KC
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"Stuff... Thangs." - Rick Grimes
Also @thereadingspree.com and https://www.semi-online.me
📍️: Manila, 🇵🇭
Also @thereadingspree.com and https://www.semi-online.me
📍️: Manila, 🇵🇭
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I'm so happy to put two of my longtime loves together: my decade-old (I think) and high drop-prone Pilot Kakuno fountain pen with a custom Murderbot paint job by @sistersstudio 💗
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I'm so happy to put two of my longtime loves together: my decade-old (I think) and high drop-prone Pilot Kakuno fountain pen with a custom Murderbot paint job by @sistersstudio 💗
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Apparently it's Book Lovers' Day today. OK, then. I don't normally pay attention to unofficial holidays, but I can get behind this one 🤭💗
August 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Apparently it's Book Lovers' Day today. OK, then. I don't normally pay attention to unofficial holidays, but I can get behind this one 🤭💗
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First book post of the year... in August 😂🙃 I had fun reading these three fiction translations from Southeast Asia, and I had to write about them: thereadingspree.com/2025/08/else...
August 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
First book post of the year... in August 😂🙃 I had fun reading these three fiction translations from Southeast Asia, and I had to write about them: thereadingspree.com/2025/08/else...
They're both done. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
Neil Gaiman Accused of Human Trafficking, Sexual Abuse in New Lawsuit
The author’s estranged wife Amanda Palmer is also named.
www.vulture.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
They're both done. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
I've always wondered what it would be like to live in a cave - and be as far away from people as possible for as long as possible, because people are horrible by default. Great read.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Woman Who Spent Five Hundred Days in a Cave
Beatriz Flamini liked to be alone so much that she decided to live underground—and pursue a world record. The experience was gruelling and surreal.
www.newyorker.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I've always wondered what it would be like to live in a cave - and be as far away from people as possible for as long as possible, because people are horrible by default. Great read.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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...and I reviewed three books on The Reading Spree: Lio Mangubat's historical essay collection "Silk Silver Spices Slaves", Margie de Leon's fiction collection "Lies All Lies", and Angeli Lacson's non-linear nonfiction narrative "Unbecoming": thereadingspree.com/2024/11/thre...
November 21, 2024 at 8:49 AM
...and I reviewed three books on The Reading Spree: Lio Mangubat's historical essay collection "Silk Silver Spices Slaves", Margie de Leon's fiction collection "Lies All Lies", and Angeli Lacson's non-linear nonfiction narrative "Unbecoming": thereadingspree.com/2024/11/thre...
I updated both my blog and newsletter this month! Rare shit right there. 😆
First up, the current reading/watching/soundtripping list on my Substack: www.semi-online.me/p/the-list-3
First up, the current reading/watching/soundtripping list on my Substack: www.semi-online.me/p/the-list-3
The list #3
Some of the stuff on my read/watch/listen queue
www.semi-online.me
November 21, 2024 at 8:45 AM
I updated both my blog and newsletter this month! Rare shit right there. 😆
First up, the current reading/watching/soundtripping list on my Substack: www.semi-online.me/p/the-list-3
First up, the current reading/watching/soundtripping list on my Substack: www.semi-online.me/p/the-list-3
First thought: I have a lot of chores to do in my apartment rn. He can come over and do it for me 😂
Second thought: Homeless man thought he'd finally get food and shelter if he committed crimes like breaking in/trespassing and burglary.
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Second thought: Homeless man thought he'd finally get food and shelter if he committed crimes like breaking in/trespassing and burglary.
bbc.in/3ZTkVdE
Burglar hung out victim's washing and unpacked shopping
The victim returned home to find her house broken into and a note left saying
bbc.in
October 6, 2024 at 2:04 AM
First thought: I have a lot of chores to do in my apartment rn. He can come over and do it for me 😂
Second thought: Homeless man thought he'd finally get food and shelter if he committed crimes like breaking in/trespassing and burglary.
bbc.in/3ZTkVdE
Second thought: Homeless man thought he'd finally get food and shelter if he committed crimes like breaking in/trespassing and burglary.
bbc.in/3ZTkVdE
I'm into these these days open.substack.com/pub/semionli...
The list #2
What I've been reading, watching, and listening to recently
open.substack.com
September 25, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I'm into these these days open.substack.com/pub/semionli...
The article's three years old, but it's still relevant and informative. Especially if you use therapy-speak often (or misuse it). www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
The Rise of Therapy-Speak
How a language got off the couch and into the world.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2024 at 7:02 AM
The article's three years old, but it's still relevant and informative. Especially if you use therapy-speak often (or misuse it). www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
Clearing the writing cobwebs from my brain 🤭👋 www.semi-online.me/p/social-med...
Social media for the anti-social
It's rough out there 🤐
www.semi-online.me
August 24, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Clearing the writing cobwebs from my brain 🤭👋 www.semi-online.me/p/social-med...
This is the second time I bought an ebook after seeing the author being interviewed by Annette Young of France 24, for her women-focused show "The 51%". Took me less than five minutes! 🤭💸 But I'm a childfree woman by choice, so... 🤷
June 8, 2024 at 1:01 PM
This is the second time I bought an ebook after seeing the author being interviewed by Annette Young of France 24, for her women-focused show "The 51%". Took me less than five minutes! 🤭💸 But I'm a childfree woman by choice, so... 🤷
Great and informative read. And yes, we're now all made of stardust and 3M-made chemicals. www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
May 21, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Great and informative read. And yes, we're now all made of stardust and 3M-made chemicals. www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
Yessssss 💗 Watch if you love '00s-'10s R&B as much as I do - and have no idea Ne-Yo has such a deep songwriting catalog youtu.be/vR6_ZVKEhJ4
Ne-Yo: Tiny Desk Concert
Bobby Carter | April 26, 2024There's nothing like hearing the oohs and aahs from the Tiny Desk audience when a recognizable note hits the soul. Ne-Yo's setli...
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April 28, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Yessssss 💗 Watch if you love '00s-'10s R&B as much as I do - and have no idea Ne-Yo has such a deep songwriting catalog youtu.be/vR6_ZVKEhJ4
This is only the 2nd autopathography I've seen on SSCD/SCDS, so of course I got it. But I'm taking it slow because I'm in the thick of this cruel invisible disability (& haven't had surgery yet).
Also, I'm working on my own autopathography. It's had a lot of runs and pauses, but I'll get there. 🙃
Also, I'm working on my own autopathography. It's had a lot of runs and pauses, but I'll get there. 🙃
March 19, 2024 at 1:37 PM
This is only the 2nd autopathography I've seen on SSCD/SCDS, so of course I got it. But I'm taking it slow because I'm in the thick of this cruel invisible disability (& haven't had surgery yet).
Also, I'm working on my own autopathography. It's had a lot of runs and pauses, but I'll get there. 🙃
Also, I'm working on my own autopathography. It's had a lot of runs and pauses, but I'll get there. 🙃
It's been 10 years since Supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda made (its first) landfall in my country. 😮🌀
Here's a great short docu by several storm chasers on their experience in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities in the Visayas region, Philippines: youtu.be/xloqizuQItM?...
Here's a great short docu by several storm chasers on their experience in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities in the Visayas region, Philippines: youtu.be/xloqizuQItM?...
Surviving Super Typhoon Haiyan - The Storm That Broke A City
8th November 2023 marks 10 years since super typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, tore through the central Philippines, killing thousands. The strongest...
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November 8, 2023 at 3:12 AM
It's been 10 years since Supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda made (its first) landfall in my country. 😮🌀
Here's a great short docu by several storm chasers on their experience in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities in the Visayas region, Philippines: youtu.be/xloqizuQItM?...
Here's a great short docu by several storm chasers on their experience in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities in the Visayas region, Philippines: youtu.be/xloqizuQItM?...
Happy 30th birthday to one of my most favorite movies 💗🐚
Demolition Man's Writer Explains How the Three Seashells Came To Be
Over the decades, few film debates have endured as much as Demolition Man’s three seashells, and now we can at least put one aspect of that debate to bed: where, exactly, they came from.
gizmodo.com
October 12, 2023 at 3:18 AM
Happy 30th birthday to one of my most favorite movies 💗🐚
"The slipperiness of memoir finds a new dimension when it’s played for laughs in front of a crowd." www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths”
In his standup specials, the former “Patriot Act” host often recounts harrowing experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to ...
www.newyorker.com
September 16, 2023 at 6:59 AM
"The slipperiness of memoir finds a new dimension when it’s played for laughs in front of a crowd." www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
I'm physically stuck in Metro Manila right now. But some books can take me to new places 📖🧳💗
August 20, 2023 at 6:59 AM
I'm physically stuck in Metro Manila right now. But some books can take me to new places 📖🧳💗
This entire season was flawless 💗
Inside the ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season Finale: Evil Gorn! Shocking Ending! And Introd...
"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" executive producers Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman discuss the shocking Season 2 finale.
variety.com
August 11, 2023 at 2:00 AM
This entire season was flawless 💗
Electronica + pipe organ = 🤯️🤯️🤯️
Now I can't listen to "Otomo" without preferring the "Royal Albert Hall" version.
Now I can't listen to "Otomo" without preferring the "Royal Albert Hall" version.
Bonobo & Anna Lapwood perform Otomo live at the Royal Albert Hall
I often do middle-of-the-night practice sessions at the @royalalberthall , and have grown rather fond of hall staff calling up to the organ with requests. At...
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August 4, 2023 at 7:11 AM
Electronica + pipe organ = 🤯️🤯️🤯️
Now I can't listen to "Otomo" without preferring the "Royal Albert Hall" version.
Now I can't listen to "Otomo" without preferring the "Royal Albert Hall" version.
A new study shows the "political economy of covert influence in the 2022 Philippine Elections": https://internews.org/resource/political-economy-of-covert-influence-operations-in-the-2022-philippine-elections/
This is terrifying. And it can happen in your country. Well, if it hasn't already...
This is terrifying. And it can happen in your country. Well, if it hasn't already...
Political Economy of Covert Influence Operations in the 2022 Philippine Elections - Information Save...
This report investigates the political economy of covert influence in the 2022 Philippine Elections, with a focus on social media influencers involved in covert political campaigning. This interdiscip...
internews.org
August 4, 2023 at 6:14 AM
A new study shows the "political economy of covert influence in the 2022 Philippine Elections": https://internews.org/resource/political-economy-of-covert-influence-operations-in-the-2022-philippine-elections/
This is terrifying. And it can happen in your country. Well, if it hasn't already...
This is terrifying. And it can happen in your country. Well, if it hasn't already...