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@R04ch Absolutely

Fine dining is dead. 10 years ago set menus used to be around 2000 THB now these places charge anywhere between 5,000 - 15,000. At those prices people will only go once for the experience. Diners are looking for value for money meaning decent quality and big portions.

Look how they’re filming Zelensky to make him look taller 😆

For nearly seven years, Melina Salazar was the only waitress at a Texas diner willing to serve grumpy 89-year-old WWII veteran Walter "Buck" Swords. He complained constantly, never smiled or tipped, and drove others away—but Melina always greeted him with patience and kindness. When Walter suddenly stopped coming in, Melina wondered what happened. Then she received a call from his lawyer: he had passed away and left her $50,000 cash plus his 2000 Buick in his will. The note revealed her consistent warmth had meant the world to him. A quiet reminder that kindness, even to the difficult, can change lives.

@Grummz Players and played is a vanity metric. Copies sold and revenue is what matters.

Crimson Desert has sold 5 million copies in less than 30 days. "copies sold" is the phrase of success. Western publishers have been hiding metrics with "players" or "played" which vastly inflates numbers without counting who is actually paying. Congrats Crimson Desert!

@Mylovanov He's crazed

For decades, Germany blocked every attempt to build European defense without America. Merz reversed course after concluding Trump was ready to abandon Ukraine. Germany leads a coalition planning to run NATO without the US. The project has a name: "European NATO" — WSJ. 1/

@CleansedTweets If you live a bit out say udom suk and pay 15k a month rent and live a modest lifestyle then it's doable. Personally I spent about $3k a month including rent

Influences on Insta saying you can live well in Thailand for $1000 a month are lying to you. You need 3x more (minimum) to live well. Thailand dwellers Agree?

A Chinese esports commentator named Zhazha for the game Naraka: Bladepoint came under fire from some fans. They criticized her shorter outfits, which stood out compared to her male co-hosts' full-coverage clothing. Zhazha replied that she picked her outfits herself and felt no pressure from the production team. For the next broadcast, she appeared completely covered in black from head to toe, with her face painted black too.

BANGKOK — 15 April 2026, a 43-year-old man has been remanded in custody after allegedly molesting a female reporter during Songkran celebrations on Silom Road, after failing to post bail set at 100,000 baht.

Covering the Johnny Somali trial from first hearing to sentencing has been an educational and wild experience, big thanks to all the members of the Somali Conviction Team who came through to get jail time to happen. While I’m happy we proved Johnny Somali wrong when he said “I promise you I won’t get one day in jail” - we all feel that 6 months with labor, 20 days additional detention, is too light. At least 2 years, if not the prosecutors recommendation of 3 would be more appropriate. Let’s hope the prosecutor appeals

>Plot centers entirely around fighting extreme government taxation and overreach >The Sheriff of Nottingham literally collects taxes from the church poor box >Friar Tuck gets so fed up with the state disrespecting the Church that he physically throws hands with the Sheriff >Casts the Crusades in a positive light >Male protagonist who risks his life for his people >Unapologetically traditional romance with Maid Marian without any modern subversion >Climax is literally a raid to break political prisoners out of a corrupt jail >Story resolves when the rightful, divinely-appointed monarch returns from the Holy Land to crush the corrupt politicians >Ends with a beautiful church wedding and a happily ever after We need to make Kid's stories based again

@bbarling I'm taking Thursday off and will do some work Friday

Is everyone back to work today or most of you taken the whole week off? I’ll do a couple of hours catch-up with some international work but most of my Thai clients are off all week. Missus has a flight and the maid is on holiday so it might be a bit of a bludgey day methinks. :-)

Johnny Somali (Ramsey Khalid Ismael) truly thought he would not spend one day in jail, but just pay a fine and go home. Todays sentence of 6 months in prison with labor, an additional 20 days detention and sex offender status proves him wrong yet again.

Stopping funding for Ukraine is probably the best thing this administration has done. Ukraine has become a giant money laundering operation, and American taxpayers are tired of financing Ukrainian oligarchs and politicians. Ukraine is now the third-largest market in the world for luxury cars…all thanks to American taxpayers…

Similarly, there are more ethnic Lao in Thailand 🇹🇭 (20 million) than there are in Laos 🇱🇦 (3.5 million)

@TheJerzWay Australia is bringing that in by stealth

Canada just proposed a $500,000 exit tax on citizens who leave... Let that sink in. They're not taxing what you earned. They're taxing your decision to leave. This is what happens when governments panic. And it won't stop at Canada. The ones who planned ahead already left.

@GL1962 @theAJdeleon Definitely not

@flashydavid1975 @theAJdeleon Does Manila have superb Huawei 5.5G, and masses of Chinese investment?

Bangkok is basically just Manila if Manila had a better train system, wider side walks, more efficient government, better living standards, better everything. We deserve better!

@oscar_kgt @HavryshkoMarta Indians, Pakistani and other south Asians. Pretty blonde women are draw for them

@HavryshkoMarta Out of 100 countries, Ukraine ranks 82nd in terms of average wages, sandwiched between Kenya and Morocco—which makes it the wages “shithole.” The question is: which migrants will leave their own "shithole" for the sake of foreign “shithole” after the war?

Up to 300,000 migrants a year—that’s what Ukraine needs to bring in just to keep its population from collapsing, says Voskoboynyk, head of the Migration Policy Office. After all, the country is losing about half a million people annually, while only around 250,000 children are being born. So, what’s the bottom line here? Ukraine keeps fighting its so-called “existential war” while steadily sending its own men to their deaths—and then plans to replace them with new men imported from other countries? That’s the grand strategy for victory? That’s what Ukrainians are supposed to die and suffer for? Seriously? Or—and just hear me out—maybe ending the war and actually preserving the population would make more sense? No? Alright then.

@redjade_hu @UPAlny @HavryshkoMarta Are you just a moron?

@UPAlny @HavryshkoMarta yes, Putin did that.