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Jasper Sharp

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Movies and mushrooms. Writer, film critic, Japanese film lover, amateur mycologist, co-director of CREEPING GARDEN and J-HORROR VIRUS and author of a few books. https://jaspersharp.squarespace.com

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But there is something about the overall cultural aroma of the game I've found perturbing, and I think this video pretty much nails it. As is mentioned, there's no artistry to merely reproducing and re-presenting the imagery and iconography of a particular epoch without any critical comment on it.

04.03.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've found the game playable enough, and it sure looks pretty, but somewhat wanting in terms of a combat system that relies on hitting the parry button at precisely the right moment, and a narrative that feels all too linear after spending much of 2025 replaying Baldur's Gate 3...

04.03.2026 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Expedition 33 : Entre Nationalisme, Misogynie et Haine de l'Etranger.
YouTube video by ache Expedition 33 : Entre Nationalisme, Misogynie et Haine de l'Etranger.

This piece on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just caught my eye. As a recent returner to the gaming world after several decades, I’ve been surprised by the lack of critical analysis in a medium now 50+ years old & with a potential narrative richness far exceeding cinema. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8M8...

04.03.2026 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As if we don’t have enough reasons at the moment to remind us why renewables are the only sensible way forward.

04.03.2026 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please don't make me tap the sign

04.03.2026 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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"A Reform UK council deputy leader [Darren Grimes, Durham County Council] has been caught using a fake AI-generated photograph to stoke tensions over housing and migration, exposing the shameless tactics deployed by politicians willing to deceive their own constituents"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

03.03.2026 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 14

Another slug repost…

01.03.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will the constituents of Clacton or Skegness vote again for MPs who reliably fail to represent them? Will the MPs who are currently in Reform defect to Restore, or will there be another party to add to the list of UKIP/VERITAS/BREXIT PARTY/REFORM failed endeavours….

01.03.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boiling frogs and all that…

01.03.2026 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform renters rights opposition shows they're 'in pocket of rogue landlords' Last week multi-millionaire Deputy Reform leader Richard Tice, announced that a Reform government would tear up Labour legislation to tackle abuse of tenants and employees

Reform’s vow to scrap the Renters Rights Act shows they’re β€œin the pocket of rogue landlords”, the Housing Secretary has claimed

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

01.03.2026 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

I would be really surprised if Reform go into the next election with even the eight MPs they have now.

28.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tokyo's Burning (1995) - ABC listen Tokyo's Burning was made to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the mass firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945 in which 100000 people died and several million were 'de-housed'.The feature includes ey...

Tokyo's Burning was made to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the mass firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945 in which 100000 people died and several million were 'de-housed'.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

28.02.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great news to wake up to. Here’s hoping it signals a shift back to decency in British politics. One thing it proves is the Reform don’t have a hope in hells chance at the next election. Green actually have more MPs who stood for election for the party they were voted in as than Farage’s losers.

27.02.2026 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Not all slugs are bad for the garden. Most β€œmay attack some vegetables or flowers but far prefer decaying organic matter.”

26.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Samurai on screen: honour, swordplay and film legends

A primer on jidai-geki I wrote for Japan House's upcoming 'Samurai on screen: honour, swordplay and film legends' film season in London, running 15 February – 24 June 2026. www.japanhouselondon.uk/read-and-wat...

25.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what I thought - Rickenella fibula.

24.02.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My camera macro lens changed my life!

22.02.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I guess the rain certainly helps!

22.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's the small things in life... Alder Goblets (Ciboria caucus), a tiny cup fungus that appears this time of year on very wet fallen alder catkins. #fungifriends #mycology #naturephotography #fungiphotography

22.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1919    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 3

Stewart Lee. I linked to his column in my post

22.02.2026 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe he’ll just leave in a huff and join Restore?

22.02.2026 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNewly-released messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to β€œoverthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK.”

22.02.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIn 2023, the OBE-nominated businessman sent out a tweet saying β€œsomeone should kill Sadiq Khan”, and announced plans to move to Spain or Dubai to avoid tax, but now is considering returning to the UK to stand as a Reform councillor because he fears Labour’s tax plans. β€œ

22.02.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The British press

20.02.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Steccherinum robustius

#Steccherinumrobustius #Steccherinum #RotorangerResupinatstacheling #LangzΓ€hnigerResupinatstacheling #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

19.02.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! My bad.

19.02.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These aren’t puff balls, they are less than a millimetre tall. They are slime moults, not fungi.

19.02.2026 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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April’s Fungi Focus: Anatomy of a Slime Mould – Trichia decipiens Woodland for sale throughout the UK, including woods for sale in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Advice on buying a wood, as well woodland activities, flora and fauna, conserv...

Something I wrote about a few years back - www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-a...

18.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rust fungi are pretty fascinating and pretty much overlooked too.

18.02.2026 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's slime mould,Trichia crateriformis, which has opened up its top to release its spores (by a process known as circumsessile dehiscence!)

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