Poskod Malaysia

Right into the news:

• Why Malaysians should pay attention to climate change: “the changing environment in Southeast Asia is responsible for up to a quarter of all deaths in the region.” The Meteorological Dept warns that we’ll be facing dangerous health risks due to extreme weather conditions. (The Star)
• Penang’s PR state government makes a laudable move away from partisanship: CM Lim Guan Eng says Muhyiddin Yassin’s statements weren’t racial in nature. “Even the deputy PM’s statement can be twisted … this is really dangerous”. (Malaysiakini)
• Residents: public transport in Kota Damansara (a township where one of three Integrated Transportation Terminals (ITTs) is planned) SUCKS! (Free Malaysia Today)
• Nurul Izzah asks why a new air-conditioned pedestrian bridge in KLCC costs RM70,422 per metre (!!!). (The Malaysian Insider)
• Rosmah tries to take credit for Malaysia’s retrieval of students studying in Egypt. (Free Malaysia Today)
• Is Hosni Mubarak the world’s richest man? His family fortune is worth USD70 billion. That’s more than what Bill Gates is worth! A big reason why we shouldn’t allow autocrats to rule anywhere. (New York Post)
• Will the end come in 2036? There’s a 1-in-250,000 chance that the asteroid Apophis (the size of two football fields) will hit Earth. (Christian Science Monitor)
• A security firm was hired by the FBI to unmask Anonymous, because of the group’s WikiLeaks-related activities. Anonymous hit back, hacking the security firm’s internal network. Don’t piss off Anonymous, coz they’re legion. (Wired)
• Meeting your literary hero might be a surreal experience. A writer’s account of hanging out with an unhinged JD Salinger. (Paris Review)
• Potentially blasphemous: “Evolution Made Us All”, a reinterpretation of a well-known Christian hymn. (Vimeo)

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