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Vancouver rent was so expensive that university student Tim Chen found it cheaper to fly to class twice a week.
In February 2024, UBC student Tim Chen explained that renting a one-bedroom would cost him roughly C$2,500 a month.
Instead, he lived rent-free with his parents in Calgary, and commuted by plane.
He only needed to attend campus two days a week. Each round trip cost around C$150, bringing his monthly flight bill to roughly C$1,200.
His routine: fly to Vancouver in the morning, attend class, take the bus back to the airport and fly home that night.
Eight return trips a month still cost less than half the rent he’d been quoted.
Tension rise in South East Asia over energy???
The only thing that really actually happened was Indonesia suddenly announcing they cutting gas to Singapore....
Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia menyoroti ketegangan yang terjadi di berbagai wilayah yang melibatkan persoalan minyak dan gas (migas).
Ia bilang, salah satu yang terjadi adalah di Asia Tenggara. Menurut Bahlil, kawasan ASEAN belakangan ini ikut memanas terkait persoalan energi dan dampaknya bisa meluas.
"Hati-hati, gara-gara minyak, ini bisa terjadi ketegangan di mana-mana. Terakhir beberapa hari ini juga terjadi ketegangan di kawasan Asia Tenggara. Ini bisa bahaya, berdampak sistemik, masif dan terstruktur," ujar Bahlil dalam Forum Ekonomi (Forek) Hulu Migas di Kempinski Grand Ballroom, Jakarta, Rabu (28/10/2026).
Simak selengkapnya dalam video berikut!
Penulis: Yohana Artha Uly
Penulis Naskah: Meiva Jufarani
Video Editor: Agung Setiawan
Produser: Naufal Noorosa Ragadini
Artikel terkait:
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~NJ #Politik #Pemerintah #Dailynews #BahlilLahadalia #MinyakAsiaTenggara #MinyakASEAN #MinyakIndonesia
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🟠 PALMER LUCKEY says he grilled HILLARY's campaign chief at a SECRET billionaire meeting, and got burned 3 days later
he told the story for the first time on Joe Rogan
in 2015, about 15 silicon valley billionaires got a private pitch with no media. hillary didn't show, so john podesta ran it
palmer asked if she still opposed the ethanol mandate. podesta said "no position at this time"
palmer says 3 days later she came out for it and ran cornfield ads promising corn money
would you have called it out in the room?
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More Salvadoran soldiers arriving in Haiti's capital today. Reports indicate the immediate goal of Bukele is to create a detachment of 5000 Salvadoran troops including two specials forces units and at least two more helicopter squadrons.
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If you look closely enough, breakthroughs in everything are accelerating exponentially.
An exponential always starts off looking small.
this might be my last normal tweet before biotech goes vertical
i'm not a whistleblower. I don't work at Lilly, Novo or any of the big labs
but there is a massive shift happening in human biology right now.
it's sitting in press releases and almost nobody reads them
the last 6 months alone:
- a once-daily pill roughly doubled median survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer (13.2 vs 6.6 months)
- a one-time gene editing infusion cut hereditary angioedema attacks 87%, and 62% of patients stayed attack-free and off all other prevention for 6 months
- a one-time gene edit for cholesterol dropped LDL up to 62%, and it held for over a year
- a personalized mrna vaccine beat keytruda alone in a 1,137 patient melanoma phase 3
- retatrutide hit ~28% weight loss in a phase 3
- an ai-designed drug entered phase 3
- a pill that regrows hair passed its second phase 3
- an immunotherapy that could let some rectal cancer patients skip surgery, chemo and radiation just got fda approved
- a man lived 271 days off dialysis on a pig kidney
- human cells were caught passing chromosome-sized chunks of DNA to their neighbors, and it changes how the neighbors behave
we are on the verge of an era where the human body is a software problem and the update cycle gets shorter everyday
stick around, it's going to get weird
bio/acc
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Cuma singapore yang bisa memanggil mereka para bos, dan mengapa pemerintah Indonesia malah Melindunginya?
Karena yang kemarin diberi sanksi Pemerintah via MENHUT hanya 3 perusahaan Kecil dan TIDAK ADA Perusahaan mereka 1 pun juga yang diberi sanksi... apalagi dipanggil Bos-Bos nya?
Indonesia hanya memberi sanksi para Pelaku Pembakar (orang-orang kecil suruhan)
Bukankah seharusnya Mereka para bos itu dipanggil dan di sanksi di Indonesia? Karena Kebakaran Hutan yang terjadi / TKP nya di Indonesia dan Rakyat Indonesia yang PALING MENDERITA akibat Asap Kebakaran yang disebabkannya? Terutama BAYI dan ANAK-ANAK yang menderita ISPA hingga Puluhan ribu anak Indonesia.
Singapore menepati Ucapannya, pengusaha yang TIDAK di Sanksi Indonesia akan mereka Sanksi.
Lalu sebagian orang bicara soal Nasionalisme? Tapi untuk hal Negatif bukan hal Positif bagi Kepentingan Bangsanya.
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A Marine told us that at more than 75% of the CUAS demos he goes to, nothing gets shot down.
Last week, groups from across the DoW watched @sentradel destroy dozens of drones.
We've been doing it for over a year, with a system that costs under $100K.
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This is what governance should look like. Not just passing laws, but enforcing accountability through independent investigations, financial scrutiny and regulatory action.
🇸🇬 Singapore is stepping up action against companies potentially linked to the haze-causing fires in Indonesia.
DPM Gan Kim Yong, Senior Minister K Shanmugam and Minister Grace Fu met senior executives representing 10 Singapore-based companies on 28 October.
Former PAP MP and Senior Counsel Davinder Singh has also been appointed as the government's legal adviser and coordinator for the investigations.
Here's what's happening:
1. All 10 companies have agreed to cooperate with investigations.
2. Companies must appoint independent investigation and legal teams from a government-selected panel, at their own expense.
3. Investigators will examine operations, supply chains, corporate ownership and business relationships. Companies are expected to provide full access to documents, premises and relevant information.
4. Parliament will consider amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act from 3 November. Failure to cooperate with appointed investigators could become a criminal offence.
5. MAS is also stepping in. Banks are expected to assess environmental risks involving their customers. They can review financing conditions, restrict further lending or exit relationships where serious breaches are established.
Shanmugam made another point clear. If companies found responsible decide to leave Singapore because of the investigations, the government is prepared to accept that.
Importantly, these investigations are about establishing facts. None of the 10 companies has been found guilty merely because they received notices.
After more than a decade of haze investigations, Singapore is now looking beyond plantation fires to corporate structures, financing and accountability.
The real test of governance is whether investigations lead to enforcement and consequences, and whether the pressure continues even after the haze clears.
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When Shanmugam gets involved, you know Singapore means business and is prepared to hit those responsible where it hurts. He's served under four Prime Ministers, starting with LKY, and knows how to get things moving.
This is not going to be fun for those involved. 😅
Full: youtu.be/BOnUR9rG-6M
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TRUMP WAS RIGHT: Study Finds Paper Straws More Harmful to the Environment than Plastic
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Arakan Army states three more Myanmar Navy vessels destroyed in battle for Rakhine State capital Sittwe on Monday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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DBS says ‘no truth’ to rumour that subsidiary will merge with major Indonesian bank BCA bit.ly/4sD7JGk
😂
Alkisah Presiden Suharto bertemu dengan Perdana Menteri Lee Kwan Yew.
Soeharto bertanya kepada Lee Kuan Yew kenapa Singapore bisa jauh lebih maju dari Indonesia. Maka Lee Kuan Yew memanggil Goh Chok Tong yang saat itu menjadi wakilnya, lalu ia bertanya: “Mr Goh, siapa itu anaknya bapakmu, anaknya ibumu, tapi bukan saudaramu?”
Goh tersenyum, lalu menjawab: “Tentu saja saya sendiri.” Dan Lee menyimpulkan: “Kami bisa maju karena kami memilih orang-orang pintar jadi pengelola negara.”
Soeharto pun pulang. Tapi ia penasaran: apakah ia telah memilih orang pintar jadi pengelola negara. Maka ia memanggil menteri kesayangannya, Harmoko. “Pak Harmoko. Ada yang ingin saya sampaiken. Pak Harmoko coba menjawab, siapakah anak daripada bapakmu, anak daripada ibumu, tapi bukan saudara daripada kamu.”
Harmoko cepat menjawab, “Mohon petunjuk untuk tindak lanjutnya, Pak.” Soeharto agak kesal, tapi ia masih menyimpan harapan. “Coba Pak Harmoko mencari jawabannya ke menteri-menteri lain.”
Maka Harmoko undur diri.
Setelah tak memperoleh jawaban dari Soedharmono, Akbar Tanjung, dll; akhirnya Harmoko menemui Habibie. Habibie tertawa saja. “Pak Harmoko, jawabannya adalah saya sendiri!” Harmoko langsung cerah. Tak lama ia mohon menghadap Presiden Soeharto.
Soeharto menyambut dengan senyum permanennya. “Sudah ada jawaban, Pak Harmoko?” Harmoko tak sabar menjawab dengan ceria, “Sesudah saya gali informasi dari berbagai pihak, ternyata jawabannya adalah: Pak Habibie!”
Soeharto mengernyitkan kening. Tapi ia tak ingin mengecewakan bawahannya yang setia itu. “Bagus Pak Harmoko. Itu merupaken upaya yang baik. Jawabannya juga sebenarnya mendekati benar. Tapi sayang memang belum 100% benar.”
Harmoko agak kecewa. “Jadi jawabannya apa, Bapak Presiden yang Kami Banggakan?”
“Adapun jawabannya,” pungkas Soeharto, “Adalah Goh Chok Tong.”
The threat of getting your hands chopped off, gundown by AK and have your entire family enslaved - definitely made a difference.
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Singapura ini macam nyindir saja ke @bahlillahadalia
Pemerintah Singapura sudah take action memanggil pemimpin perusahaan yang terindikasi terlibat dalam pembakaran hutan.
Pemerintah Indonesia mana aksi nya? Apakah Pemerintah RI enggan tegas ke perusahaan pembakar hutan karena sawit & pulp adalah mesin ekonomi , + kepentingan politik terlalu kuat?
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🚨 BREAKING: Journalists James O’Keefe and Cam Higby have been hit with TWO FELONY CHARGES in Minneapolis for their video EXPOSING vulnerabilities in Minnesota’s elections
This is TOTAL LAWFARE!
@camhigby walked in wearing a burqa to show they’d let him vote with a WOMAN’S name with NO questions asked, and he could even “vouch” for some other unregistered “Muslim” (who was @JamesOKeefeIII in a costume)
NEITHER of them voted.
The charges include felony unlawful voting and identity theft.
It’s a WITCH HUNT to try to SCARE OFF conservative journalists, and nothing more.
DO NOT BE DETERRED!