row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream

this is a bummer. Kay Hanley is a treasure.

yes Google, that is indeed what I meant

El Nino may cut crop yields in Malaysia by at least 8%, minister warns - www.reuters.com/business/env...

All things considered -- like the utter creative collapse of the franchise over the last decade -- this can only be seen as a good thing. Doctor Who needs a massive conceptual overhaul and the best way to make that happen is to force it to go away for a while

Here's my pitch for a new era of Doctor Who: Make a new season every year. Show the episodes at the same time each week. Call me if you want to talk more, BBC.

more adventures in baby bilingualism: trying to decipher what she’s referring to and whether she’s speaking in English/Bahasa based on various monosyllables. “Buk” could refer to “book”, “habuk” (dust), or “bobok” (nap/sleep) “Mote” could refer to the aircon/TV remote or “semut” (ant)

RIP Marjane Satrapi

US trade rep proposes duties after flagging M'sia, 59 nations over forced labour imports

almost 20 years on and they've still got it www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XFE...

RIP Marcia Lucas, whose skill as a film editor and storyteller made a clunky independent film called STAR WARS greater than the sum of its parts. Rightly referred to as "Lucas's secret weapon," Marcia had an uncanny talent to see a film from the perspective of an audience--and won an Oscar for it.

“My Boo,” the sole single from Miami bass crew Ghost Town DJ’s, was released 30 years ago today. (Strangely, that was a Sunday, but So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri has claimed May 26 is the release date. It was also Lil Jon’s first project as the label’s A&R director.)

same skeet but replace Australian Open with Roland Garros

Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds

cat is so useless, just lying in the sun watching the neighbourhood squirrels eat all her expensive kitty kibble

Not for nothing but Widow's Bay -- obviously smartly drawing on many prior horror tropes/shows/films (for good!) -- is an original series & not IP-based. Not All IP obv, but it's very refreshing when a human being has a good idea, then gets to make a TV show based on that good idea! I'm pro this!

Episode 4 of Widow's Bay is so good, also a great showcase for the great Kate O'Flynn. Super enjoying this show a bunch. And as a noted horror wuss, I am more than OK with this show (partly due to a workaround I outlined in thread 👇). Now go watch O'Flynn in My Lady Jane, TYSM!

US charges three Malaysian state telecoms officials for multimillion-dollar fraud reut.rs/49JLrKB

happy Widow’s Bay day for all those who celebrate (I keep wanting to type the title as Widow’s Peak. Peak show, anyway)

Malaysia seeks more than $250 million from Norway over axed defence deal reut.rs/42JKpdK

[standing up for commencement speech on zoom in 2021] and if you’re not on CLUBHOUSE you’re going to be LEFT BEHIND!

Sorry I don’t watch this show and Facebook keeps showing me this scene as a harrowing moment for the character and all I can think is that she took a wrong turn at Albuquerque

my condolences/congratulations to the music critics assigned to review all three drake albums right now

Fourth Malaysia-linked ship transits Strait of Hormuz, shipping data shows www.reuters.com/business/ene...

"A War Without End" is collected in The Wave in the Mind (Shambhala, 2004). You can also read it here: www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3...

Malaysia searches for 14 missing after migrant boat capsizes reut.rs/4uG76eP

this new NMIXX EP is a terrific listen, still needs to be 20% weirder maybe but I’m all for kpop swinging for the fences like this youtu.be/-SEKt_0pdHM?...

kinda obsessed with this excellent video from yorushika www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHAj...

I wonder if it’s this particular fandom, or all fandoms lately. Because something is wrong with all of us. And we’re carrying that “wrong” into spaces and topics that used to be joyful refuges.

there were a few things that didn’t work for me, but overall really enjoyed Black Phone 2. wears its references on its sleeve and is all the better for it

Catcher In The Rye, by far. I knew a lot of annoying boys as a teenager, but none of them ever made me wanna beat them up as much as Holden did.

Wait what

Malaysia names former judge to head anti-corruption agency after scandals - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

"A few dozen yuan for a condom is a hundred times more cost-effective than raising a child at a million yuan," said one user. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Malaysia's king says he will choose next anti-graft agency chief www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

further adventures in societal decline

World's top condom maker Karex to raise prices sharply as Iran war strains supply chain reut.rs/4tzo8uX

Malaysia's Karex, the world's top condom producer, plans to raise prices by 20% to 30% and possibly further if supply chain ​disruptions drag on due to the Iran war, its chief executive said on ‌Tuesday. My report: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

nice, "Bae Bae" on the setlist this week #bangchella

Picture of the week - Odesa…😢

Every movie would be better with him in it.

#couchella Fun fact: the first time I took this one to see Taemin, she was eight months in the womb

this song, this outfit goddamn

I do think it's important, as a parent, to occasionally agree to watch whatever horror movie your 12yo has been begging to watch even though it's way too scary for them.

coachella weekend 2 streaming, joyce manor are such a good band

[SEA Pop] BINI closes their Mojave Debut stage with their viral smash hit "Pantropiko". And, they made HERstory (history) as the First Filipino Girl Group to perform at the Coachella. (Mabuhay ong OPM! 🇵🇭)

there's a music video for it, too. it is not for the flinching

[SEA Pop] BINI opens their Week 2 Mojave debut stage with "Strings".

Malaysia's economy grew 5.3% yr/yr in Q1, official advance estimate shows reut.rs/4mB67K8