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Is There Anything Left of the Mainstream? | Novara Media Is Stranger Things the last remnant of the 'mainstream'? The gang explore the political meanings of a multifaceted term.

It's the new @novaramedia.com ACFM episode about the concept of the mainstream with Nadia, @kmilb.bsky.social and me. (I misattributed 'Peculiarities of the English' to Nairn-Anderson themselves, but we corrected this in the show notes so don't @ me). novaramedia.com/2025/12/07/i....

Studio Ghibli Music & Emotion Survey. Hi, My name is Jannur Yesil. I am a DGS student at Pusan National University taking the East Asian Popular Culture class. This research is for my class paper on the emotional impact of Studio Ghibli’s...

If any of you happen to be #Ghibli fans, would you please fill this survey out? It's my student's research for her final paper, and she needs more responses. Thank you. #StudioGhibli #GhibliMusic forms.gle/1SXnq9ceRyKe...

Just saw a billboard for the Hard Ons latest album on the M1. The world remains weird.

This podcast is so marvelous! Hear the many sides of a different topic each time, with your educated, opinionated, and funny hosts. It's tough waiting for each new one!
Here's the history of all those great seasons. Try it out!
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Pluralistic: Metabolizing the theory of “political capitalism” (06 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

"Political capitalism is the capitalism you get when the cheapest, most reliable way to improve your rate of profit is to invest in the political process, to get favorable regulation, pork barrel government contracts, and cash bailouts."
pluralistic.net/2025/12/06/b...

More diplomacy should be like this.

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

An actual decent FOI law change (rather than the friendless bill before the parliament now) would be to actually have some sort of penalty for documents of government that should be retained for FOI purposes but aren't (such as disappearing messages in certain apps)

Since this post, nearly 300 of you donated about $11k and I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. The union shared photos with me today of food being distributed. Remaining money will be evenly distributed among the 160 union members in the form of gift cards. Thank you. ❤️

pyelling A Python package for text TRANSFORMATION!

It was also ported to #Python
pypi.org/project/pyel...

Convert Text to Uppercase by Yelling Provides a YELL function that converts text to uppercase.

Fridays at work.
hadley.github.io/YELLING/

People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.

YouTube video by HarachanVEVO harachan - Paradise

Harachan - JPop from a サラリーマン Norwegian in Japan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-X...

Could it be that the victim was a minor at the time and they are protecting the victim? I mean, that's an undeserved stretch, but the best I have.

Man from high-profile Melbourne family found guilty of raping woman while pretending to be her boyfriend Jurors return verdicts on two rape charges in Victorian trial of man who cannot be identified for legal reasons

Why is it that some people can have their names suppressed when they have been found guilty of a crime? Would the 'legal reason' be in support of the victim or the perpetrator?

Absolute chaos in Kinnear this afternoon.

A page from the Dorney School punishment book showing various students, their offences, and their punishments

Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.

Mexico to increase minimum wage and shorten work week The 2026 minimum wage increase will bring the accumulated rise in salaries to 154 percent since 2018

Good news from Mexico:

The government will: "incrementally trim the working week from 48 hours a week to 40 hours per week by 2030. If passed, the official working week limit would be reduced two hours a year starting in 2027"

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Jack Frost, a small grey and white tuxedo kitten, looking up at the camera

Jack Frost, a small grey and white tuxedo kitten, looking up at the camera AND YELLING

The Duality of Kitten

The best part was when they asked what to eat in Australia and the entire crowd started chanting Hallal Snack Pack. Complete Pauline Hanson cultural defeat.

Reaction videos. Please. No more reaction videos ever.

I'm in under my head. Feels great

Dedicate an ACMI cinema seat Share your passion for film. See your name on a seat in one of our cinemas and support Australia’s museum of screen culture.

this is really cool - donate $2000 to ACMI and they'll dedicate a seat in their cinema to you, i love it

www.acmi.net.au/support-us/d...

Offered seasonally with book selections by guest curators, this new collection highlights renowned and modern artists practicing within ... themes of poetry, visual art, critical thought, design and ... more. Works can be borrowed by readers for 45-days, free of costs to our U.S. based community.

Southeast Asia Program - YouTube The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) was founded in 1950 to promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge about countries, cultures, and languages of t...

For anyone interested, Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program posted my recent Gatty Lecture on Indonesia and the politics of the new international economic order. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

It's almost as if the problems were predicted ahead of time, and the politicians knew all about them, but did the ban anyway because they really, really wanted to.

Watching everyone step enthusiastically on all the rakes they carefully put down is going to be very funny, though.

I have said it before: Australia's social media ban policy cannot fail, it can only be failed.

Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?

Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.

A social media tile advertising the study, titled "study on romantic crushes" with an image of an envelope with a small love heart drawn on it wallowing in a puddle with leaves

NEW! Survey on experiences of romantic crushes, please share widely! The aim of this study is to investigate the romantic crush. Note that this is only for people currently residing in Australia who are 18+. Find out more and complete the survey at this link: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...