I resent how much energy I have to burn worrying about another country’s politics. I resent how much power one country has to sway the fate of the rest of the world. I resent how vulnerable this leaves those of us in the Global South in particular.
Cough Malaysia cough.
It's depressing how much Malaysia mirrors the US in so many strange ways.
Like being infested by neolibs in all levels of govt, thinktanks, NGOs
@memeranglaut Happy Birthday, and congrats on hitting the big 4-0! New horizons await! May you find grand adventures, joyous experiences, and many more wonders.
@still_ernamh I'm so sorry for your loss Erna. He's the Goodest Boy. May he find peace and joy in the eternal fields, with all the running he could do and all KFC he could have.
@still_ernamh Oh no... I'm so so sorry Erna. I know how hard it is to make this choice. I also know that sometimes there's truly few other choices to make.
Stay strong. Stay well.
I didn't exactly set out to do this, but over the weekend I caught three sequels to 80s-90s films. Evil Dead Rise may be my favorite of the bunch (the rest just didn't have enough chainsaws, sorry), but Twisters may be the biggest surprise - both familiar and refreshing.
After much consideration (that is, after getting some recommendations on Twitter and telling my wife that I was going to buy it, to which she replied, "Didn't you just buy Signalis and didn't play it?" so I said, "LEAVE ME ALONE I SCARE EASY"), I am now playing Mass Effect.
1 minute in and I went "Is that Keith David? THAT'S KEITH DAVID!"
My wife, in another room: "Is that Batman?"
"No it's Dr. Facilier!"
"Who?"
"FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE."
"Oh okay."
Celebrated the end of the ping pong run with Chickita, a flame-grilled chicken joint that is like Nando's if the sauces are much more distinctive and varied. Not too bad.
Lost in my semi-finals match, but we did clinch 3rd place. Not too shabby as the only group stage runner-up to make it to the semis.
Now I hope I can find more avenues to play and improve.
When I signed up for the office ping pong tournament I certainly didn't expect to make it to the semi-finals.
Whatever happens, I get to play 2 games today and I'm going to have fun.
(Reposting this message everyday) Day 4. The latest word on #coyotevsacme is that @wbpictures have already made up their minds on the films fate . Just waiting for this to all die down . Perhaps another bidder comes out of left field but the asking price is pretty high . Nothing is official until it’s official but we are pretty much on the side of trying to change their minds by releasing #ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme themselves or lowering that asking price . Trust me , they hear the noise but it is going to take a TON more convincing . So what needs to happen here is we fight 100x harder than before . Tag @wbpictures , let them know you are pumped up to see this film . Let them see that they can make a profit if it’s released . I know it’s tiring , I know some people are ready to give up but we have to keep fighting . This is for all the cast and crew of a completed work of art. This is for all the fans of @LooneyTunes . This is also to prevent this behavior from happening again in the future . If they have actually made up their minds to shelve it for good ….whenever it is announced, there will be just as much backlash . The smart move is for them to release it themselves, make some money , show love to the people that make them money and show appreciation to the cast and crew that make your films .
Column: I read The Vegetarian and thought about how little autonomy we often have over our own lives.
And how our choices are more often than not made not by will but pressures external
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