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That will probably be allowed if they do marriage equality instead of civil partnership but don't assume that will include immigration rights the same as opposite sex marriage. Wait and see.

So glad to see Trump crony Bolsanaro lose. Hopefully this was his last stand. Horrible hateful demagogue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/31/jair-bolsonaro-lula-brazilian-election-amazon-putin-ukraine/?itid=hp_opinions_p001_f008 Why Bolsonaro’s stunning loss should give humans a glimmer of hope

I seriously doubt that Thailand will ever allow same sex marriage between two foreigners.

Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll run Twitter into the ground. We really didn't need another Parler. Elon Musk’s Paul Pelosi tweet proves he has no business running Twitter | Robert Reich | The Guardian

Dahmer is as Halloweeny as it gets.

Kanye has been reinstated on Twitter. Yes Twitter is definitely going to be a much bigger Parler. The right wing extremist haters are having a field day. Does Kanye have any commercial associations left to be "death con 3'd" other than music streaming? To add, 100 percent Musk is anti LGBT (like the right wing in general including Putin who is obsessed). Remember his disgusting attack on the British cave boy rescuer in Thailand and now this tweet promotion of a homophobic obviously 100 percent FAKE "news" story about the attempted murder of Paul Pelosi. Of course it plays in Peoria because it happened in San Francisco. I'm sure many millions of Americans believe it. There is also news he is firing factions in Twitter that promote diversity. Twitter -- blank you very very much.

I'm guessing no.

Since Musk took over, Twitter is even worse. Nice job!

Fellow travelers don't like the reality, so no worries, create alternative ones. So predictable. The future of democracy is very bleak with every news story being intentionally and maliciously twisted this way.

OK, it's not "must see" tv but I liked it and it's a quick five episode binge.

Youtube is not banned in Russia.

These "netizens" are way too full of themselves.

You're not keeping up. The latest is that it's a holy war against Satan and gay parades.

Sounds like victim blaming.

So when the perp said Where's Nancy like the violent insurrectionists on January 6th, he wanted to invite her for tea?

Bull. RT is Kremlin owned and Kremlin controlled state propaganda. If you think that's objective then all I can say is you don’t know objective from a hole in the head.

I'm with you about the sinking ship as I think Putin is committing national suicide but I'm not OK calling the refugees rats. They're very human and they made a very defensive choice.

You can't really be precise about allegiances but I'm suggesting to be very skeptical about what they might tell you. To be clear I think fleeing mobilization is a decent choice but hardly saintly. Look Putin is calling them rats. They are not rats. I bet lots of the pro Putins have changed their mind after being called a rat.

Yeah. I wouldn't rave about it but probably more than good enough for most expats. But it isn't the cheapest.

As far as Russian refugee allegiances this is my educated guess. A small minority are anti war activists. Another more sizeable minority against the war but did nothing. Another more significant chunk apolitical until the war came back to bite them in Russia. Probably a bigger chunk Z types / Putin lovers as long as they didn't have to fight. But you will have a very hard time knowing. Very few of the Z types will tell you. They're more likely to lie. They get how the war and Putin are perceived abroad.

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Of course not. Some may play whatever visa games that are possible such as ED visas. Some will do visa runs as long as possible. Richer ones will buy Elite visas. Some will overstay. Many will work remotely. Many will work illegally. Many will hop around Asia to Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, and back to Thailand. Many will seek asylum elsewhere such as USA and Canada. Some may even go back to Russia depending on how long the war lasts and how it turns out. Most are stressed because of an uncertain future.

I've noticed a spike of Russians in Jomtien recently. Nothing like the old days, but noticeable. The majority looked like young and middle aged men alone or in groups that I took to probably be mobilization refugees. In other words I didn't get a holiday vibe but more of a freaked out vibe. But also some families that may also be refugees.

I think trump should stay banned because he incited a violent attempted coup. I think Trumpists expect Musk to reinstate him. I don't see how he can't. I can't predict the result of that either way. The hate speech people already have other venues such as Parler and others. It seems they want it all. God help us.

Observe his actions and you'll learn a lot more than any speech.