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rakyat

@rakyat@hachyderm.io

Malaysian. Atheist/agnostic. Centre-left, live and let live. English/ไธญๆ–‡/Malay. Sometimes write about existential/technology/political/social stuff. Houseplant enthusiast.

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john, to art
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A random artwork from my gallery:

"Hesperornis regalis" โ€” 2015

Hepserornis regalis, the Late Cretaceous toothy marine bird, takes to the sea.

https://johnconway.art/hesperornis-regalis

theindex, to random
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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ The UN warns of a catastrophic situation in Sudan's el-Fasher as violence escalates, with 1.8 million civilians at risk of famine. Despite urgent appeals, humanitarian aid remains critically underfunded, with only 12% of the $2.7bn needed raised so far.

theindex,
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๐Ÿ’ฌ Toby Harward, the UN deputy humanitarian coordinator for Sudan:

โ€œThere is active conflict going on, artillery attacks by the Rapid Support Forces as well as air bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces that are leading to new displacements...People are trying to flee, to get to safer areas but are finding them very very hard to do.โ€

theindex,
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โœ… Sources:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/17/hell-on-earth-as-violence-escalates-in-sudans-el-fasher

afif, to random
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Ashamed to be associated with these kids whose afraid of some competition

skinnylatte, to singapore
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โ€œSingapore is one of the most expensive cities in the world, but it does not have a minimum wage. Housing prices have surged, and many Singaporeans say social mobility has dropped considerably. Others complain that freedom of expression is still tightly controlled, if less so than before.โ€

Fairly certain my life trajectory will not really be possible in todayโ€™s Singapore (re social mobility)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/world/asia/singapore-lee-prime-minister-retire.html

gombang, to random
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At least Malaysia is open about the discrimination (and easier to protest/argue against).

In my (public) uni there used to be unofficial quota for Chinese students. It was hard to prove but it was there.

After the end of the New Order regime Chinese students are more numerous. For some of them it is the first experience attending public school ๐Ÿ™ƒ

theindex, to random
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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan war: Rights groups accuse Rapid Support Forces of war crimes and ethnic cleansing in West Darfur. Over 9 million displaced since April 2023 conflict began.โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹

theindex,
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https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/5/9/sudans-paramilitary-rsf-accused-of-ethnic-cleansing-in-west-darfur

kevindoctor, to magASEAN
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nasi campur warung pak Chandra for 138 ribu rupiah di jakarta selatan with es teh manis included (not in this picture)

rakyat, to random
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So I just noticed that the Fremen in Dune use โ€œcyrsknifeโ€ as their weapon of choice and it led me to this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dune/s/cnZWdgVf0R

gombang,
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@rakyat Buddislam would be Nusantara creation, certainly ๐Ÿ™ƒ

irfan, to random

TIL there's a "Gereja Ayam" (literally Chicken Church) in Indonesia that looks like it'd fit right into lol, maybe the theme park and feature a secret boss fight with the chicken head if you hit it just enough times.

๐Ÿ”— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gereja_Ayam

accentedcinema, to random
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New video!

Have you ever wanted to learn about Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but not sure where to start? In this video, we are ranking some of the most notable Three Kingdoms adaptations, and talk about which ones are the best for newcomers! Come and enjoy!

https://youtu.be/yKOShRbqbag

wongmjane, to random

ChatGPT trying its best speaking Cantonese

Itโ€™s intelligable, but the pronunciation was quite inaccurate ๐Ÿ˜…

Daojoan, to random
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Iโ€™m excited to launch @theindex on Mastodon!

  • social native news (full story in one toot)
  • just the facts, zero opinion pieces
  • no clickbait, no misleading headlines
  • human verified sources and content
  • no AI hallucinations
  • stay informed in your feed

๐Ÿ“ฐ

rakyat, to random
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So there's an award-winning film named Snow In Midsummer that's widely discussed in Taiwan and elsewhere at the moment, it's about Malaysia's 13th May racial riots, an event that my mom experienced firsthand and which is only discussed in hushed tones. Not sure if it'll ever be aired in Malaysia.

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3261692/why-film-malaysian-historys-darkest-day-snow-midsummer-about-deadly-1969-sectarian-riots-was-so-hard

geraineon,
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@rakyat ahh, i'd love to watch this. my father was right in the heart of the race riots... and he was quite reticent about it. I only knew that they had to stretch the rice, can't open windows for fear of being shot and that's all I knew... other than "don't talk about race" and definitely stock piling food during elections.

MulanPurple, to random zh-CN
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ไปŠๅคฉๅฌๅˆฐๆœ‰ไบบๅนๅ›ฝไบงๆฆด่Žฒ๏ผŒไปฅๆˆ‘ๅœจๆตทๅ—ไบฒ็œผ็œ‹ๅˆฐ็š„ๆฆด่Žฒๆ ‘ๆฅ่ฏด๏ผŒ้•ฟๅŠฟๅนถไธๅฅฝ๏ผŒ้ฆ–ๅ…ˆๅฐฑๆ˜ฏๆตทๅ—ๆœ‰ๅฏ’ๆฝฎ๏ผŒๅฏ’ๆฝฎไธ€ๆฅๅฎนๆ˜“ๆŠŠๆ ‘ๅ†ปไผคๅ†ปๆญป๏ผŒไบŒๅฐฑๆ˜ฏๆตทๅ—ๆ˜ฏๅฐ้ฃŽ้€š้“๏ผŒ้ฃŽไธ€ๆฅๆžœ่ฝๆ ‘ๅ€’๏ผŒไธ‰ๆตทๅ—ๅคง้ƒจๅˆ†ๅœฐๅŒบ็งฏๆธฉไธๅคŸ๏ผŒไฝฟๅพ—ๆžœ่‚‰ไธๅคŸ็”œใ€‚

ไฝ ๅ›ฝ้ข†ๅฏผไบบ่ฟ˜่ทŸ่€ๅ†œๆฐ‘ไธ€ๆ ท๏ผŒๅฆ„ๅ›พๅ†…ๅพช็Žฏ๏ผˆ้—ญๅ…ณ้”ๅ›ฝ๏ผ‰ใ€‚ไธญๅ—ๅŠๅฒ›ๅนฒ็‡ฅใ€้ซ˜ๆธฉไบบๅทฅๅˆไพฟๅฎœ๏ผŒ็งๆฆด่Žฒๅ†ๅˆ้€‚ไธ่ฟ‡๏ผŒ่€Œไธ”ๆฆด่Žฒไธ€่ˆฌไนŸไธ้œ€่ฆ็ฉบ่ฟ๏ผŒๆตท่ฟๅณๅฏ๏ผŒๆˆๆœฌๆžไฝŽใ€‚่ฟ™็Žฉๆ„ๅ„ฟๅˆไธๆ˜ฏๅŽŸๅญๅผน๏ผŒ้žๅพ—ๆœ‰ไธ€ไธช๏ผŒไธไผšๆ˜ฏๆ€•ๅˆซๅ›ฝ็”จๆฆด่Žฒๅก่„–ๅญๅง๏ผŸ๏ผโ€ฆโ€ฆ่Žซๅๅ…ถๅฆ™๏ผ

PS ๆˆ‘ๆœฌไบบไธๅ–œๆฌขๅƒๆฆด่Žฒๅ€’ไธๆ˜ฏๅซŒๆฆด่Žฒ่‡ญ๏ผŒๅฎž้™…ไธŠๆฆด่Žฒ่ฟ˜ๆฒก่žบ่›ณ็ฒ‰่‡ญ๏ผŒไธ”ๅธ‚้ขไธŠๅคง้ƒจๅˆ†ๆฆด่Žฒ้ƒฝๆ˜ฏๆทกๅ‘ณๅ“็ง๏ผŒ่€Œๅ› ๆฆด่Žฒๅƒ่ตทๆฅๅƒ่‚‰๏ผˆๆฆด่Žฒ็š„ๅ˜Œๅ‘คๅ€ผๅพˆ้ซ˜๏ผ‰๏ผŒๆฒกๆœ‰ๅ…ถๅฎƒๆฐดๆžœ้‚ฃๆ ทๆธ…้ฆ™ๅ’Œๅคšๆฑใ€‚

https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_24068179

AnnaAnthro, to magASEAN
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โ€˜Iโ€™m Singaporean, not Chineseโ€™: TikTok video sparks debate over shunning of โ€˜rootsโ€™ #tootsea #singapore #china

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3262153/im-singaporean-not-chinese-tiktok-video-sparks-debate-over-shunning-roots

afif, to magASEAN
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Anyway, while our GDP is average and our forex is shite, Iโ€™m still glad I can enjoy this delicious nasi minyak with beef kerutuk and some thick chicken gravy any time of the week for less than $2.00

afif, to random
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Say what?? I object!! @Kemlu_RI

afif,
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At least we can claim this as ours ๐Ÿ˜

skinnylatte, to food
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LA food diary.

Some of you know Iโ€™m a big fan of LA food. I think that dollar for dollar you get a tremendous amount of cuisines, varieties of foods, in this melting pot which feels to me like it has far more immigrant and working class food than the Bay Area. Even the density and quality of โ€˜fancy foodโ€™ is high!

Iโ€™m keeping a record of my LA 2024 discoveries.

18+ skinnylatte,
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  1. Borneo Kalimantan (Borneo Eatery on Google maps), Alhambra.

A restaurant I must visit when Iโ€™m here. It is, by far, the best Indonesian / Malaysian / Singaporean food Iโ€™ve had anywhere in California (I keep trying, and I keep being disappointed, but this place never disappoints).

A photo of char kway teow
A photo of pempek, which is a type of Sumatran fish cake with a hard boiled egg inside served on a chilli and vinegar sauce

18+ skinnylatte, (edited )
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(Why do I say Indonesian / Malaysian / Singaporean? Arenโ€™t those different countries? Yes, but.. where to start

This place in particular is run by Chinese diaspora folks from Kalimantan (Borneo). Who tend to be Teochew or Foochow or Hakka. So this means their food is.. almost exactly the same as Chinese food in Malaysia and Singapore. With some national influences here and there (toppings, condiments). Functionally the same food)

bendaubney, to random
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Damn, this person can write https://social.lol/@keenan/112408000503307430

skinnylatte, to magASEAN
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I have a half baked idea of how LA/SF for me is like my relationship with KL/SG. LA reminds me a lot of KL / Klang Valley with how itโ€™s laid out. Getting to explore it brings me as much joy as exploring KL/PJ did. (Even the car-centrism and infra and buildings and food scene comparisons feel samey to me)

Getting to explore LA / KL and leave my smaller more annoying city (SF / SG) sometimes is also a fun parallel. :)

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