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Fires burning in downtown Bangkok on Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Haunting, gut-wrenching and quite graphic images from the Boston Globe on the political violence in Bangkok, Thailand.

I’ve been to Thailand a couple of times and have only experienced the kindness and warmth of her people and this carnage just breaks my heart.

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Nothing personal, former Facebook friends: I’ll miss those wall updates about doing dishes and changing the kitty litter… But most of all, I will miss those hundreds upon hundreds of baby pictures that remind me daily of how insanely happy I am that my kids aren’t babies any more.

›› Absolutely hilarious piece by Steve Tuttle at Newsweek

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A brilliant collection of images of words on signage, advertising, graffiti, packaging, menus, written in the sky, tattoos, and whatever else

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