Aqraa Sagir
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- Aug 27, 2026
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The ludicrous economics of Pokémon cards in Indonesia (opens the original)
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Earlier this February, American YouTuber Logan Paul sold his rare Pikachu Illustrator card for $16.5 million. Yes, you read that right: $16.5 million for a piece of cardboard with a picture of a Pokémon on it. I find this fascinating not just because of how ludicrous it sounds, but also because this hype over collectible cards has already cemented a foothold here in Indonesia. Just last May, as many as 2,678 Pokémon cards were confiscated by Customs and Excise at Soekarno-Hatta International Air
The storied past of wayang in Indonesiaâs currency (opens the original)
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You hand over a Rp 5,000 note for a hot cup of instant coffee in the morning, pay the parking fee with a crumpled sheet of Rp 2,000, or break a Rp 100,000 bill on a random mix of items in a convenience store. We hardly give a second thought to the bills that pass our hands these days. But turn the clock back almost a hundred years, before Indonesia’s independence, and those bills would have been intricately illustrated with images of gods, heroes and other wayang characters, like the goddess Nag
What does an Italian summer taste like? (opens the original)
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For starters, it can be a dazzlingly multicolored plate of beef carpaccio: slices of beef interwoven with herbs and vegetables, the subtle flavors of the roast sitting against a tangy balsamic teriyaki, hints of crispy Parmesan scattered throughout and a finish of truffle oil that cushions each bite with a pleasant aftertaste. As the opener to AWkitchen’s summer menu, it signals what the rest of the dining experience will be: beef-forward and Italian at its core. The Meat Lovers Pizza that follo
Running over the mountain, through the night (opens the original)
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How is it humanly possible to run 100 kilometers through mountain terrain, without sleeping, where the air is thin and the weather turns without warning? I can barely jog around my neighborhood for 30 minutes without feeling like I'm dying. But Tia Sukma, 31, a film producer, runs back-to-back Saturdays and Sundays specifically to simulate the exhaustion of race conditions, because that's what she'll encounter when she races. How can a person run for 45 hours, surviving on just 5-minute naps at
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