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On chickens and their eggs; a government dating app; WorldSkills; AI-generated images; the inaugural Singapore Indie Bookshop Day; and more.
Underlying the relationship between you and your home reno contractor are some behavioural concepts with applications across life
The guitar hero’s lightning riff, the WP’s mixed performance, the PSP’s uncertain future, SDP surprises, smaller parties slide while independents rise, gerrymandering, no shows, and hope versus fear.
Our panellists—Anngee Neo, illustrator; Elvin Ong, assistant professor, NUS; Sudhir Vadaketh, editor-in-chief, Jom; and Walid Abdullah, associate professor, NTU—analysed the results streaming in on May 3rd, election night.
Surayah Akbar’s sizzling snark, Lee Hsien Yang spills the tea, the international press eyes the little red dot, Tan Suee Chieh’s massive missives, and our GE meme cottage industry.
Merchandising and memorabilia on the campaign trail and a tribute exhibition to the late Solamalay Namasivayam, a pioneer of the art of figure drawing in Singapore.
Every five years, we get the collective chance to show what we feel about life on this island, and decide what gets done about it. Jom talks through some possibilities in this video.
If a political system survives long enough, its distortions and unfairness become normalised, writes Paul Tambyah, chairman of the Singapore Democratic Party.
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