Tag: politics
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Gadgetbahn
Source: Kottke
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NUTS
[…] But if there’s one thing I remember about Sim by, it’s his criticism of the Singaporean mindset. The No U-Turn Syndrome, or NUTS, was how Sim viewed how Singaporeans always required a rule base to get anything done. It’s referring to how in Singapore, u-turns are not allowed unless there’s a sign that allows…
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Bucha
Again, sadly unable to embed it here — but definitely worth looking in the investigational journalism and the war crimes committed.
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2022 by Vox
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A Brief Disagreement
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Climate protests
Last week, an Australian climate protester, who blocked a lane of traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, was sentenced to up to 15 months in prison under a new anti-protest law. It was one of many recent disruptive climate protests that seem to do little else than annoy and inconvenience everyone. Our knee-jerk reaction to…
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End of China’s Covid-zero
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Why Car-Centric Cities are a GREAT Idea
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Third Place
I guess that’s one thing that I do miss in Singapore: informal places that are affordable (almost everything here costs money) and that are not shopping malls (exactly what he mentions in the video). Sure, there are bars, but they are usually expensive and atas, and not the place people go for an informal chitchat…