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Yu-Mei

@bubblevicious

Writer, plant admirer, bookseller (she/her). Singaporean living in Boston. Mastodon: https://xitter.cf/t.co/ku9OpSRDWl

 Boston, MA
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Joined May 2007
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The PAP keeps saying they need a "strong mandate" from #GE2020, whereas the opposition fears a wipeout and a 100% PAP Parliament. @lapiskueh has modelled five different scenarios showing that the PAP's parliamentary majority is not under threat: ge2020-scenarios.vercel.app/
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There's a lot I think I can do differently to support #BlackLivesMatter in publishing, so I've drawn up an action plan. I've spoken to lots of white authors who don't know how to help, and there might be something in this that resonates.
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wHaT hAvE tHe pRoTesTs aChIevEd?? A THREAD
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Replying to @bubblevicious
Still might: there’s always odd little gaps between buildings, and side splash.
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Singapore boleh! straitstimes.com/singapore/r…
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Our rain falls sideways sometimes… you can still get drenched with an umbrella and covered walkways!
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she can still get drenched - the rain comes in sideways here.
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Replying to @JeremyTiang @bubblevicious
Oh man I was just thinking that, after having read Pritam Singh's post (bit.ly/35GEJmf).
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Replying to @JeremyTiang @bubblevicious
But I live in an opposition ward and I have covered walkways too. Though those were there before the current party won. So maybe not counted. Hahaha
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Replying to @kixes @JeremyTiang @bubblevicious
For research: facebook.com/sgcoveredwalkwa…
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Replying to @kixes @JeremyTiang @bubblevicious
In the future if anyone says that artists can do their work without getting "political" or having to delve into politics, we have to send them this.
Image from Kirsten Han (@kixes)
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One thing I didn’t add — forgot/assumed everyone would know — is that the current Attorney-General, Lucien Wong, used to be Lee Hsien Loong’s personal lawyer.
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The talented @kixes provides a pow-kar-leow catch-up guide on the #OxLee series, from season 1 to the latest turn of events #Singapore wethecitizens.substack.com/p…
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Muslim community in sg is diverse. Indian Muslims (tens of thousands of them here) would say Noambu Perunaal vaalthukal
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No, Dr Ng. The watershed election was 2011, when PAP lost an entire GRC & posted its worst results since Independence
Image from mrbrown (@mrbrown)
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Do you enjoy well-researched, elegant writing and also being totally terrified? Read this on NW earthquake to come newyorker.com/magazine/2015/…
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#HowIShowMyAge When this happened, it felt like all my hair turned gray.
Image from Comedywire (@comedywire)
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What's the story behind tropical tree sap? It's a good one, and @joonian tells it with the help of Storymap. ow.ly/NHUWD
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The fact that @BigBird is the only person on Twitter who can see @MrSnuffleupagus is maybe the best use of Twitter I’ve ever seen.
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If the question is "Should we allow gay marriage?" you're doing it wrong. It's "Should the state continue to micromanage intimacy?"
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More ways to feel old: The first Gulf war is as long ago today as the Vietnam war was when the first Gulf war began.
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