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🪧 The Indonesian Protests Are a Revolt Against Oligarchy
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The Indonesian Protests Are a Revolt Against Oligarchy
The Indonesian president, Prabowo, would like to turn the clock back to the dark days of the Suharto dictatorship. But he’s been confronted with an unexpected wave of protest after the killing of a young man by police in Jakarta, the country’s capital.

Under EU sanctions pressure, Indian shippers reportedly seek to exit contracts with Russian-linked refiner: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/30/under-eu-sanctions-pressure-indian.html

IntentFlow: Interactive Support for Communicating Intent with LLMs in Writing Tasks
Yoonsu Kim, Brandon Chin, Kihoon Son, Seoyoung Kim, Juho Kim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22134

IntentFlow: Interactive Support for Communicating Intent with LLMs in Writing Tasks
While large language models (LLMs) are widely used for writing, users often struggle to express their nuanced and evolving intents through prompt-based interfaces. Intents -- low-level strategies or preferences for achieving a writing goal -- are often vague, fluid, or even subconscious, making it difficult for users to articulate and adjust them. To address this, we present IntentFlow, which supports the communication of dynamically evolving intents throughout LLM-assisted writing. IntentFlow …

On GB Grid Electricity CO2 Intensity vs Record Wind (2012-09) - Does wind power actually help decarbonise the GB grid in practice? Examination of public data says yes. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-UK-grid-CO2-intensity-vs-WIND-records-Sep-2012.…

On GB Grid Electricity CO2 Intensity vs Record Wind (2012-09)
Does wind power actually help decarbonise the GB grid in practice? Examination of public data says yes.

Say it together with me now: Indigenous people WERE (and ARE) using the land.
https://nebula.tv/videos/philosophytube-how-colonisers-lied-about-indian-land-use/

Philosophy Tube — How Colonisers Lied About American Indian Land Use
A bonus video about American Indian land use and the philosophical arguments colonists used to deny that they were "really" using it

Le gouvernement indien réprime sévèrement la lutte des habitants du Ladakh pour réclamer des droits
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/09/29/le-gouverne…

Le gouvernement indien réprime sévèrement la lutte des habitants du Ladakh pour réclamer des droits
Le visage de la contestation de cette région himalayenne sous tutelle de Delhi, Sonam Wangchuk, en grève de la faim, a été arrêté et transporté dans une prison au Rajasthan.

Indonesia's Leader Says He Will Bow to Some Protester Demands After Riots (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/world/asia/indonesia-protest-politicians-ransack-loot.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p69#a250831p69

"Climate change intensified weather that fuelled deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus"
#Turkey #Greece #Cyprus #Climate

Deadly wildfires in southern Europe linked to climate crisis
Researchers found that weather conditions which drove deadly fires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change. They expect similar results from their ongoing analysis of blazes in Spain.

Indonesia raises taxes on crypto sellers, from 0.1% to 0.21% in domestic exchanges, and from 0.2% to 1% in overseas exchanges, but removes VAT on buyers (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

TikTok suspends its live feature for the "next few days" in Indonesia, citing "increasing violence in protests" over lawmakers' pay (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific