Sofea A

Prefer not to get by a day without ☕️. Tweets are my random views/rants/diary unless said otherwise.

[Sofea A @itssofeahere]

It can be really hard being the first. You’re expected to do well, act in certain ways, achieve certain things in life by a certain age, listen to problems. Sometimes you’re just expected to be okay with them by not saying anything.

[STS @ShakiraTeh]

"Poor people are not why there’s inequality. Rich people are why there’s inequality."

Shamus Khan, Sociologist, Princeton University

[Khazanah Research Institute @KRInstitute]

The findings referenced at the forum are drawn directly from KRI’s published research, Searching for the ‘Poor’ and ‘Middle Class’ in Malaysia (2024). The report was published in 2024 and is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) data available up to 2019. Importantly, the study examined household consumption patterns against income levels, rather than analysing income levels themselves. The full publication, including its methodology and supporting evidence, is available at https://t.co/p2em7AHoYu⁠.

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Dapatan yang dirujuk dalam forum tersebut adalah berdasarkan kajian KRI yang telah diterbitkan, Searching for the ‘Poor’ and ‘Middle Class’ in Malaysia (2024). Laporan tersebut diterbitkan pada tahun 2024 dan berdasarkan data Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia (DOSM) yang tersedia sehingga tahun 2019. Penting untuk dijelaskan bahawa kajian ini meneliti corak perbelanjaan isi rumah berdasarkan tahap pendapatan, dan bukannya menganalisis tahap pendapatan itu sahaja. Penerbitan penuh, termasuk metodologi dan bukti yang menyokong dapatan kajian, boleh didapati di https://t.co/p2em7AHoYu⁠.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Using social media in middle school predicts lower standardized test scores in high school.

10th graders who started social media before 9th grade are ~6 months behind their peers on math & reading. They're more distracted by their phones.

No child should have access to social media.

[Sofea A @itssofeahere]

This enforcement shouldn’t only be done in KL. Kat Selangor pun banyak 🤦🏻‍♀️

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

Rapid KL is working with the police and DBKL to identify hotspots where illegally parked vehicles frequently obstruct bus operations.

It said monitoring and enforcement would be stepped up, including issuing compounds and towing vehicles, subject to the relevant authorities' jurisdiction.

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[Sofea A @itssofeahere]

Whenever I fuelled my car lately while checking on the tank level, it got me thinking, “I can’t imagine how significant my spending will be on fuel if subsidies are taken out”. With the price hikes for other necessities too, it’s just appalling how high living costs have gone 🥲

[Prof James Davies 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

When you educate an entire generation to believe that "anything is possible with hard work", and then build an economic system that is rigged against most hard-working people ever achieving any notable wealth or 'success', how can widespread anxiety not be an inevitable result?

[Bitcoin Malaya @bitcoinmalaya]

Network School is leaving Malaysia.

After investing over RM100 million, it was ordered to shut down in Forest City, Johor, Malaysia.

Here is the full timeline and the real lessons behind it...

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[Apurva Sanghi @ApurvaSanghi]

We (World Bank) have an update of Msia's march toward high-income:

1. M'sia remains (upper) middle-income for 38 years now: fig 1

2. ASEAN peers (Vietnam & Philippines) have also reached upper-middle-income: fig 2

3. Only 5 M'sian states cross high- income threshold: fig 3

[neddo khan @neddokhan]

Terpaling function bila dah viral 😒

[Sofea A @itssofeahere]

One of the reasons why we need better pedestrian infrastructure to improve the connectivity and convenience for commuters. Kesian tau dekat pengguna yang berharap kat public transport sampai basah kuyup, berpeluh sebab takde shade 🥲😅

[Amani Salim 🇲🇾🚀 @kenisalim]

Large crowd at 1U today, not the usual crowd due to free lrt ride. But I like seeing the crowd- Malaysians all walks of life walking and shopping together, as it should. Barulah ke arah negara maju, semua boleh naik public transport. And keep using it so govt continue improving the service. Yup I am a fan of public transport even sometime to get to lrt mrt berpeluh jalan 🤣

[malaysiakini.com @malaysiakini]

VIDEO | On the road in rising heat: The daily reality of Malaysia's delivery riders https://t.co/MJwDX1kaq3

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

Job hopping among young Malaysians was mainly driven by poor job quality, rather than changing work ethics, according to PNB Research Institute.

Its study found that a majority of diploma and degree holders still earn below RM3,000, with a significant portion earning under RM2,000.

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[BFM89.9 @BFMradio]

📍🟡 “I think it’s going to hit us in June. We’re going to start seeing production stoppages, people losing overtime, shift reductions…”

The Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office Nurhisham Hussein joins The Breakfast Grille to answer:

• Why oil supply will not resume immediately after the war ends

• Why this shortage will impact every aspect of our lives beyond petrol prices

• Budget cuts to the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education

Full interview ⬇️

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

The WHO has reported six confirmed hantavirus cases tied to an outbreak on a Spain-bound cruise ship, which has resulted in three deaths so far.

Indonesia also reported two suspected cases in Jakarta and Yogyakarta.

Meanwhile, both Singapore residents who were earlier quarantined have tested negative.

[Elara Grace @ElaraGrace_AI]

🚨Just IN: If you've used ChatGPT for writing or brainstorming in the last 6 months, your creative ability may already be permanently damaged.

A controlled experiment just proved the effect doesn't reverse when you stop using it.

3,302 creative ideas. 61 people. 30 days of tracking.

Researchers split students into two groups. Half used ChatGPT for creative tasks. Half worked alone. For five days, the ChatGPT group outperformed on every metric. Higher scores. More ideas. Better output. AI was making them better.

Then day 7. ChatGPT removed. Every creativity gain vanished overnight. Crashed to baseline. Zero lasting improvement.

But that's not the bad part.

ChatGPT users' ideas became increasingly identical to each other over time. Same content. Same structure. Same phrasing. The researchers called it homogenization. Everyone using ChatGPT started producing the same ideas wearing different clothes.

When ChatGPT was removed, the creativity boost disappeared -- but the homogenization stayed. 30 days later, same result. Their creative range had been permanently compressed.

Five days of use. Permanent damage 30 days later.

A separate trial confirmed it. 120 students. 45-day surprise test. ChatGPT users scored 57.5%. Traditional learners scored 68.5%. AI reduces cognitive effort. Less effort means weaker encoding. Weaker encoding means less creative raw material.

You're not renting a productivity boost. You're financing it with your originality.

The interest rate is permanent.

[Min @leeminhui_]

To impose a Parental Care Act when there is limited support for older persons/caregivers (worse still if they have dementia/disability) is short-sighted & will hit low-income hardest esp women. I wrote about this in 2023 and hate to see this crop up again https://t.co/2tiXBUZWkO

[Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles]

On Hantavirus: a (non-technical) thread.

Disclaimer: I am a biology PhD, but not virology/epidemiology. Husbandman is a virology PhD. But I’m told I’m good at communicating science, so here’s my take.

#Hantavirus

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

Junior doctors in Malaysia’s public hospitals are working between 65 and 85 hours a week, far above the levels seen in developed countries, says Malaysian Medics International.

MMI said medical officers work continuous shifts of up to 33 hours, alongside an informal culture of unpaid overtime amounting to as much as 15 hours a week.

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[BFM News @NewsBFM]

Malaysians start earning more than they spend between ages 29-55, before their income surplus turns into a deficit at 56.

The 26-year window should be used wisely by managing spending and delaying consumption to build future savings, said Chief Statistician Uzir Mahidin.

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