Kim Jong Un sitting with dozens of troops in camouflage wear in the Victory Museum.

Sitting On his own on the steps of the museum. Have you ever seen a sadder photo?

Headline from North Korea KCNA news agency: Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Flower Basket from Foreigner

He just wants to know what love is.

Let's hope. But ...

Four days after his #impeachment, #YunSukYeol:

- Has made 2 statements, neither of which says he accepts the Constitutional Court's verdict;

- Is still in the official residence, which is no longer his.

Is #SouthKorea out of the woods yet?

Folks in #Seoul please reassure me!

재보선 결과에 與 "호남민심 민주 외면" 野 "민심은 내란심판" | 연합뉴스 (서울=연합뉴스) 최평천 곽민서 조다운 기자 = 여야는 3일 사실상 야권의 승리로 평가받는 4·2 재·보궐선거 결과를 놓고 주권자인 국민의 목소...

By-elections for mayors or district heads were held in 5 places yesterday in Korea. The opposition won 4 and the ruling PPP only 1. Perhaps a preview of public sentiment if a presidential election is scheduled 60 days from tomorrow

www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

In response to the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting, there are hundreds of comments on Naver (biggest South Korean web portal) expressing concerns that something similar could happen to South Korea & calling for preparations including nuclear armament.

As Yoon remakes South Korea’s right, lonely conservative pushes back South Korea’s PPP confronts whether to continue Yoon’s legacy or choose a new path

A lot going on in the world, but I hope you'll take time to read this story about how South Korea's conservative party has taken a hard-right turn since Yoon's martial law declaration.

physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)

We're making all your websites shitty and evil. What are you gonna do, log off and spend time with your family

If I was a teen who lost access to tiktok I would simply learn to appreciate the professionalism and higher production values of linear broadcast television

Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer. The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

For some mad reason TK prefers Discord!

Promotional tile featuring cover art from the first three issues of Cusp and the text: Congratulations Cusp CELJ Best New Journal Visit the Hopkins Press blog to read a special roundtable with the editors of Cusp

Pull quote image from the article reading: We aim to model the kind of academic journal that we would like to read and be published in—friendly and lively while maintaining the highest academic standards — Kate Hext, co-founding editor, Cusp

This January, Cusp: Late 19th-/Early 20th-Century Cultures became the sixth Hopkins Press journal crowned Best New Journal by Council of Editors of Learned Journals

The editors celebrated with a roundtable blog discussion on founding a journal, and what's next for Cusp

https://ow.ly/HJhV50QInIl

Rupert Everett: To the End of the World. Travels with Oscar Wilde. opac.sub.uni-goettin...

Kate Hext: Wilde in the Dream Factory. Decadence & the American Movies. opac.sub.uni-goettin...

Literature Compass. Kate Hext & Julie Choi are putting together a special issue on "English Literature After #MeToo: Global Perspectives."

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

People, life is short. Even though #Twitter has gone downhill inder #Musk, that's still where the action is. Why come here? Convince me. Please.