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Hello friends!

It’s a danged weird one in Malaysia and Singapore today. Just odd, unexpected stories about socks and Facebook posts that are both a bit of a surprise but also super revealing. Lots to go on here and I hope plenty of analysis to come from elsewhere too.

And, of course, a terrible story out of Baltimore in the US where a Singapore-flagged co…