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Existential questions for Singapore; politics update; physiotherapists stretched in public health institutions; big tech’s attempts to lend cultural legitimacy to creepy smart glasses; and Singaporean music bands.
How do concepts of value differ between owners and re-sellers of scarce goods like the new Royal Pop?
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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.
NTUC-Allianz burns Gan, Andre Low’s forgotten fucks, Lord Shanmugam, and a new climate justice scorecard.
The PAP’s fear machine, chicken games, Bahasa Baku, different sandwiches, and the WP’s two bears.
Our expensive mayors, the NTUC-Allianz deal, look-left-look-right Samuel Lee, the SDP’s reckoning with its own racism, and a Parliament Tracker report by CAPE.
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