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Glyn Moody<p>In search of the South Pacific fugitive who crowned himself king - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/mar/06/in-search-of-the-south-pacific-fugitive-who-crowned-himself-king" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/ng-inter</span><span class="invisible">active/2025/mar/06/in-search-of-the-south-pacific-fugitive-who-crowned-himself-king</span></a> "Noah Musingku made a fortune with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ponzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ponzi</span></a> scheme and then retreated to a remote armed compound in the jungle, where he still commands the loyalty of his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> subjects" what a fab, bonkers story</p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Some recent reporting on the "Kingdom of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Papaala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Papaala</span></a>", enigmatic realm of a notorious financial scammer that's become something between a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/micronation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micronation</span></a> and a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defacto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defacto</span></a> state. <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2024/11/the-island-king-sean-williams-bougainville/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">harpers.org/archive/2024/11/th</span><span class="invisible">e-island-king-sean-williams-bougainville/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNG</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Melanesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melanesia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defactostates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defactostates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/micronations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micronations</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oceania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceania</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>West Papuans are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Melanesians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melanesians</span></a>, with kin in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PapuaNewGuinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapuaNewGuinea</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vanuatu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vanuatu</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fiji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiji</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolomonIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolomonIslands</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainville</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kanaky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanaky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewCaledonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewCaledonia</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TorresStrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorresStrait</span></a>. 
</p><p>ʻSlow motion genocideʼ is blamed for 546,126 missing Papuans— assassinated, poisoned, exiled, born dead or not at all. Our brightest are incarcerated. Our land, source of spirituality and sustainability, is ravaged by miners and loggers. Our waters, pristine in 1962, are polluted.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PapuaMerdeka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapuaMerdeka</span></a> Free West Papua</p>
Jason R. Patton<p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/EarthquakeReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthquakeReport</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TsunamiReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TsunamiReport</span></a> for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 2016 M 7.9 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Earthquke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthquke</span></a> offshore of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NewIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewIreland</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/PapuaNewGuinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapuaNewGuinea</span></a></p><p>generated local <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tsunami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tsunami</span></a><br>felt intensity MMI 9</p><p>learn more about regional tectonics:<br><a href="https://earthjay.com/?p=4596" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">earthjay.com/?p=4596</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
testing<p>Still a long way to go in Bougainville's push for independence</p><p>The Bougainville Minister for Independence Implementation, Ezekiel Massatt, has launched an attack this week on Australia, calling it a "coward when it comes to the Bougainville independence issue". <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bougainville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/papuanewguinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>papuanewguinea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/pasifika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pasifika</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/504641/still-a-long-way-to-go-in-bougainville-s-push-for-independence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/international/pacifi</span><span class="invisible">c-news/504641/still-a-long-way-to-go-in-bougainville-s-push-for-independence</span></a></p>
testing<p><span>no good news from </span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/bougainville" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bougainville</a><span> after last month's volcanic eruption of mt bagana: state of emergency extended, with flooding following the initial eruption, and us aid handing out usd 5 millions in relief funds<br><br></span><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/fears-funds-won-t-reach-flood-effected-areas-in-bougainville/102734392" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/fears-funds-won-t-reach-flood-effected-areas-in-bougainville/102734392</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/495991/bougainville-state-of-emergency-after-volcanic-eruption-extended" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/495991/bougainville-state-of-emergency-after-volcanic-eruption-extended</a><span> </span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/PapuaNewGuinea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PapuaNewGuinea</a></p>
Dora Hathazi Mendes<p>This is the 3rd year of our Bougainvillea and it is starting to look like how I imagined .. It finally reached the top of our old well and covering it with beautiful flowers 😍<br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/bougainvillea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bougainvillea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bougainvilleas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainvilleas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/bougainvillas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bougainvillas</span></a></p>
Alex Golub<p>Gordon Peake on what US re-engagement with PNG means for Bougainville. Claims US's challenge is to "make up for decades of inattention".</p><p><a href="https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/03/what-does-us-reengagement-papua-new-guinea-mean-bougainville" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usip.org/publications/2023/03/</span><span class="invisible">what-does-us-reengagement-papua-new-guinea-mean-bougainville</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/PNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNG</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pacific</span></a></p>
Jason Goroncy<p>The 2002 cabinet records are now available. </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/JohnHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnHoward</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bali</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/EastTimor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastTimor</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SolomonIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolomonIslands</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CHOGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHOGM</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TimorSeaTreaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimorSeaTreaty</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aboriginal</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Nauru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nauru</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/PNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNG</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AustralianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianHistory</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/cabinet/latest-cabinet-release" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">naa.gov.au/explore-collection/</span><span class="invisible">cabinet/latest-cabinet-release</span></a></p>
Doug Webb<p>Heard of <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> ?</p><p>The people of this small island managed to fight off mine owners and the Papua New Guinean army for years, initially with stick weapons before capturing modern weaponry... Watch the Coconut Revolution! ✊ 🥥 ✊ </p><p>They had an independence referendum in 2019—which was almost unanimous for independence <a href="http://bougainville-referendum.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bougainville-referendum.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>As this nascant nation forms, already the vultures are circling for the islands $84Bn of Copper and Gold reserves... 😰 </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-14/bougainville-is-sitting-on-an-actual-gold-mine/11790498" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2019-12-14/bou</span><span class="invisible">gainville-is-sitting-on-an-actual-gold-mine/11790498</span></a></p>
Doug Webb<p>The people of <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Bougainville" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bougainville</span></a> voted 98% in favor of full independence from Indonesia in Nov/Dec last year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bougainvillean_independence_referendum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bou</span><span class="invisible">gainvillean_independence_referendum</span></a></p><p>Never heard of the place? Watch <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/TheCoconutRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheCoconutRevolution</span></a> for a 50 minute dive into the super inspiring native-led, deeply-green struggles. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sl8KJDOqK4&amp;bpctr=1580823726" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=1Sl8KJDOqK</span><span class="invisible">4&amp;bpctr=1580823726</span></a></p><p>(p.s. the coconut really has a star role <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/coconutPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coconutPower</span></a>)</p>
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)"It would be an understatement to claim that <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/bougainville" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bougainville</a>, that blighted piece of autonomous territory in <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/papua" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Papua</a> New Guinea, had been through a lot." <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/12/18/a-mined-history-the-bougainville-referendum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/12/18/a-mined-history-the-bougainville-referendum/</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.site/tag/png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#png</a>
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