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Blossoms Shanghai | MUBI
Wikipedia:
'Blossoms Shanghai [..] is a Chinese drama television series directed and produced by Wong Kar-wai. It is adapted from the 2013 novel Blossoms written by Jin Yucheng.[1] The series is set in Shanghai in the 1990s and stars Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tiffany Tang, and Xin Zhilei. It is the first television series directed by Wong.[2]'
Essay en interview: Misschien heeft mijn hele leven hiertoe geleid: Wong Kar Wai over Blossoms Shanghai | #MUBI
https://mubi.com/nl/program-notes/my-entire-life-may-have-been-leading-up-to-this-wong-kar-wai-on-blossoms-shanghai

Quite a few years ago (10 ?! seems crazy) I first heard this song, and this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcZx0AAH3Bs I was smitten. So was the rest of the band I'm in. We've been covering it since and it's one of our faves.

RE: https://techhub.social/@shantini/115957020152303871
Being a marketer shaped my progressive politics more than I expected precisely because of this.
Once you see how much effort is being spent on marketing certain worldviews to you and how much of that can be studied, analyzed, and replicated - you can’t unsee it.
And you see the power that’s available for all of us to tap into to push back. The same kinds of marketing and communication tactics used against us can be used to amplify science, art, pro-social values, and progressive policy.
The right has been waging a coordinated campaign of swaying public opinion since at least the birth of the Federalist Society and backlash to Roe.
Their legal influence required creating an information and media apparatus that influenced first elite professional networks, then the public at large.
(For a recent example, just look at how much LLMS and AI have been relying on constant marketing and media attention for anyone to believe that these tools are “inevitable” or even “useful”. Their marketing and PR departments work very hard and are very well funded. For a reason.)

#TuneTuesday (Jan 27)
“And even though all is lost
I’m lost with you” 🎵
The Strike is an American indie band I first heard of a more than a year ago and I immediately loved their sound! Their song “The Getaway” in particular is a very uplifting song that wouldn’t feel out of place in a road trip playlist. 😎 (The “Stripped” version of the song is also lovely if you want something…

Ich verstehe die CDU nicht, die die Teilzeit nicht wollen. Sollen die Muttis jetzt alle an den Herd?
Wenn sie dann noch alle Ausländer abschieben und die Jungs die Armee aufpäppeln, wer soll denn dann überhaupt die Arbeit machen und die Wirtschaft in Schwung bringen?
Alles die KI?

OpenAI says nearly 1.3M weekly users are discussing "advanced topics in hard science" in January, with an average of 8.4M ChatGPT messages on those topics (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/26/openai-scientific-research-partner

Exclusive: OpenAI wants to be a scientific research partner
AI is increasingly being used as a research collaborator for mathematicians and scientists.

It seems that there is a common (& justified) perception of our "Dear Leader": Pete Songi on Donald Trump’s changing stances towards Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/23/p…

It seems that there is a common (& justified) perception of our "Dear Leader": Pete Songi on Donald Trump’s changing stances towards Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/23/p…

@… interesting listening to you, complaining about Face ID and the Son since I’ve literally never ever had a problem with it, not even in high summer here in Germany. Like _never_. obviously that doesn’t mean other people don’t have a problem with it, but I haven’t even heard of this before (and I also have a tech podcast for more than eight years) except…