Eunice Beatrice Braga

Mula sa Pinas! A celebration of music from Filipino artists

If you want to add new music to your playlists and don't know where to start, might I suggest my list of Filipino music faves?

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Fandom is still about community. The one lesson I learned about being in fandom in 2025 is that it's still all about people, belonging, creating, and community.

Dropped my first newsletter of the year at fan/work. Talked about some amazing experiences and the lessons I've learned over the past year, and why the best part of fandom (creativity and community) needs tending.

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Here's the game: x.com/conclaveVN

And there apparently is more than one zine, the Pope Crave one is probably the most high-profile one: x.com/ClubConcrave...

Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

Happy holidays, everyone. 😁

Oh I just saw this, let me look for it and pull it up!

I forgot to reply to this! Were you able to find it? I can pull it up.

Oh, thank you, I'll check this out! 😁

What do you call a fan who engages in more scholarly activities/pursuits? Fan studies has aca-fan but what's the counterpart to that? Fan-nerd?

Can folks in the Conclave fandom share their favorite fanwork/fan projects? I remember seeing a zine and a video game? And I just want to learn more because the part of me that was born and raised Catholic is so intrigued by the fact that this movie has a passionate fanbase.

How to Thrive as a Slow Creative Give your ideas time to cook but don't abandon the stove

How to Thrive as a Slow Creative
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As a Catholic, I am mildly amused because no one who entered seen as a papabile has become pope, at least in my lifetime.

Fork n' Film: Area15 gets immersive movie and dining experience Area15 has opened an immersive cinema and dining experience called Fork n' Film where dishes from films are served as they appear on screen.

Fork n’ Film recreates dishes from classic films and serves them at the exact moment they appear on screen. It also uses state-of-the-art visuals and surround sound to provide a fully immersive atmosphere, engaging guests’ senses beyond sight and sound.

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BINI's management has since organized two runs, the most recent one happening just this past Sunday. The Blooms Run Club has also organized a challenge that saw participants contributing over 120,000 kilometers, which then unlocked a donation to an animal rescue non-profit.

One of their members, Aiah, decided to share a route spelling out the word 'BINI' on Strava and runners who were also Blooms (what BINI's fans are called) decided to run the route, eventually finding other fans who would join the club. The Blooms Run Club Strava group now has around 4,000 members.

For the people seeing this thinking, "What's BINI?" They're an 8-member girl group from the Philippines who have been making waves especially over the past year, when two songs from their latest EP went mainstream and the group's popularity skyrocketed as a result—three years after they launched.

When fandom blossoms into something new The Blooms Run Club shows us how fandom can bring people together

I'm always fascinated by what people can create because of fandom. I did an interview with two admins of the Blooms Run Club last year (a fan-run running club from members of the Philippine pop group BINI), and I'm happy that I can finally share this story. fanwork.beehiiv.com/p/when-fando...

educate yourself for the coming conflicts.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

It was funny but yeah, we expect something once you get to HNW/affluent spaces and that includes smell. I think of this in terms of how social media has visualized different imaginings of what a 'rich girl' looks like, smells like, and even dances like.

Went to a more upper-class area recently and someone said to me, "I don't understand how this place could be 'high-end' but the sewage management is so bad."

Me, under my breath: Olfactory ethics.

A screenshot of the influencer snark article

Spoke with @hifortesa.bsky.social for this excellent @rollingstone.com article on influencer snark!

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I know BlueSky has a lot of folks that are conducting research, so I'm gonna ask for the network to help me out here. Is there anyone doing research on agency as a component of self-leadership or something along those lines? Would appreciate the help! #research #agency #selfleadership #leadership

You had me with that first paragraph!

I dislike that a chunk of idol or music fandom is people yelling "My cake is better than yours!" (as someone so eloquently summed it up for me) when I'm here eyes wide walking down a row of patisseries just staring at the treats and going "This exists?!", grinning and wiggling.

Be okay with cringe so you can be free.

‘Enshittification’ Is Officially the Biggest Word of the Year That rage you feel as you deal with every single piece of tech in your life? It’s caused by enshittification and the dictionaries are taking notice.

‘Enshittification’ Is Officially the Biggest Word of the Year

That rage you feel as you deal with every single piece of tech in your life? It’s caused by enshittification and the dictionaries are taking notice
gizmodo.com/enshittifica...
#Enshittification #Technology #Language

Recipe for disaster.

As global temperatures rise, food supplies are becoming less secure. So how do we ensure there will be enough for a growing population?

We can all start by taking climate change dead-seriously!