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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen 1938 ‘怪猫 謎の三味線’ Directed by Kiyohiko Ushihara
#Japanese #Cinema #Japan #Horror #Ghost #Movies #Japanuary

A quintessential example of the period “ghost cat” (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko Kinema between 1937-40 featuring Japan’s first scream queen, Sumiko Suzuki

More on #Letterboxd boxd.it/cm5Qa thanks @nicole

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Happy 30th Birthday to the greatest Star Trek show to ever grace our screens. #StarTrek DS9 premiered on this day 1993

#StarTrekDS9 #StarTrekMemes #Memes

@theconfusedyeti@tech.lgbt Brilliantly played.

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hi! today I launched #TransTuesday as a podcast!

and did you know on Apple Podcasts you also have to feed the algorithm?

the more people subscribe and positively rate/review a podcast, the more Apple Podcasts will feature it and thus more people will find it

if you could spare 30 seconds to drop some positivity on it at the link above, that would help a ton! 💜

and please share and spread the word! so much trans goodness to come!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

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@d4doome @darkcorners3 Bizarre and charming!! My favorite seriously bizarre (and yet charming) movie of the last few years was Psycho Goreman. boxd.it/oY2I

No demon cats, though. :/

Awww. My phone’s ML is all confused: it thinks Tuesday morning’s focus mode is “personal.”

How sweet: it doesn’t realize we’re slaves yet. 🥹

@darkcorners3 Oh, Onibaba is also total amaze. Love it. Hausu and Legend of the Demon Cat are also wonderful.

Past that, though, I think we’re on even footing: the rest of this list aspirational for me right now. 🤩

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The tragedy of the commons is a pernicious myth.

The demise of the commons of Britain and Europe wasn't the result of misuse by commoners, but enclosing by the landowners. The original hypothetical was made up for storytelling purposes, and the term was popularized by an ecologist with anti-immigrant and racist views.

Here is my recommended reading for heading into 2023:

aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-

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@rooster Interesting. When I first started HRT my interest in playing video games went out like a light, and still hasn’t returned.

I did some digging at the time, to see if anyone else reported anything similar, but came up entirely empty handed.

I’ve considered the hypothesis of needing games less as escapism, and, while I can’t disprove it, I’m not confident it explains everything.

I’ve wondered if the reduction in testosterone might also play a role insomuch as it affects “visual stimulation,” and I’ve noticed that video game graphics are far less mesmerizing to me than they were previously.

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I like to frame the first four years of HRT for me like high school. Whenever I feel impatient, dissatisfied, or like I have stuff figured out, I think about what I’d tell a kid halfway through their sophomore year who expressed the same.

@rooster Also, I suppose it’s worth mentioning that while video games lost all of their appeal, I suddenly found myself _experiencing_ music in a way that I never had before.

Everyone’s chemistry is different; we’re all weird; it’s kind of wonderful.

@rooster I really do “miss” enjoying the Soulsborne games as much as I did. 🥲 I didn’t even make it an hour before walking away.

I did play The Quarry all the way through, which is very much story-driven. And I still fancy the idea of sitting down with some interactive fiction or a visual novel, so there’s some wood for the story-driven-still-appeals fires.

@rooster Interesting. When I first started HRT my interest in playing video games went out like a light, and still hasn’t returned.

I did some digging at the time, to see if anyone else reported anything similar, but came up entirely empty handed.

I’ve considered the hypothesis of needing games less as escapism, and, while I can’t disprove it, I’m not confident it explains everything.

I’ve wondered if the reduction in testosterone might also play a role insomuch as it affects “visual stimulation,” and I’ve noticed that video game graphics are far less mesmerizing to me than they were previously.

@PanicButton @Bwheatnyc But would you really trust any evidence submitted by 2023? 😋

Dug the cards out of storage. Immediately felt urge to produce a phyletic seriation of playing card faces. Reminded self that’s not the point (but what if it were!?).

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Basic models of flocking behavior are controlled by three simple rules: 1) separation: avoid crowding neighbours (short range repulsion); 2) alignment: steer towards average heading of neighbors; 3) cohesion: steer towards average position of neighbors (long range attraction). With these three simple rules, the flock moves in an extremely realistic way.