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Life in Common @arthursmid.bsky.social · Oct 14
"We articulated the vision for the movement that we hoped to build. Each day, we would work to embody the values of a better world." - Elle Bisgaard-Church

www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
www.cityandstateny.com
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coeckelbergh.bsky.social
New article on AI and fascism

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism - AI & SOCIETY
The rapid development of digital technologies, including AI, is having a significant impact on the social, economic, and political life. Yet, while presented as milestones in innovation and progress, ...
link.springer.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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kiddingthecity.bsky.social
A Swedish city's one-year project is testing how various public services would function in the scenario of a digital blackout

theconversation.com/europe-wants...
Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology
As the US increases political pressure on Europe, it’s possible to imagine the continent losing access to key computing services.
theconversation.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
arthursmid.bsky.social
Canadian broadcaster talks with media researchers and former-spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh_...
How ICE is using far-right subculture to recruit
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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simonguy.bsky.social
"I experienced tremendous happiness as I was making this film."

Happy birthday Hayao Miyazaki.
A photo of copies of Starting Point 1979-1996 and Turning Point 1997-2008 by Hayao Miyazaki.
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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jolyonyates.bsky.social
On this day was born... Hayao Miyazaki! "Rowlf', 1980 proposed adaptation of the Richard Corben story.
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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jakeparappahainey.bsky.social
03. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024)
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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mousterpiece.bsky.social
It's Hayao Miyazaki's 85th birthday, which led me to write at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social about the strange legacy his films have left behind in the States, driven as much by hideous AI as by an excess of merchandising: crookedmarquee.com/miyazaki-at-...
Miyazaki at 85 and His Western Legacy — Crooked Marquee
As an animation master hits a milestone birthday, his studio’s presence overseas is dominated by an excess of merchandising that runs counter to his work.
crookedmarquee.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Now watching

PORCO ROSSO (1992), Japanese animated classic about a pig pilot who fights sky pirates and hates fascists

Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki - BOTD in 1941
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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steuard.bsky.social
There was a period where I cited Miyazaki's Nausicaä as a personal hero figure. The story's sense of deep history, the conflicts driven by characters with understandable motivations, the beautiful and terrifying setting, and Nausicaä's own courage and moral focus: both movie and manga are great.
An illustration from the manga "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" by Hayao Miyazaki. The title character, seated in the foreground, is a young woman with light skin and red-brown hair wearing a blue tunic and matching boots and thick gloves. She is gazing at something to the viewer's left with a small, peaceful smile on her face, while a small fox-squirrel stands on her shoulder and stares in the same direction. She is sitting on a spike of the reddish-brown discarded shell of a giant insect (only a tiny portion of the head is in the picture's frame) directly in front of two light-blue transparent eyes (each of them as big as she is). Falling like snow all around her are the small, puffy spores of toxic forest vegetation.
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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lostcity.bsky.social
Hayao Miyazaki has done a lot of great movies, but I want to shout out the manga of Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind. Dude did ONE* comic in his life, and it was one of the greatest comics of all time.
*(I believe he has actually drawn others, but not many, and I don’t think they’re in English)
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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sventhe.bsky.social
Heart and passion, always antifascist — Happy Birthday to one of the greatest and most important mangaka and filmmaker alive, Hayao Miyazaki!
#botd #HayaoMiyazaki #FilmSky #ComicSky
Hayao Miyazaki Porco Rosso Nausicaä A page from the manga Nausicaä A scene from the anime
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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cwashington.bsky.social
I have some Miyazaki to read through this cold weather.
The two volume box set of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki
January 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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peachfanmedia.bsky.social
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979; Toho/TMS) - 8/10

Never seen any of the Lupin III stuff, but I was curious about this one for quite sometime since this was the directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki, and it ended up being a great start for him
January 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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rachelgrant.bsky.social
While my daughter was visiting Okinawa, we made a pilgrimage to the Studio Ghibli store. We both wanted to buy EVERYTHING. 😍
Happy (belated) birthday Hayao Miyazaki!
Studio Ghibli storefront in Rycom Mall Shelf filled with merch. I didn't see the "no photos" sign until after I took the photo. I promise I didn't snap any other pictures except the front of the store, which is allowed.
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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nonfics.bsky.social
Animator and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki celebrates his birthday today.

Here's a list of 12 must-see documentaries about environmental disasters, including Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata's 'The Story of Yanagawa’s Canals': buff.ly/40vK1iV
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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konkretbitte.bsky.social
💐 (nachträglich zum 85.)

Hayao Miyazaki 🫶🏼
Ein älterer japanischer Mann mit weißem Haar, Bart und Brille, der eine Zigarette im Mund hat und eine Schürze trägt, malt konzentriert mit einem Pinsel an einer detaillierten Zeichnung auf Papier. Vor ihm liegt eine Palette mit bunten Wasserfarben auf einem Holztisch in einem Atelier mit Bücherregalen im Hintergrund.
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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conorholt.bsky.social
Happy 85th Birthday to Hayao Miyazaki! “I wanted to retire, but life isn’t that easy” he told Roger Ebert back in 2002 for the release of SPIRITED AWAY. www.rogerebert.com/interviews/h...
Hayao Miyazaki interview | Interviews | Roger Ebert
"I love his films. I study his films. I watch his films when I'm looking for inspiration."
www.rogerebert.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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daveyh39.bsky.social
"My process is thinking, thinking and thinking. Thinking about my stories for a long time. If you have a better way, please let me know."

Happy 85th Birthday to Hayao Miyazaki, legendary and innovative Oscar-winning Japanese animator, director, producer, and manga artist.

He was #BOTD on 1/5/1941
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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monkchips.com
an excellent long form article on Hayao Miyazaki. well worth reading imo. art comes from doing the work. www.readtrung.com/p/hayao-miya...
Hayao Miyazaki: 9 Creative Lessons
Notes on the creative process for the legendary Japanese filmmaker and founder of Studio Ghibli.
www.readtrung.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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intrattenimento.bsky.social
perché il papà di Studio Ghibli detesta il paragone

https://www.europesays.com/it/293952/

Hayao Miyazaki nutre un profondo rispetto per gli animatori originali della Disney, ma non chiamatelo il “Disney del…
perché il papà di Studio Ghibli detesta il paragone - Italia
Hayao Miyazaki nutre un profondo rispetto per gli animatori originali della Disney, ma non chiamatelo il "Disney del Giappone"! Pur ammirando il lavoro degli
www.europesays.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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generacionghibli.bsky.social
'Nausicaä del Valle del Viento'
(Hayao Miyazaki, 1984)
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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crooked-marquee.bsky.social
“The legacy Hayao Miyazaki has left behind in Japan is far different, and vastly preferable, to the one that’s been co-opted in his name here in the United States,” @mousterpiece.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/miyazaki-at-...
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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lumonstills.bsky.social
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
January 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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animation350.bsky.social
Ranking the 9 Ghibli films not directed by Isao Takahata or Hayao Miyazaki. #3 is When Marnie Was There. Hiromasa Yonebayashi makes visually sumptuous movies, but I wish he made more personal stories like this one (I haven’t loved his Studio Ponoc output). What I appreciate most is the…
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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animation350.bsky.social
Ranking the 9 Ghibli films not directed by Isao Takahata or Hayao Miyazaki. #2 is The Red Turtle. A lush fable with stunning atmosphere. It might be slow for children, but if you have patience you will be rewarded and absorbed. One of the most unique films in the Ghibli canon. A-
January 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM