A product of late 20th century New England now living in South Korea. Stories in https://teapawt.net/t.co/iGu0KbXgWh & elsewhere. He/Him.
Busan, Republic of Korea
Joined April 2009
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🚨BREAKING: SOUTH KOREA TOP COURT UPHOLDS RULING THAT SAME-SEX COUPLES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EQUAL SPOUSAL BENEFITS OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AS STRAIGHT COUPLES
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Under Yoon, S. Korea dropped in the democracy & free press index, Gender equality ministry faces abolishment, maximum weekly work hours at risk of increasing & 6 in 10 journalists say the press isn't free.
Yet for some US think tank pundits, Yoon's agenda is "liberal democratic"
Bizarre how some "Korea watchers" will forever hash out the "democratic backsliding" line re: Moon Jae-in/Lee Jae-myung.
Comment out of place, out of touch, and deeply biased. Let's not sugarcoat the erosion of democratic principles under the Yoon admin.
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Map of district results based on exit polls of the three major broadcasters. If these results pan out after votes are counted the PPP and conservatives will have been completely decimated.
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A Japanese pattern book from the mid 1800s. It shows the the stencil patterns the factory could print onto fabric to make a kimono - via The Ashmolean Museum
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Everybody wants a goth girl til they're asking you to pick up a Victorian copper toilet from Facebook marketplace
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A section of intl K-pop fans have tunnel vision on K-pop. Their near zero interest in the rest of Korea becomes a problem when their faves get embroiled in an ethical scandal. What ensues next is defending their faves at all costs, even if it downplays social issues in SK.
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Early on in the Covid pandemic, there were lots of articles about how the 1918 flu disappeared from our collective memory and the historical record. Alfred Crosby famously called it "America's Forgotten Pandemic" in his 1989 book.
A short 🧵 1/
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Hey, who is noticing that “post-pandemic normal” is a lot of “I’ve been knocked out by this cold for weeks” and “Sorry, we’ve had to cancel this event!” and “My kids are sick for the second time in two months!” and “Due to staffing shortages…” and “The ER wait was 10 hours!”
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So many of the arguments against Work From Home are personally revealing:
"I can't maintain focus if there is a teapot or cheese within walking distance."
"I can't manage my team unless I can breathe on them."
"No one at work will talk to me if I can't physically corner them."
Boris Johnson on wfh culture: 'You spend an awful lot of time making another cup of coffee, getting up, walking very slowly to the fridge, hacking off a small piece of cheese, then walking very slowly back and then forgetting what it was you're doing...'
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