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jemmesedi

@jemmesedi@c.im

Intermittent humanities education worker. Brit resident in USA.

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flexghost, to random
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My name is Flexghost

I like peanut butter, bananas and Nutella on toast

This is a peanut butter, bananas and Nutella thread

Also, happy

1/

The human version of Garfield getting attached to a tiny playful redhead kitten

jemmesedi,
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@flexghost

https://www.nutella.com/us/en/inside-nutella/our-heritage

My parents took me to Italy on holiday fairly soon after Nutella had been launched. The hotel where we stayed included Nutella in its breakfasts. Oh, the joy of that first taste!

I'm not sure that my mother would have had such fond memories of her children's discovery of Nutella, as for years afterwards we would nag her to get THE REAL THING and not some British supermarket generic knock off.

flexghost, to random
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** IT’S HERE! FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC THREAD ON #MastodonMusic **

Tonight’s theme is:

🧑‍⚖️⛓️⚖️ PRESIDENTIAL FELONIES 🚨🚔👮

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🎵 Post songs having to do with crime/prison along with what you’re drinking. 🎶
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I bet there's rich folks eatin in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin coffee and smoking big cigars
I know I had it coming I know I can't be free
But those people keep amovin
And thats what tortures me

🍷 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues + Whiskey🍸

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jemmesedi,
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@flexghost

PRESIDENTIAL FELONIES.

Hmm.... I'm not going to post a song directly about crime or the courts, because they usually are written and performed with a sense of sympathy for the bad boy.

I have not one whit of sympathy for the felon Trump, and indeed am delighted to see that the ordinary Americans on the jury were neither fooled nor intimidated by him. This is a win!

In that spirit, here's my musical selection:

https://youtu.be/51r5f5OdIY0?si=KyK447jPIqqFUBJn

Drinking some cheapo Chardonnay, to be followed by black tea.

jemmesedi, to UKpolitics
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Professional Brit Farage shows his commitment to the UK by shunning the election there so he can help out Donald Trump in the US.

Nigel Farage says he will not stand in UK general election | Nigel Farage | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/23/nigel-farage-says-he-will-not-stand-in-uk-general-election-reform

jemmesedi,
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@zdl Indeed he is. But why does he have to go and help Trump?

Farage makes me want to barf.

jemmesedi,
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@zdl

>>His name is Pierre Poilievre and there's a very good chance he will be our next prime minister (for very much the same reason that I'm pretty sure Trump is going to win 2024 in the USA).<<
Please no to both parts of this!

jemmesedi, to UKpolitics
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The joy of Brexit.

Why travelling on Eurostar from the UK is about to become much trickier | Rail industry | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/26/why-travelling-on-eurostar-from-the-uk-is-about-to-become-much-trickier

#UKPolitics #Eurostar #Europe #Brexit #RailTravel

jemmesedi, to music
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I'm definitely a music person, if only because much of the music to which I listen has lyrics in a language I do not understand.

What about you?

Digital culture and entertainment insights daily: Music Versus Lyrics | Dirt

https://dirt.fyi/article/2024/05/music-versus-lyrics

jemmesedi, to Philippines
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What do you think?

‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice | GM | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/greenpeace-blocks-planting-of-lifesaving-golden-rice-philippines

jemmesedi,
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@zdl

I'm still not sure what I think about GM crops, but I have to say that this story does not leave Greenpeace looking good.

flexghost, to random
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** IT’S HERE! FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC THREAD ON **

Tonight’s theme is:

🛼📺🎞️👾 TOTALLY 80s! 🕹️🎸💿💾

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🎵 Like, gag me with a spoon! Another decade theme night?

Take a chill pill and post totally tubular bodacious music from the 80s along with what you’re drinking. 🎶
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🍷 Axel F / Tears for Fears / DeBarge / Sade / Madonna / Simple Minds + Sex On The Beach🍸

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Compilation of 80s music videos and ...I love them. People think the 80s had the worst music? 90s were meh with some flashes of brilliance. And has pop music even changed since the 2000s? Clear channel garbage: you're wrong.

jemmesedi,
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@flexghost

https://youtu.be/FXbPH72-7aI?si=Qvx454X7yVXDrh16

Mariya Takeuchi -- Plastic Love

Looking back at the eighties is more fun than actually living through them was. (Thatcher - Reagan era...ugh)

In that spirit, I present "Plastic Love". Even if you don't follow East Asian pop, one listen will take you back to the eighties - and then perhaps to 2017, when an unofficial remix was uploaded to YouTube, becoming viral, and sparking a revival of interest in the city pop sound.

You might remember the thumbnail that went with that YouTube, which has since been taken down.

In fact, the single was not a huge success in Japan when it was released in 1984, although the album reached number one; it's only in retrospect that the song has achieved its status as a musical icon of the eighties.

Drinking that black tea once again!

jemmesedi,
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@flexghost
No, just straight unsweetened black. I used to add milk, but now I prefer that touch of bitterness that a strong black tea has.

jemmesedi, to Aesthetics
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@pixelcats
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🧵 1/3
Do you remember how we were discussing taste and evaluation a little while ago?

In connection with issues we talked about, this is the kind of story that interests me:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/apple-music-top-100-albums-ranks-lauryn-hill-the-beatles-b2550215.html

jemmesedi,
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@pixelcats @s1m0n4

🧵 2/3

I am not going to make any claim here -about whether about whether I think there are standards of taste that are more than expressions of raw preference; in other words, I'm not going to say whether I believe it makes sense to talk about someone's evaluation being mistaken, as opposed to one that I simply don't share.

Instead, I'm just going to make the observation that the story tells us about lots of pop culture fans who do think mistakes are possible.

I think this points to one aspect of a tension that exists in our attitude towards the products of popular culture.

On the one hand, arguments about rankings, "Best of..." lists, and so on suggest that popular culture consumers really do feel that terms like "good" or "bad" are more than just expressions of raw taste, and that listings like this should not juts be popularity polls.....

jemmesedi,
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@zdl @pixelcats @s1m0n4

This is the post and subsequent responses that I was referring to just now:

https://c.im/@jemmesedi/112437319005235958

>> coworker of mine in Ottawa showed me this: he loved greasy, soggy french fries. <<

I have to say that I am definitely with the "crisp outside" majority here!

But your mention of fries in Canada does prompt me to ask if you would like to share your thoughts on poutine.

jemmesedi,
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@zdl @pixelcats @s1m0n4

I've only had poutine once, but I loved it too.

A lot of people seem to hate it, or be embarrassed about liking it.

jemmesedi,
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@zdl @s1m0n4 @pixelcats

Since we're having a fries related conversation, I want to go on the record as supporting fries + mayonnaise, as opposed to fries + ketchup.

https://www.grubstreet.com/2018/07/eat-fries-with-mayo-belgium-france-world-cup.html

jemmesedi, to kpop
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I''m one of what seems to be a small minority of Kpop fans in not liking aespa -- Supernova.

This experience brings me back to questions that I consider frequently:

  • Do we really believe that taste is purely subjective, as is so frequently affirmed in pop culture media?

  • Does it make sense to say that one can have defective taste or in some way be mistaken in one's artistic preferences?

jemmesedi,
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@zdl

>>So your experience sounds like it's likely universal.<<

I know, but I still find myself questioning my own taste.

You mention generations, and I think that's important in the formation of taste. One of the reasons that I do not like a lot of hiphop is that I did not grow up with it. It's all around my 17 year old son and his contemporaries, so unsurprisingly he loves a lot of it.

jemmesedi,
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@zdl

Shakespeare - hmm, a lot to say, but I am no Shakespeare expert. I would guess that I have more of a liking for his work than you do, but I must say that I find Bardolatry wince making.

jemmesedi,
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@zdl

I'm more Beatles* than Stones, so I'm curious about the one or two songs of theirs that you like.

*But not a serious Beatles fan/worshipper

jemmesedi,
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@zdl

And the one Led Zeppelin song? I ask because I was surrounded by Led Zeppelin cultists in my teenage years.

jemmesedi, to China
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This suggestion seems sensible to me and could spark a useful global debate.

However, I'm neither Chinese nor that well informed on Sinophobia, so I would be keen to hear comments from anybody more clued up than I am.

A working definition of Sinophobia would improve the China debate | Lowy Institute

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/working-definition-sinophobia-would-improve-china-debate

mpjgregoire, to queen
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"On a fair day in 1838, barely two years into Queen Victoria’s reign [...] a young, confident and handsome Mississauga Ojibway chief named Kahkewaquonaby [...] came knocking at the doors of Windsor Castle dressed in his finest leather from head to toe and asked to make an appeal to his Sovereign. The door was opened and tea and sympathy were offered. [...] The Queen promised to look into the request and in due course the deeds were handed over."

https://thehub.ca/2024-05-20/john-fraser-canada-stands-alone-in-still-celebrating-queen-victorias-birthday/

jemmesedi,
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@mpjgregoire

In the UK, I would never have dreamed of voting for the Conservatives, and if lived in Canada, I imagine I would support the NDP.

Nevertheless, this piece, written from what seems to be a Canadian Tory perspective, interested me.

My response stems not only from a fascination with Canadian history and identity/identities, but also from a recognition that social democrats like me should consider rather than dismiss out of hand certain Tory understandings of history and culture.

A little part of me died when I read about those who think that there was a "president of Canada" named Tim Horton.

jemmesedi, to Texas
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Whitney Mitchell, who was engaged to Foster before his death at the hands of Perry, laid out her feelings about the pardon in a statement sent to the Observer.

“I loved Garrett Foster. I thought we were going to grow old together. He was the love of my life. He still is. I am heartbroken by this lawlessness,“ she said. “With this pardon, the Governor has desecrated the life of a murdered Texan and US Air Force veteran, and impugned [the] jury’s just verdict. He has declared that Texans who hold political views that are different from his—and different from those in power—can be killed in this State with impunity.”

jemmesedi, to goodyearwelt
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I recently posted about my hatred for cargo pants.

I don't resile from that judgement, but some posts from @pixelcats expressive of her generosity of spirit reminded me that I need to take care not to be a curmudgeon:

https://apobangpo.space/@pixelcats/112470323675719164

https://apobangpo.space/@pixelcats/112470332426960177

So, in keeping with that more affirmative mode, I put it to you that the Chelsea boot is a thing of beauty and a joy for ever:

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

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