Malaysia's OBSCURIAL just put out their second full length yesterday, and WHAT an album this is. 'Heretic' might be my favorite metal LP of the year so far. Some REALLY wild, unique stuff on this one.
"The March 2024 issue of the Malaysian Bird Report is now available for download.
There are field reports on anting behaviour in birds, the Bornean Frogmouth, prey taken by the Black-thighed Falconet, diet of the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot and courtship of the Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher. For those interested in raptors, Hans Peeters describes in great detail mimicry in birds of prey."
From 2010 to 2017, there was a thing called #AseanCitizen that we Aseans started as a grassroots movement. We were all bloggers from across, well, #ASEAN or South-East Asia.
Some of us joined together to produce one of the best multi-authored regional blogs. We talked about our cultures, write about what makes the region awesome. As well as, try to address the oftentimes silly and sometimes heated debates.
It's all gone now. Forgotten. The blogs dead or offline. We all grew up, got busy with our personal lives, and moved on separately. And the important reason? We lost interest in it as we started to see ASEAN was, is, and will never be for the grassroots.
That was the end of what was once a vibrant grassroot ASEAN Citizens effort. We did it all voluntarily. Without a single recognition from the top-down organisation that is ASEAN.
But today? ASEAN is still a top-down organisation. They kept trying to get the grassroots involved, but they are always failing. Why? Because it is a top-down organisation, as simple as that. They will never understand until they shift their mindset and approach to bottom-up.
(P.S I want to restart this grassroots movement, but I just no longer have the spark. Give me a very good reason why I should give it another chance. Or, at least, guide the new generation.)
We commemorate today 30 years passed since the #genocide of the #Tutsi in #Rwanda. There, not unlike several other nations, including #Israel, #Germany, or #Cambodia, mass atrocities have come to define national consciousness and politics.
Nevertheless, the last (few) year(s) have taught us that not only genocide is not and shall not be a thing of the past, it continues to be belittled and ignored, re- #Africa especially.
An African country, The #Gambia, has brought the case against #Myanmar in support of the #Rohingya as far back as 2019. Support however, has only come from Western countries and one sole Muslim country, the #Maldives. Some of the fiercest advocates of the Palestinians, such as #Malaysia, have deported and violated the fundamental rights of Rohingya refugees.
Malaysian and Philippine #unions discuss #LivingWage and decoupling of #productivity and wages, "It is evident that the global economic system is a failure that only favours few owners of #capital"
Malaysia emerges as a hotspot for semiconductor firms amid U.S.-China chip tensions.
CNBC reports: "Intel, GlobalFoundries and Infineon are some of the chip makers that have set up or expanded operations in Malaysia over the last few years."
One of the things I’m hoping to bring to my publicsectorai.tech work is to also include perspectives outside N America and Europe. With my immigrant background and knowledge of other languages, I think that will be useful.
This is more a ‘fun’ thing: in Malaysia, an ad for Eid that is pretty meta. They made an ‘A.I. dilfitri’ ad (aidilfitri = Eid) and actually examines some interesting questions on bias in genAI
Malaysias Regierung warnt vor Eskalation wegen "Allah"-Socken
Seitdem eine Supermarktkette in Malaysia Socken mit der Aufschrift "Allah" verkaufte, ist die muslimische Mehrheit des Landes in Aufruhr. Nach Boykott-Aufrufen und Brandanschlägen hat die Regierung nun vor einer Eskalation gewarnt.