Robin Vochelet

he/him | 🇸🇬 @LKYSch, 🇨🇦 @McGillU alum | Journalist covering SE Asia | 📝 Pandan Brief | words in @WashingtonPost @TRF @VICE @Diplomat_APAC @SEA_Globe etc.

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

Vigilante mobs are attacking transgender people in Indonesia as the government takes steps to codify anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes into law.

https://t.co/GDDF8fAhB9

[Jom @jom_media_]

Overseas Singaporeans discuss the diaspora’s role in deepening democracy, and why they’re determined to vote in the upcoming general election.

https://t.co/pPAOShmwMY

[Ravi Mangla @ravi_mangla]

This is the correct journalistic tone

[mrbrown @mrbrown]

Not the Singapore Sakura Forecast.

[bani haykal @fdbckfdfwd]

i think one of the most fucked up thing is that N*S called the cops on their students as opposed to i dont know maybe dealing with it internally?

like if you needed to conduct disciplinary action did it have to involve the fucking police?

[seroja sinar 🪷🔆 @SerojaSinar]

ALERT: Singapore police arrests students for protesting against National University of Singapore collaborating with Hebrew University

Hebrew Uni is an Israeli institution built on occupied land in East Jerusalem, and trains Israeli soldiers.

This is what they were arrested for

[Robin Vochelet @RobinVochelet]

This was published just yesterday btw

[The Straits Times @straits_times]

Public housing remains affordable and attainable, says HDB, citing international studies https://t.co/Ur4halMsAj

[Jom @jom_media_]

A look at the grassroots organisers working to platform marginalised issues and democratise Singapore’s political space.

Written by @RobinVochelet

https://t.co/LYlaEbZOZ1

[Hasan 👁‍🗨 @flackospalace]

THEY ARE BOMBING BEIRUT THE CAPITAL OF LEBANON. AN AREA WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIVE IS BEING CARPET BOMBED!! THIS IS TERRORISM!

[Viscount Bukit Panjang @ViscountBP]

I think at this stage, the train itself also need to apologise.

[Trend Asia @TrendAsia_Org]

Millions of Indonesians are currently sharing this blue picture saying “Emergency Warning.” What is happening in Indonesia?

🧵A THREAD🧵
In less than 72 hours ...

[Erin Cook @dmkmtoday]

My intention was to do an explainer for non-chronically Indonesia pol-obsessed people, but I'm not sure I've hit that tone exactly. This is huge and like all Schrodinger's Constitutional Crises, a difficult one to parse for casual observers: https://t.co/rdkO881RYI

[Noor N. Nusaybah @nnnusaybah]

It's quite obvious that Malaysia is adamant to treat the question of Palestine as a single, isolated issue to escape accountability for the grotesque human rights violations towards migrant workers and displaced persons here. No amount of Islamic washing will change this.

[poreng gisang @anygalien]

i can’t put it into words to explain it yet but i find pm wong to be very disingenuous. why even say this as prime minister

[alif sutrisno @iammushu]

[chuckles] We know what that's code for:

"We will take everything unique and interesting about this historical landmark that Singaporeans loved, ignore it completely, and turn it into something modern and bland that renting expats will love"

[Luke 💙💜 @AngMohSnowball]

Gentrification don't give a fuck about your history, your safe haven, your creativity, your livelihood, your loves, your aura, your safety, your dreams, your hard work, or YOUR PLACE.

It's just 'improving' a space for people they know they can get a profit from.

[Viscount Bukit Panjang @ViscountBP]

Imagine being at the forefront of modern architecture when you are first built.

Only to end up being part of a generic-ass condo.

Let's not even talk about the sheer class dystopia of the place turning into luxury apartments.

[Erin Cook @dmkmtoday]

Knock up some of the Tiong Bahru 1920s style in Weston Creek and I'll never complain about anything again