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FatMiewChef retweeted
WTF is this? 100% would play
Looks realistic too. I've definitely been shoved out of the way by some old granny dressed like this before.
FatMiewChef retweeted
Nutella is 13% hazelnuts. The first two ingredients are sugar and palm oil and together they're more than half the jar. Ferrero doesn't hide it, the percentage is printed on the label in Europe.
Ferrero buys around a quarter of the world's hazelnut crop every year, mostly from Turkey, which grows about 70% of the supply. In 2014 they bought Turkey's biggest hazelnut company so nobody could get ahead of them.
In 2017 they changed the recipe to more sugar and more milk powder without announcing it, and a German consumer group noticed the cocoa went down too because the color got lighter.
FatMiewChef retweeted
What you need, is to PAY people to have kids, and raise them
Not a small sum, but the equivalent of a full time wage, say SGD7k a month + costs
Of course, if it's a "job", you can't just have anybody do it
Let's have requirement & pass an exam.
FatMiewChef retweeted
A great analysis of why Singapore has a low birthrate, which feels like it applies to every other recently developed country.
The cost of our parents developing the cities we live in, is asset inflation.
And it's now unaffordable for most to raise kids and live a decent life
FatMiewChef retweeted
I have a solution that will fix all of Singapore's problems 🧵
1. NS training include more than just military skills, but also training that's useful for modern life. You do an aptitude test, the government chooses what you train in, and you get cash bonus for certs/scores
FatMiewChef retweeted
I have kids. I work in AI every day. And honestly? I have no idea what their careers will look like in 15 years. But I know what will carry them through.
First, and this might sound unromantic: make money and save it for them. We can debate educational philosophy all day, but the world is changing so fast that financial security might be the most practical gift we can give. Buy some gold bars. Seriously.
Second, nurture their imagination. AI rewards people with initiative and wild ideas. The kid who daydreams, who asks weird questions, who wants to try ten things at once? That kid will thrive. AI can execute. AI can be disciplined. What AI can't do is dream up something nobody's thought of before.
Third, build resilience. There are no more iron rice bowls (guaranteed lifetime jobs). Any stable, predictable job is exactly the kind of job AI will learn to replace. Our kids will likely switch directions many times in their lives. Learn something new, get replaced, pivot, repeat. It's more like being a hunter than a farmer. Schools don't teach this. Schools teach you to follow a linear path: high school, college, grad school, stable job. That linear path is becoming the most dangerous one.
Last, invest in their ability to connect with other humans. Not networking. Not schmoozing. Real emotional connection. Building trust, offering support, making people feel seen. As AI handles more of the rational, analytical work, the human ability to genuinely relate to other humans becomes more rare and more valuable.
I don't have all the answers. But I know that imagination, resilience, and genuine human warmth aren't going out of style anytime soon.
#AI #Parenting #Education #FutureOfWork
FatMiewChef retweeted
Who's the rogue State now?
Would other countries be justified in doing a "defensive, pre-emptive strike" because they are worried that a "rogue State" might threaten the world with Nukes?
FatMiewChef retweeted
>be Lee Kuan Yew
>born 1923 in Singapore
>British colony
>fourth-generation Chinese
>family is wealthy, English-speaking
>top of every class
1942:
>Japanese invasion
>Singapore falls in 7 days
>the British surrender
>"impregnable fortress" — a joke
>you're 18
>watch your colonial masters kneel
>learn something
>white men are not gods
>power is earned, not inherited
occupation:
>survive under Japanese rule
>learn Japanese, work as a translator
>see brutality, corruption, chaos
>nearly get executed in a random roundup
>luck saves you
>or destiny
>you don't forget what powerlessness feels like
1946:
>war ends
>go to Cambridge
>study law
>graduate with double starred first
>top of your class
>marry Kwa Geok Choo
>she graduates top of hers too
>power couple before the term exists
1950:
>return to Singapore
>become a lawyer
>defend unions, fight the British
>anti-colonial firebrand
>the communists want you
>you use them
>they think they're using you
>they're wrong
1954:
>found the People's Action Party
>coalition of English-educated moderates and Chinese communists
>you need their grassroots
>they need your respectability
>temporary alliance
>you both know it
1959:
>PAP wins elections
>you become Prime Minister
>age 35
>Singapore is still British
>poor, dirty, overcrowded
>no resources, no industry
>malaria in the swamps
>you: "we'll fix this"
1963:
>join Malaysia
>Singapore becomes part of the federation
>finally independent from Britain
>but the marriage is bad from day one
>race riots, political clashes
>Malay leaders don't want a Chinese-majority city
>threatening their power
August 9, 1965:
>kicked out of Malaysia
>not independence, expulsion
>you announce it on television
>you cry
>the only time anyone sees you cry
>"for me, it is a moment of anguish"
>you're now leader of a country nobody wanted
>no army, no water, no hinterland
>just a swamp and 2 million people
>survival is not guaranteed
the problem:
>no natural resources
>not even fresh water
>surrounded by hostile neighbors
>communists infiltrating
>racial tensions everywhere
>how do you build a nation from nothing?
the solution:
>human capital
>if you have nothing, invest in people
>education, discipline, meritocracy
>English as the common language
>no corruption, zero tolerance
>pay officials well so they don't steal
>punish harshly when they do
>caning, hanging, no exceptions
>rule of law or rule of the jungle
>you choose law
the economics:
>invite multinationals
>make Singapore the easiest place to do business
>low taxes, stable government, no bullshit
>build infrastructure relentlessly
>airport, port, housing
>public housing for everyone
>home ownership creates stability
>people don't riot when they own property
the authoritarianism:
>no free press
>defamation suits against critics
>opponents bankrupted, jailed, exiled
>chewing gum banned
>long hair on men, suspicious
>you run a tight ship
>too tight, critics say
>but the ship doesn't sink
1970s-80s:
>Singapore transforms
>from third world to first
>GDP per capita explodes
>skyline rises
>slums become towers
>swamp becomes financial hub
>everyone wants to know the secret
>the secret is you
1990:
>step down as Prime Minister
>after 31 years
>but you don't leave
>become Senior Minister
>then Minister Mentor
>shadow over everything
>until you die
the results:
>GDP per capita: higher than the US, UK, Japan
>one of the least corrupt countries on earth
>best airport, best airline, best port
>from fishing village to global city
>in one generation
>your generation
the criticism:
>authoritarian
>no real democracy
>freedom of speech, limited
>you respond: "I'm not interested in being loved. I'm interested in being effective."
>Singapore proves you right
>or proves nothing matters except results
March 23, 2015:
>die at 91
>a million people line the streets
>in the rain
>to watch your funeral procession
>the father of a nation
from Japanese occupation
>to British colonialism
>to Malaysian expulsion
>to building a nation from scratch
Lee Kuan Yew.
the man who turned a swamp into a superpower.
Singapore exists because you refused to let it fail.
FatMiewChef retweeted
Unlikely hypothetical:
The myth of US power projection is over. US military bases are seen as a liability, not "protection".
Without the guarantee of US military protection, Gulf States stop exclusively using USD for oil.
Petrodollar collapses.
USD collapses. US inflation ↑
FatMiewChef retweeted
In 2027, Japan will be in the same situation as Iran -
"1 week away from getting nukes" and China can do what USA / Israel is doing now, and do a DEFENSIVE, pre-emptive strike right?
scmp.com/news/china/science/…
FatMiewChef retweeted
I’m honestly really proud of the Department of State for posting this. Honesty is finally being spoken!
- Israel controls the United States
- US Politicians follow Israel’s lead
- US Citizens do not matter
I’m not mad about this (it’s something anyone with a brain already knew). I’m just really happy our government officials aren’t trying to hide it anymore.
The first honest thing spoken from the Trump administration 👏
FatMiewChef retweeted
Is there a boycott app, that tells you what brands to boycott depending on what your stance is?
FatMiewChef retweeted
In my 30s and 40s...
• I made reckless choices.
• Anxiety trapped me for years.
Then I found Martin Heidegger.
He taught me how to stop living FALSELY.
Here’s his 4-step protocol for mental freedom: 🧵
FatMiewChef retweeted
I don’t think Americans even grasp how sick and evil our society is. CEOs stepping down means nothing. The Epstein files reveal children as young as 7 years old were raped and the government still has not arrested the pedophiles because they are rich. The entire system must go.
FatMiewChef retweeted
Come on @NianticLabs you have a chance to do the funniest thing ever.
FatMiewChef retweeted
In China, tea is one of life’s “seven necessities,” but its meaning flows deeper than thirst.
In the Tang Dynasty, Chan Master Zhaozhou answered every monk’s question with the same words: “Go drink tea” (吃茶去). This became a Zen koan: not a riddle, but a nudge toward presence. No teachings, no debate, just the steam rising, the cup in hand, the now. Enlightenment, it whispers, might taste like tea beneath a quiet tree.
🎨《品茗圖》明(1651) 張宏
