Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.
I think it's perfectly understandable that many people feel a deep sense of resentment and disenfranchisement for the time capitalism has stolen from them, but the answer is not to embrace capital's machine that pretends to show you an inner life you aren't having.
A chubby little gecko resembling a leopard gecko (but with a different pattern and a white stripe down her back) in a plastic container with paper towels.)
Close up on Pan the African fat-tailed gecko, showing her yellow and brown batter, black eyes, and white stripe running down her back
Weird day for this but...meet Pan the African Fat-Tailed Gecko! (Short for Pannenkoeken, or Panopticon, or possible just the Greek God.) We've been wanting to get another lizard for a while, and D had her heart set on one of these little charmers.
Recently finished up my last freelance work of the year before moving on to a mad sprint of book writing, so —rather earlier than usual — it's time for my year in review! Here, in no particular order, are the features I'm proudest of.
Sepekan kemudian Wiji Thukul menjadi buron dan hilang sejak 1998. Hingga sampai sekarang Wiji Thukul terkenal sebagai, penyair dan aktivis politik yang dihilangkan paksa oleh negara.
Dan sekarang Soeharto jadi pahlawan..
Suram negeri ini
#IndonesiaGelap
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There's a frustrating dichotomy placed on being Chinese Indonesian where people assume your east asian-ness somehow undercuts how southeast asian you are. And you have to awkwardly tell them the indo government mandated the erasure of your culture and America funded the slaughter of your people here
Hey, gang! @rosfalianti.bsky.social and I are raising money for our friend Saber Fathi in Gaza, who's been living in a tent and is hoping to raise enough to rent an apartment space. Any bit you can donate helps!
The second that east coast dem leaders have to personally face airline delays they’re ready to throw peoples healthcare under the bus
Then despite many protests, letters & much opposition, it is expected that President Prabowo will announce Soeharto a national hero in Indonesia tomorrow...
Which is horrific given the huge amount of death & suffering Soeharto inflicted on so many while in power.
#TolakGelarPahlawanSoeharto
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I am #Indonesia an empire of arrogance.
I have tanks, Apaches AH-64 Helicopters, missiles, and an endless supply of soldiers who skipped “humanity” class.
We strip mountains, gut rainforests, flatten villages, and lecture Papuans on “order.”
Freedom? We decide who lives and who doesn’t. #WestPapua
Suharto was a brutal dictator who disappeared and mass murdered many innocent civilians in Indonesia and East Timor. Any attempts to name him as a national hero is a spit in the face of all those who suffered at his hands.
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Saw a New York Times headline that seemed to suggest that African countries were somehow particularly susceptible to the so called “Gen Z” protests. I’ve written a little about why this framing is disingenuous and also infantilising in various platforms. oecd-development-matters.org/2025/04/30/f...
A post by USSfeed featuring award-winning photo by Sholihuddin of Jawa Post of a military truck carrying football fans. The truck fell over and some of the passengers are able to get off safely The text: A military truck carrying over 100 youths keels over under its heavy load. The passengers were supporters of local football club Persebaya, enjoying a free ride home and waving flags to celebrate their team's victory. Most of the passengers escaped unharmed, but 12 wore hospitalized with minor injuries.
No honestly this is still the best photo of Indonesia I’ve ever seen
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The chaos
The details
The questions that arise
Want to read about how a presidential regime confronts democratic backsliding in a diverse and unequal society? Want to replace Latin (E Pluribus Unum) with Sanskrit (Bhinneka Tunggal Eka)? Check out these papers in the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 👇
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Indonesian government threatened to ban TikTok unless it handed over livestream data from August’s riots. Behind the batons and tear gas, a layered surveillance state has taken root in Indonesia: CCTV grids, facial recognition, commercial spyware etc medium.com/@michi.buehl...
Appalachia, 1900. Things ancient and dead haunt the green hills. A young woman — cast out by strange tragedy — walks the road on her wooden leg, practicing witchery and settling spirits. (The hardest to settle might be her own.)
Digital copies of GHOST DAYS are $6! Grab one for spooky season!
I don’t really understand the people who think we shouldn’t situate the current moment in context of the last 25 years in American politics, including the actions of the three Democrats who were president during that time
Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.
In 2015, reporter @saulelbein.bsky.social joined a crew of Peruvian river guides on a trip down the treacherous Marañón. What happened there has taken many years for him to tell — and it's one of the most beautiful and moving stories he's ever written.
It's Heat Death. Don't miss this one.
On top of eroding civil liberties, the Indonesian government has been employing a discursive strategy to delegitimise its critics' democratic agency. In my short piece published by the LSE SEA Centre's blog, I explore two of these discursive strategies: blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2025/09...
Melbourne Bergerak hold "Vigil for the Disappeared" In solidarity with Indonesian activists targeted, silenced, and disappeared under the Prabowo regime. At the state library Victoria, Naarm / Melbourne Saturday 27 September 2025 6PM After the mass protests of 25–31 August 2025, human rights groups (KontraS) reported at least 20 people missing. - Two people remain missing as of 23 September 2025: Muhammad Farhan Hamid and Reno Syachputra Dewo; last seen at Police Mobile Brigade Corps Headquarters, Kwitang, Central Jakarta. - Over 3,300 people have been arrested by the Indonesian Police. - 1,042 wounded. - 10 confirmed killed during those protests. - As of 23 September 2025, 583 protesters remain in custody on charges including incitement, assaulting officers, and damaging public facilities, and some are even being prosecuted under the Emergency Law, a relic of the wartime dictatorship. - The police cyber division hunts those who speak out. - Books are confiscated by the Police Forces. - At the elite level, Prabowo entrenches military rule, filling politics and law with military generals. The same institution brought General Soeharto to power after 1 October 1965 and carried out mass killings that took hundreds of thousands of lives. Its grip on power continues today. ‼️WE DEMAND‼️ 1. Immediate release of political prisoners. 2. Truth and investigation into those who have gone missing. 3. Accountability for violence committed by state forces. 4. Recognition that protest is a human rights, not a crime.
New event
📆27th Sept
🕕6pm AEST
Melbourne Bergerak hold "Vigil for the Disappeared" In solidarity with Indonesian activists targeted, silenced, and disappeared under the Prabowo regime.
At the state library Victoria, Naarm / Melbourne
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Mines threaten coral haven.
Nickel mining threatens one of the world's most important marine biodiversity and coral hotspots in Indonesia, despite the government revoking several permits, a report warns
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📢 Indonesia's government is facing calls to suspend President Prabowo Subianto’s multi-billion-dollar free meals program after thousands of students fell sick from food poisoning.
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Cover of report from the commission for the disappeared and victims of Violence (KontraS) They Did Not Go Missing, They Were Forcibly Disappeared! : Mapping of Enforced Disappearances Within the Protests in 25-31 August 2025
Next up KontraS released their report on short-term enforced disappearance; detained without legal access, with their fate & whereabouts concealed by security forces during the recent protests in Indonesia.
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A protestor holds up a copy of "Kami Sudah Lelah dengan Kekerasan" in the foreground; just behind is a barbed wire barrier and then a row of people in brown uniforms.
Someone holds up a copy of the book "Kami Sudah Lelah dengan Kekerasan" at the weekly Kamisan protests in Jakarta. In the background a speaker holds his fist in the air.
Someone holds up a copy of the book "Kami Sudah Lelah dengan Kekerasan" in the foreground. Behind it is a barrier with the words Polisi (Police) and a row of police officers in black berets.
Happy to announce the sold-out Indonesian version of "We Have Tired of Violence" is now available in a 2nd printing from marjinkiri.id, local bookstores, and online shops. It's timely, as some protestors have begun bringing a copy to demonstrations since the first run came out last year.
Online workshop: Resisting Militarism and State Violence : Our Big Homework to Freedom and Democracy in Southeast Asia Speakers Nadine Sherani (KontraS, Indonesia) Amirah H. Amran (SUARAM, Malaysia) Gee (Solidarity Collective, Thailand) Moderator Bugivia Maharani (PSHK, Indonesia) Date: Monday, 29 September 2025 Time: 20.00 Malaysia Standard Time Livestream via Zoom Cloud Meeting, YouTube KontraS, and Facebook ASEAN People Forum
New event!
📆29th Sept
🕗8pm Malaysia Time
Join KontraS, SUARAM, Solidarity Collective TH & Pusat Studi Hukum & Kebijakan for online workshop:
"Resisting Militarism and State Violence : Our Big Homework to Freedom and Democracy in Southeast Asia"
Reg:
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Cover of report from the commission for the disappeared and victims of Violence (KontraS) They Did Not Go Missing, They Were Forcibly Disappeared! : Mapping of Enforced Disappearances Within the Protests in 25-31 August 2025
KontraS report reveals 33 victims of short-term enforced disappearance; detained without legal access, with their fate & whereabouts concealed by security forces during the uprising in late August early Sept.
This isn’t new. It’s a recurring pattern
Report here:
kontras.org/laporan/they...
Using popular media that channels the same ideas as revolutionary literature is infinitely more practical than trying to get people to read some obscure political tome. Meet people where they're at.
something something political violence
