Monday, April 15, 2024

Myanmar Now-explosions Mandalay and Maymyo--etc

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/mandalay-pyin-oo-lwin-hit-by-explosions-as-myanmar-junta-marks-thingyan-holiday/
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/no-mans-land-bootleggers-open-as-usual-despite-myanmar-clashes/
“Every day we’ve been open,” he told AFP.
Racier fare was to be had further along the raised concrete walkway.
One small box contained pleasure-enhancing “Sex Drops” made with “USA technology”, which were to be mixed with coffee, juice or wine 15 minutes before bed.
A disclaimer on the back read: “It is a herb product, it may not work for everyone.”
Another box of tablets promised to restore a man’s “prestige in a short time”.
Included in its ingredients list were Tibetan donkey kidneys and yak testicles. Also on offer was “Myanmar Beer”, which has attained illicit status in many parts of Myanmar since the military’s 2021 coup because it is brewed by a military-owned company.
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/sierra-leone-invites-myanmar-regime-officials-to-autonomous-weapons-conference/
Autonomous weapons means robots and AI.
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4-15-2024

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala--I have a volume of her short stories--which I like a great deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala