The characters from Hospital Playlist were endearing from the start, plus the chemistry among the original cast was clear. The spinoff is…just off so I’m only in it for the cameos. It’s just…I can’t deal with doll-looking humans.

I really liked Hospital Playlist, so thought I’d give Resident Playbook a try….and I just keep getting distracted by the amount of cosmetic surgery the lead actress clearly has had. It’s like looking at a doll from a horror film. Like an uncanny valley

Rewatched Stranger/Secret Forest; still one of my favourite Kdramas ever. Loved the chemistry between Bae Doona and Cho Seung Woo - straight up Mulder & Scully vibes.

Feminists began raising the alarm about the manosphere decades ago – and we were ignored | Laurie Penny We were told we couldn’t take a joke, and that social media isn’t real life. Now the misogyny of early chatrooms and Gamergate has made its way to the White House, says journalist and feminist activist Laurie Penny

Feminists began raising the alarm about the manosphere decades ago – and we were ignored | Laurie Penny

What else can we expect from TACO….

'Cosplay is not consent': The rules of dressing up for conventions Cosplayers say their hobby has had an astronomical rise in popularity over the past decade. While the subculture promotes "no limits" creativity, there are still strict rules.

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I worked behind the scenes with Iskandhar Razak on this one. As a talking head and giving him access to research and putting in contact with cosplayers, photographers, and events. It's not a bad look at cosplay in Australia

a statue of a dinosaur standing in front of a building with smoke coming out of it Alt: a statue of Godzilla standing in front of a building with smoke coming out of it

Also, don’t you think it’s about time we get a #Godzilla emoji, @unicode.org!?

What works for Monarch (for me) are the human emotions & relationships, esp this week’s when we get plenty out of Kurt/Wyatt Russell & Anna Sawai/Mari Yamamoto. The whole pitting Kentaro against everyone is annoying but it goes give Ren Watabe something to do. Still needs Godzilla though 😑

Is the UK falling out of love with social media? Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts

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Netflix refuses to acknowledge that I travel regularly to Malaysia and has now blocked my access and the “I’m travelling” feature. This sucks, because I know they just want me to pay for an account in separate countries. 🙄

‘The US is no longer the go-to place’: How Korean culture is taking Latin America by storm Everything Korean – from K-pop and skincare to food and clothing – is no longer a niche interest in Chile, Mexico and Brazil

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

I wish there was more of her actually. I really liked her character!

One of the things that irked me about Project Hail Mary is it's back to that 'lone American saving the world' trope. Which, I supposed, given the state of America and Western media right now, is par for the course. I enjoyed the film, but it screamed 1990s vibe to me. #TheWorldHasMovedOn

Went into Project Hail Mary with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

A wild thought, but here's something for potential PhD candidates to consider. When you're emailing potential supervisors, don't use AI and at the very least, make sure you're really reaching out to people whose work align with your ideas. It's really not that hard.

Meanwhile, tech companies get away with not having to take responsibility for anything….

Workers who fall for ‘corporate bullshit’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds New study finds that employees impressed by corporate speak may be least equipped to make effective decisions

Basically, whatever happens on LinkedIn then…? 👀

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Hybe Shares Plunge as BTS Comeback Crowd Falls Over 50% Short HYBE’s stock slid nearly 15% after BTS’ comeback concert in Seoul drew around 104,000 attendees — far below early projections of up to 260,000, with some official estimates placing the real-time crowd...

www.weareresonate.com/2026/03/hybe...

When Americans write a story that features Catholics and calls the priest “pastor”, I just can’t….looking at you, latest Knives Out.

Not a fan but this is fascinating to observe

Ok, #Monarch, I do prefer what you’re doing to the Monsterverse than the actual recent Monsterverse films, especially the last 2 films, but where is Godzilla!?

#ThePitt S2, ep 11: I think I forgot to breathe, and didn’t even once looked away or paused the show. What an episode!

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

“The report identifies the UK as a “new autocratiser”, driven by “a substantial decline” in freedom of expression and the media.”

www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Feels like everybody is competing to be the bigger a**hole in this current era.

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

Today's the deadline for Korean Screen Cultures Conference 2026 applications. It's in Sofia this time-- I've never been, is this my chance?

*Screen Cultures means anything that's seen on a screen- film, music videos, games, ads, dramas, you name it!

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stitch from the movie lilo and stitch is crying while covering his eyes with his hands . ALT: stitch from the movie lilo and stitch is crying while covering his eyes with his hands .

Random, but talking about "parasocial interactions" uncritically drives me up the wall. It's such a 'popular' concept nowadays, but no one wants to really, critically engage with it in today's digital context.

So US, Isreal, UK and everyone else can take the oil, right? Be honest.

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist ...

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz

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Rewatched Netflix’s zombie Kdrama Kingdom for the nth time, and I want to know what happened in between that 7 years damnit! And what happens after everything fades to black!

I know; I say this everytime after I rewatch the show.