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parismarx, to tech
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Germany’s AfD is so extreme it was kicked out of the far-right grouping in the European Parliament last month, but Elon Musk thinks their policies “don’t sound extremist.” That’s because he’s also a fascist.

#tech #elonmusk #politics

emmaaum,
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@parismarx First thought on skimming this was well he just got a whole fuck ton of people to read up on their policies.
His post feels calculated to me and even more dangerous than just agreeing with them.
The question and "Maybe I'm missing something" are engagement-driving language and he frames it as they're not extremist.

RickiTarr, to random
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I love when the world tells older women they are becoming irrelevant and invisible, and they're just like, Good, now I can do what I want, and no one will bother me.

emmaaum,
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@RickiTarr i like this in theory but the long isolation (i'm also disabled by chronic illness, so extra irrelevant and doubly invisible) is weighing on me.

i like that others are making the most of it :)

eclectech, to Camping
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Found some wee folk camping in the garden.

emmaaum, (edited )
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@eclectech this is ext💖 ra adorables

(my mouse is glitchy. the heart was supposed to be at the end but i like it where it ended up instead :)

emmaaum, to random
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Japanese Film Festival Online 2024 will be 5th-19th June (starts & ends noon JST so effectively the 18th for UK)
Last year's was really good so I'm maybe just a wee bit excited. It's a great opportunity to see Japanese films which can be hard to find.
I know all of you have lives and are busy but I can post about those I watch to help you pick one or two Please let me know if you are interested as it's better for me to save my energy than shout into the void.
https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/page/jffonline2024/

emmaaum, to random
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if you can do with a bit more love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMuaqAsUCo

emmaaum, (edited ) to random
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News Agents podcast has an interview from today with a man who started out saying I'm not racist but... (yeah right) and specified Jews and Muslims as the immigrants he wants rid of.

Jews are NOT trying to get into the UK in any significant numbers.
2021/22 Census has 277,613 Jews in the UK, 0.4% of the population.
277,613 Jews and the racists are naming us as people to get rid of. We are a TINY minority.

5,847 (0.1%) in Scotland, 2,044 (0.07%) Wales, 439 (0.02%) NI

emmaaum, to Japan
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Festival Online 2024 will be Weds 5th-19th June (starts & ends noon JST so effectively the 18th for UK).
It's a great opportunity to see Japanese films which can be hard to find.
I'm going to watch as many as I can and post brief thoughts under with the aim of helping those with busy lives choose one or two. Happy to have conversations as well.
Please follow the hashtag if you're interested.
Available here:
https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/page/jffonline2024/

emmaaum,
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Father of the Milky Way Railroad

Beautiful, poetic melodrama depicting a romanticised and idealised life of an idealistic young man who, after his death, became one of Japan's most loved poets and writers.
Now to read some of his writings while this is still fresh in my mind.

https://mydramalist.com/738627-ginga-tetsudo-no-chichi

emmaaum,
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The Lone Ume Tree

About acceptance of difference and problems caused by those quick to judge. Cho-san has both learning disabilities and autism, needs his routines and works in a supported facility. He also has a great mum and difficult neighbours.

https://mydramalist.com/702449-ume-kiranu-baka

emmaaum,
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The Invitation

One of the four prize-winning short horror films in

Glad I watched it during the afternoon :) Got a jump scare from the sound, I was using headphones and it was Right There 😂
The ending brought it together and made it extra creepy.

https://mydramalist.com/770973-the-invitation

emmaaum, to random
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If you'll be watching some of , what's caught your eye from their offerings? Have you picked one to see first?

I'm going to start with The Lines That Define Me (because I've been waiting for more Japanese coming of age films since the last festival) for morning-ish and maybe The Broken Mariko for afternoon-ish as that will be heavy I think so better to watch early in my binge.

https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/page/jffonline2024/

eclectech, to random
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Wait, what?

emmaaum,
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@eclectech How giraffes evolved from dinosaurs, intermediary stage.

emmaaum, (edited ) to random
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ONE MORE SLEEP!!!!

It starts at 4 am UK time. Don't even think about it quine.


https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/page/jffonline2024/

emmaaum, to random
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i haven't seen anything Thai since Tuesday night. i have been quite happily watching very good Japanese films instead. i am having lakorn cravings. already 😱

emmaaum, to random
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Apologies for the change in the weather. It is clearly my fault as two weeks ago I thought it seemed like we might indeed have a warm summer and ordered tomato plants.
They arrived yesterday as did two hail storms.

emmaaum, to random
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Fannish friends - I'm putting together one of those What was your favourite X, Y, Z calendar poll type thing to encourage engagement in my dreamwidth community next month.
Anyone want to help me improve it? I'm trying to steer away from the usual cliches.
It might be easier to do this on dreamwidth than fedi because of length, though I could turn it into graphics if need be.

liztai, to tech
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Name your first computer game.

Mine was Tapper 😆

The song brings me back 🙃

https://youtu.be/naremP5nL3w?si=wG5N5gJA3SmOe02H

emmaaum,
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@liztai A hollow voice says Plugh.

s1m0n4, to drama
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@emmaaum I've started watching and it might be your kind of .

I'm 4 episodes in and there's no violence, no dramatic moments and no traumatic experiences.
It's all about status and competition. Both in the Korean society and among people working for hagwons.

emmaaum,
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@ronsboy67 Change of topic but I've been meaning to write you to make sure you know about this - Japan Film Festival Online, starts this Weds for two weeks.
to talk about the films and/or the two series.

https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/page/jffonline2024/

emmaaum, (edited ) to random
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i am craving a certain flavour of intelligent Thai nonsense. i am also too fatigued right now to follow intelligent Thai nonsense. this is a problem.

this is about comedy series btw and nonsense is a compliment.

emmaaum, to random
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It rains every time I start preparing to go outdoors. For everyone else's sake I'm going to just stay in under the duvet.

emmaaum, to random
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i've seen three films in which involve arts and artists - The Lines that Define Me (sumi-e ink painting), Single8 (1978-era amateur film making) and Father of the Milky Way Railroad (idealised biography of an idealistic young man who, after his death, became one of Japan's most loved writers and poets) - and in every one, cinematography and story of the films themselves are shaped by the art form and style depicted.
Am more interested in the anime business one now.

emmaaum, to random
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let's make a voting list for on MDL, it will be fun even if most people are just voting for the 1 or 2 that they see.

attempts to rank the 5 (out of 23) i've seen so far... what have i done to myself? 🙃

emmaaum, to random
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that sounds like an uncharacteristically heavy rain storm for here
looks outside
it's hail. lots and lots of big hail
oy gevalt

emmaaum, to random
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Anthony Roth Costanzo is excellent of course but Stephanie Blythe has sort of ruined me for other Orfeos

emmaaum, to random
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film i watched last evening had animations which were just below my pre-seizure brain popcorn threshold. It wasn't the easiest film to follow either and it left me worn out.
Brain is extra foggy this morning. Might be weather but maybe the animations did more damage than i realised.
(So many GPs - you have this because you think you have this. So many times me - looks like that was ok. whew. Reality - lol no whomp.)

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