Dear reader, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “The AI will see you now”, by Nicole Chan News that caught our eye this week: “job hugging”, as fewer Singaporeans changed jobs in 2025; a great atmospheric science explainer in The Straits Times about Cyclone Senyar, which has...
What happens when we turn to machines that approximate humanity, for our very human troubles?
Anjani Sinha; Raeesah-gate finally closes; new treatment modalities for mild depression; South-east Asia’s winds of fate; the young and the homeless; and more.
A distorted Confucianism in service of the state may not allow open mutiny but rebellion can still flower within, as Tan Siyou’s award-winning film “Amoeba” movingly shows through its schoolgirl protagonists.
Lawrence Wong incurs Chinese ire; our designer future; more executed under MDP for drugs; rhino woes; avians and architecture; and more.
Dear reader, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week” by Jom * “Winged woes: a historical look at birds in Singapore”, by Xiaoyun Neo with illustrations by Jay Wong This week, Singaporeans celebrated a historic, come-from-behind 2-1 victory by our national football team over Hong Kong’s, to qualify for the...
The recent sighting in Sungei Buloh of the Rhinoceros hornbill, thought to be locally extinct, brought joy. It was a sobering reminder too, of what we’ve lost in our headlong, heedless rush toward modernity.
Philanthropy on social media; malnutrition among the elderly; the downstream effects of childhood privilege; the sleazy Ken Lim and Achraf Arjaouy; the first Malay woman to undergo gender-affirming surgery, in 1974; Singapore’s only stunt school closing; and more.
Dear reader, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week” by Jom * “The bougainvilleas outside”, my (hopefully) last piece on 38 Oxley Road Letters. I’m glad that many of you are as thrilled as all of us at Jom about our first-ever regular column, Everyday Economics by Serene Koh. Rui...
What does the 38 Oxley Road saga reveal about us as a people?
The PAP’s big bash; KKH and Salmon’s Maternity Home; the pros and cons of Buy Now, Pay Later; the road to sustainable cooling in a world that is heating up; RF Kuang at the Singapore Writers Festival, and more.
Dear reader, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week” by Jom * “Everyday Economics: What my mother taught me about mental accounting” by Serene Koh Zohran Mamdani! Gosh, I think I’m getting tired of seeing him on my feed, attractive and charming as he is. Still, it’s arguably one...
Our natural tendency to allocate money (or any resource) into little mental “jars” has profound implications for how we spend and save.
The Noor Deros saga singes Workers’ Party; Twelve Cupcakes crumbles; our lost youngsters; 30 by 30 sleeps with the fishes; play with clay keeping old age at bay; and more.
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