Adrianna Tan<p>One of the reasons I care deeply about exercising my vote in the upcoming Singapore elections:</p><p>While I don’t consider myself a deeply patriotic person, I am deeply connected to Singapore. I have deep roots there. I know every nook and cranny of the land. I’ve lived and loved across the island. I love and hate it in equal parts. </p><p>With distance, I note that while I feel increasingly detached from it on the day to day level: in that I have not, in a decade or more, been a person from there who struggles with train breakdowns or increase in prices, but I care for it on a big picture level. </p><p>My leading political theory for Singapore in the ‘20s and beyond: I believe the Chinese state has increasing designs on Singapore as a vassal state. For more than a decade they’ve been throwing out the ideas of ‘y’all Chinese anyway’ (not true); seeded all kinds of spies, etc. </p><p>I’m interested, on a geopolitical level, in what it means to be a Singapore citizen. Exercising my right to vote in my own sovereign nation, feels important to me in that context. I think this is the single biggest existential crisis for the country in this decade and next. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
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Adrianna Tan<p>I liked this video of the Leader of the Opposition, Pritam Singh. </p><p>The fact that we even have this official position at all makes me happy. When I was a teenager there, I vividly remember that Election Day was always just a holiday: the ruling party won almost every seat without contest. </p><p>There’s another video of his colleague Sylvia Lim, she talks about how she was spurred into action to join the difficult work of opposition party politics because of her shock at how we rarely had contested elections, 23 years ago. </p><p>I think Pritam has articulated a clear and attainable goal: of achieving 1/3 of the seats in Parliament (for them, or for any opposition combined). That’s a significant number because in our parliamentary democracy, you need 2/3 of the vote to change the Constitution. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/fwxTMjifa5s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/fwxTMjifa5s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ge2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ge2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>I’ve found out this election season that people call our new prime minister Voucher Wong. (He likes giving out vouchers. I’m not opposed to getting regular money from my government, but they don’t address the structural issues of why we need them in the first place</p><p><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/budget-2025-debate-vouchers-not-long-term-solution-lawrence-wong-4967056" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/singapore/</span><span class="invisible">budget-2025-debate-vouchers-not-long-term-solution-lawrence-wong-4967056</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>One of Lee Kuan Yew's sons (the one who didn't become Prime Minister) has a NYT op-ed where he says Singapore has gone from 'benevolent autocracy' to just autocracy. I agree.</p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/2025.04.30-050230/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/opinion/singapore-lee-kuan-yew-election.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/2025.04.30-050230/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/opinion/singapore-lee-kuan-yew-election.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>The Singaporean ruling party leaked some ‘unsavory’ evidence about someone competing with them. Turns out it’s chats where he’s mad at the largest Singapore bank and telco, which actually maybe makes him more relatable. (fuck Singtel now and forever)</p><p>Meanwhile the ruling party is the one with a Cabinet minister in a bribery scandal. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/1kaskhb/wp_candidate_andre_low_previous_leaked_chats/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/singapore/comment</span><span class="invisible">s/1kaskhb/wp_candidate_andre_low_previous_leaked_chats/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_S._Iswaran" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecut</span><span class="invisible">ion_of_S._Iswaran</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2032844/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2032844/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> GE2025: Lunchtime rally, walkabouts drive day 6 campaign push <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Singapore prime minister tells a crowd of people who mostly live in public housing that a wealth tax will negatively impact people who live in ‘landed’ housing (that only the rich can afford). Silence ensues. Great. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/1k8fe53/awkward_moment_during_pm_wong_speech_at_cck_rally/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/singapore/comment</span><span class="invisible">s/1k8fe53/awkward_moment_during_pm_wong_speech_at_cck_rally/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>My least favorite part of Singapore elections is the xenophobia. </p><p>We have ‘interesting’ xenophobia though coz it’s mainly from the Singaporean Chinese population towards those other Chinese people who are ‘not like us’, recent mainland Chinese immigrants who arrived in Singapore.. 20-80 years after our own grandparents did. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
kaffando<p>Just tried to do an early <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> in the Australian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a> </p><p>What a nightmare.</p><p>Utter, utter clown show, with literally hundreds - yes, hundreds - of signs, people in politial tee-shirts, balloons and banners. Making a complete mockery of the seriousness of voting. </p><p>I hate this fcking world. Hate it.</p><p>Couldn't face it, so I left.</p><p>Might not even bother voting. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Overseas Singaporeans who registered to vote abroad just received emails with voting details containing their district information and logistics for voting. </p><p>For me, I will walk down the street to Market St to our San Francisco consulate, show my digital ID on my phone and cast my vote there. </p><p>I like the provision that anyone who registerd to vote abroad but happens to be home on the day of 3 May can also just go to a local in-person polling station. You just have to make a declaration that you haven’t already voted. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>FOSS advocate <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@harishpillay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>harishpillay</span></a></span> is standing for elections at Singapore’s upcoming election! He will be contesting Bukit Gombak with the PSP</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Today is Nomination Day, a strange political tradition in my country just ahead of elections, almost like a gender reveal but for politicians </p><p><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-nomination-day-general-election-candidates-5069501" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/singapore/</span><span class="invisible">ge2025-nomination-day-general-election-candidates-5069501</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>587 people registered to vote in the Singapore general elections from San Francisco. I am one of them</p><p>I was able to register online quite easily using my phone. It took 5 minutes and I was notified of my eligibility (has residency requirement; need to have spent more than 30 days in Singapore in 3 years) within 3 days </p><p><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-overseas-voters-postal-polling-station-eld-poll-card-5074401" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/singapore/</span><span class="invisible">ge2025-overseas-voters-postal-polling-station-eld-poll-card-5074401</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Post-colonial Singapore politics: why do we say ‘checks and balances’ but ‘don’t give the gahmen a blank cheque’</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Van W<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ketupat.me/@huey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>huey</span></a></span> listening to this and it has been <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cringe</span></a>. Clearly language was targeted to engage younger voters ahead of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a> ? JT trying to imply they are listening to uni and poly students (why can't say tertiary) and TSL saying that the economic climate will impact the fresh grads prospect of landing a job. But bruv the job market has been meh since covid... 😐 I'm also shocked that ML from SBF uses "tariff bans" and he quotes the DPM GKY 🤦♀️ seems their understanding of tariffs is ???</p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Singapore elections soon. I’ll be voting at the consulate on Market St in San Francisco </p><p><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-general-election-may-3-parliament-dissolved-5064316" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/singapore/</span><span class="invisible">ge2025-general-election-may-3-parliament-dissolved-5064316</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Fuck this homophobic and xenophobic ‘politician’ in Singapore </p><p>‘Make Singapore Home Again’? No thanks. I am proud that Singapore is home to so many people not like me, including those who quite literally build it. I want more things to make *them* feel more welcome. </p><p><a href="https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/04/05/peoples-power-party-unveils-general-election-manifesto-focusing-on-population-and-governance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theonlinecitizen.com/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">5/peoples-power-party-unveils-general-election-manifesto-focusing-on-population-and-governance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ge2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ge2025</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Singapore ‘politician’ (who has never won anything): I will stop using homophobia as my party platform if you don’t field an openly lesbian candidate </p><p>Fuck off, GMS and your ‘party’</p><p>I feel like I can laugh about him coz he’s such a loser and has no chance in hell, but all of this is making me concerned about what happens when we have a homophobic populist politician </p><p><a href="https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/03/17/goh-meng-seng-ppp-will-withdraw-from-nee-soon-grc-if-no-lgbtq-candidate-is-fielded/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theonlinecitizen.com/2025/03/1</span><span class="invisible">7/goh-meng-seng-ppp-will-withdraw-from-nee-soon-grc-if-no-lgbtq-candidate-is-fielded/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a></p>
Stuart :progress_pride:<p>Do you get frustrated by other people's abstractions of geography? Do you have strong preferences about hex cartogram layouts of UK constituencies for the next election? Do you have a better feel than me for parts of the UK outside Yorkshire? If so, please help improve our open source layout of future UK constituencies.</p><p>Read more at <a href="https://open-innovations.org/blog/2023-08-03-hexes-for-the-next-general-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open-innovations.org/blog/2023</span><span class="invisible">-08-03-hexes-for-the-next-general-election</span></a> and play around with the layout at <a href="https://open-innovations.org/projects/hexmaps/builder.html?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odileeds/hexmaps/gh-pages/maps/uk-constituencies-2023.hexjson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open-innovations.org/projects/</span><span class="invisible">hexmaps/builder.html?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odileeds/hexmaps/gh-pages/maps/uk-constituencies-2023.hexjson</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/hexmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hexmap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/cartogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartogram</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>When the man ditches minorities in the blink of eye, don't be surprised when he drops your straight white cis asses too. </p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/24084459.keir-starmer-faces-criticism-wearing-pride-badge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenational.scot/news/24084459</span><span class="invisible">.keir-starmer-faces-criticism-wearing-pride-badge/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a></p>
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