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Singapore · SingaporeI'm writing this newsletter at 2am on Saturday morning because I've just spent my entire Friday proofreading Mekong Review's August–October 2025 issue. It's a tedious, time-consuming job that, if done well, leaves no trace of itself for readers to pick up on. People only ever find the typos that proofreaders have missed; no one will ever know about the errors we caught! #ProofreaderAppreciationDayIf you're wondering about the levels of fact-chec…Read Article
12 July 2025: SPH and state propaganda
Palestine · PalestineI'm back from a quick—and rather packed—trip to Bangkok, and now it's going to be a full-on weekend of work work work to get all the articles ready for Mekong Review's August 2025 issue to go to layout. #helpSubscribe to We, The CitizensSend a tip in SGD(1)Wanna see how your taxpayer money gets wasted? Here's Exhibit A: this week saw the opening of the trial of Kokila Annamalai, Camira Asrori and Sobikun Nahar, who were charged under the Public …Read Article
5 July 2025: Who gets to give foreign interviews?
Singapore · SingaporeIt's Mekong Review editing season so I've been pretty productive this week. So productive to the point that I can feel myself losing steam a little bit today. A year or two ago I would have kicked into internal self-blame mode and tried to shame myself into working more, but now I'm doing much better at letting myself work at the pace that fits for the moment. If you're feeling tired and burnt out, I hope you'll consider doing this for yourself …Read Article
27 June 2025: More stuff for the police!
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