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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>New <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> enter <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> from <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> countries ( predictably many of them are about <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> 😁 )</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Phillipines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phillipines</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kj9w2zdlgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kj9w</span><span class="invisible">2zdlgo</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Some gammon is claiming logistics/warehouse businesses in *Mid <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Suffolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suffolk</span></a> * (a good 15-20km from <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Ipswich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ipswich</span></a>) are not employing locals but staffed by "hordes of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> citizens from the mainland".</p><p>If any of that were in the slightest true, I would have noticed this - I'm always driving around the area and I'm near enough only <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> person there other than my own relatives and a few local healthcare workers, (many of whom work at same place as me!)</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span> my full name is widely duplicated in SE Asia (due to my fathers side of the family being Malaysian Chinese and me having a single Western given name without any Chinese characters) - companies based in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> countries routinely gave me the title of "Mr Great Britain" or "Mr Reading / Lower Earley" (a suburb of Wokingham near Reading where I once worked), presumably to avoid confusion with similarly named staff at their companies 😁</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>The saddest thing about Nadiya's experiences is she is a good few years younger than myself, yet nothing really improved in all that time.. I can definitely relate to the pressures to be both <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asian</span></a> at the same time, in varying different proportions depending on who you happen to be around at the time <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BritishAsian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishAsian</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Desi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desi</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c1wnqrer3w9o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/articles/c1wnqrer3w9</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>LB: article without paywall here</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@markets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markets</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/oEOOr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/oEOOr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lauren McMenemy<p>Ahead of Imaginarium: A Celebration of ESEA Speculative Fiction—happening virtually on 22 September, supported by the BFS—Eric Huang takes a look at the growing interest in SFFH from the region, and how the non-Western hero has become serious Hollywood business.</p><p><a href="https://britishfantasysociety.org/whats-behind-the-rise-in-east-south-east-asian-speculative-fiction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">britishfantasysociety.org/what</span><span class="invisible">s-behind-the-rise-in-east-south-east-asian-speculative-fiction/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/esea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/asianwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asianwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/asianfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asianfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writingevents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingevents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/specfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>specfic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sffh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sffh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Just had a sponsored post for an <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ANPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANPR</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> camera scheme appear in my <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> feed, from a company that sells "normal " <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/CCTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCTV</span></a> equipment. and burglar alarms. The kit seems as capable as that used by the public services, yet is clearly intended for small private users (such as guarding a yard/car park). Such schemes are widespread in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> countries, but its the first time I've seen one advertised to the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> market..</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>An <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> tanker has capsized and sunk off the coast of the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Phillipines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phillipines</span></a> in rough weather - 1,5 million litres of oil is at risk of polluting the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqepd5kk8ko" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqepd</span><span class="invisible">5kk8ko</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span> its worrying too as Malaysia is one of the richer and more advanced <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> countries these days. Also the elcos (electrolytic capacitors) appear to have been quite carefully picked off and sorted separately - I hope those aren't being resold and finding their way into "new" equipment! (it is the early failure of these low cost but important components which creates a lot of e-waste in the first place)</p><p>as an aside, my late father was once a reporter for NST..</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>LB: wasn't expecting Petronas and so many others from <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> countries to turn up at the top, and there aren't even that much reserves compared to the UK! I hope it doesn't result in the environment being completely destroyed for relatively short term gains (one source claims reserves in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> would only last 14 years at current consumption rates)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@statisticsworld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>statisticsworld</span></a></span></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Haiyaa : A British <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> businessman was kidnapped from the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/golf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>golf</span></a> course and worked over in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Hertfordshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hertfordshire</span></a> and threatened in an attempt to get a ransom in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> , amid scenes that wouldn't have been out of place in a Hong Kong action movie (this level of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> is rare amongst the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> community nowadays, although it did occasionally happen in 1970s to 1990s)</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2d5ny7495o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2d5n</span><span class="invisible">y7495o</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@purplepadma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>purplepadma</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@TCMuffin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TCMuffin</span></a></span> in the countries where this has been tried - mostly in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> (East and SE Asia, particularly <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> it is only because of depopulation and ageing (there aren't enough young people around in some regions to work as carers); and the projects haven't been that successful..</p><p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065135/japan-automating-eldercare-robots/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2023/01/0</span><span class="invisible">9/1065135/japan-automating-eldercare-robots/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>9 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/East" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>East</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> worth <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/checkingout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>checkingout</span></a> now. </p><p>As hand-selected by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cofounder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cofounder</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SoutheastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoutheastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theface.com/music/east-south-east-asian-musicians-uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theface.com/music/east-south-e</span><span class="invisible">ast-asian-musicians-uk</span></a></p>
team NotLeafy<p>Other retailers are available but Angela Hui's thoroughly good &amp; powerful read Takeaway - her memoir of growing up in Beddau, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north west of Cardiff, is 99p currently at that Big River's UK eBook store.</p><p>It shines light on life in the takeaway, blending Chinese &amp; Welsh heritage &amp; gives voice to the experience of immigrant parents &amp; the meaning of ESEA identity.<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wales</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cymru</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/esea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esea</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>In 2011, broadcast engineers in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> were transmitting footage the Formula 1 Grand Prix via Singapore Telecom, and sent "bars on red" as a test pattern in the PAL video feed to the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/EBU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EBU</span></a> (the large red field shows up distortion in the PAL analogue video).</p><p>The specifications don't define which order the bars and red field appear (normally they are at the bottom), so they took this opportunity to be patriotic at the same time 😁 <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORZOmLeoik8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ORZOmLeoik</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
TransActual<p>“It's important for me to transition not only for myself and my own self identity but it's important that I become a role model for other Malaysians and Indians that we can live authentically and we must unite to fight for our rights.” Valiant </p><p>Alt text: Picture of Valiant wearing glasses and jacket, smiling and hold a sign that reads 'You Matter'. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@denisbloodnok" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>denisbloodnok</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/@eniko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eniko</span></a></span> </p><p>I've been watching various videos of industrial processes in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> (East and SE Asian) countries. Most of the videos are recent (well after 2020) but *everyone* is wearing masks in the factories - in some cases its protection against chemicals/particulates but I'm also seeing the same in CAD and admin office areas. This is across multiple different countries too, KR, SG, JP, CN - everyone is now masked at work...</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@sarahc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarahc</span></a></span> the phenomenon of feeding cats around ports leftover fish scraps (mentioned in the article) is still common today in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> countries (particularly <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> ) - there's a whole subculture where "uncles and aunties" travel to the fish docks feed the cats, and film/photograph them with DSLR cameras and its where a lot of the cat pictures and videos come from - it even predates YouTube by a few years, and started as soon as digital cameras became affordable...</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Heard an interesting "fascinating trivia fact" on <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RadioCaroline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioCaroline</span></a> this afternoon - instead of the usual "national underpants day" type stuff you get on other stations, the presenter went into quite some detail about how <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Jakarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jakarta</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> is sinking due to <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, and the whole capital is being relocated to <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Borneo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Borneo</span></a> - an island shared between <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> (I have extended family who live there) and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Brunei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brunei</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/9/hldwhyindonesia-is-abandoning-its-capital-jakarta-to-save-ithld" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/9/h</span><span class="invisible">ldwhyindonesia-is-abandoning-its-capital-jakarta-to-save-ithld</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>TBH I believe the zoo - a sun bear is a fairly common native species in nearby <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ESEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESEA</span></a> countries, many are recovered from the exotic pet trade by Environment Ministry officers and if they cannot be released back into the wild, offered to zoos worldwide - there are a couple in Colchester Zoo just up the road from me.</p><p>It wouldn't be worth the effort dressing up a human in a fursuit to LARP as one (and as the zookeeper points out, impossible in the summer heat)</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/31/chinese-zoo-denies-sun-bears-humans-costumes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2023/jul</span><span class="invisible">/31/chinese-zoo-denies-sun-bears-humans-costumes</span></a></p>
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