'trumspringa' - from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig

Speak Dialect Campaign? Gen Z and millennials on quest to reclaim grandmother tongues | The Straits Times straitstimes.com/life/speak-dia…

The world you want and are rushing everyone towards is not the world everyone wants. Not that anybody's asking.

This.

Important resources that I never bothered to bookmark because I could find them with a quick Google search no longer show up in the first *ten* screens of results:

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Commentary: Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates - CNA channelnewsasia.com/commentary/bir…

Ranjit Hoskote Ranjit Hoskote rounds off our 2 month long relay of contributors’ recommendations with his choice of poets & translators: Alvin Pang Alvin Pang, PhD & Robert Sheppard. Thanks, all, for your collegial support. For participating & reading. Thanks!

You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction.
I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.

Port blocked by Baltimore bridge collapse is key hub for US shipping | The Straits Times straitstimes.com/world/united-s…

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Spread the word! There are only 10 days left to apply for this year's Armory Square Prize. The winning translator of a work by a South Asian woman author will have their book published by Open Letter Books.

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Why are Singapore’s younger workers so unhappy? | The Straits Times straitstimes.com/business/why-a…

//“Frankly, there are some messages that they are not ready to listen to, and they will not accept,” he added. //

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Singapore’s third tranche of aid for Gaza arrives in Jordan, RSAF airdrops to commence soon | The Straits Times straitstimes.com/singapore/sing…

This is such a Singaporean story

At 40, SDN not so hot anymore but still in the matchmaking game to help singles find love | The Straits Times straitstimes.com/singapore/as-i…

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I don't use TikTok at all, but what's to stop ByteDance or anyone else from making a TokTik right away ahead of a US ban and transferring/mirroring accounts there?

Over half in Singapore say society, technology changing too fast, and in ways that don't benefit them: Survey - CNA channelnewsasia.com/singapore/sing…

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