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A few brave Singaporeans unfurled this banner in front of the iconic Marina Bay Sands, in a country where any public protest is illegal without prior approval and approved protests are only allowed at one park (and the authorities already said all registered protest applications relating to Gaza will be denied)
If they were foreigners they would almost certainly be deported. As citizens they’ll definitely see some legal action
I mean this is a country that put a man in jail for 15 days for holding up a smiley face sign (they’ll say ‘he should have chosen the fine, but that’s not quite the point)
I grew up being told (by teachers!) that if I made my political opinions known I would almost certainly be sued out of existence and out of my pants. That’s why I am awed by the people back home who do choose direct action
My friend got #Covid and went to the government clinic to get #Paxlovid.
Guess how much she paid for the meds?
ZERO.
The doc also gave her 6 month supply of blood pressure meds. She had to pay for that, however.
RM1 (about US$0.25)
Universal healthcare is wonderful and I am glad #Malaysians have it.
My partner has been waiting more than three years in thier universal system for assistance with chronic fatigue. When I used universal care, they almost killed me by making a mistake with a med... I still have side effects from that experience.
Platform companies operate transnationally. Should labour movements respond transnationally, too? Over the next few months, we will be publishing a Special Series on Grab in Southeast Asia to understand how Grab operates in different contexts, and what forms workers' organising and resistance have taken in each context....
When I was growing up I was a devout student of southeast Asian colonial and post-colonial history but my studies largely focused on the British empire. I am now spending my free time reading about the Dutch.
They returned to Indonesia after WWII to re-invade Indonesia. With the help of the British. Hundreds of thousands died in that recent period alone. They also stirred up anti-Chinese violence, armed the Chinese to ‘fight back’, then got other people to put down ‘Chinese violence’.)
This from Pramoedya Ananta Toer's "The Chinese in Indonesia"
From a 2020 poll: "Only the Netherlands appears to be more proud of its imperial history than the UK. Half of Dutch respondents said it was something to be more proud of than ashamed."
Colonialism is truly one of the greatest sins of humanity.
I can't even begin to explain this without getting into what fediverse politics has been but i thought this would be of interest to you guys regardless. The TLDR is that Meta's been developing their own ActivityPub project (and with it instances) under P92. And apparently they had a meeting with key figures especially on the...
How the U.S. Waged a Global Campaign Against #Baby Formula #Regulation
Records and interviews show that the U.S. government repeatedly used its muscle to advance the interests of large baby formula companies while thwarting the efforts of #Thailand and other developing countries to safeguard children’s #health.
ALSO: Documents Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules
We obtained documents that show a stark rift between trade and health officials over international efforts to regulate toddler milk. The records provide a rare, candid glimpse into U.S. policymaking around children's health.
@ProPublica "But ProPublica’s investigation found that the scope of the interference far exceeded that incident [under Trump] and continues today under the Biden administration."
Feminist org in Singapore is looking for volunteers who can speak and transcribe Vietnamese.
They’re doing a study on coercive control. Singapore has a large trans-national marriage rate, largely between citizen men and non-citizen wives from countries like Vietnam.
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art says it will return 16 ancient artifacts back to Cambodia and Thailand. The works, mostly sculptures, had been looted from those countries years ago during decades of civil war and unrest.
Among the works are a large head of Buddha made of stone in the seventh century, and a tenth century sandstone goddess statue from the Koh Ker archaeological site."
For example, the village of Atar in Sumatra, Indonesia has many migrants who move to Jakarta and other big cities to own or work in photocopy shops. As a result, there is a giant statue of a photocopy machine in the village
In #Singapore, very loud #roosters, strategically dispersed across the island and stationed on trees outside apartment windows, are tasked with a single mission — To ensure that locals get up bright and early every morning so they can lead #productive lives.
While 1975 left #Malaysia unscathed due to their #whiteprivilege, the actual #LGBT community living their daily lives there will be the ones further jeopardized and left to pick up the mess they left behind. Did they understand the repercussions of their actions; the eventual pushbacks, the polarizing, how this'd eventually became proof to some that their organic, lonesome resistance of simply being can be easily dismissed as being goaded by westerns?
I mean, what did the 1975 expect? They engaged in same-sex kiss, or wear OneLove band and then the homophobic Beast would magically transform into Prince Charming? That's some Marvel crappy instant #whitesavior b.s. Discard your privileged nationality and become irrevocably Qatari or Malaysian, then you can attempt those things and your actions will finally carry some weight because then you'd have to actually witness and live through the full brunt of the impact.
@gowin@pinoy I boosted a post a few days ago from a blind user who was happy with the culture of alt texting here on the Fediverse. I figured this was probably the same post, but went to check to be sure...
...And lo and behold, it's a different person! 😄
Maybe this is just a good week for blind Fedi users to say nice things about #AltText. I'm glad folks are doing good things for #accessibility.
Mod note for magASEAN: it's been a great week of making new friends from across the FediSEA! As a result, in addition to the tags TootSEA and MakanApaToday ,I've just added to the tracked tags collection: PlaylistSEA, ArtSEA and ArtistSEA. If all works well, any posts with those tags will show up on this magazine's Microblog section 🥳
And the only country tags I know being tracked is MYToots (Malaysia). Will add: Feditory and Feditiam. Has other SEA folks come up with their own tags? Let me know please!
Indonesia’ s week-long Eid al-Fitr holiday officially begins. In the Middle East and other parts of the world, marking the end of Ramadan is the minor Eid but in Southeast Asia this is the major Eid, the other being the sacrificial Eid al-Adha.
Malaysia and Singapore only allocate 1-2 days of holiday but Indonesia’s customary homecoming practice means anything less than 5 days won’t ever be sufficient. It’s like our Thanksgiving but for 7-9 days depending on when it falls during the week.
Any effort to contact businesses during this time will be futile unless you’ve already had prior appointment and even then it might be canceled 😂😂😂.
Jakarta’s residents have slowly left the city for the holidays starting last Friday and the holiday exodus typically accelerates until the day before Eid until around half the city is left, leaving it pleasant for everyone else to drive, take buses, go to parks, malls, and other local destinations. Outbound traffic is downright terrible already.
This time next week the inbound traffic to major cities and population centres will be pretty severe as residents return. Often this also means a spike in city population with new people coming looking for work.
Mina Setra remembers a time before oil palm plantations changed the landscape of her childhood home. Setra, an Indigenous Dayak Pompakng, grew up when forests surrounded her village in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. Setra and her brother would spend their days canoeing on a nearby river, she...
So people love or hate durians, but I think most people haven't been introduced to durians properly. There's many different types, with different textures / flavors, even smell. I don't love durian the way people from home do, but I can appreciate an excellent one from time to time. My favorite type is 'Red Prawn'. You can't get it outside of Malaysia/ SG. Many growers have farm to table cafes for durians and it's great & they even run durian classes
The best way I'd describe it is 'it's like really stinky cheese'. Many people hate that. But the people who love that really, really love it. But like stinky cheese, there are also many different types. And you won't love all of it. I love gorgonzola but I don't know if I love limburger. Maybe I haven't tried the best ones. But I'm willing to to try it all.
And also, I'm willing to bet everything I have that if you tried a durian outside of Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand and outside of durian season, you haven't tried a real durian.
For people who are scared, you can start small and try a good durian cake instead: https://richngood.com/product/durian-swiss-roll/ (this shop is great and it has a branch at Singapore airport which is useful for travelers)
(Lots of durian-flavored things in the West are terrible, awful, bad, terrible)
