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[Michael Vatikiotis @jagowriter]

Rare Earth mining in Shan State is… a coordinated effort by Chinese miners to exploit rare earth abundance… some of which have been operating autonomously for decades…. https://t.co/XcsLZlHHLd

[Derek Tonkin @DerekTonkinUK]

You are quite right. As the Muslim scholar U Ba Tha told us in 1960:

https://t.co/EKEmRruvpv

The original inhabitants are not "Rohingya", but "Roewengya" derived from the Arakanese "Rwa-haung-ga-kyar" or "Tiger from Old Village".

A few years later, though, U Ba Tha changed his mind and told us that, wonder or wonders, they really were "Rohingya" after all. No doubt U Ba Tha had been pressurised by his more militant ideological colleagues to stop these flights of non-Islamic liberal fancy and toe the strict "Rohingya" line.

So "Rohingya" they became, backdated to the 6th Century, though you won't find the word anywhere in the voluminous archives of the British occupiers 1826-1948, nor indeed in the post-independence Burmese Civil Code or Penal Code, or any item of post-independence primary or secondary legislation, like census, labour or citizenship laws or Protocols, Regulations, Rules or any other delegated legislation.

That said, those who today call themselves "Rohingya" and describe themselves as "Rohingya" are most welcome to do so. But some might dare to say that the name has been foisted on a largely devout and illiterate community by highly influential Muslim clerical and political leaders and that accordinlgy there is absolutely no need for such a forced "self-identification" to be recognised by Government.

As British Ambassador Andrew Patrick told Mizzima Business Weekly in 2014:

https://t.co/gtgKs6ujF2

"Generally in the UK, and in Europe, ethnic groups are allowed to call themselves by the name they want to use, whether or not that name has any historic validity. Of course when we use it, that’s not to say we’re expecting some sort of special status or a recognition of the Rohingya as an ethnic group. That is for the Burmese parliament to decide.

What I would say, is that it’s obviously very important for that community to have the rights they are entitled to. And the Government has made a commitment to ensure that everyone who is entitled to citizenship under the 1982 law gets that."

The official designation is indeed for the Burmese parliament to decide, not a militant clerical and political elite.

[Josh Sheehan 🇲🇲 🪷🌳 @sheehanj920]

quite the sentiment I found shared on an insta page: https://t.co/SKNgmqEuEH

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

The man had IRON in him

"I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind. An inability to chart a course. Whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go, you follow. You're not a leader"

—Lee Kuan Yew

[China Uncensored @ChinaUncensored]

Well this guy gets it

[Aravind Palraj @Rheumat_Aravind]

ANCA-associated vasculitis management has shifted.

It’s no longer steroid-heavy by default.

Severe disease → Rituximab or Cyclophosphamide
Relapsing / PR3-ANCA → Rituximab preferred
High infection risk → Minimize steroids; consider Avacopan

Steroid-sparing is the new standard.

#Vasculitis #ANCA #Rheumatology #Avacopan #Rituximab @DrAkhilX @IhabFathiSulima @DurgaPrasannaM1 @DocPriyamMD @ArunKumarKedia2 #Glomerulonephritis #AutoimmuneDisease #MedEd #RheumTwitter

[Muhammad Qudrat Ullah, MD @QudratUllahRana]

🚨 The 2026 AHA/ACC PE guidelines changed how we think about pulmonary embolism.
Not just new treatments — a new clinical framework.
Say goodbye to “massive vs submassive.”
Meet A–E PE Clinical Categories 🧵👇

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Everyone should know that one of the most effective ways to prevent someone from bleeding out is by simply applying DIRECT PRESSURE. Hold firm pressure as directly onto the wound as possible. Do NOT use excess gauze or towels as this just distributes the pressure over a larger surface area. If you do this right, you can literally save someone’s life with just one finger!

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Here's a video I made breaking down this incredible case of a 25-year-old woman who suddenly collapsed to the ground in cardiac arrest

#FOAMed

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

It has indeed come to this

[Josh Wood @J_K_Wood]

The Mayor saying we can't “arrest our way out" is a deflection.

No one wants to lock up all homeless people.

We simply believe that we can and should arrest career criminals who stab people on trains.

All of them. And not feel badly about it.

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[Cody Christmas @AIHUMANALLY]

Respectfully, this framing confuses assimilation with uniformity.

The United States has never required English to be a condition of lawful presence. Congress deliberately excluded such a requirement in the Immigration and Nationality Act because the Constitution does not permit a linguistic litmus test for belonging. In fact, millions of immigrants—Italians, Germans, Poles, Chinese, Jews, Irish—entered without English fluency and built the very communities we now romanticize as the American story.

What matters under law is allegiance to the Constitution, not fluency in a single language. Assimilation is demonstrated by paying taxes, obeying laws, serving in our military, raising families, contributing to civic life—not by erasing linguistic heritage.

A government powerful enough to expel people for speaking the ‘wrong’ language is powerful enough to police your speech as well. Liberty cuts both ways.

America’s strength has never come from linguistic homogeneity. It comes from pluralism disciplined by law. To confuse ‘English only’ with patriotism is to rewrite history and weaken the very constitutional principles you seek to defend.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1945, George Orwell published a devastating critique of Communism.

Animal Farm reveals why every communist revolution follows the same tragic pattern: liberation to corruption to oppression.

Here are 10 truths from Animal Farm Orwell warned us never to forget 🧵👇🏼

[Matthew Tostevin @TostevinM]

At least 16 people now reported dead from Myanmar junta’s bombing of a village in Sagaing region. The junta is stepping up its offensives. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[Poppy McPherson @poppymcp]

Chinese embassy officials entered a top art gallery in Thailand and demanded an exhibition about transnational repression be shut down, according to a curator and communications seen by @Reuters.

https://t.co/lAEXDPhSno

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Any daily alcohol consumption is associated with certain cancers, and the risk of cancer increases with higher alcohol intake.

📊 This JAMA Insights discusses the evidence related to the US Surgeon General’s Advisory on alcohol and cancer risk.

https://t.co/aT8UDvJCyu

[İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي @iyad_elbaghdadi]

A society that cannot grieve, cannot recover. Denying trauma creates more trauma. When we don't reckon with the depth of our own wounds, we keep replaying them, running the trauma script on loop, transferring pain onto scapegoat after scapegoat.

[Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Journal @ASTCT_Journal]

Streamlined society-led training, centralized safety reporting and accreditor oversight could replace FDA-mandated #CART REMS. ASTCT’s 80/20 group recommends retiring redundant REMS to improve safety tracking and expand access to cell therapies. Read: https://t.co/lIeCZ9edWE

[Frontier Myanmar @FrontierMM]

A series of strikes has won landmark victories for Myanmar garment workers, but the gains remain precarious under a military regime that has been found in breach of international labour conventions.

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Read here: https://t.co/ssd48SgL7d

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