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20 Oct, 8 tweets, 6 min read
We Thais are a playful bunch and we love using and making new wordplays.

This is a sample of our newly coined Thai protest slang: carrot, curry, iced coffee, CIA, mocha, Natasha Romanoff, and more. Enjoy! 😃 #WhatsHappeninglnThailand khaosodenglish.com/culture/net/20…
❤️ Love a cultural story like this. Thai protesters have been joking about how the food vendors, esp. the meatball sellers, are always first at the scene of any protest site. Hence, the nickname “CIA.”😎 Here’s their secret. #WhatsHappenningInThailand
khaosodenglish.com/life/food/2020…
Here are some memes. 😂

😎 meat balls (or fish balls) CIA agent
😎 FAST & FLASH MOB #Thaiprotests2020 #WhatsHappenningInThailand
If you’re not sure where the protest will be, just follow them. They know. 😅
#ThaiProtests2020
#WhatsHappenningInThailand
We Thais can eat anywhere, anytime. At Oct 16 protest, after we got sprayed by water cannons (& tear gas?) I walked half-blind from excessive tearing fleeing with the crowds towards Chula, passing by a fried chicken vendor. Some protesters were still buying/eating fried chicken!
Today... “CIA” mission ... 😅 #ม็อบ21ตุลา #21ตุลาไปอนุเสาวรีย์ชัย #ThaiProtests2020
Self-identified “CIA”, otherwise known as meatballs vendor. 😂 #ม็อบ21ตุลา
A procession of now widely known “CIA agents” are heading towards the Government House, the next protest destination. They will wait there for the protesters.(Perhaps infiltrating the Minions through barbed wires.)😅 #ม็อบ21ตุลา #ThaiProtests2020 #WhatsHappeningInThailand

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21 Oct
#ThaiProtests2020 are truly led by youth, the country’s future. But this is how they feel about the current Thai society. A view of high school girl from a poor region, Isan. #WhatsHappeningInThailand
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Methinks schoolgirls *were already leading* school-based protests around the country from the start, not only “emerging” now. Yes, more school girls are speaking at large protests. They are finally being recognized as leaders now. #WhatsHappeningInThailand khaosodenglish.com/politics/2020/…
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Let’s see protests from outside greater Bangkok on 19 October.

Lopburi, central region. Student speaker talks about alcohol tax. #ม็อบ19ตุลา #WhatsHappeningInThailand
Chiang Mai is a key protest site in the north. The speaker flashing .|||. on stage is high school student ‘Menu’ @florasprig.

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19 Oct
1:20pm Police raided publisher @sameskybooks and confiscated 5 titles for investigation.

Same Sky is an independent publisher of mostly scholarly books on history and politics, incl. on Thai monarchy. Their books provide critical reading & many are popular among young readers.
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@sameskybooks confiscated by police. All four are scholarly books by critical Thai historians.
1) + 2): on 1932 Revolution & roles of military, royalist elites & US post 1932-Cold War by Natthaphol Jaijing
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