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I call it a dancing tree of life

It is a classic shot of one of the main entrances to Ta Prohm Temple, but sometimes cliché becomes iconic.

The Ta Prohm is somehow most known for its tall trees and solid root system entangled in the buildings structure.

But it is also one of the more challenging temples to explore, because the structure itself, the park around it and the entrance gates. The area is so filled with interesting details and unexpected turns and ideas. This is one of the temples worth spending some time studying.

Ta Prohm (Khmer: ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម, "Ancestor Brahma") is the modern name of the structure. Originally it was called Rajavihara (Khmer: រាជវិហារ, "royal monastery"). It was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII, the great ruler who is known for Bayon, the final version of Angkor Thom city and other massive social public works like hospitals and safe guesthouses all over the realm.

It was a monastery and university, build to honour the kings mother, with the gates honouring his brother and his guru. At the peak of its operation, 12 500 people lived within Ta Phrom temple complex and appx 80 000 lived in villages around it, supporting the institution.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm

#Angelina #moment" #dancing #tree #life #treeoflife #jolie #siem #reab #siemreap #cambodia #kampuchea #worldheritage #khmer #khmerempire #worldculturalheritage #mobilephotography #2018CE #architecture #angkor #goldenage #taprohm #Ta #Prohm #J7

"Huione Pay, the banking arm of what’s been called the world’s 'largest ever illicit online marketplace' (#HuioneGuarantee) has been stripped of its banking license, the National Bank of #Cambodia confirmed to RFA this week."

There's been previous reports of tens of billions of dollars moving through Huiones "anything goes" marketplace for weapons, drugs, slaves, etc. so this is possibly an interesting escalation in the crackdown on Chinese organized crime in southeast asia that seems to have been orchestrated by the #PRC (though some are sceptical if it will end up making any real difference give Huione connections to the Cambodian government).

rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/

Google is citing a trillion dollars lost to crypto #AI scams (just on mobile devices!) in its new security blog posting.

A trillion. fucking. dollars.

Now i don't know how reliable that number is but i also don't doubt for a second that the real number is something like that, within maybe an order of magnitude.

I don't think there's too many examples in human history when non-state actor criminal groups controlled nation state levels of assets like this. in the biggest picture this is what is destabilizing the world. these guys paid for #Brexit, they paid for the #Trump campaign, took over countries in SE Asia, and so on. and it's all facilitated by crypto, mostly #Tether, #JustinSun, and #HowardLutnick.

and it’s going to get a lot worse.

security.googleblog.com/2025/0

#uspol#eupol#SEAsia

#Texas... who tf is calling me from Texas? Have #robocalls made it over the pond? Fyi, I'm in #Norway O.o

Is the #USA going to compete with #India, #Russia and #Cambodia in trying to swindle our infirm and voulnerable? Big fucking man #USA, over here. I wish telephony supported getting slapped.

This is actual cold warfare - I swear. I'm saying it again: BUILD THAT FUCKING WALL, from the north pole to the south, across the #Atlantic...

And make it a digital wall.

Yeah, I said it.

I am not sure how this would actually work (esp if someone didn't already have a #library card), but I know some cities close streets to vehicles in the summer & perhaps a mobile library - or mobile bookstore? - could be something to consider adding.

Maybe add read-aloud storytelling?

Even if #libraries could do a mini version of this on their own front lawn, I think it would attract people & would be the appetizer to the feast within.

cambodianess.com/article/mobil

CambodianessMobile Library Turns Walking Street into a Hub for Promoting ReadingPHNOM PENH— The weekend mobile library in front of the Royal Palace has become a popular attraction, drawing significant public interest and sparking d...
The sunset warm temple by the icy blue pond

This temple complex in the north of Cambodia, on the border mountain range to the large northeast Isaan-region of Thailand, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.

The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).

The large temple complex was built during a century one thousand years ago. It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.

As a tourist attraction, the temple is a popular travelling target with all the usual and some unique reasons. The location and the view and outlook of the surrounding areas are special. The combination of several Angkor art and architectural styles into one complex is very interesting.

It is a mountain temple, but the access is easy going after you have paid someone with 4x4 to drive you up. Not wheel chair accessible, but seniors and other who are able to walk can visit easily.

#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #2019ce #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019 #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia

Aan alle Nederlanders die ook naar Wie is de Mol? kijken: ik was afgelopen April ook in Siem Reap, en was natuurlijk ook diep onder de indruk van Angkor Wat.

Wat ook indruk maakte: het Apopo Visitor's center. Cambodia ligt vol met onontplofte bommen en mijnen, die nog elke week slachtoffers maken. Cambodia is dan ook een van de landen met het hoogste percentage mensen die één of meerdere ledematen missen.

APOPO traint ratten ("Hero Rats") om onontplofte explosieven te detecteren. Mensen en honden zijn te zwaar, maar ratten zijn licht genoeg om de explosieven niet te activeren bij het speuren.

De ratten werken max 6 dagen per week en max 90 minuten per dag, in de ochtend, als het nog relatief koel is.

Toen ik daar was, was APOPO al zo'n 20 jaar in Cambodja actief. Ik vroeg hoeveel explosieven ze in die tijd onschadelijk hadden gemaakt: zo'n 90 000 (als ik het me goed herinner). Toen vroeg ik hoeveel er naar schatting nog opgeruimd moeten worden? Nog zo'n 2 miljoen(!)

Ze kunnen dus nog wel wat hulp gebruiken. Ik heb gedoneerd.

Op deze website lees je meer over het project:
apopo.org/what-we-do/detecting
Je kunt op die website ook een donatie maken.

#HuioneGuarantee, the world's largest darknet market¹ for things like drugs, weapons, and slaves (yes, slaves) that's deeply tied to laundering #pigbutchering scam proceeds, is launching its own dollar backed #stablecoin to compete with #Tether, apparently on its own new blockchain.

welcome to the future.

elliptic.co/blog/huione-larges

¹ Huione Guarantee probably shouldn't technically be called a "darknet market" because i'm not sure it bothers to operate on the darknet and also they have significantly lower moral standards than most DNM operators around things like weapons and slaves.

#DNM#darknet#crypto

Huge and rare #MekongCatfish spotted in Cambodia, raising #conservation hopes phys.org/news/2024-12-huge-rar

"Six #CriticallyEndangered #Mekong giant #catfish—one of the largest and rarest freshwater #fish in the world—were caught and released recently in #Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species... The underwater giants can grow up to 3 m long and weigh up to 300 kg, or as heavy as a grand piano."

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Despite some disagreements over a few issues since the 70s - Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia peoples have retained close ties to this day. After Vietnamese helped Cambodians destroy Khmer Rouge genocide & extreme perversion of Maoist cult style of forced communism - US & their old Cold War BFFs, China - carried out a long bullying campaign against Cambodia because of Vietnamese helping them.

Vietnam helped Cambodia when no one else was stepping up against the USA bullies/geopolitical power games. US bullied other nations & the UN into sanctions. Effectively stopping humanitarian supplies from getting in. Vietnam sent many trucks of food & humanitarian supplies - despite suffering post US war invasion & under sanctions too.

My parents & our family there (in Vietnam) still remember donating rice, preserved vegetables & salted fish to help the Cambodians suffering.

If you haven't seen the #JohnPilger #documentaries about #Cambodia & how the #USgovernment is why #PolPot #KhmerRouge gained & retained power - please watch them.
It's important #geopolitical #history.
It was one of the worst #genocide atrocities in modern human history. Cambodians were #dehumanized like Vietnamese were. Both sovereign nations suffered many years of embargoes by US & their Western allies, along with Cold War pals back then - China. US was still angry & bitter about losing their imperialist invasion in Vietnam & they opted to punish Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos - they are really sore losers.

As you watch these #documentary films - please try to pay attention to how US officials haven't really changed their scripts in decades. They use similar lies/political deflective/avoidance verbal dances to this day. In 2024, they're talking about Arabs like they used to talk about Cambodians, Vietnamese & Laotians - like none of us are human beings. It's just collateral damage when a million or more POC folks, far from Western worlds, are mass murdered for political power games.

Year Zero:
watchdocumentaries.com/year-ze

Year One:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SkUc5MrZ

Return to Year Zero:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZBWtjK

WatchDocumentaries.comYear Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979) | WatchDocumentaries.comAward winning journalist John Pilger travels to Cambodia and alerts the world to Pol Pot's bloody reign.

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"Queen of Anti-Fraud" Miffy Chen Dies In Mysterious Circumstances

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯 (陳梅慧), 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘕𝘛$9.3 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘜𝘚$286.97 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯) 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳-𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘢𝘪-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰 (邢泰釗) 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘶 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴’ 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨."

Just in case people wonder why I practice extreme opsec...

Taipei Times: taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar
CTI News (machine translation): ctinews-com.translate.goog/new

#crypto#taiwan#china