Anti-fascist surfer, grappler, & historian. "The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt", Jacobin Southeast Asia Columnist, mumbled podcast musings as a host on New Books and guest on Long Reads, Southeast Asia Crossroads, Napalm in the Morning, Bungacast, AmPrest, DLLhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3mny2utawq22wI wrote this one, too! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mny2utawq22whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3mny2svkacc2wI wrote this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mny2svkacc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3masdc6go3c2jGoodbye horses.25 Dec 2025 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3masdc6go3c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3masdawv23c2jI’m not crying, you’re crying https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu825 Dec 2025 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3masdawv23c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lyngpsd4as2vIf only someone could have seen this coming. I mean who would have thought the proliferation of gambling in college sports would lead to problems? https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/san-jose-basketball-player-2-others-banned-by-ncaa-for-gambling-on-games/12 Sep 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyngpsd4as2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lxzricsqrk2pIt was crazy to write about #Indonesia as the situation kept escalating from hour to hour https://jacobin.com/2025/09/indonesia-protests-prabowo-austerity-police04 Sep 2025 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzricsqrk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lxr4oa37ns2sAll music should be this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fqHr_KGPY01 Sep 2025 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxr4oa37ns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lxlhzhnmus2lMeanwhile in Jakarta…30 Aug 2025 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxlhzhnmus2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lxklxz5byk27Thai woman jailed for 43 years for lese-majeste freed rfi.my/BxMJ.BS https://rfi.my/BxMJ.BS29 Aug 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxklxz5byk27https://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lwn6do2rc22d"The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil."18 Aug 2025 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwn6do2rc22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lwm7z3ulh22zhttps://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism17 Aug 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwm7z3ulh22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lwlbajcxgs2b17 Aug 2025 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwlbajcxgs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lwakekge5s2k¡Ahora en español, amigos! #cambodia #khmerrouge #genocide https://jacobinlat.com/2025/05/camboya-sigue-atormentada-por-el-legado-del-khmer-rouge/13 Aug 2025 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwakekge5s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lw7tcj5q6c24https://jacobin.com/2025/08/thailand-cambodia-war-elite-power12 Aug 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7tcj5q6c24https://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lw3xq5vixc2jI forgot that I had a photo published in @thetimes.com two years ago. https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/thailand-and-cambodia-kick-off-over-rival-martial-arts-qxc57ppq211 Aug 2025 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw3xq5vixc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lw3t6d5xnk2fIn writer’s block hell right now.11 Aug 2025 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw3t6d5xnk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lvrcvvona22whttps://songdep.com.vn/chien-dich-diet-chuot-o-ha-noi-dau-tk-20-va-that-bai-cua-nguoi-phap-d7647.html06 Aug 2025 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvrcvvona22whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelgvann.bsky.social/post/3lvrctibqic2whttps://tiasang.com.vn/van-hoa/nhung-con-chuot-gam-nham-quyen-luc-chinh-quyen-thuoc-dia-22933/06 Aug 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:dkprt5kj3zosl42noxok3kpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvrctibqic2w