currypuff girl

navigating midlife.
transit yimby

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

https://t.co/ocaJQHy7Fd

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

@amirulruslan @elisahanimm ooh. yea - and kentonmen is one of few side platform stations on the kvmrt2 line

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

@hewyk yep! tbf the first 10k steps was lake gardens in the morning, the rest was from recceing bb area, trx - starhill - pavillion - ruma - banyan tree - pavillion - trx (pt)

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

i was reminded how walkable kl actually is recently ...

[Slainthayer @slainthayer]

Since DRT is all over the news, let's talk DRT

A long thread 🧵

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

im really against this. it is so cruel. first destroy their habitat and then split up their families. :(

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

1. Malaysia plans to introduce "orangutan diplomacy" to palm oil trading nations.

"We'll offer orangutans as gifts to trading partners and foster foreign relations, especially with major importing nations like EU, India, and China," said Plantation Minister Johari Abdul Ghani.

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

reminder to self: dont EVER park below utility cables

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

reflecting on the law of nature: some things have to die in order for some things to live. change or evolution and death are part of this cycle. we may not like it but we should not fear it. the sooner we embrace it growth can happen. beauty and blosomming.

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

calisthenics and farmers walk paying off - no prob to carry heavy groceries through long distances #FunctionalExercise

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

old age feels like a minefield. excuse me while i escape into a kdrama world for a bit😅

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

just got added to another old people's chat group

my cousin told me a few years ago, you know you're old when you get added to chatgroups with people you haven't seen/heard for 30+ years

so it's happening. i think the pandemic may have expedited things

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

Queen of Tears - Kim Ji-Won💕who else is following this series?

[Devon Eriksen @Devon_Eriksen_]

It's astonishing how few people understood Dune.

It's as if they cannot reconcile the concepts of a good man and a bad outcome existing together.

This is the whole point of Dune. It is a cautionary tale about the merging of church and state, about the dangers of cults of personality, of idolatry.

If you think "Paul is bad", you've missed the whole point of the story, which is that structures of power have a life of their own, and they constrain those who wield that power.

If Paul were bad, then the possibility would remain that placing a good man in his position would lead to a good outcome. But because Paul is not bad, we are able to see the implication that Paul's position, not Paul's character, is what leads to the numerous bad outcomes of the books.

Being prescient, he sees this, and much of the story of him and his heir, Leto the second, is devoted to his struggle, not against external enemies, but the constraints of his own power and position and legend.

The "golden path" is dimly glimpsed thread of possibility whereby a good outcome for humanity can eventually be achieved, but it will come about as the result of the destruction of everything that Paul and Leto have built.

The fact that they strive for that outcome is a testament to their moral character.

This is why Tolkien hated Dune. It was a direct contradiction of the basic authoritarian theme of Lord of the Rings. In Lord of the Rings, power is simple; it is wielded by a central authority, and all must kneel. The only question is whether it is to be an evil authority or a good one, Sauron or the True King who has Returned.

There is no notion of a bureaucracy which has its own influence and character, nor is there any notion of bad outcomes from good intent, no notion that the world is complex, that outcomes are hard to judge, that suffering might arise from mistake as easily as from malice.

Just find noble king, place on throne, done.

In Dune, Paul IS the noble king, and the evil of his rule arises not from Paul the man, but from the institution of kingship itself.

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

red flag: friends/colleagues/bosses who play favorites either openly or via whispers. you are a favorite until you're not. :D

[Shawn Tan 🇲🇾😷🌏🍉 @sybreon]

You want people to come back? Do some innovation la.

Look at your menu and compare it to others. It's pathetic.

Then look at your prices. It's expensive.

So, why should anyone drink this?

[Mohamad Asri @mohamadarsi]

Tun Taib Mahmud

My father, 2003. Served for 27 years as a Forestry officer in Forest Department Sarawak.

A secretary of the workers union at the time, a prominent figure in fighting against the establishment of SFC, Sarawak Forestry Corporation.

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

@transitmalaysia represent at the public engagement by @plan_malaysia on the proposed urban renewal act

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

fengshui principles are good practices rooted in deep observations of nature and human conduct, packaged in a good-bad luck narrative. so my guess is the rest day on cny1 is akin to that. after all, was not sabbath made for man?

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

so i had a thought this morning - what if superstitions such as not sweeping the floor etc. on cny was in fact a top down kingdom/gov policy to ensure employers gave their workers a holiday once a year.

[currypuff girl @lainey_yeoh]

i mean, which would the boss lady/man be more likely to respond to: fear of bad luck for rest of the year if any clan member cleans/cuts/etc". OR and a mandate to give everyone a day off to play and rest?