Turner.
Reading about the four above though and good riddance. Those four were time bombs.
Reading about the four above though and good riddance. Those four were time bombs.
This is so depressing. I teach English partially out of the Oxford International Curriculum books and they have an article exactly on this topic; climate change and its effects on Yup'ik life and culture.
Destruction of cultural sites is only a small part of what is lost in severe weather events, but in a world where climate change driven catastrophic weather events are becoming more common, we need more and better methods for dealing with the impacts. 🏺
www.chron.com/news/article...
www.chron.com/news/article...
Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup'ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities experienced from the remnants of Typhoon Halong earlier this month. But it suffered a...
www.chron.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This is so depressing. I teach English partially out of the Oxford International Curriculum books and they have an article exactly on this topic; climate change and its effects on Yup'ik life and culture.
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I still can't get over the fact that the people who think Buttigieg briefly working for McKinsey is disqualifying are somehow caping for a blackwater mercenary with a death camp tattoo who said he loved to fight in colonial wars.
We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.
You’re Being Lied to About Graham Platner
We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.
jacobin.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I still can't get over the fact that the people who think Buttigieg briefly working for McKinsey is disqualifying are somehow caping for a blackwater mercenary with a death camp tattoo who said he loved to fight in colonial wars.
I was teaching in a small SEA town and a kid wrote, "I hate [racial slur]" in Russian and drew a swastika. I asked if the kids even knew what WW2 or Nazi Germany was and they shook their heads.
That's also when I found out they barely teach anything about history over here.
That's also when I found out they barely teach anything about history over here.
my friend Ian was once doing the 'tell me your English name' thing with a class in China and one guy goes 'Adolf. Adolf Hitler.' Somewhat stunned, Ian asked 'Why did you chose that name?' and the kid goes "So that you will REMEMBER me."
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I was teaching in a small SEA town and a kid wrote, "I hate [racial slur]" in Russian and drew a swastika. I asked if the kids even knew what WW2 or Nazi Germany was and they shook their heads.
That's also when I found out they barely teach anything about history over here.
That's also when I found out they barely teach anything about history over here.
In the E/SE Asia, face culture & informal networks make or break work environments.
They're innately unethical and an excuse for institutional corruption. I have always refused to partake in it wherever I worked; wa, pauk, guanxi, etc.
I would say "niche" because I've not heard anyone talk about it
They're innately unethical and an excuse for institutional corruption. I have always refused to partake in it wherever I worked; wa, pauk, guanxi, etc.
I would say "niche" because I've not heard anyone talk about it
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In the E/SE Asia, face culture & informal networks make or break work environments.
They're innately unethical and an excuse for institutional corruption. I have always refused to partake in it wherever I worked; wa, pauk, guanxi, etc.
I would say "niche" because I've not heard anyone talk about it
They're innately unethical and an excuse for institutional corruption. I have always refused to partake in it wherever I worked; wa, pauk, guanxi, etc.
I would say "niche" because I've not heard anyone talk about it
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I think this is covered in Page One, the 2011 documentary, but it's been a while since I saw this. I remember being genuinely shocked when I found out this was a formal process, rather than an unconscious/informal one.
didn’t someone say that editors at the NYT specifically expect politics reporters to devise “storylines” that will shape the stories they choose to pursue and how they intend to frame those stories six months in advance
at its core, the leadership believes that the paper, not the facts, should get to set the agenda. this is one of the reasons why coverage of the *most prominent* stories - especially U.S. politics - is usually so bad at the Times, whereas its coverage of everything else is often very good
October 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I think this is covered in Page One, the 2011 documentary, but it's been a while since I saw this. I remember being genuinely shocked when I found out this was a formal process, rather than an unconscious/informal one.
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Bulgakov killed Leo Tolstoy with a reverse piledriver. The government covered it up.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Bulgakov killed Leo Tolstoy with a reverse piledriver. The government covered it up.
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I wish I was surprised that Deadline claims it asked questions that were actually asked by me and other journalists at this James Gunn press conference. No one from Deadline even *submitted questions* for it (and I know, because I moderated). This is just brazen and sad.
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I wish I was surprised that Deadline claims it asked questions that were actually asked by me and other journalists at this James Gunn press conference. No one from Deadline even *submitted questions* for it (and I know, because I moderated). This is just brazen and sad.