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Doulos Hope is a floating bookfair/library which mission is to promote literacy and education, and share knowledge and hope around the world. There are over 2000 book titles on board, and visitors have a chance to interact with the international crew to know more about the ship and their work.

She is visiting the Penang currently, and is scheduled to stop at Kuching and KK in the following weeks.

Registration is required for visit, and a nominal entrance fee applies. Registration form can be found here.

GOOD NEWS: DOULOS HOPE IS EXTENDING HER STAY IN PENANG FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS. THE BOOKING HAS OPENED FOR THE SUBSEQUENT SLOTS.

Note: Doulos Hope is operated by an international Christian organisation, but the Bookfair is open to all.

Sales will start at 11am. Which category would you be buying? Heart says Fan Zone, purse says Cat 2.

For the life of me, I can't seem to find the unpin button. Do let me know how to do so. Also, I was told that I can schedule posts, but I haven't seen that option either. I'm currently using Lemmy via the browser.

Miss Supranational Malaysia's national costume is inspired by the Dayak people of Borneo Island. Borneo Island is a special Island that belongs to three countries. Rich with many indigenous traditions and cultures, the Dayaks are one of the largest groups living on Borneo. This national costume is designed to appreciate the beauty and uniqueness of the Dayak people. The headgear is made to imitate the shields of the Dayak people, which represent strength and protection to their owners. The beads detailing is to appreciate the unique accessories worn by the Dayak women. Where even some of the accessories are native to the Dayak people themselves. As we know, the Great Rhinoceros Hornbill has been close to the Dayak people; therefore, the imitation of the feathers is to honour the great bird as much as it is to symbolise the freedom and elegance of the bird. Each element of the national costume is custom-made in order to show more of the handicraft skills of the Dayak people. The costume took 6 months to produce

Last night I got a rare recommendation in my YouTube on one of my old subscription to Prof Steve Keen, am Australian economics professor. Not very well known because he is pushing a more niche view on the already unconventional idea of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).

To put simply what this is all about: CREDIT (LOAN) CREATION IS MONEY CREATION

I am not an econ major, and I am oversimplifying as hell here, but, its like this. With modern accounting practice, when you take out a RM1k loan from your neighbourhood bank branch, the branch is not giving you the loan by withdrawing from its reserves of savings deposits. They will simply add RM1k to their liabilities and credit RM1K into your account. Number flipping only. Easy peasy like roti canai.

Even so, the funds that you get can then be spent just like regular cash. No shops are going to differentiate between it and your paid-in-cash salary.

It is essentially fresh money, added to the economy, simply at the discretion of your local branch manager. No involvement from Bank Negara or the state whatsoever.

And consider the amount of loans we Malaysians took over the decades, people buying multiple cars and houses. How much of of the Ringgit in circulation today is from the gov issue, and how many are generated from credit? How far has the Ringgit been watered down by this?

What Prof Steve Keen, based on Hyman Minsky's work, is working on are what effect this phenomenon can have on the wider system. He cautioned that economies with too much credit circulating will get very fragile by being very sensitive to interest rate fluctuations.

MMT get a lot of flak in mainstream media for being "crazy", but as a theory, it's a powerful concept. On one hand it allows government to create money without indiscriminately printing cash through "quantitative easing", a power which can easily be abused. But it also reveals the extent of power individual banks actually have on the national economy. Scary stuff.

I mean, at least housing properties have this ever present cultural pressure to keep fueling it for some time. Bussiness however are more realistic. If the location got too expensive they will simply close or move. Maybe even just do their bussines 100% online.

But all these are just my guess. Outsiders like me have no chance to see what's behind the shop front, and bussiness, especially one in crisis, will always keep up a business as usual everything is fine façade.

When I showed this page to an ang moh friend she went like,, "this seems exaggerated". 🤔

I was like neh this is the simplified version 🤣

From the book "Has the West lost it?" by 😔Kishore Mahbubani

I gave up on Project Hail Mary for now (as I said, I generally don’t like sci-fi and when aliens appeared, I gave up altogether), and went back to fantasy. Finally got to readingThe Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. Am about a quarter in, and can’t believe it took me so long to recognize that the story is based on Liu Bang and XiangYu!

Offer period from 1st August to 16th September

Individual Ticket

This sounds like a good deal, anyone going?

cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/148424

• Time: Friday 28th July, 7.30pm-Midnight (last Friday of each month)
• Place: Vivae Board Games Cafe Ampang , 383c-2, 4th Mile, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - FB , Google
• Cost: We’ve negotiated a special RM20 for an all night pass! Please tell them you are with reddit and pay on entry.
• Food: They serve pizza+drinks, but plenty of outside food close by if that's not for you.
• RSVP: RSVP here. The cafe tends to be busier on Fridays so they want to know how much space they need to reserve.

Looking forward to seeing you there and getting our game on! Photos from past sessions (We used to do it at a different cafe.

• Time: Friday 28th July, 7.30pm-Midnight (last Friday of each month)
• Place: Vivae Board Games Cafe Ampang , 383c-2, 4th Mile, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - FB , Google
• Cost: We’ve negotiated a special RM20 for an all night pass! Please tell them you are with reddit and pay on entry.
• Food: They serve pizza+drinks, but plenty of outside food close by if that's not for you.
• RSVP: RSVP here. The cafe tends to be busier on Fridays so they want to know how much space they need to reserve.

Looking forward to seeing you there and getting our game on! Photos from past sessions (We used to do it at a different cafe.

FAQ

Aren't board games kind of lame?	No.
Is this beginner friendly?	Totally! Every game gets explained to the group before starting. A few new players come for every session and have a great time!
What games will we be playing?	The board game cafe has a huge library to choose from; check out their FB page for photos. The cafe staff have been quite good at recommending fun games as well.
Can I BYO?	The venue has asked that we don't bring our own food and drink.
How do we get in touch on the night?	PM me your number if you'd like to be added to the WhatsApp group.
Is there dinner beforehand?	We're leaving it to the group to self-organise on this as it's hard to coordinate the whole group plus a big booking etc.
How many people attend?	We generally have 12-24 people per session. Attendance varies widely and it's hard to predict!
When do events happen?	Twice every month! Once on the 2nd friday at Vivae PJ, Once on the last Friday at Vivae Ampang.

Saja menyibuk on twt but Twitterjaya don't care about X but a mutual is gonna headline this. I can't go but looks cute!

Eh the link tak jadi, here's the announcement

Just kidding, this one has to be plucked because the fruit and the plant itself isn't growing, have to cut the loses so it doesn't trying to put anymore energy into the fruit. Whether it will save the plant or not idk 🙈

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1995754

In sports, being a team player would mean something like you don't play football as if its all a one man show. But at work isn't this kind of independence a desirable thing? Like salespeople who have to carry their own weight at all times? At this point, looking at all these job ads is giving me the impression that what it really means is "submissive and obedient".