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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · 13d

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The lunch ain’t free. But the view and surroundings is worth it The distance between the city of Siem Reap and the mighty important Tonlé Sap lake varies from 7 to 12 kilometre. At the top of…

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · 13d

No free lunch. But the view and surroundings are worth it.

Along the road to Tonlé Sap Lake from Siem Reap, rice fields, open farmland and wetland gives a splendid outlook.

These spots offer shade, fresh air, Khmer food and drinks - and hammocks.

#bluesky #Cambodia #phnomkrom #lunch #ricefield

Photo shows a small artificial lake surrounded by rice fields. In the front there are three simple wooden sheds placed on pillars out in the lake with small wooden bridges from a track along a green covered dyke. The sheds have straw roofs. There is a floor with room for a small group within each shed- In the background several similar sheds are placed with access from the dykes. In the far background to the left there is a larger hill. Some forest marks the border of the lake and rice fields. It is a sunny day, and the sky is deep blue with some light white clouds creating a lively effect. Cambodia is as safe, comfortable and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy your visit to the Kingdom of Wonder.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13d

christ almighty what is this guy doing

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · 17d

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The modern colorful Lolei Pagoda

A very strong and colourful interior in the modern Lolei Pagoda in Roluos Area, Siem Reap The original, classic Khmer temple Prasat Lolei was placed on an island in an artificial water basin. It wa…

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · 17d

Prasat Lolei, ប្រាសាទលលៃ, is the northernmost temple in the old capital of the Khmer empire Hariharalaya. Finished in 893CE, the temple group of four towers was dedicated to Shiva.

King Yasovarman I later moved the capital to Yaśodharapura, near Angkor Thom.

#893CE #Angkor #Cambodia #Roluos #siemreap

Photo shows the side of two brick temple towers in early Khmer style. The one closest to the camera is restored with wall arts and stone details of high quality, but still with some darker details and stone near the top. The dancing apsaras reliefs are visible, but the one closest is mostly a green-grey outline. Its neighbour tower is more completely renovated, and the red bricks on the top is clean red. It is early on a sunny day with slightly overcast blue sky. The morning sun gives the towers a warm yellow-red glow. In the background there are some distant green treetops contrasting the reddish towers. Cambodia is as safe, comfortable and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy your visit to the Kingdom of Wonder.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 17d

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 27d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · Sep 30

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Red and chek-y

Hunting red bananas in the woods The red bananas from Kulen mountains are a treat and a sweet surprise. They are easily available visiting the sacred mountain and cradle of the Khmer civilization. …

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · Sep 30

The red bananas from Kulen mountains are a treat and a sweet surprise.

Easily available visiting the sacred mountain and cradle of the Khmer civilization.

Kulen sites includes Preah Ang Thom with the reclining buddha, thousand lingams river and waterfall.

#KulenMountain #angkor #siemreap

Photo shows a large bundle of red bananas hanging from a metal hook with a wooden shelter in the background. It is framed by forest, and the shadow of trees gives a moderate high contrast colours of the fruit. Cambodia is as safe and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy the Kingdom of Wonder.

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Lokeshvara

Lokeshvara, the Compassionate Bodhisattva, also known as Avalokiteshvara. He is one of the five ‘Bodhisattvas of Wisdom’. Lokeshvara is the Mahayana Buddhist ideal of compassion. He elected not to r...

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · Sep 15

Prasat Banteay Chhmar meaning in modern Khmer is Temple of cats.

A figure frequent here is the Lokeshvara, the compassionate Bodhisattva.

Lokeshvara was given eleven heads to better hear the suffering of humans, and a thousand arms so he could help all of them.

#BanteayChhmar #Temple #J7

Photo shows an old carving of a figure with an enormous number of arms and hands, symbolising Lokeshvara, a Boddhisattva targeting helping humanity. Some details are very worn out, like the face, but most of the carvings are still very visible. Around the main figures there are rows of figures praying or bringing offerings to the Lokeshvara. There is a decorated lintel on top. Over the rows of prayers and behind the bodhisattva there are trees, temple and stupa towers. Cambodia is as safe and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy the Kingdom of Wonder.

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · Sep 12

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The story of the magic staff of Ta Dambong

The Lok Ta Dambong Kra Nhoung Shrine welcomes visitors entering Battambang East Battambang is the prominent border city in West-Cambodia. It is rich in cultural and historical heritage. Among its m…

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · Sep 12

Battambang city in West-Cambodia features remarkable statues at entry points.

The most iconic of these statues is this multicoloured of Ta Dambong holding a magical staff.

The city of Battambang ("Bat-dam-bong") is named after him.

#2019CE #bluesky #Cambodia #khmer #daytrip #history #imperial

Photo shows a statue with a deep blue figure with some black details holding up a deep blue and gold ornamented staff. He got a small gold hat and red trousers with golden trimmings. He kneels on top of a grey solid platform set within a low circular fielded mason fence in the style of a snake tail. Inside there are people and some sales kiosks. The circle is the centre of a road roundabout. In the background there are some forests from a nearby park, and some large advertisement signage. It is a lightly clouded sunny day with blue skies behind the white clouds. Cambodia is as safe and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy the Kingdom of Wonder.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Sep 12

September 11, 2025

Twenty-four years ago today, terrorists from the al-Qaeda network used four civilian airplanes as weapons against the United States, crashing two of them into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in N...

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 11

Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus

OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · Sep 12

Prices go down 50% under Trump and you cannot talk about reality. Sorry, I'm not a billionaire who owns the media to change the rules here

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is the biggest story in America right now.

Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year

Steaks up 16.6%

Apples up 9.6%

Bananas, 6.6%.

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Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite

On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Aug 22

Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong.

Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · Aug 22

WHEN HE IS FINALLY GONE, REMEMBER THE HATE

HE REVEALED IN PEOPLE AROUND YOU

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 22

Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 22

A half dozen armed goons brutally attacked a man FOR EATING IN PUBLIC?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 22

ICE, DC Police, Park Police, DHS, and HSI brutally arrested a man who refused to provide identification after being stopped for eating in public. Goons attempted to stop community members from recording his injuries during the incident.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · Aug 22

The bar is pretty low for what a woman who recruited underage girls to be raped and participated in the rapes considers to be “inappropriate settings”

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Dag-Rune Z @AskDRZ 🌏 @askdrz.bsky.social · Aug 22

The mini citadel temple

The temple complex of Prasat Banteay Chhmar is one of the largest and least known Khmer Empire building works from the 1200s CE.

This is a cleared covered walkway from the west entrance.

#Prasat #Banteay #Chhmar #J7 #BanteayMeanchey #2018CE #worldculturalheritage #Cambodia

Photo shows an old, covered walkway structure of ornate pilasters keeping up a massive roof with decorated lintels and top roof coverings. Its newly cleared, and building stones are visible in the foreground and to the right side of the structure. In the background the entrance building the walkway is connected to is visible with its little tower. In the background the jungle is visible with thick, green foliage on a variation of trees, Including one “tree of life” type renown from this time in in Angkor. Cambodia is as safe and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy the Kingdom of Wonder.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 12

Rep. Adam Smith: "Look, it's pretty clear the president wants his own domestic police force and step by step he's trying to create it. We should be deeply alarmed by that regardless of how you feel about crime in DC or any other city ... it's a huge step toward an autocratic government."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 12

Well, Cuomo asked for a fight. He got it.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ReleaseTheCuomoList

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Aug 12

Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty.

It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.

But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.

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