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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 12:58:26 JST Adrianna Tan

   • Harish Pillay

   FOSS advocate @harishpillay is standing for elections at Singapore’s upcoming election! He will be contesting Bukit Gombak GRC with the PSP

   #Singapore #TootSea #GE2025

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 13:04:45 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • May Likes Toronto

     @mayintoronto there’s the whole ‘Singapore will not be ready for a non Chinese prime minister BS’

     even the term GRC is race-based. You don’t just elect one person you elect a slate of people and one of them has to be a minority. On paper, representation. In practice, gerrymandering

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     May Likes Toronto (mayintoronto@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 13:04:46 JST May Likes Toronto

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     @skinnylatte Out of curiosity, how much of a role does race play in politics in Singapore? I ask because I've just had several lengthy conversations about our older relatives' racism with other diaspora people.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 13:05:35 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • May Likes Toronto

     @mayintoronto Chinese people in Singapore are absolutely racist AF