Ed Shad

If the PAP gov continues 2 insist tt a tradeoff is required btwn the lives/limbs of migrant workers & affordable housing of Singaporean workers, then it is admitting it has a terribly unsustainable economic model. Those who profit shd pay 4 safe transport! straitstimes.com/singapore/does…

From the latest issue of SEAS! John Solomon︎. "Citizens at the End of Empire: Navigating Loyalty and Citizenship in Late Colonial Singapore" englishkyoto-seas.org/2023/12/vol-12…

From the latest issue of SEAS! Ward Keeler︎. "Comparative Queer Southeast Asian Studies" englishkyoto-seas.org/2023/12/vol-12…

This week's Drum Tower is a special two-part series on how Chinese police are using Uyghurs' families to manipulate them across borders. Two Uyghurs tell us about the Xinjiang police's psychological games as they negotiate for access to their families shows.acast.com/drumtower/epis…

Are you still wondering why people spend so much time following Russian pro-war Telegram, what kind of channels there are, what they find useful about it, or how they keep their sanity intact? Researcher Ivan Filippov explains. meduza.io/en/cards/even-…

Registration is now open for Breaking the Silence workshop on level 1 & 2 this year! Early bird is on till 24 Sep. For more info and registration for each level: Level 1 - tinyurl.com/BreakingTheSil… Level 2- tinyurl.com/BreakingTheSil…

Starting this fall, Russia’s college students will be required to take a state-approved course on the “Fundamentals of Russian Statehood.” Here’s an overview of the ideology in the curriculum, from “the Russian world” to Russia as a “civilization state.” meduza.io/en/feature/202…

Even under suspicions of corruption he draws a salary higher than 90% of Singaporeans (he’s still taking his MP salary!!)

lee hsien loong still hasn’t actually explained why tcj was so special that they needed so many months to ensure “residents were taken care of” > other MPs in the past stepped down immediately > we dgaf even when MPs die??

you really only realise how much of this “so we don’t deter good people from coming forward to serve” is nonsense when you start building your own list of smart, decent people who’ve been grey-listed from the civil service because they once said something the govt didn’t like

open.substack.com/pub/annehelen/… How do you make your home entirely your own while also making it wholly acceptable to the market-reflected gaze? The only solution is to make the market-inflected taste your taste.

As Chin people seek refuge from the Myanmar conflict in the Indian state of Mizoram, a common musical culture with the local Mizo population serves to ease tensions and bring the communities together. frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-all-feel…

Workers/NGOs hv been demanding 2 end unsafe transporation of workers. Recently, senior minister of state Amy Khor resp 2 MP Louis Ng's adjournment motion 2 ban lorries ferrying workers. The answer: NO. Let business lead w the gov facilitating the process mot.gov.sg/news/details/s…

Declare to who, exactly

i'm not sure either the spirit or the letter of the code were observed but that's just me

like bro, why are you not confident your stat board can do their job, tell me please??

5/26 Ridout Road occupies 23,164 Sq m of land. 31 Ridout Road occupies 9,157.36 Sq m of land. The biggest 2 room public rental flat occupies about 45 Sq m. 2 ministers are living in land size that could house more than 700 low-income families.

#GPT-4 is here, and we don’t fully understand its capabilities. On #YourUndividedAttention, @tristanharris and @aza present The AI Dilemma, a briefing that voices the concerns of people who work on #AI risks. We must move at the speed of getting it right. bit.ly/3LGexzt

Strengthening the Singapore system: the Ridout saga and conflicts of interest jom.media/strengthening-…