The haze is often blamed on oil palm plantations, but the reality is more complicated: fire, peatland, economics, land ownership, enforcement and responsibility all intersect long before the smoke crosses a border.
Little walk down the memory lane… Some of you old farts might remember this place. bongkersz.com. The Flaccid Mind. A stupid name for a blog where I spent an equally stupid amount of time writing equally stupid things. I started blogging sometime around 2005. Back then there was no Instagram, TikTok, Threads or whatever shit […]
A 2018 return to blogging, reflecting on why long-form writing faded after social media and what drew bongkersz back to the keyboard.
1. What are the top three issues facing Sarawak at the moment? 2. What key issue will most impact on your vote on in the forthcoming state election? 3. Will the issues at Federal level have any impact here on the Sarawak election? 4. What would you like the political parties to do about these […]
Turning 33 in Kalimantan, reflecting on birthdays, writing less in the social-media era, and sitting on the other side of a job interview.
Bersih is not about rhetoric. What Bersih wants? You know. I know. A lot of people know. So it is very clear what Bersih wants. Yes, Bersih wants a clean government. Bersih wants free and fair elections. Now, Bersih also wants to “save the economy.” Why Bersih wants these? For the lack of vocabulary, #BetterNation […]