Still yelling about Malaysia | supporting refugees on a shoestring | lizard apologist | tear down the borders | relevant flags: 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇲🇾 🇲🇹 🏳️‍🌈 🏴https://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mkv3q44koc2c"When AI is sending emails and even making phone calls, it becomes harder to tell if the person behind them is sincere or capable." https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-agent-china-one-person-company/ https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-agent-china-one-person-company/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_content=177773790102 May 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv3q44koc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mkubafxbcs2yIn our rights-averse times this is a sad, disappointing and scary development. Transnational repression exacerbated by the Zambian authorities' contempt for the RightsCon organisers they had established an agreement with. Teruk af www.rightscon.org/rc26-statement https://www.rightscon.org/rc26-statement/?fbclid=PAdGRleARil7JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacQG4CNILMNOx9UedtkVNkNEU1_soL8zs7BPBWUJEbYKf0BKOfDUeUOhZoLnQ_aem_nGwmbtuZvsiBtw1hWfSQXg02 May 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkubafxbcs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mkrsafn75c26This Labour Day I just want to be compensated for my labour. I've been working full-time for free for so long. The refugee cases I manage are in the hundreds. Organisations with paid staff send referrals my way. But trying to find a salary is like a whole other full-time endeavour. I'm exhausted.01 May 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrsafn75c26https://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mkpfq46dbs2fIdk why I'm still on LHDN Malaysia's mailing list but I can't bring myself to unsubscribe due to the high GRAPHIC DESIGN IS MY PASSION energy30 Apr 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpfq46dbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mkmo2xxmis2f🔥 https://www.commondreams.org/news/chamel-abdulkarim29 Apr 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmo2xxmis2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mkjvmmazqk2i“While she was sharing her story, a man distributing toys nearby stopped his car and asked, ‘Is everyone here Lebanese?’ When she proudly responded, ‘Not us, I am Bangladeshi,’ he cut her short, rolled his window up, & drove away.” New article from my friend Mehk: https://thepublicsource.org/migrant-displacement-bangladeshi-migrants https://thepublicsource.org/migrant-displacement-bangladeshi-migrants?fbclid=PAdGRleARZehtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacB2ce4DIboOJRZAP4HHvQAFfqx6a6MipKOiiO1d2KcWWzDYDQE45krdO8wqg_aem_9ZxISxM6HsQ8hxm5LAHAvQ28 Apr 2026 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjvmmazqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mkaiyygao22fMesmerising. youtu.be/AZNl_RQ7AuA https://youtu.be/AZNl_RQ7AuA?si=iAwDetQiBiyYHaN_24 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaiyygao22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mjdve5c22c2x“You are small and important. You will only ever make millions of tiny differences. That is more than enough.” https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/im-not-an-activist-anymore13 Apr 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdve5c22c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mj2c5uzon22bI like checking out book recs every so often, but @joshuastephens.bsky.social’s are a cut above - feels very much curated to match my own interests https://www.jxshua.com/blog/books-best-and-a-couple-worst-of-202509 Apr 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2c5uzon22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mixmanlf7k24My dear friend Mehk is in Lebanon right now, reporting on mutual aid efforts by citizens and migrants: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/04/mutual-aid-lebanon-war/ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/04/mutual-aid-lebanon-war/?fbclid=PAdGRleARBuepleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAafHUdZopG0zQtdef6zSKAebawJ3j5UnPsBHt4RqoAI84OnG9yz7MOpbtpKOow_aem_B9IIq0fEyimKJVvGR-fT8A08 Apr 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixmanlf7k24https://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3miv775smqs2kRegretting updating LinkedIn because now everyone is congratulating me for getting a part-time job when actually it earned me USD 70 last month07 Apr 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3miv775smqs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3miatz5hchk2kIf any Malaysian drag queens out there are looking for a name, may I suggest Bella Chan30 Mar 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3miatz5hchk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mhv2vlheps2sThis is possibly the first David Sedaris I've read? And oh, shit. I get it, okay. https://genius.com/David-sedaris-the-youth-in-asia-annotated https://genius.com/David-sedaris-the-youth-in-asia-annotated?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email25 Mar 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhv2vlheps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mgrnrp2uds2uThis new album from Habibi Funk Records brings together Indonesian and Lebanese musicians, in a mesh of styles including psychedelia, surf rock and disco https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-034-tirakat11 Mar 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrnrp2uds2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mg7ejhslac24A really nice article on Somali community organising in Minnesota: https://truthout.org/articles/somali-communities-are-building-collective-power-in-the-face-of-trumps-attacks/04 Mar 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7ejhslac24https://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mg5ftow52s2nThe story of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, the blind Rohingya refugee who was allowed to die by US authorities. From Myanmar to Malaysia to the USA, he barely tasted freedom at all https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/28/shah-alams-family-speaks-publicly-for-first-time-since-death/ https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/28/shah-alams-family-speaks-publicly-for-first-time-since-death/?fbclid=PAdGRleAQRukZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacWyKDeH0s2tioAcI9aNslvgQ0YgYCKMMz6YQWXzNvHejiraOn3bF7qdDaH_w_aem_DpAQTYZYamk2uVIzeOW-XQ03 Mar 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5ftow52s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mf3v2yjrw22vIllegal clinics, run by & for migrants, exist because Malaysia imposes high financial barriers to healthcare for foreigners. Enforcement without addressing this does not solve the bigger problem. The Malaysian Medical Association seems to have stopped short of saying this. https://thesun.my/news/malaysia-news/people-issues/illegal-clinics-with-immigrants-posing-as-doctors-exposed/ https://thesun.my/news/malaysia-news/people-issues/illegal-clinics-with-immigrants-posing-as-doctors-exposed/#18 Feb 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3v2yjrw22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mf2qnadjt22sIn Malaysia, migrant electronics workers have been targeted and deported for unionising. Support them through @labourstart.bsky.social's campaign - it takes a minute to send an email to Apple: https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=578417 Feb 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2qnadjt22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mf25vgfg4k2e“We were like cattle. If you have many visible whip marks on your body, you won’t be sold for a higher price because they’ll know you aren’t an earner.” @zekuzelalem.bsky.social hears from African survivors of Southeast Asian scam centres: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-africans-scam-camps-myanmar-scamming-rings-asia/17 Feb 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf25vgfg4k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3meuabdqavk2wPlease it’s 2026 stop making every second word a hashtag15 Feb 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3meuabdqavk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3meu6hqwxd22wDrop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3meu6hqwxd22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mef2nfsgec2bAn additional risk is the government’s own complacency: its systemic exclusion of non-citizens from affordable healthcare. Although TB is treated for free, I knew a young refugee who died of it three years ago because getting diagnosed in the first place cost money she didn’t have. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mef2nfsgec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3me6626byis2xImagine directing your first ever feature film and it’s Little Miss Sunshine https://letterboxd.com/journal/little-miss-sunshine-retrospective-interview/06 Feb 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6626byis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mdmu4fwo7s2oBorder violence in Malaysia just got upgraded https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/01/30/immigration-goes-high-tech-uses-thermal-drones-in-cheras-raid-against-undocumented-migrants/20728030 Jan 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdmu4fwo7s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mdi5xkwgc22pAn absolutely stunning read. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdi5xkwgc22phttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mdfa6slcnk2bRenfrew Christie’s description of death row in South Africa is just 😭 “The whole prison would sing for two or three days before the hanging, to ease the terror of the victims” (also, what a life! A must-read) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/africa/renfrew-christie-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.Spvb.Do2mAfkEBkb_&smid=url-share27 Jan 2026 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfa6slcnk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mddbal6jkc2f“A lot of people punch the clock and bring a bagged lunch when they go to the Destruction of Humanity Factory.” @gordonzola.bsky.social and friends on Minneapolis. The situation is horrific, but the solidarity and organising is inspirational https://www.patreon.com/posts/148535797 https://www.patreon.com/posts/148535797?pr=true26 Jan 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddbal6jkc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mcclsn7fts2cEven 'gay-friendly' is an issue now in Malaysia. https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/01/13/jaim-local-authorities-raid-alleged-gay-friendly-hotel-in-melaka13 Jan 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcclsn7fts2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jinxremoving.bsky.social/post/3mbsrbuhdys22Can’t sleep so I switched on my phone and started reading the replies to this. Great move!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jan 2026 05:46 +0000at://did:plc:dzmcjwv53eglln5w65c665md/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbsrbuhdys22