While we celebrate Michelle Yeoh's historic Oscar win, BTL looks at Malaysia's moral policing, censorship and ever-narrowing 'cultural sensitivities' goalposts, as seen via the release of local horror flick Pulau's trailer and the Mentega Terbang brouhaha. betweenthelines.my/the-horror-sto…

Clearly some faaaasssion bozo’s attempt to be edgy but it’s just super cringe

Melbourne Fashion Festival apologises for ‘Allah’ garments on runway theage.com.au/lifestyle/fash…

If you’ll be at the #womensmarch my today be sure to stay safe above all else. Let yourself be heard today starting at SOGO KL at 10am! Women's March MY #womensmarch #feminism #genderequality #genderequality #womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensday

Half of British television always starts like this.

1/ Kenyataan dan petisyen kami sebagai kumpulan masyarakat sivil, kumpulan seni dan individu yang terlibat dalam bidang seni tentang ugutan keganasan yang sedang dilontarkan kepada pembikin filem Mentega Terbang baru-baru ini.

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Muslims outside of Turkey may be perceiving its politics as still 'Islamists versus secularists.'

But that is long passé. It is rather a Putinesque cult of Erdogan versus a broad coalition that includes parties with Islamic credentials as well.

And I wish them success.

Stoked to debut on the excellent
Atlas Obscura
Welcome to the world of Koh Ah Keat, a Taoist funeral effigy maker by day, headbanger by night, talking about appeasing the dead in the afterlife as modernity changes ancient Chinese death rituals...

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Demolish monorail bridge, re-use tunnels for BRT/MRT extension.

I believe the monorail track is built to Scomi specs, and I don't trust Scomi trains to do well.

Either way on what mode we choose we can all agree leaving the tunnels like that is a waste of money

We must protect The Onion at all costs.

'Following a series of transphobic comments by the Harry Potter author the nation’s top evangelical leaders announced J.K. Rowling had finally become bigoted enough to make it ok for kids to read about witchcraft.'

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Advocating for Malaysians to take better care of their respiratory health is great but there was zero need to single out hijab wearing women. People across all walks of life vape and bringing up a woman's appearance while discussing it reeks of misogyny

Tau tak, cosplayers ada rules on prop weapons whether involving materials used (some limit to only EVA and resin) or to point heavier 'metal- bladed weapons must remain sheathed etc (in some cases zip tie to disarm it), firearms must be clearly marked with orange tip.

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Anonymity of journalistic sources must be protected. Any issue with journalistic ethics must be dealt with by journalists by way of self regulation and if need be, through defamation laws. Must remember, quoting ‘sources’ per se is not unethical.

This was such a low-hanging fruit that you really wonder why it took this long to implement. What a boon for the press covering Parliament

Severance was probably the best TV show I watched last year, right there with Andor. And don't ever forget Ted Lasso, & don't sleep on For All Mankind

'ini adalah nama lain bagi gula'
-proceeds to list down 6 things with the word Gula in them 😂

Malaysia is in the top 10 countries that emit plastic into the ocean.

However, let’s also address the fact that rich countries in the West send their waste (sometimes illegally) to developing nations with underwhelming waste management instead of dealing with their own trash.