Notices by Soh Kam Yung (sohkamyung@mstdn.io), page 2

@codewiz There's some history behind that. In brief, it used to be UTC+7:30. During the Japanese occupation in World War II, it was UTC+9:00 (same as Japan). Then it went back to UTC+7:30 and then to UTC+8:00 when Peninsula Malaysia moved to the same TZ as Borneo Malaysia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Standard_Time

Phillip Island, Australia now belongs to the penguins. The first time the family visited the island years ago, there were still human residents. In another visit a few years later, most were gone. In a final act, the old visitor centre is to be demolished to free up more breeding space for the penguins.

#Australia #Penguins #Environment #Society #Conservation

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/world/australia/penguins-phillip-island.html

Yeah, Emacs can really do anything: even act as a Gameboy Emulator. :-)

#Editors #Emacs #Emulators #Gameboy

On Github [ https://github.com/vreeze/eboy ]

Hacker News discussion [ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19292467 ]

Article in the Economist on a documentary nominated for an Academy award for Best Short Documentary. “Period. End of Sentence.” is a documentary about women in rural India fighting the stigma of menstruation.

Yes, the title has a double meaning.

#Health #Women #India #Biology #Culture #Society

https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/01/22/a-new-documentary-addresses-the-stigma-of-menstruation-in-india