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Thai police are simply a legalised mafia in this country.

Absolutely bonkers, unsustainable, profiteering.

A Scottish man has gone viral on social media after showcasing his GTA-like video game project based on Paisley. i.stv.tv/3Ue8XHZ

@zenjournalist @threadreaderapp unroll

⚠️New on #SecretSiam — In August I published a story on Vajiralongkorn's new favourite concubine. It was a tale of parachuting concubines, cryptic cartoons, symbolic silver heart-shaped pendants, & a mysterious woman identified by the colour pink & the code number 002. 🧵1/35

You’re so right—somewhere along the line, Instagram stopped being about capturing the moment and became about curating the perfect image. Millennials were the pioneers of those raw, over-filtered shots of coffee cups and sunsets, and it was pure because it wasn’t about perfection. But now? Everyone’s paralyzed by this need to produce rather than share. It’s like we forgot the magic of just… posting whatever made us smile that day. People started overthinking it—obsessing over engagement, over the right caption, the perfect lighting, and the algorithm’s unpredictable whims. It all got so complicated. No wonder the stories are alive while the feeds are ghost towns—stories are easy, they disappear, there’s no pressure. But that pressure robbed the feed of its authenticity. The joy of sharing something imperfect, something ordinary—like your cat basking in the morning light or that poorly framed sunset from your balcony—is lost in the pursuit of some curated aesthetic. We need to get back to basics. Forget the photoshoot-level expectations. Who cares if it’s grainy or the angle is weird? Post the damn sunrise, post the messy dinner you cooked, the selfie that’s just okay. The beauty of Instagram used to be the glimpses into real life—those imperfect, spontaneous slices of what’s actually happening. The quiet moments, the everyday things, the genuine smiles and bad hair days. The app is for images, for moments—let’s take it back to that. Let’s remind ourselves that it’s not about the likes or making everything a spectacle—it’s about sharing a little piece of our world with the people who want to see it.

@Ajarncom @LauraRand Still plenty of food around 40-60 baht, markets, and then cheaper restos at 80 baht ++ I had a sublime tom yum goong last night for 100 baht (+10b rice) -- inside AC restaurant. That was Chatuchak.

MT @LauraRand Looking for a snack before going back to the office and rediscovering near London prices in Bangkok. This is coming from someone who was literally in London a day before. Bangkok is getting out of control. Isn't it supposed to be far cheaper?

This section of Jim Carrey's wikipedia article cracks me up

Wondering whether we should join the trend... What do you think of this exciting new logo idea? 🤡

@KhaosodEnglish 'Learned the car was moving at high speed' Glad inspector clouseau was in attendance

(2/2) Police questioned witnesses & learned the car was moving at high speed. While coming down from the bridge over the motorway, it's believed the driver may have been startled by potholes on the road surface, swerved, loses control, and crashes into the roadside. #thailand

(1/2) A Mercedes-Benz car overturned on Kanchanaphisek Road in #Bangkok's Saphan Sung area Fri morning. A man & a woman were thrown out of the vehicle & killed. Car wreckage was scattered across the road. #RoadAccident #bangkok #thailand

We’re coming to Thailand!!! See you in Bangkok on 12 February at Impact Arena 🇹🇭 Tickets go on sale on 5th October @ 10am local livenation.asia/artist-green-d…

@BKKSomchai It 100% comes out their wages if they make a mistake, just something to think about next time :)))

moo deng is a lifestyle icon and i need all of yall to get onboard: - inexplicably moist at all times - slightly blurry in most photos - probably screaming or sleeping - round

Diane Abbott on her ‘romance’ with Jeremy Corbyn is hysterical.

They are in totally different and very unrelated fields but you can tell they genuinely learnt about it regardless. This is the style that'll have you bouncing your head every Sunday morning 💕

@SaksithCNA I travel past 'Bang O' every day -- อ should never be transliterated as O, it's worse than unhelpful, it's actively misleading. Surely a govt committee could be set up to modernise and officialise this ancient system?

*groan* I knowww…!! The inconsistent and non-standardized spellings of Thai names is one of my biggest professional pet peeves. Unless we see their ID card, is it “Sabida Thaiseth” or “Sabeeda Thaised”? Or why do we have a “Chutima” but also a “Jutima”? “Nattapong” vs “Natthapong”? Or why do the colleagues in the English-language sphere just bloody wing the spellings and have 3 different versions of the same name in the same article?! And don’t get me started on property developers just making up location names! ARGH!

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My Irish Gran when she dropped something.

@TheCinesthetic Cate Blanchett

name one actor whose movies you'll watch simply because they’re in it

Are Thais living in a democracy when 14 million votes can be easily ignored by the Constitutional Court? By @PravitR. #Thailand #MFP #Pita #ยุบพรรคก้าวไกล #ก้าวไกล #ม112 #พิธา khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2024/0…

So, @HBO released a sneak peek of Season 3 of The White Lotus, which takes place in Thailand - and it features heavy use of sepia tones. @Apple was recently forced to pull its Thailand-centric ad which was partially criticized for heavy use of sepia tones. Shall I grab some 🍿?