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Year: <span>2026</span>

The haze, oil palm and the question of who really started the fire

September 18, 2026 | 17 min read | Posted in » 2 cents, Articles, Current Affairs

The haze is often blamed on oil palm plantations, but the reality is more complicated: fire, peatland, economics, land ownership, enforcement and responsibility all intersect long before the smoke crosses a border.

I killed my blog. Then 10 years later, I brought it back.

September 15, 2026 | 9 min read | Posted in » Looking Back, Me, Personal, Thoughts

Little walk down the memory lane… Some of you old farts might remember this place. bongkersz.com. The Flaccid Mind. A stupid name for a blog where I spent an equally stupid amount of time writing equally stupid things. I started blogging sometime around 2005. Back then there was no Instagram, TikTok, Threads or whatever shit…