My home state, Negeri Sembilan, is going through a kerfuffle: our monarch just got sacked! Unlikely to stick; dude's got a lot of real power. But it is technically possible because we are an elective monarchy, by tradition- and tradition means something, still. www.malaysiakini.com/news/773066 1/

Total solar eclipse! Solar corona! From behind the Moon! #Artemis

He's threatening nuclear war with the kind of language they'd use to promote a special episode of Celebrity Apprentice

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I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

Despite the caricature his critics created, Jesse Jackson’s “political vision was always inclusive, always multiracial, and always opposed to bigotry and prejudice of all kinds,” Adam Serwer argues.

You thought your unvaccinated daughter had a cold. It could be a week before she's diagnosed with measles. By then, the virus “has multiplied and descended upon her lungs, kidneys, tonsils, and spleen, down to the marrow of her bones.” Elizabeth Bruenig writes about how a child dies of measles:

This year, Ramadan coincides with the season of Lent. I am hoping for amplified blessings. 🙂❤️ Will mostly be off socials during this season. Ramadan kareem, selamat berpuasa!

Reposting to read later.

This past week, I completed my 6-year term on the Programme Advisory Committee for @arrowomen.bsky.social . On my latest substack, I reflected on the current anti-rights climate & why we should never, ever take feminism for granted. open.substack.com/pub/lyanakha...

A good reference is Nixon’s “War on Drugs”. War is the wrong metaphor, IMHO. Understanding a problem and strategising how the treatment benefits majority of people should be the way to go. But some days I feel talking about logic & empathy is just shouting into the abyss. 😔

RFK Jr. has talked about a war on sugar and a war on protein, a war on peptides and a war on vitamins. Benjamin Mazer writes about what happens when the “warrior ethos” comes to public health: theatln.tc/eWWttupM

When Trump purged the civil service, he did away with some of the employees who understood the government best: “What’s been lost isn’t just a sense of purpose,” Franklin Foer argues, “but a body of knowledge—a way of making the machinery of the state function.” theatln.tc/4DdD6aFE

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Please do go watch The Voice of Hind Rajab. Currently showing in selected cinemas in Malaysia - listing until Sun 11 Jan. Remember Hind. ❤️ Protip: need to decompress after movie. youtu.be/JkeKrG0YONQ?...

open.substack.com/pub/lyanakha... Sometimes, we need to give in to grief.

Even some of Trump’s closest allies are unnerved by his brash approach to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Atlantic staff writers report: theatln.tc/EoPDM52d

This non New Yorker but fellow Muslim is teary-eyed watching this. ❤️

Inspired by @barackobama.bsky.social , here’s a list of my favourite things for 2025: Best book read: Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy Best song/on repeat : Cynthia Erivo’s No Good Deed (sorry, Idina!) Best Play: re-stage of Jit Murad’s Visits (all women cast & directed)

lyanakhairuddin.substack.com/p/no-good-deed Here’s The Wicked:For Good review you didn’t ask for.

Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours. She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump. Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.

According to the UNFPA, there is strong evidence that CSE improves HIV knowledge and self-efficacy related to refusing sex or condom use and contributes to delayed sexual debut and increased condom use, thus reducing sexually transmitted infections, HIV transmission and unintended pregnancy! (2/2)

Resource hubs to learn more about Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)🙌🙌 Be a part of our #CSE4ALL campaign: forms.gle/FcyBcZDqo4Mr... #16DaysOfActivism (1/2)

Hello again, Sandakan. My last trip here was personal so it’s interesting to revisit with the work hat on. Sabah state election in T-5.

Would unfollowing NYT make an impact? This is due to the recent allegations of anti-Palestine editorial decisions.

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open.substack.com/pub/lyanakha... I found it interesting that Malaysians are claiming Mamdani, so here’s my take.

It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker, was elected New York’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, riding a historic surge of enthusiasm as the nation’s largest city embraced generational and ideological change. Here are seven takeaways from election night.

The media are at pains to point out that Zohran is a savvy communicator and ran a fantastic ground campaign, but have played down the programme that made his election possible: his relentless focus on the cost of living crisis, taking on the super-rich and redistributing wealth.

Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor. This map shows the most precise data available on how New Yorkers voted.

Malaysia has blackouts, America has hoax bomb-threats.

This story by @chincarok.bsky.social about a historic village facing demolition by land developers is an illustration of that intersectionality: Issues of land rights, culture, the water table, and economic injustice, all enmeshed. medium.com/@thesharonch... 6/

Took MRT into town (office around KLCC area) today as I was blocked from driving into yesterday. Only for the line I’m on to breakdown at peak hour traffic, while it rained heavily. Just a bad, bad day.

His father’s reply changed his perspective. “I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

www.netflix.com/us/title/820... This was an emotional watch, but please do - an excellent reminder for us still living on the power of an individual. ❤️

Sadly, I agree. I just had a listen to the whole album. It all sounds clichéd & tired. Maybe we need to “miss” Swift, maybe I’m looking for depth here. Just not for me. Says she who loved 1989.

open.substack.com/pub/lyanakha... I love this book so much I had to write about reading it. A must read!

Jane Goodall, who died Wednesday at 91, was not just a pioneering scientist, but also an expert at wielding the power of fame, Michelle Nijhuis writes.

Seems bad.

Say it with us: Safe abortion is life-saving healthcare! Happy International Safe Abortion Day 2025! 👉 Visit september28.org for the full Call to Action, access campaign materials, and get ideas for campaign actions. #Sept28 #ISAD2025 #SafeAbortionSavesLives #AbortionisHealthCare

NEW: Responding to a @nytimes.com report that the Trump Justice Department is planning to investigate the Open Society Foundations, @alexsoros.bsky.social said the massive left-leaning philanthropy did nothing wrong & would only stop its work "over my dead body."

Am re-posting to have it on my feed (and will read it after my annual leave!). This week is still for non-work things 😀.

President Trump made inaccurate claims about the mayor of London, the economy and more on Tuesday at the UN. Here's a fact-check of his remarks. nyti.ms/4mvki1y

G: “I’m a public figure now, people expect me to…” E: “Lie?!” G: “Be encouraging!” BEST LINES of Wicked:For Good Final Trailer. Can’t wait for Nov 21st! youtu.be/R2Xubj7lazE

Icymi the first time this ran, here’s a refresher: Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...

"Through a career that stretched six decades, Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday at 89, was an intellectual Marlboro Man tuned to maximum Americana," writes Jacob Gallagher, our reporter covering fashion and style. nyti.ms/4nt1dOs

In Opinion | "By acting as if a Palestinian state is on the horizon, we perpetuate the illusion that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is temporary," writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg. "If that future is never coming, then talk of two states is an alibi, not an aspiration."

Breaking News from @theathletic.com: In the first heavyweight matchup of this year’s U.S. Open, Naomi Osaka defeated world No. 3 Coco Gauff to record her biggest win since the 2021 Australian Open.