jlee.

Malaysian. Learning.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

This has a clinical name. Revenge bedtime procrastination. And the ADHD version runs on a completely different mechanism than the neurotypical one.

A neurotypical person stays up late because they want more leisure time. The ADHD brain stays up because it spent every drop of dopamine it had on executive function during the day. Sitting in meetings, managing transitions, filtering impulses, remembering the thing you were supposed to remember. That burns through dopamine the way sprinting burns through glycogen. By 10pm the tank is empty.

But here's where it gets counterintuitive. The exhaustion is physical. The dopamine deficit is neurological. Those are two separate systems. Your muscles want sleep. Your prefrontal cortex is starving for the stimulation it was denied all day because it spent 14 hours on task-switching and impulse control instead of anything that actually felt rewarding.

The phone at midnight is the brain trying to collect what it's owed. Low-effort, high-stimulation content. Scrolling, short videos, rabbit holes. The exact profile of activity that delivers dopamine without requiring the executive function you already depleted.

The sleep researchers call this a "self-regulation failure." It's closer to a debt collection. You borrowed against your own reward system to function all day. The bill comes due at midnight. And the brain will not let you sleep until it gets paid.

[Mark Gadala-Maria @markgadala]

Wow.

Someone used hams to slowly get ChatGPT to break it's content filters.

AI red teaming at it's finest.

[Wilson is Running 🇲🇾 @wilsonyimby]

Today I Learned: Where YB donations actually come from

I saw a viral Adam Adli salary information being shared.

The numbers are eye-catching: roughly RM 36,000 a month, made up of his base MP allowance, a ministerial salary, plus entertainment, handphone, computer, and dress allowances.

Total earned to date, over a million ringgit since he was sworn into cabinet.

Fair enough. But it got me thinking about something else.

Every residents association I know has asked their YB for donations. Every surau committee, every PIBG, every Hari Raya open house, every flood relief drive. And the YBs usually say yes. RM 500 here, RM 3,000 there.

So where does that money actually come from?

Here comes "Peruntukan MP".

It's a separate pool of government money administered by the Prime Minister's Department, specifically meant for constituency work: donations, community events, small infrastructure, flood aid, festive contributions.

The numbers are public record, if you dig.

Under Najib, it ranged from RM 5 to 10 million per BN MP. Under Pakatan Harapan in 2019-2020, it settled at around RM 3.5 million.

Ismail Sabri equalised it at RM 3.8 million for all MPs including opposition via an MOU in 2021.

Anwar cut it to RM 1.3 million in early 2023 as an austerity measure, then reports say it climbed back up to around RM 4.1 million for government MPs in 2024, including an extra RM 2 million for Projek Mesra Rakyat.

Here's the part that's worth paying attention to:

Opposition MPs have historically received little to nothing from this allocation.

In July 2024, Muar MP Syed Saddiq ran 200km from Muar to Parliament to protest exactly this. Six Bersatu MPs later defected to support the Anwar government, (allegedly) in exchange for allocations.

Anwar has said he agrees "in principle" to equal allocations but wants opposition MPs to "negotiate" first.

There is no centralised public record showing how each MP spent their allocation.

You can find attendance data buried in Hansard archives if you work at it, but try finding an itemised breakdown of where their constituency fund went last year. IDEAS, Bersih, and Aliran have been calling for a Constituency Development Fund Act for years. None has been passed.

The more interesting question isn't "how much does Adam Adli earn." It's "how much constituency allocation does Hang Tuah Jaya receive, and where did it go?" That applies to every MP, government or opposition.

So the next time you see a viral post outraged about an MP's salary, remember: that's actually the smaller pool. The bigger pool is the one nobody is posting infographics about.

TIL the real money in Malaysian constituency politics isn't the salary. It's the allocation. And almost none of it is publicly accounted for.

[Zach Rynes | CLG @ChainLinkGod]

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[BFM News @NewsBFM]

Anwar Ibrahim has urged officials to delay releasing a report on the shareholdings of MACC chief Azam Baki until related investigations are completed.

The prime minister is concerned that making the report public prematurely could affect public perception of his government ahead of a possible general election, reports Bloomberg.

https://t.co/e54TMT7v4z

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[Bloomberg @business]

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar has urged officials to avoid a quick release of a report on his anti-graft chief’s shareholdings https://t.co/gWjpYpuTJB

[jlee. @jayellewhyqueue]

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[Rafizi Ramli @rafiziramli]

𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜, 𝗕𝗨𝗞𝗔𝗡 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗗

Cerita-cerita yang keluar dari SPRM kebelakangan ini seperti episod-episod K-Pop.

Sejak Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM, Tan Sri Azam Baki dituduh terpalit dengan pelanggaran peraturan kepemilikan saham dan pendedahan hubungan mesra SPRM dengan mafia korporat oleh Bloomberg, saban beberapa hari kita akan didedahkan dengan episod terbaru yang banyak plot twist.

Cuma daya khayalan kita tak pernah sampai ke plot twist episod terkini, iaitu kemunculan watak James Chai ala James Bond yang keluar dari Azam Baki.

Penulis skrip di belakang tabir patut diberikan duit raya yang lebih tahun ini. Skrip ini mungkin boleh kita pitch kepada Netflix, satu hari nanti jadi siri hebat yang ditonton di seluruh dunia.

Ikut naratif yang sedang dibangunkan pencatur-pencatur, James Chai ini adalah seorang anak Cina yang licik sehingga berjaya memperdaya keseluruhan kerajaan di dalam satu skandal penyelewengan berjumlah RM1.1 bilion.

Bukan sahaja Amir Hamzah, seorang bekas CEO terpedaya, tokoh perbankan Malaysia yang banyak connection, Tengku Zafrul pun terpedaya.

Kalau saya seorang sahaja yang terpedaya, kita boleh terima lagi. Menteri-menteri yang hebat-hebat seperti Gobind Singh Deo, Zambry Abdul Kadir dan Fahmi Fadzil pun turut terpedaya.

Hebatnya James Chai ini, bukan sahaja menteri-menteri terpedaya, Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim, tokoh tersohor dunia juga terpedaya dengannya.

Sebab itu dia kini diburu SPRM sebagai person-of-interest utama dalam skandal terbesar selepas 1MDB, iaitu penyelewengan sebanyak RM1.1 bilion.

Sejak beberapa minggu lepas, rakyat terpaku dengan cerita skandal ini. Helaian ceritanya diselak satu persatu selang beberapa hari.

Kementerian itu diserbu, Ketua Setiausaha itu disoal siasat. Dokumen itu diambil.

Setiap kali SPRM bergerak, tindak tanduknya menjadi berita besar di paparan skrin media-media perdana.

Tetapi liciknya James Chai ini mengalahkan Jho Low, sehebat James Bond spy ternama itu.

Mana tidaknya, walaupun skandal ini dikatakan melibatkan RM1.1 bilion, sehingga sekarang SPRM tidak dapat menjejaki satu sen pun yang kononnya diselewengkan.

Tidak seperti Jho Low yang harta dan wang seleweng dikesan di parti-parti mewah, akaun sulit, kondominium mewah di London dan New York, kapal layar mewah; setakat ini satu-satunya harta James Chai yang berjaya dikesan ialah sebuah Proton Persona model 2020.

Macam mana dia boleh sembunyikan RM1.1 billion ini sampai tak dapat dikesan?

James Chai juga berbisa dan tidak takut berdepan dengan SPRM, tidak seperti Jho Low.

SPRM sehingga sekarang tidak dapat mengesan Jho Low. Bukan sahaja Jho Low, menantu Tan Sri Muhyiddin pun tak dapat dikesan.

Jadi kita tidak terkejut SPRM tidak dapat mengesan anak Cina selicik James Chai ini. Setelah buntu, SPRM menyiarkan notis dikehendaki untuk mendapat maklumat di mana James Chai ala James Bond ini.

Tapi hebatnya James Chai, tidak seperti Jho Low - dia bantu SPRM untuk cari dia dengan memberikan semua maklumat untuk menghubunginya. Di LinkedIn pun boleh, X pun boleh, di Substack pun boleh (malangnya tak ramai pegawai penyiasat yang biasa membaca di Substack!).

Siapa James Chai ini?

Macam mana anak Cina kurus keding ini berjaya memperdaya dari menteri-menteri hingga ke Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang tersohor itu?

Bagaimana Azam Baki yang berjaya menjejaki dan mengesahkan derma diraja Saudi semasa 1MDB dahulu, tiba-tiba hilang punca dan tak jumpa cari James Chai?

Manusia jenis apa memperdaya seluruh kerajaan dalam skandal penyelewengan RM1.1 billion tetapi hidup papa kedana? Tidak bernafsukah anak Cina ini?

Saya akui jalan ceritanya cukup memukau. Penulis skrip dan pengarahnya mesti berbangga dengan hasil fiksyen ini.

Kali terakhir rakyat Malaysia dihidangkan dengan fiksyen ala James Bond ini ialah semasa 1MDB dahulu. Azam Baki juga terlibat di dalam skripnya masa itu, sebab itulah agaknya jalan ceritanya kali ini sama berpusing-pusing seperti drama derma Saudi dahulu.

Sebelum fiksyen drama derma Saudi 1MDB yang dibintangi Azam Baki, rakyat yang lebih tua pernah digamit satu lagi fiksyen bersimpang siur.

Cuma genre yang lain dan bintang yang lain. Genre ketika itu memaparkan kelucahan melampau dan protagonis pada ketika itu bukan anak Cina kurus keding, tetapi seorang bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri bernama Anwar Ibrahim.

Fiksyen 1998 itu memaparkan tilam-tilam yang diusung untuk menunjukkan bekas air mani, selain dari pelakon-pelakon tambahan yang langsung tidak kena dengan watak dalam cerita itu. Seorang yang dikatakan tampan, langsung tidak tampan. Seorang yang dikatakan menawan, hanya orang sawan yang kata begitu.

Maka akhirnya, Malaysia melengkapkan satu kitaran.

Kalau fiksyen 1998 menggunakan tilam, fiksyen 2026 memaksa kita menggunakan imaginasi. Bayangkan wang-wang yang dicuri tetapi tidak dapat dibuktikan kecuriannya. Bayangkan pak-pak menteri diperdaya seorang anak Cina kurus keding.

Skripnya berbeza, matlamatnya sama.

Sekiranya kamu berani mengkritik yang berkuasa, aku akan ajar kamu.

Tapi plot twist yang paling besar ialah: Siapa James Chai ini?

James dibesarkan di dalam keluarga biasa, pergi ke sekolah menengah kebangsaan, mendapat 12A1 dalam SPM. Fasih berbahasa Melayu, fasih menulis di dalam bahasa Melayu, duduk di taman perumahan majoriti Melayu.

Namun dia anak Cina, jadi dia tidak mendapat biasiswa. Keluarganya membayar sendiri yuran pengajian undang-undang yang mahal di UK. James membalasnya dengan mendapat tempat pertama keseluruhan di universitinya dalam jurusan undang-undang.

Hasil kecemerlangan itu, James melanjutkan pelajaran di peringkat sarjana ke Universiti Oxford. Bila balik ke Malaysia dan menduduki peperiksaan CLP (Certificate in Legal Practice), sekali lagi James menduduki tempat pertama di seluruh negara.

Satu hari dalam tahun 2013, James mengetuk pintu saya. Ketika itu saya baru beberapa bulan menjadi Ahli Parlimen.

James mahu menjadi intern saya. Dia tidak pilih ahli parlimen DAP, dia tidak pilih ahli parlimen Cina PKR, dia tidak pilih menteri MCA.

Dia pilih ahli parlimen Melayu dari PKR.

Sebabnya kerana saya dan James berkongsi satu pandangan yang sama. Bahawa manusia ini dilahirkan baik dan kita wajar saling belajar.

Bagi seorang yang berumur 20 tahun pada tahun 2013, selepas keputusan PRU 2013, anak Cina kurus keding ini merasa terpanggil untuk menyumbang membina Malaysia yang saling berkasih sayang, bukan saling bermusuhan.

Bila James ke UK dalam tahun 2015, saya galakkan beliau untuk terus mengambil tahu keadaan di Malaysia. Saya selalu sebut kepada anak-anak muda seperti James bahawa “a life without a higher purpose is a life not worth living”.

James pun termakan kata-kata saya. Dia dan kawan-kawannya menubuhkan Malaysian Progressive UK (MPUK), seperti juga beberapa orang bekas intern saya menubuhkan Malaysian Progressive Australia (MPOZ).

Kumpulan anak muda seperti James inilah yang berdemonstrasi membantah pemenjaraan Anwar Ibrahim kali kedua di London dan Sydney. Mereka juga yang menyertai BERSIH di kota-kota besar di seluruh dunia.

Bila James balik ke Malaysia dalam tahun 2018, dia mahu memberikan 3 tahun usia muda menyumbang kepada reformasi dan membina Malaysia yang baru.

James tidak bekerja di firma besar atau syarikat antarabangsa, James memilih untuk bekerja di INVOKE bersama-sama anak muda lain, sehinggalah tahun 2021.

Saya rasa serba salah untuk mengacau hidup dan kerjayanya apabila saya diberi amanah menjadi Menteri Ekonomi di hujung tahun 2022.

Tetapi berkhidmat untuk negara itu adalah dalam darah daging anak Cina kurus keding bernama James Chai ini. Maka sekali lagi dia mengorbankan kerjayanya untuk berkhidmat di pejabat saya.

Saya tidak rasa James mahu disanjung. Dia datang berkhidmat atas kerelaan sendiri, dia meletak jawatan bersama-sama saya atas kerelaan sendiri.

Tetapi adalah sangat memualkan menjadikan seorang anak Cina yang lebih patriotik berbanding sebahagian besar dari kita, sebagai bola yang boleh disepak-sepak.

Sasarannya bukan James. James hanyalah seorang anak Cina kurus keding yang boleh ditendang-tendang.

Sasarannya ialah saya.

Dan itulah bahagian yang saya paling terkilan.

Dalam senario lain, seorang anak Cina yang jiwa kebangsaannya sangat kuat, sangat cemerlang dalam semua yang dia ceburi, fasih berbahasa Melayu, pelajar terbaik di sekolah kebangsaan, lebih ramai kawan Melayu dari bukan Melayu - James sudah menjadi watak yang dikagumi pimpinan Melayu dalam PKR, UMNO, PAS dan BERSATU.

Malangnya dalam senario sekarang, James dijaja dan diperagakan sebagai watak jahat demi mencipta satu fiksyen politik dekad ini.

Syabas Malaysia!

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[Loretta @lorettabagg]

It's cukai bersasaran but hey we r going to tax every food you eat

Vegetables, fruits, yogurt, potatoes, oats, flour, the list is so long. All these are luxury food is it to PH?

So the poor and middle class not supposed to eat anything healthy is it?