“Queen Latifa, give me strength!” — Gene Belcher
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Was watching Youtube Matttt's video about Western influences on manga (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U676rFdMUVc), when I heard him mention that influential manga artist Kitazawa Rakuten (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitazawa_Rakuten) was mentored by Aussie Frank Nankivell!
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_A._Nankivell)
He was from Castlemaine in Vic.
Unfortunately, there's not a lot of info on his Wikipedia page
@BrentToderian a great example of this is the infamous "15-Minute Cities" conspiracy, which was started by an anti-climate change group:
They spread lots of disinformation about supposed "climate lockdowns" that were coming and the 15-Minute City was just the one that stuck.
Their goals had nothing to do with cities; good urbanism was just collateral damage.
The “grassroots” backlash to a traffic reduction scheme in Oxfordshire is being boosted by an international network of established climate and Covid science deniers and amplified by right-wing media, DeSmog can report. The group ‘Not Our Future’ made headlines last month by putting leaflets through Oxfordshire residents’ letterboxes calling them “guinea pigs” in the UK’s […]
First short story for the new year!
Lawn Story: https://fiction.nwale.id.au/stories/lawn-story/
As a matter of spite, Stephanie Pedilla refuses to cut her lawn ever again!
About 3921 words.
Includes poison frogs, carnivorous pseudo-dandelions, and crayon wasps!
This was so good. Funny, deeply moving, wildly imaginative, and artistically superb.
I hope it gets an audience outside of Australia.
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/shaun-tan-s-tales-from-outer-suburbia/series/1/video/CH2330H001S00
Christmas Cake
#christmas #music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ8B2GCtF6o
Yarra River swimming vision now locked in with council signature
City of Melbourne has signed the Swimmable Cities Charter, committing to restore the health of the Yarra River for swimming.
Get washed like laundry.
Hopefully not folded like laundry.
“With brain swaps and death rays, a little-known French sci-fi genre explored science’s dark possibilities a century ago”
https://aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality
Via MeFi
#scifi
Wow. Thiel’s an idiot. Actually bonkers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-lectures-antichrist
Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱
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Comics Outta Context