Casablanca, that beloved franchise.
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Casablanca, that beloved franchise.
I asked Perplexity to program a film festival based on my Letterboxd activity and... yeah, okay. Not exactly what I'd do but not bad.
That final day is a bit of a marathon, mind.
That final day is a bit of a marathon, mind.
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I asked Perplexity to program a film festival based on my Letterboxd activity and... yeah, okay. Not exactly what I'd do but not bad.
That final day is a bit of a marathon, mind.
That final day is a bit of a marathon, mind.
Gang, in this age of "it takes 3 seasons to get good" I am less than 3 eps into a random rewatch of the X-Files and it takes zero prisoners.
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gang, in this age of "it takes 3 seasons to get good" I am less than 3 eps into a random rewatch of the X-Files and it takes zero prisoners.
Alun-Alun Utara, a large public square in Yogyakarta adjoining the sultan's palace, is blurred out on Google Maps except for two big trees. But the palace complex itself is not. Odd.
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Alun-Alun Utara, a large public square in Yogyakarta adjoining the sultan's palace, is blurred out on Google Maps except for two big trees. But the palace complex itself is not. Odd.
Countries & territories less free than China in 2024, per Freedom House.
www.visualcapitalist.com/the-state-of...
www.visualcapitalist.com/the-state-of...
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Countries & territories less free than China in 2024, per Freedom House.
www.visualcapitalist.com/the-state-of...
www.visualcapitalist.com/the-state-of...
Shocked to realize that Tom Stoppard used ChatGPT to write Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead before travelling back in time to publish it.
June 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Shocked to realize that Tom Stoppard used ChatGPT to write Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead before travelling back in time to publish it.
This is a heck of a way to find out, after googling the size of a pickleball court, that the average US driveway is at least twice the size of the average Hong Kong family apartment.
![Screencap from an email newsletter, saying "The outdoor game experienced a surge in popularity during the 2020 pandemic because it could be set up in driveways, be played by all ages, and allow for safe [...] "](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s2nhsxtpejpp5ctlsipx266e/bafkreiguug6dm53jhkynlxi7bpekcxvixvjzroc5ichkadlmkgu4k7bbei@jpeg)
June 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This is a heck of a way to find out, after googling the size of a pickleball court, that the average US driveway is at least twice the size of the average Hong Kong family apartment.
10 hours ago?
Not sure I approve of this new official-video trend. Lynyrd Skynyrd's channel published a new "Free Bird" video a while ago as well.
Not sure I approve of this new official-video trend. Lynyrd Skynyrd's channel published a new "Free Bird" video a while ago as well.
June 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
10 hours ago?
Not sure I approve of this new official-video trend. Lynyrd Skynyrd's channel published a new "Free Bird" video a while ago as well.
Not sure I approve of this new official-video trend. Lynyrd Skynyrd's channel published a new "Free Bird" video a while ago as well.
I would love to see Citizen FC back in the top division.
Pictured: my previous season ticket.
www.offside.hk/uncategorize...
Pictured: my previous season ticket.
www.offside.hk/uncategorize...
May 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I would love to see Citizen FC back in the top division.
Pictured: my previous season ticket.
www.offside.hk/uncategorize...
Pictured: my previous season ticket.
www.offside.hk/uncategorize...
Bit of a mathematics fail at the BBC here.
52 cardinals out of 133 is not "most of the eligible cardinals".
52 cardinals out of 133 is not "most of the eligible cardinals".
May 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Bit of a mathematics fail at the BBC here.
52 cardinals out of 133 is not "most of the eligible cardinals".
52 cardinals out of 133 is not "most of the eligible cardinals".
New extended Jenny Nicholson Cinematic Universe content just dropped.
May 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
New extended Jenny Nicholson Cinematic Universe content just dropped.
A collection of ugly salt cellars?
No, it's the official Rolls-Royce chess set!
www.press.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/rolls-royce-...
No, it's the official Rolls-Royce chess set!
www.press.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/rolls-royce-...
April 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
A collection of ugly salt cellars?
No, it's the official Rolls-Royce chess set!
www.press.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/rolls-royce-...
No, it's the official Rolls-Royce chess set!
www.press.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/rolls-royce-...
I see that 60 Minutes is trending and that reminds me that everyone should watch Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (2021).
April 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I see that 60 Minutes is trending and that reminds me that everyone should watch Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (2021).
much like molesworth 2 this sea draggon is uterly wet and a weed.
April 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
much like molesworth 2 this sea draggon is uterly wet and a weed.
As predicted by this poster in Yogyakarta last year.
March 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
As predicted by this poster in Yogyakarta last year.
"We will ... enhance tourism-support measures for creating a friendly environment for visitors." John Lee, Oct 2024.
HK's revamped Central Market has an app for ordering from the various F&B outlets. But you can't sign up if you're not a PRC national.
This environment could be friendlier.
HK's revamped Central Market has an app for ordering from the various F&B outlets. But you can't sign up if you're not a PRC national.
This environment could be friendlier.
March 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"We will ... enhance tourism-support measures for creating a friendly environment for visitors." John Lee, Oct 2024.
HK's revamped Central Market has an app for ordering from the various F&B outlets. But you can't sign up if you're not a PRC national.
This environment could be friendlier.
HK's revamped Central Market has an app for ordering from the various F&B outlets. But you can't sign up if you're not a PRC national.
This environment could be friendlier.
Now this is how you set up sample dialogues.
Sidney Lau, "Advanced Cantonese" vol. 2, 1976.
Sidney Lau, "Advanced Cantonese" vol. 2, 1976.
March 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Now this is how you set up sample dialogues.
Sidney Lau, "Advanced Cantonese" vol. 2, 1976.
Sidney Lau, "Advanced Cantonese" vol. 2, 1976.
The U.S. spends as much as the next 12 largest defense budgets combined in raw dollar amounts.
But if you plot defense spending against GNI per capita, there's a different (maybe surprising?) standout.
But if you plot defense spending against GNI per capita, there's a different (maybe surprising?) standout.
February 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The U.S. spends as much as the next 12 largest defense budgets combined in raw dollar amounts.
But if you plot defense spending against GNI per capita, there's a different (maybe surprising?) standout.
But if you plot defense spending against GNI per capita, there's a different (maybe surprising?) standout.
MERICS: Beijing often puts a higher priority on geopolitics and the international recognition flowing from the bilateral relationship, so is willing to disregard trade defense measures on some steel, some manufactures, and some e-commerce by not retaliating.
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
MERICS: Beijing often puts a higher priority on geopolitics and the international recognition flowing from the bilateral relationship, so is willing to disregard trade defense measures on some steel, some manufactures, and some e-commerce by not retaliating.
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money
February 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money
TIL about a weird protestant hat.
February 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
TIL about a weird protestant hat.