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“This case involves a serious incident in which the Chinese Communist party is suspected of using cross-border suppression tactics to direct lawless elements in our country to suppress dissenting political voices through extreme violence”.

An excellent read

Why is this so true?

Someone shared this on Substack and I want to share it here because I think it's excellent. It annoys me enormously when people laugh at old wuxia films because they lack modern special effects and the acting is non-naturalistic. Why is naturalistic the default? pressplayredux.com/2012/09/14/f...

Do you, Mr Bond, disavow the Muslim Brotherhood?

Joshua Wong turned 30. He spent more than half of his twenties behind bars. From a 14-year-old student activist to one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy voices, Joshua’s story traces the dismantling of Hong Kong’s freedoms.

oh man 😂

I finally put down my thoughts on Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma - westwatchesmovies.substack.com/p/teenage-dr...

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

If you want to know what the UK is like, the man referred to in this clip was appointed to the House of Lords.

Something tells me that Christina Ricci is a hell of a parent. I love seeing parents who teach their children right from wrong, and to stand up for what's right.

Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...

Tthoughts on Na Hong-jin's Hope westwatchesmovies.substack.com/p/hope-sinks...

Aw yeah!

300 is basically an ode to eugenics. dorkarama.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/3...

Billy and the Boingers will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran youtu.be/Ve0MPWQrG2g?...

Saw this and died

National Security is whatever Beijing says it is so shut up and go to prison for remembering when we turned the military on our citizens.

The Marge Simpson bollard. #WorldBollardAssociation

“Do you think HUMAN CREATIVITY matters? Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about poetry until their father dies, you go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart & that's when Art’s not a luxury it's sustenance.” — ETHAN HAWKE

Seven years in prison for remembering state violence.

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

@uniofgreenwich.bsky.social is hosting Michael and Jake from @ghibliotheque.bsky.social to launch the new book, Ghiblipedia, on 16th Sept. Entry is free. Come to hear them talk about books, podcasts, Ghibli, anime - and ask questions! Please share this post. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-th...

The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.

It has been far too long since I saw this movie

Honestly, just tragic. A society that devours its young has no future but that is what the CCP has in the cards for Hong Kong, while Wong and many nameless others have sacrificed so much to defend their home

One! Bwahahaha. I'm so old. Get in the trash, young people.

Can anyone help identify this actress? Probably Taiwanese.

Who would have thought the bastards behind the White Terror wouldn't like news organizations?

Happy International Dog Day from me and Mouse

Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.

The chasm between the remarkable people who make art, and the soulless dullards who own the companies.

Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that

Dolly Parton made the world a better place every day. What a loss.

Another normal day of normalness. Isn't this how Neon Genesis Evangelion starts?

Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower.

This is very chilling read.

Amazing! The control and skill required to do this and in one take!

A dream fulfilled, I got to write a whole article about Michael Wong. Thank you so much to Far East Films for publishing this!

I can't believe marvel got woke. In the 80's

SAMMY DAVIS JR. tearing it up on the Drums and Vibraphone in 1963. He was quite simply, a phenomenon.

You mean I'd have to think for myself? What a melt.

Went to the movies over the weekend boxd.it/fCohIT

It's here! Look at this unspeakably sexy beast of a box set from @imprintfilms.bsky.social Aw yeah!

Film you’ve watched more than six times Hard Mode : No Star Trek, Star wars, LOTR, any Marvel, Disney or Ghibli Addendum: Do other people not watch movies over and over again? How is this hard?

This is in Serbia. Mind blown!

A brave man to the last

Goosebumps - youtu.be/bvj6Gzb22Ao?...