The FOMC and the luxury of dissent Plus more on tariffs and price increases

The FOMC and the luxury of dissent https://on.ft.com/3H848wy | opinion

I looooove Ponyo -- the character in the Studio Ghibli movie, and my (multiple) Ponyo plushies! Also, my preference is to view it in the original Japanese but my favourite trailer for "Ponyo, on the Cliff by the Sea" is actually the French one (which I now have trouble finding on YouTube, alas!)

Gunpla en pose qui donne un coup de pied

Eh tiens regardez qui c'est que j'ai buildé pendant mes pauses au boulot

Also a reminder that the entire fireside chat is up on YouTube

www.youtube.com/live/Ds6F-4g...

The GQuuuuuuX, a thin red, white, blue, and orange mobile suit

The GQuuuuuuX looks much more like Yamashita's out-there Evangelion variant designs than a Gundam, and I'm here for it. I love the orange highlights and those weird feet.

Ocean Park's Water World staying closed till at least April amid HK$200M deficit; lawmakers question taxpayer bailout | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Lawmakers have questioned the sustainability of Ocean Park’s water park after the theme park revealed a HK$200 million deficit in its latest financial year. Ocean Park chairperson Paulo Pong said during...

Lawmakers have questioned the sustainability of Ocean Park's water park after the theme park revealed a HK$200 million deficit.

In full: https://buff.ly/3ZCBGth

See a butt, post a butt 🍑

It is almost as if randomly picking a sex offender out of a hat for cabinet positions isn’t a good idea.

Don't fall for greenwashing: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in 5 years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new Greenpeace data.

Fourteen years of austerity, incompetence, indifference and corruption

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed title

I will NEVER POST ABOUT THE ELECTION. you're going to have to put up with this instead.

Today in Columbus, Ohio.

Returning to this one week later, the results are

—Horrible nightmare I envisioned
—Relatively normal pick, psycho gets a different role
—Worse than the horrible nightmare I envisioned

China’s Heavyweight Coast Guard Ships Bring Muscle to Sea Disputes In most countries, the coast guard focuses on law enforcement and rescue. In China, it focuses on enforcing Beijing’s contested maritime claims—with two massive ships leading the charge.

China is deploying the world’s biggest coast guard vessels as pseudo-warships. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

LOL I did not have to scroll far.
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Moving here has been giving me tons of inspiration to draw more, though I'm struggling to find the time to do all I need to do since I'm also babysitting a mini-me (aka my niece ❤️) most of each week.

Hopefully I can finally sit down to draw more soon 🥲❤️

The Blues Brothers, in a throwaway moment, explained why Nazis are the way they are.
So repressed.

Kickboxer Ranked A list of 7 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991), Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016), Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992), Kickboxer (1989) and Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor ...

I know you've all been waiting for this, so here we go, Kickboxer ranked: boxd.it/Asiza

China's underground raves include street techno, quotes from Chairman Mao It’s part of a subculture growing in hidden corners of the nation's cities

For Chinese ravers, these gatherings — often called "ye di," or "wild dances" — not only offer a rare space for unfettered fun, but signal resistance to the narrowly prescribed future a rigid society expects for them.

www.voanews.com/a/china-s-un...

Dinner in America is playing Monday Feb 3rd at the @musicboxtheatre in Chicago. Me, skeggs, and Adam will be there for a Q&A. This is a big one! 700 seats?! 🤯🤯🤯. I want to hang out with 700 new and old friends. You coming? Would be punk AF if you did 🤘🤘🤘🤘

musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

Haha Uh Oh

Authorities in southern China say they will be sending local officials and volunteers to intervene in people’s marital troubles and to mediate disputes between neighbors in the wake of this week’s fatal car attack that had left at least 35 people dead.

www.rfa.org/english/chin...

Most Christians don't go around saying "Deus volt" like they're Godfrey of Bouillon sacking Jerusalem

An ex-NY Times columnist and Ivy League grad interviewed a billionaire about how he, the world’s richest man, and several other billionaires helped another billionaire/Ivy League grad/real estate mogul world defeat an HBCU grad to reclaim the most powerful office in the world.

The headline:

＃装甲騎兵ボトムズ

Let’s assume that’s what happened. It’s not what happened. But let’s assume.

I would govern on behalf of all the American people. I would respect my oath of office to uphold the Constitution, including the rights of those who oppose or criticize me.

That’s the answer. The only acceptable answer.

season 1-2 of sunbow instead of the actual tf anime is surely a choice

This is how a politicized DOJ works. When HK judges pass sentences, no matter how harsh they may be, the prosecutors have pre-prepared appeals in their pockets and immediately ask for harder, longer punishments.