Tag: WTF
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Singapore’s prison system
A documentary by CNA from last year. Looks like I never posted this on my blog. 4 parts.
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Cryogenics
Eventually, the mortician was not pleased with the other bodies sitting around on beds of ice, so a LN Dewar capsule was secured for the remaining three. Another man was already frozen and sealed inside the capsule, so it was opened, and he was removed. Nelson and the mortician then spent the entire night figuring…
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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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End of China’s Covid-zero
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Apple restricts AirDrop in China
I think this has been greatly underreported. Apple purposely disables a feature on your phone during unrest. Anti-government protests flared in several Chinese cities and on college campuses over the weekend. But the country’s most widespread show of public dissent in decades will have to manage without a crucial communication tool, because Apple restricted its…
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Fishing slavery
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Airports
“Moving some of our passenger operations to other UK airports at such short notice is also not realistic,” the airline said. “Ensuring ground readiness to handle and turnaround a widebody long-haul aircraft with 500 passengers onboard is not as simple as finding a parking spot at a mall.” Source: BBC It’s worth asking how come…
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Facebook content moderation
On Monday, an AP reporter tested how the company would respond to a similar post on Facebook, writing: “If you send me your address, I will mail you abortion pills.” The post was removed within one minute. The Facebook account was immediately put on a “warning” status for the post, which Facebook said violated its…
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Singapore’s safety law
It doesn’t serve Singaporeans to have the government acting as our nanny, covering our eyes while clutching her pearls. When it seizes the power to decide whether the people are “reading the right thing,” it is depriving Singaporeans of opportunities to develop media literacy, exercise critical thinking, and become savvier navigators of online spaces. This benefits the…
