Pasuth Thothaveesansuk
@pasuth.info
PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill studying international history (UN, internationalism, decolonization, pandas)
Also: running, iced coffee
Also: running, iced coffee
Thailand really had a Condorcet paradox of an election:
- absolute majority for conservatives via constituency votes (Bhumjaithai + Kla Tham)
- popularity win for progressives and liberals via party-list votes (People's Party + Democrats)
- clear majority in favor of constitutional reform (65-35)
- absolute majority for conservatives via constituency votes (Bhumjaithai + Kla Tham)
- popularity win for progressives and liberals via party-list votes (People's Party + Democrats)
- clear majority in favor of constitutional reform (65-35)
February 8, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Thailand really had a Condorcet paradox of an election:
- absolute majority for conservatives via constituency votes (Bhumjaithai + Kla Tham)
- popularity win for progressives and liberals via party-list votes (People's Party + Democrats)
- clear majority in favor of constitutional reform (65-35)
- absolute majority for conservatives via constituency votes (Bhumjaithai + Kla Tham)
- popularity win for progressives and liberals via party-list votes (People's Party + Democrats)
- clear majority in favor of constitutional reform (65-35)
Some people are saying this is a polling miss, but really NIDA did a pretty good job reflecting the party-list shares. Everyone knew the conservative parties were going to outperform in constituency votes, but I think Bhumjaithai managed to exceed that somehow. Absolute majority for the right.
Bhumjaithai on track to win general election www.coffeeparliament.com/p/bhumjaitha...
Bhumjaithai On Track to Win Election
Dark blue surge
www.coffeeparliament.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Some people are saying this is a polling miss, but really NIDA did a pretty good job reflecting the party-list shares. Everyone knew the conservative parties were going to outperform in constituency votes, but I think Bhumjaithai managed to exceed that somehow. Absolute majority for the right.
we have never been more back in a very long time
Is a bad season turning into a good one for Manchester United?
With their 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur, they now have 44 points, two more than they achieved last season.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
With their 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur, they now have 44 points, two more than they achieved last season.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
February 7, 2026 at 3:12 PM
we have never been more back in a very long time
If you are getting bored during the Parade of Nations, I highly recommend you catch up on your Olympics history reading through this thread compiled by @hdhudson.bsky.social!
The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
If you are getting bored during the Parade of Nations, I highly recommend you catch up on your Olympics history reading through this thread compiled by @hdhudson.bsky.social!
the model t-42 on his desk helps ensure of that!
February 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
the model t-42 on his desk helps ensure of that!
After years of discourse on the decline of the LDP, turns out Takaichi is about to receive the Mandate of Heaven this Sunday.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Japan PM Takaichi's party poised for landslide victory, poll shows
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's party is likely to score a landslide victory in next week's lower house election, a survey by the Asahi newspaper showed, heightening the chance the country wi...
www.reuters.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
After years of discourse on the decline of the LDP, turns out Takaichi is about to receive the Mandate of Heaven this Sunday.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Thank you for the response! That makes a lot of sense and I really appreciate all the hard work town staff has done to keep our sidewalks clear and safe. Are residents and businesses outside of those areas then responsible for clearing the sidewalks in front of their properties?
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Thank you for the response! That makes a lot of sense and I really appreciate all the hard work town staff has done to keep our sidewalks clear and safe. Are residents and businesses outside of those areas then responsible for clearing the sidewalks in front of their properties?
thank you friends!
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
thank you friends!
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Hey friends @chapelhillgov.bsky.social, do y’all happen to know if neighbors and businesses are responsible for clearing their sidewalks of ice? There are quite a few dangerous blocks still along Rosemary Ave towards the @carrboronc.bsky.social border as well as on Cameron Ave in front of Granville.
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Hey friends @chapelhillgov.bsky.social, do y’all happen to know if neighbors and businesses are responsible for clearing their sidewalks of ice? There are quite a few dangerous blocks still along Rosemary Ave towards the @carrboronc.bsky.social border as well as on Cameron Ave in front of Granville.
and here's the index to all of his pieces for the duke chronicle: www.dukechronicle.com/by/stephen-m...
Stephen Miller
Serving the Duke University community since 1905.
www.dukechronicle.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
and here's the index to all of his pieces for the duke chronicle: www.dukechronicle.com/by/stephen-m...
absolutely no way that the special one did not plan this all along bsky.app/profile/drey...
January 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM
absolutely no way that the special one did not plan this all along bsky.app/profile/drey...
this is what I call football eritage
Jose Mourinho thanks you all for doubting him
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 PM
this is what I call football eritage
yup! enjoy: www.dukechronicle.com/article/55b6...
Making Duke perfect: Part II
This column is of a different tenor. It addresses not University policy but University life. I would without a moment's hesitation sacrifice the implementation of this entire second part of my...
www.dukechronicle.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
yup! enjoy: www.dukechronicle.com/article/55b6...
fwiw I think wanting to freeload the commons (land use) to offload the cost of maintaining private property (car) is quite on brand republican
January 28, 2026 at 9:57 PM
fwiw I think wanting to freeload the commons (land use) to offload the cost of maintaining private property (car) is quite on brand republican
and manchester united fans have never been more willing to spend money on merch in years
I've won [the Man United/Stone Roses collab is stunning] but at what cost [Patrick Dorgu is out for 10 weeks]
January 27, 2026 at 3:35 PM
and manchester united fans have never been more willing to spend money on merch in years
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos is worth reading for many reasons, but the way he invoked Václav Havel’s The Power of the Powerless is especially compelling. The greengrocer remains a timeless metaphor. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...
www.pm.gc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos is worth reading for many reasons, but the way he invoked Václav Havel’s The Power of the Powerless is especially compelling. The greengrocer remains a timeless metaphor. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
that 47-45 in favor on the first question on venezuela... 🥶
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
that 47-45 in favor on the first question on venezuela... 🥶
Not the Japanese PM stealing the Asian elections news cycle from Thailand by calling for snap elections on the very same day… www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Japan PM readies snap election, February 8 ballot eyed
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve parliament next week and call a snap parliamentary election, the secretary general of her party said on Wednesday, as she seeks public backing f...
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Not the Japanese PM stealing the Asian elections news cycle from Thailand by calling for snap elections on the very same day… www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
same construction firm as the building that collapsed in the earthquake early last year…
January 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
same construction firm as the building that collapsed in the earthquake early last year…
Too bad Air France no longer operates any 747s otherwise it would be very funny for the Crown Prince to recreate the Khomenei picture.
January 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Too bad Air France no longer operates any 747s otherwise it would be very funny for the Crown Prince to recreate the Khomenei picture.
"[T]he Cambodian side had contacted a Thai military unit and claimed "there was no intention to fire into Thai territory," adding "the incident was caused by an operational error by Cambodian personnel."" An "explosive" pile of garbage led to a mortar fire, apparently. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 AM
"[T]he Cambodian side had contacted a Thai military unit and claimed "there was no intention to fire into Thai territory," adding "the incident was caused by an operational error by Cambodian personnel."" An "explosive" pile of garbage led to a mortar fire, apparently. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Well this seems a bit inconvenient for the budding peace process. Between the land mine incident and now this, the Thai armed forces are exercising quite some restraint by not retaliating. Border clashes resuming could provide quite the wildcard for the elections. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
Cambodia breaks ceasefire, Thai soldier wounded
Cambodia broke the ceasefire on Tuesday morning, firing mortar rounds at the Chong Bok area of Ubon Ratchathani and wounding a Thai soldier, the 2nd Army said.
www.bangkokpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Well this seems a bit inconvenient for the budding peace process. Between the land mine incident and now this, the Thai armed forces are exercising quite some restraint by not retaliating. Border clashes resuming could provide quite the wildcard for the elections. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
Obligatory “there is, just very difficult to enforce,” but this can get quite slippery: should we also say that there is no such thing as domestic law? You can make the very same argument with the federal judiciary now stuck relying on an executive that will not enforce rulings that go against them.
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Obligatory “there is, just very difficult to enforce,” but this can get quite slippery: should we also say that there is no such thing as domestic law? You can make the very same argument with the federal judiciary now stuck relying on an executive that will not enforce rulings that go against them.