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Matt Wheeler
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Born in Baltimore, based in Bangkok. Senior Analyst, South East Asia, International Crisis Group
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“LMAO” in the style of Baltimore Orioles logo.
May 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline
Dramatic sunset over a Buddhist temple roof in Attapeu, Laos, with the temple in shadow and the sky streaked with shafts of gold and grey, alternating light and dark.
March 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Seven Samurai morale patch, black and white with a red kanji character for “7”.
November 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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Shibuya selfie.
On the right a middle-aged white guy with a grizzled red beard and knit tie walking along a Tokyo street. His face is juxtaposed with that of an advertisement on the left showing a young white woman wearing headphones, her eyes closed, presumably listening to DinosaurJr.
November 2, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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If you see this, post a butterfly to celebrate 10 million users on Bluesky📸🦋
Not sure what kind of butterfly. I saw it yesterday and snapped this photo.
Brown butterfly with metallic silver spots on a yellow and orange flower against a background of green leaves.
September 21, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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Without downloading new pics where are you mentally
A black T shirt printed with an image of Robert DeNiro in The Deer Hunter holding a revolver to his head with text reading, incongruously, “Applebees All you can eat boneless wings $12.99”
September 18, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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If you see this, post a picture you took at sunset.
Sunset and temple roof, Xaysetha, Attapeu, Laos
June 17, 2024 at 1:14 AM
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1 May take a holiday.
Joe Strummer with Telecaster decorated with the words 1 May take a holiday. Mick Jones looks on in the background.
May 1, 2024 at 2:22 AM
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Public Statement on the Peace Dialogue Process in Southern Thailand issued today by expert witnesses to the process. First such public statement from the experts.
March 2, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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Last day of Hmong new year celebration, Ban Thung Na Noi, Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Young Hmong woman at New Year celebration in colorful traditional dress. Hmong girl at New Year celebration in colorful traditional dress. Hmong girls in traditional looking at photos in on a phone.
January 15, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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Spent the morning talking with Niwat Roykaew, aka Kru Tee, founder of the Mekong School. He evinces hard-nosed realism and hope for the future. A fighter!
Matt Wheeler and Niwat Roykaew at the Mekong School, Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai, Thailand
January 14, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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From the great Bill Mauldin.
Bill Mauldin cartoon. One bedraggled GI says to another, who is comforting two waifs, “Wisht somebody would tell me there’s a Santa Claus.”
December 24, 2023 at 2:59 AM
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Attapeu sunset, a while back.
August 23, 2023 at 1:41 AM